The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-08-27

il a lack Of harmony among the re
publican leaders as to the form o
financial measure which might b
most effective for the welfare Of To,
country. II may be SAID, however
on the authority OF a member Of tn,
cabinet who has recently been il
conference with the President,
that unless the republican leaders
get together and agree upon o meas
ure which has some promise Of sue
eeeding, the President will not men
tion the subject of financial legisla-
ton in his message to the Congress
called in extra-ordinary session
and with only the Cuban treaty en-
abling resolution to be adopted the
converting Of the special session may
possibly be deferred even later than
November 9.
It the meantime Senator Allison,
great harominizer, has been sent
west with the mission Of converting
Speaker-to-be Cannon and other
western hereties 10 the gospel of in.
creased bank circulation. That MI
Allison did not accomplish much
with the Illinois stateman at their
first conference is evident from the
fact that Immediately after leaving
Mr.. Allison. Mr.. Cannon, while
protesting bis intention of
leaving the entire subject to the
i judgment of a majority Of the House
added quickly, the statement that,
as he had already SAID, the bank ers
were now making a fair per cent on
their money and in so Ear as he
could see there was no demand for
an increased circulation. In con-
connection 1t is worthy Of note
that the President has never com
mited himself to the Aldrich schme
but, on the contrary, has urged
merely hat some whereby
elasticity might be impaired to the
currency in emergencies, be enact
ed.
The news received this week from
Bogota, that Senate has unanimous
ly rejected the Panama canal treaty
filled the friends of that route with
apprehension as it was announced
as a final defeat for the treaty by
the majority Of metropolitan news
papers. More mature reflection,
however, revealed the fact that
this action of the Columbian SEN
ate was by no means final. Under
the Colombian constitution treat
les must be ratified by both houses
of Congress and defeat by the SEN
ate, followed by acceptance Of the
House, would leave the measure
in precisely the same situation as
ordinary legislation passed by one
house and rejected by the other in
the Congress Of the United States.
There has also come a rumor from
Bogota that the Senate, in reject
ing the treaty, has authorized
President Marroquin to perfect a
treaty, with some slight amend
ments, without further action of
she Congress. This course might
defeat the treaty here but even
that program may be rejected by
the Colombian House and the
friends Of the Panama route are
still hopeful OF the eventful rallh-
cation Of the present treaty. Sem
ator SPooner, who was in Wash
ington today, said tina. lie did not
regard the treaty as lost, by any
means.
IL has just come to light that
the President has instituted a sys-
tematie investigation in all the
government departments to ascer-
tain il there are other cases similar
to that OF Miller, the bookbinder
who was discharged from the Gov
eminent Printing Office because he
had been expelled from the union.
The President, II is announced, is
determined that there shall be 20
discrimination between union and
non-union labor in the federal SER
vice. The attention Of SIR. Roose-
Welt has also been called 70 the
fact that most Of the delay 10 build
ing battleships in private ship
yards is due 10 strikes and the in
reference Of labor leaders and he
is said to be heartily in favor Of
the insertion Of a clause in ieder-
al contracts specifying that no dis.