Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-01-04
| BUSY WEEK IN WASHINGTOS
Congress 10. IN Session. Bat az E.S L.:s
and Hustle,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81.

dent Mckinlcy's holiday present III
the soldiers, sailors and marines VINO
served In the war with Spain was 10
aaie I'd the civil service rule which au-
th0rizes the reinstatement Of old sol
diers who have at any time been in the
civil service oi The government. so as
to include the Spanish war veterans.
The civil service commission has al
ways given all soldiers. sailors and ma
rines who were honorabIy discharged
from the service on account wounds or
OF sickness contracted while IN the
| line of duty "A preference Of 5 per cent
in examinations. That is to say they
have only to make 81 per cent IN the
examinations TO get on the eligible
list. while civilians are required 10
make 20 per cent.
\ Following Is the programme OF the
President New Year reception: At
II a. Ill.,, members OF the cabinet and
the Ill plulnatic corps: ll:l5, the chief
| Justice and associate Justices of the SUI
preme court. justices Of United States
and the District Of Columbia courts,
ex-cabnct officers and eX-mnisters:
ll:30, senators, representatives and
ID. g. officials; lilo, officers OF the
army, navy. marine corps and the ID.
c. militia: II M, the regents and sec
rotary Of the Smithsonian institution,
! ,;pt uin rI I. y
| ealis ia the executive departments:
12:l5, Associated Veterans Of Mexican
| war. Grand Army of the Republic,
Military Order OF the Loyal Legion,
Union Veterans Legion, and the Old
est Inhabitants Association of ID. G.:
1875 TO LEO, citiztns.
Secretary Hay has received dis
patch from Minister Conger telling Of
the presenting to the representative
OF the Chinese government OF the
joint demands signed by all the for
eign ministers at Pekin, but he has
expressed no opinion rs TO when an
answer was expected nor Of what the
nature OF the answer would be when
received No official of this govern
ment Will express an opinion, bat
from the tenor Of private conversa-
| tiOns ii is believed that most OF our
officials expect the answer to be one
that will have a tendency to open ne
gotiations on several important
clauses Of the joint demands, rather
than to refuse or accept outright
1 The Chinese minister to the United
| States also expects that Sort of an an
swcr and has gone as far as to publicly
express the hope that negotiations
would result in moderating several of
the demands which he thinks too se-
we're.
! The absence of the republican lead
ers in congress, most of whom are
spending the holidays away from
Washington, has caused some of the
correspondents to send out some wild
guesses Of what congress is going to
do and to leave undone during the re-
mainder of the session. II you like
that sort Of thing, You can guess for
yourself as well us any correspondent
can do 1t for YOU.
Three populist senators, pettigrew,
Allen aud Butler who will perma-
nently retire from public life ON the
3rd of next March, have formed
combination, ii Pettigrew can he be-
lieved, for the purpose of obstrneting
all legislation in the senate and fore
Ing an extra session of congress, unless
the ship subsidy bill shall be with.
drawn.
Senator McLauren OF South Caro-
lima was one of President Mckin-
ley's callers last week. He and the
president are good friends personally.
and he has been one of the few demo-
Gratis IN congress who has supported
the expansion policy all the way
through. For the latter reason his
opponents IL home. who charge him
with being practically republican
have already began Il fight on him
$500 ''N 'N1'h'HH VI tTNllI 10 pre- 4
vent his reelection To the senate. His
term VIII not expire until 1903. but
he will have To 40 before his people
next year aud carry the primary eler- .
tton IN order To be reelected. lie has
made no reply TO his opponents and
he SAWS none is necessary. rs he be-
lieNes that the course he has followed. .
which has been endorsed by some of
the prominent papers of his state, has
oeen III accord With the sentiments
held BY a majority Of South Carroll.
mans and particularly by the more in.
teHigent of them.
Idaho Wins Prizes
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