Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-02
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advantages that accrue to one party or
| the other. The two territories to the
| Southwest are inclined To lie Democrat
! ic. which makes Republicans adverse
to admitting them to statehood. But
| Oklahoma also wants to come into the
Union. and as Oklahoma is a Eepub
lican territory. there would he some
Offset
When he left Maine Gov. Murphy
started out teaching school, as many
q Maine boy has done before him. He
| taught in Wisconsin but drifted to
| Prescott Arizona. in April of 1859 HIS
brother. Frank Murphy. also a Maine
man. is associated with him in vast
| business enterprises in the territory
The holiday festivities closed here,
! today, with the multitude Of New
Years calls. which mark the beginning
| of the official season socially. Cabinet
houses We're open for 4 multitude of
visitors many of them curious people.
| intent chiefly on seeing what cabinet
function could be like. The city has
! been filled with eXcursionists. many of
| them scnoGl teachers from the North
crn states on q vacation. all of whom
enjoy viewing this peculiar custom of
official Washington. The reception at
| the White House to the various Off
Gals of the government on New Years
| day will be followed by Il series of re-
ceptions and dinners. The diplomatic
reception comes first in few days.
That. under President NcKinlcy's ad-
miniStratinn. has come to be a very
swell function. about the only real
| fashionable reception Of the series.
Fashionable Washington. save only
what is known as the old WASHINGTON
families who still hold aloof from Off
cial society with dsdain. turns out
pretty generally to this diplomatic re-
ception. The army ana navy reception
is also quite fashionable but for the
other receptions. it is comparatively
easy to secure Invitations ami n great
| thronS of people attend.
Senator Frye came back from Lewis
ION early in the week and has again
taken his apartments ut the Hamilton
Hotel He has tn" sincere sympathy OF
hundreds Of friends in Washington
over his afIliction. His two grand
daughters are here with him. occupy
ing rooms lit the Hamilton, which
their late grandmother arranged
Itl li.tlli st'N VI al NtNhN Hi7p'
The statistics of the commissioner
OF internal revenue show that the col
lections in Maine are falling off. The
collections Tor the last fiscal year We're
$685.. 0G1 90. where in the previous fiscal
year they were $34G. SEQ 10. There was
an increase in the collections for the
entire country. the total for the last
fiscal year being $295.316 .107.57. where
the previous year they We're $27@,4Si,-
513.4i.
The commissioner, it will be seen.
has Charge Of the collection OF nearly
Il .CGn01O in internal revenue every
working day. However. comparatively
little Of this money is collected in
Maine. New York. Kentucky. Illinois.
Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio Pennsyiva
MIA. Missouri. and California are the
great internal revenue producing
states kentucky leads with collec-
tons aggregating generally over 81
G00. 900 For that reason Kentucky has
had many commissioners of internal
revenue Mr.. John w. Yerkes Of Ken
lucky. it will be remembered, was
nominated by the President to be COM
missioner when Mr.. Manley declined
the place.
1t might 10 added in connection with
internal revenue figures that the num-
bCr Of retail liquor dealers in Maine
is on the increase. The figures in the
t. easury department show that there
arc 1i31 retail liquor dealers who paid
the fada.a al license, last year There
wee 1l25 during the l. months Of the
previous fiscal year. The Wholesale
dealers increa sed from Is to l.. and the
number Of retail dealers in malt liquors
from 1S9 to 2G0.
Some OF the Republicans in town
have made a calculation of the votes
in the House that Will be against the
Hopkins apportionment bill. Repre-
sentative Curtis of Kansas, who has
been very active in the fight, said to
the journal correspondent. today, that
if all the members who had promised
to vote against the bill kept their word
| the defeat CT the bill is assured. What
the friends of tie I;urieigh bill fear y
that some Of Their supporters may
won over to the other side through
influence Of the Republican machi
the House. The campaign Will be
Ell with rs much vigor as ever t!-
ter part Of this week. when nv
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