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just mentioned, are ready to meet all

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corners at any moment.
They are knocking at the door again
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
and the tattoo is likely to become very
loud during the present session. The
last named has shown such amazingly
quick development that she is liable to
creep in if the Congressional latch string
is left out at all. By the way, what a
shockingly clumsy and meaningless name
New Mexico is! Is it not high time that
American states and cities should be
christened without being named after
other countries, as if they were only weak
lin, or wen Albuquerque-awkwa ard as
this name is-would be vastly better.
New Mexico, forsooth!
Senator Morgan began his much herald
ed speech on the Panama canal Thursday
and did not seem at all disconnected by
the fact that there was a very thin at
tendance of the Senate. 1t was the first
studied arraignment of the conduct
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been made, and the review of the situa-
ton was comprehensive and somewhat
~caustic. He made me revelation which
attracted thoughtful attention of the Re-
publicans; the fact that the republic Of
Colombia did her utmost to meet the
wishes of the United States concerning
the Panama canal. 1t is true that her
Congress adjourned without ratifying the
treaty that was being negotiated; but the
abundant reason was given that under
the existing constitution she was pre-
vented from alternating any part Of her
territory. Her officials offered to secure
an amendment to the fundamental law
that would allow her to %eurrtLttr 10 US
ahe permanent sovereignty over the
canal one. This was characterized by
Secretary Hay as dilatory and insulting,
to wait, the President gave orders to
sen d ships and soldiers to prevent Colon
bia from asserting her sovereignty. The
Senator asserted that if the United States
would Withhold its hand, in obedience to
ILtarnatio Gal law, Colombia would IN
med iatelA suppress and drive out tho
eight tlibusterers and adventures and
their train Of Indians and negroes who
now constitute the republic Of Panama"
Colombia has applied to the French
government and courts for an Injunction
to prevent the transfer to the United
States of the canal properties and fran
chise now owned by French citizens under
concession from the Colombia govern
ment. The new nov made an obvious
sensation yesterday around the Capitol.
The Senate yesterday began a discuss
ion of the resolution for a CON
g%ressional investigation of the post
Office frauds. Republicans oppose it on
the ground that the Post Office Depart
ment can find out and punish its own
frauds; Democrats warmly advocate it on
the ground that a committee wholly Re
publican cannot be trusted to expose Re-
publican frauds, that congressional in
~vestigations are popular and thorough,
and that such an investigation would
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quired to prevent the recurrence Of such
plundering. d.
U. s. Senator Dietrich (Republican) of
Nebraska, on trial in Omaha for bribery,
in a post Office appointment, makes de-
fensc that he had not taken the oath of
office as Senator at the time. Elk Con-
gresham E. H. briggs of New York,
was convicted by a jury on Friday of
accepting $4,000 to procure a contract
between the automatic cash-register com
pany and the Post Office Department
whereby a large number of machines not
needed were bought. The defense was
that he didn't mean to, and Judge Thomas
said he would make the sentence as
light as possible" : 1:.:
The Presidents appointment of James
Tanner. the famous Corporal" to be
Register of Wills here will stand in spite
of the remonstrance of the officeholders'
newspaper and half a dozen wealthy bank
ers. 1t is understood that Dent (surer-
seded) claims to be in sc me way related
or connected with the family of Mrs.
Grant. Tanner is one of the iiveliest and
most aggressive of Republican orators
and he stumps it in a double or triple
sense, having lost both legs at the ankle
while lying on his face and holding his
heels too high at the second battle of
Bull Run. He gets around easily on his
two basewood feet but is always in pain.
The Kansas State Republican ConyeE-
vention will be held early in March, so
as to be the first on record for Roosevelt.
NJ. E. BRADY-Auctioneer. :