Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-11-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.

John G Milburn, at whose house
in Buffalo President Mckinley
died. Soon after they reached
the White House the Cabinet Of
hcers arrived for the regular
Friday meeting, and during a
portion Of the meeting Senator
Hanna and Mr.. Milburn were
present and the Monument and
Arch questions were freely dis
cussed. Senator Hanna believes
that combination of the two
Associations should be effected,
the monument at Canton e1ect>
ed first and the Arch later. At
a meeting on Saturday between
Senator Hanna and Secretary
Cortelyou and Messrs H. B. Nc
Farland and Thos. F. Walsh, re-
spectively. President and Secre>
tary of the Arch Association, the
matter was extensively canvass
ed. 1t is doubtful if Senator
Hanna will succeed in bringing
about a coalition of forces, but
both Associations will work III
entire harmon 1t is proposed
that the monument at Canton
will cost $4,000 and the arch
to be erected in Washington,
$500 900, which latter amount
Mr.. Hanna regards as somewhat
too ambitious.
With the elections out of the
way. the political leaders are
turning their attention to the
important subjects of the tariff
and Federal patronage. The
president finds wide dive. sity
Of opinion on the former ques-
ton. tmay be confidently ass
serted that Hon. Serano E.
Payne, Chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, Major
Steele, of the same Committee,
and mum erous other representa-
tiVes, and Senators Hanna, AL
IRISH, Plat and Depew, all of
whom are or have recently been
i'll Washington, consider any
change in the tariff schedules
unWise, and all the reciprocity
treaties SO far negotiable, in~
practicable. On the other hand
some of the Western Congress-
men are clanoring for the re-
duCtion of rates on certain sched-
ules Some prominent republic
cans believe that a reduction Of
revenue should be accomplished
by the decrease of the internal
revenue taxes and still others say
that with the expenses that the
cominh Congress Will have to
meet any reduction Of revenue
would be injudiclous. In view
of the character Of the men who
oppose it I consider it safe to
predict that there will be no tar
if revision by the Fifty Seventh
Congress.
Rear Admiral Walker has
called a meeting of the Isthmian
Canal Commission for tomorrow
to complete the work which it
expects to deliver to the Presi-
dent within the next two weeks.
Admiral Walker refuses to ad
nit that he has received any for
NAL proposition from M. Hutin,
relative to the sale of the con-
Cession and plant of the Panama
Canal Company, and he further
states that he does not consider
the Commission empowered to
enter on any negotiations for
their purchase, but he has agreed
to submit. as a portion of the
report to the Commission, the
p proposition which M. Hutin has
formulated.
While no official statement
has been made, it is common
gossip at the Treasury Depart~
ment that Secretary Gage and
A number of the Treasury Off
Gals are opposed to the re enact
ment of the Geary law or the
"Chinese Exclusion Act" as it
is more commonly called. This
subject is a very ticklish one to
handle. There is no question
but that the law has proved a
serious detriment to the expan-
sion of the Oriental trade to the
United States. On the other
hand all organized labor is OPP
posed to the unrestricted admis>
sion of Chinese immigration, be-
lieving such a course would re
suit in a serious lowering of
wages. The opposition is par
ticula1ly earnest on the Pacific
coast where this competition is
already felt 1t is further claim
ed that the law as it now stands
is ineffective and will require
material revision before it can
be properly reenacted.
| Mr.. William Martin, United
| States Consul at Chin Kiang
China, who is now in Washing
ton, says that the Chinese are
possessed Of a greater amount o.
energy and thrift than any of the
| Cauoac;, races aud that r., q I,e r,