Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-01-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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Washington, D. c., Jan. 18th 1901
President Mckinley has practically
recovered from the attack of the grip,
but Dr. Rixey will not let him take
any chances of a relapse; consequent
" he is, as yet, doing very little work.
Being a man of robust health natural
Iy, the forced confinement to his
room has been particularly hard on
the president, and it required all the
persuasion of Mrs. Mckinley to make
him obey the doctors orders.
Friends of the army reorganization
bill are disappointed that the measure
has not yet reached a vote in the SEN
ate, but they find some consolation
in the positive promise that the bill!
will be passed this week. The delay
is particularly aggravating to Secreta-
ry Root, because it keeps all his ar
rangements for bringing the volun-
teers home from the Philippines up in
the air so to speak.
When the house took up the river
and harbOr bill it was confidently eX-
pected that it would pass after about
two days debate, but the general de-
bate only came to an end today. The
debate has consisted largely of COM
plant of the leaving out of projects
in which members are Interested.
Eulogies on deceased members are
usually of the perfunctory order in
congress, but those on the late Sena-
tor Davis were not in that class. Mrs.
Davis and party Of friends occupied
seats in the executive gallery during
the delivery of the orations, of which
a veteran newspaper man said: I'm
recent years in the senate, no. more
beautiful, heartfelt and eloquent eulo-
gies have been pronounced upon the
memory of any senator"
The D. B. Hill boom for 1904 reached
Washington forty eight hours ago in
charge of Bird S. Coler, comptroller
of the city Of New York. That it is
not secret boom may be seen from
Mr.. Coler's very frank reply when
asked what brought him to Washing
ton: 81 have been seeing democratic
senators and representatives in the
interest of David B. Hips nomination
for president. I believe Mr.. Hill will
be the nominee in 1904. I think he
will have the support of democrats in
every state in the Union. His friends
have taken hold of this matter in ear
nest, and are going to push mis- claims
for the nomination with great vigor
from this time on. have not heard a
single objection to Hill's nomination,
and l have talked with many leading
democrats from different parts of the
country. On the contrary, what
have heard confirms me in the belief
that Hill will be the next democratic
nominee for president" The invasion
of the Hill boom seems to have taken
the Hill democrats by surprise. Their
private talk indicates that the Hill
democrats and the Bryan democrats
may indulge in a little figurative
throat cutting before long.
The Burleigh reapportionment bill
only needs President McKlnley's sig
nature to become law, and that it
will get during the present week. 1t
went through the house by majority
of So and through the senate without
a division.
Senator Hanna usually declines to
take notice of charges made against
him by unfriendly newspapers, but he
made an exception of the charge that
he had personal interest in the pass
ing of the ship subsidy bill, and au-
thorized the following explicit denial:
81 say that the assertion that T am
Interested in any way or in any com
pany that has given orders for the
construction of golfers through which
it is expected to participate in the
benefits to be derived from the pas
sage of the shipping bill is absolutely
false and without foundation. MY
sole interest in the shipping bill is
that of an American citizen who hon
estly believes in the upbuilding of the
merchant marine"