The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-05-16
WASHINGTON LETTER
rsprrixi- Correspondence. ]

senatorial csosiSMaitf s.s e. programme may
undergo still another shift. The snews
that Senator Frye had been consider
ing proposal to give up his chaif
manship of the committee on com
merce in order tostaks charge. Of athea
committee on foreign relations has evil
IDENTIFY stirred up good deal of feeling
in Maine, where the shipping and fish
cry interests are so prominent. The
senator's constituents do not like the
idea of his leaving a place where he
has the opportunity to be of so much
service to his state in order to take
one whose subjects, though not new to
him, are not nearly SO familiar and are
of vastly less local interest at his home ION!
If this influence prevails, as 1t now
bids fair to do, and Senator Frye de-,
eides definitely to remain where he Is,
Senator Cullom of Illinois, it is under
stood, will resign his craftsmanship OF
the committee on interstate and for
eign commerce and step to the head Of
the foreign relations committee. This
announcement would prove disap-
continent to Senator Lodge. whose
ambition to be chairman of the foreign
relations committee was stimulated by
his experience during the few months
directly following the death of Sena-
tor Davis of Minnesota, when, owing
to the absence of Mr.. Cullom in 1lli-
nois. he filled the chairman's place In
point Of rank he comes next to Cullom,
and with both Frye and Cullom out OF
the way he would become chairman.
He has assumed, as many others have,
that Mr.. Cullom would find it agreea-
BILE to retain his present craftsmanship
and leave the foreign relations open,
but perhaps at the instance of the ad-
ministration Mr.. Cullom has since his
reelection expressed himself unequivo-
cally as preferring the foreign rela-
tons craftsmanship.
The, Canal Treaty.
Abiding to the hint contained in the
Associated Press dispatches to the eff
feet that Secretary Hay finds the SEN
ators whom he has sounded still un-
tayorably disposed toward any canal
treaty that England would be likely
to accept, a prominent Republican
member of the senate committee on
foreign relations said:
sit seemed to me when those amend
nents to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
we're first proposed in the senate that
hey were liable to lead to unfortunate
%h1r,
still seems that England in order to
make the concessions then asked for
would want something in return in the
shape of Alaskan concessions. This
our people would not listen to. be-
ieve we should consider the canal
question itself and not complicate it
with Alaskan or issues which we may
have with Great Britain. 1t would
seem undignified to make dicker over
them. and do not see anything that
the American people would be willing
TO give up"
American Republics Congress-.
The commission recently appointed
BY the president to represent this
country at the congress of American
republics to be held at the City OF
Mexico next October will meet in
Washington shortly for the purpose OF
organization. 1t is expected that
chairman will be chosen. and there Is
some talk that this honor may go ftt
ex-senator Davis of West Virginia
There are a number of applicants fol
the position of secretary. but the choice
of this official will be deferred unit
the organization is we'll along.
The instructions to the American
delegates will be given TO them early
in the autumn. In the meantime they
will do much preliminary work in thu
way of subdividing the subjects likel!
TO come before the congress. CONNER
cial reciprocity between this countr.
and the southern republics, the inter
national railway project and interna
tional arbitration for the republics o
the western hemisphere will be tn
most important.
A Handsome Book.
The handsomest book ever issued b
the United States government has jus
appeared. 1t is entitled The Histor
of the Capitol of the United States
The volume is of massive quart
size and is heavily bound in thic
boards covered with red morocco
is very sumptuous in appearance. wit
it's decora tons of gold. its wide MAJ
gined pages and its beautiful photo
gravures, the latter numbering abor
$50. AS specimen of bookmaking
will compare with anything issued b
private firm and proves that the go'
eminent printing office can execute til
highest grade Of artistic work as we
: as the plain and routine printing {
governmental business.
Overrun With Gypsies.
Washington streets are overrun wit
gypsies. Two mammoth encarnpmen
Just over the District line in Virgin
are attracting throngs OF visitor
Many Of the women are exceptional
beautiful. They have only recently a
rived in this country. and their know
edge Of the language is decidedly lii
tied. The women in picturesque raj
are devoted to roaming the streets
the shopping district, where the wi
dow displays appear to fascinate theI
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