The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-01-23
NEWS FROM
THE CAPITAL
CBv our staff Correspondent

saving among other things; Give me
the money that will be spent this year Ill
maintaining the present armament OF
nations, and | will build you four
track railroad from the Arctic ocean
down the spine OF the continent to
Iierra del luego in Patagonia; another
tour-tracll rail road from Vienna across
Asia to Hong Kong; another tour-urack
railroad across the Dark Continent from
ocean to ocean; and another iour-track
railroad from Cairo to the Cape of Good
Hope. And will have money enough
LETT to build them all over again.
1t is presumed tuat the Presiden 5
greatly gratGed that the Cuban senate
has this week ratiicd the so-called per,
manent treaty" with the United States,
including the requirements made upon
the Queen of Antilles which were at one
time tho ught to be very severe, The
time lor ratification would have expired
January p. Cuba seems to be making
progress. Now let Us have peace.
The hearings wh be resumed next
week on Grosyenor's anti-injunction bill
wuich provides that there shall be no
p ilshment Tor conspiracy when two OF
III )re psrsJns combine III turtherance OF
a labor dispute. Not only the Knights
OF Labor, the Federation of Labor, and
othea associations but the Employers
Associations OF Chicago and New YORK
Will present their views at length, the
latter OF course protestsng against such
law,
To do entire justice to Perry ) Heath,
Secretary of the Republican National
Committee, it is proper TO record that he
has not shirked, but when his name was
called in the court here trying Machen,
the Groas and Lorenzes, Tor conspiracy
TO delraul the government, he promptly
answered present. If he has anything
to hide concerning his official conduct
a, First Assistant Postmaster General.
he is not seeking to hide it by running
away,
The Washington clerks are "dreadtAl
mad because they are hereafter to be
expected to work seven hours day, but
they keep their mitigation bottled up
inside them with remarkabl success.
They work 235, days in the year when
they take their regular leave of a mouth,
,i,.;,. tA.;,1. NTa lar
and as they get from s. to SIS a day for
the eXertion, it is suspected that even #
they were to resign i'll body their places
might be filed by persons who would
think it real soft snap"
The Democratic newspapers ere fool
ishly vociferous concerning an alleged
difference between the President and
Senator Hanna. They may save their
breath. There is no such difference.
The President will be renominated and
elected Hanna is keeping faith with
him aud is not laying pipes for the sue
cession. Hanna has many friends and
admirers, but they would not like to see
him injure his deserved popularity by
trying To stem the strong current of
public preference for Nj. Roosevelt. He
is not conspirator.
1t was proposed b.. Sorator Bacon to
pay Colombia for the loss of Panama,
and Senator Hale astonished everybody
by acquiescing. Whereupon Senator
ial wit alluded to itas the gold cure for
the Panama jag"
Secretary Hay and the Russian Am
basSador had conference yesterday in
which the Secretary was assured that
the commercial concessions by China
to the Unlted States in Manchuria would
be respected and protected We shall
not Interfere politically.
Postmaster General Payne brings out
the figures, which show that whereas the
deficit for the fiscal year ended last June
was = 10000, next year it will IN all
probability increase to nearly SS.6I4,ooo,
and the year after that to nearly S7,2o7,
90. This frank dealing with the public
is 10 be commended. II is a great mis-
take to try to hide from the taxpavHs
community what its public luxur grg
costing it There would be no deficit,
but ON the contrary the Post Office would
be u source OF revenue to the Cove
mcutif il were NOT for the fact thatmaly
snide publications are going through u.
mails at pound Rates
The contest over Panama and tn
Presidents conduct iu recognizing tha,
republic still holds the floor Of the sen.
ate TIL attack is made BY half OF the
Democratic members and from a strictly
partisan point Of view The defence Of
the President is vig1r3u, and adequate
and mostly in the hands Of Senator,
Spooner Wis. Aldrich, ID Doll
iyer Il and Beverage lind Tie
most yiejously deuuuciatJry attacks have
been made bv Senators Earm ok of Ten
neesee AMI Ncwlaud- ol Nevada. whl
did not hesitate On Thursday to charg,