The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

consul general at Teheran.
The contents Of the Congressional H.
brary proper have now reached the
following figures: Printed books and
pamphlets mot including duplicates In
the copyright offlce), 006! 200; manu-
scripts, 1900; maps and charts, IS, 600;
music, $4,000; prints, $4,000.
1t II persistently reported that
President, is soon to receive sub
stantial promotion. 1t is said that the
President intends to put him into the
Cabinet, providing matters work out
~ he now anticipates. In spite Of ex-
plicit denials, the story still goes
around that Postmaster General Smith
viii soon retire, and this Ii the place
which rumor says Cortelyou Is to have.
The comptroller of the currency has
decided that United States Senators
Bate and Tllman, having been sum
inoned to Washington as witnesses on
behalf of the United States in the case
Of the United States vs. Cullen, are
entitled to tho usual mileage and wit
ness fees provided by law, and that
tho law as to clerks and officers Of the
United States, which provides that In
such cases they shall not be allowed
mileage, does not apply to United
6tAtes senators.
The, present number of employees I'm
the Congressional library proper num-
Der 1856 and in the copyright ONCE
forty-fve. while the care Of the build
ings and grounds requires now force
Including charwomen) of II persons.
Only statistics can make evident such
Il 70 nH.xn hspf1Iinu with Ito
courts covers three and One-half acres
cubic feet and eight acres Of floor
space; 1t has 2,15O windows to be kept
clean; 1t is finished in costly marbles
and mosaics and decorated with costly
paintings, which must receive assidu-
GUS care, and It employs elaborate ma
chinery-heating and ventilating mp
paratus, elevators, book railways aud
pneumatic tubes-which must be
smoothly operated and kept in order.
There IL no law or constitutional pro-
vision to prevent President Mckinley
from visiting Mexico or Canada, or
even Europe during his term of office
II hea 80 desires, although the prece-
dents are against it. This is the rea-
son why he remained on his own side
Of the border at Ell Paso, says Will
lam II. Curtis in the Chicago Record
Herald. 1t is customary for the SOW.
ereigns of kingdoms and empires to
visit each other at pleasure, but never
has the President of the United States
gone over tine boundaries OF tne coun.
try except on two occasions, Andrew
johnson and Secretary Seward once
crossed the suspension bridge In q car.
riage and drove up to take view OF
Nlasars rsns Irvn, ne oan.un by;
Genefal urant "'o Tue sAo s'
Seare Iates. ...
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CVneress may MOI De Wue 70 vo.e
inc money. 10 IutsnS W 10y
tnat onIy Two eteamsnips now .noas
nave tonnage eHceea,ng tnnt p1opossa
Ior tnis naval NslatnaI-.1o A.4S
W ~ i''z4 IONS anu tne Ceiuc wMn
SVe Inc 1reat Easterhs tonnage
was loSlo:
-Four million COLLARS says tne oni-
caSo Recofd.herald correspondent -
the sum which tine admlnlsxauoo ID
proposing to pay as a premium On q
Monroe doctrine insurance poticy. me
money Is to go Tor ISLANDS which 1t Ii
generally admitted the United states
does not want, but wnicn IL ID propos-
ed to buy In order to Keep them from
failing into the hands OF any OF the
other powers. The dispatch from Co
penhagen which says negotiations
have been concinded Detween the