Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Clarity AppreciateC-Yorlt
Historic Site. "
Especial Correspondence

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| ate is re-elected-that is, if the state
legislatures do not adjourn without
| electing United States senators. This
means that 80 new members will begin
| their terms of office en- the 4th of next
March. 1t does not mean, however.
! that 80 men new to legislative life or
! new to the United States senate will
take the oath of office for the first time
on that day. Many of those now occu-
! pying seats in the senate will simply
renew their oaths and enter upon new
| terms. In other cases the new senators
have been in the legislative harness or
in other public capacities for many
years.
The states of Colorado, Delaware,
Montana, North Carolina, Louisiana
and Mississippi may send strangers to
the senate, and it is possible also that
the result of the contests in Illinois,
| Nebraska, Minnesota and Utah may
/ be the election of men who have not
| figured very largely in national affairs.
In addition to the 80 regular vacancies,
J six other vacancies which tie legisla-
lures will lie expected to fill exist for
various reasons in the states of Penn
| sylvania. Delaware, Nebraska, Mime
sofa and Utah.
American Charity Appreciated.
United States Consul Fee. at Bonn
bay, has forwarded to the state depart
ment the following letter received by
him from Lord Curzon, viceroy of In
dia, expressing his appreciation of the
contributions made by the American
/ people for the relief of the famine suf-
! ferers in India:
i ''The viceroy has the greatest pleas
ure in adding his testimony to that
! which he understands that you are
sending to the American people-as to
the immense value of the contributions
that have been made by the American
| public to the relief OF the recent Indian
| famine. Whether these contributions
have taken the form of money or cloth
ing or grain, they have sprung from
| the two noblest of human sentiments
viz, the feeling for suffering manhood
| and the recognition of common aid
between the two great branches of the
|
exercised positive and material influ-
ence in the mitigation of the greatest
calamity with which India has been
/ afflicted for many years"
Yorktown's Historic Site.
A delegation from Virginia was heard
the other day by the house committee
on military affairs on the project to
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toric site of Yorktown, Va, where the
! Revolutionary struggle closed with the
surrender of Lord CORVALLIS. The
delegation included the Virginia sena-
tors and representatives, the owner of
the property and several members Of
| the Virginia house of delegates. The
site includes 500 acres and the old
Moore mansion, which sheltered Wash
ington, Lafayette and Rochambeau
when the surrender was contaminated.
| At the hearing memorials We're pre-
sented from a number of state legis-
! latures asking that the government
! acquire the place. 1t was explained by
| those who were heard that aside from
| its historic value the site was suited
for national encampments and for a
naval rendezvous, as the waters of
Chesapeake bay and York river adjoin.
! The committee will pass on the matter
later.
Secretary Longs Clock.
Secretary Long has an alarm clock on
] mantel in front of his desk at his
| office in the navy department which he
|
ments he has made. He is very par
ticular about Keeping appointments,
and is slow to excuse others who are
| not so punctual.
If the secretary has agreed to call at
the White House at o'clock the little
| timepiece on the mantel will strike FIVE
times when the hands of the clock in
dictate 4:30. The secretary at once be-
| gins to clear up the business on his
| desk so that he may meet the president
on the Elinute.
| Until the explanation was made there
were wicked people who said that the
| secretary kept the clock half an hour
fast in order that he might glance at it
! and say, Dear me, | had no idea it
was so late when a visitor was
boring him.
Want e Presidential Visit.
The president received visitor the
| other day who had travelled $500 miles
to extend an invitation and who when
| he returns. will have covered 1000
miles. The caller was ex-State Semi
tor Gleaves, now surveyor general of
| the United States for California. Mr..
| Gleaves came all the way from Cali
! fornia for no other purpose or business
| than to invite the president to attend
| banquet of the Ohio Society of Cali
| fornia when he goes to that state In
May next Mr.. Gleaves was sent on
by the Ohio society. The banquet will
| take place day or so after the launch
ing of the battleship Ohio, on May IS.
| The president accepted the invitation.
| The exact date of the banquet, which
| will be big affair. will be determined
later.
The presidents proposed trip to the
| Pacific coast has been so well adver-
tised that towns and cities throughout
the south and west are flooding the
| White House with invitations to secure
| his presence.
Representative RiXey of Virginia in
| PRODUCED a resolution for an investiga-
ton of the reason why small packages
are carried through the mails for for
eign governments at a lower rate than
is given American citizens. The in
| quiry grows out of the parcel post con-
| ventions when the government has
made with number of foreign coun-
tries. The resolution proposes that
the house committee on postoffices and
post roads shall conduct the inquiry.
CARL ScHoFIELD.
PrnhnhIr the Innt Of Anhree.