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The Commoner.
VOLUME I, NUMBER 1.
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JWEEK AT WASHINGTON
.
1 Aftnr liavlna served as head of tho
:4 United States army with tho runic of
lloutonant gonoral for a liitio less uiun
Ilvo months, S. AI. B. Young retired on
ftunuury 1) and relinquished his du
ties to hie successor In olllce. General
iA. K. Chaffco, who, for boiiio woeks
past, has been acting as ins eiuei as
sistant. Genoral Young rdtlrca under
tho ago limit, and General Ciialfeo's
' piaco 1b taKon hy General G. h. Gil
f 'losnio. By ordor of tho president,
flmnlnrv linnt nrnnnrftd nnd issued a
eulogy of Gonoral Young and his ser
vices in tho United States array.
It was reported from Washington
by tho Aaaociatcd prcaa on January 9
that a atatomont proparod at tho- war
dopartmont showa that tho recent
nianouvcra of the regular army and
stato militia at Fort Rlloy, Kaa., and
West Point, Ky., coat tho gonoral
govcrnmont about $500,000. This
amount includoa actual aiabursemonta
for transportation and other items
of oxponao in connection with tho
military organisations which par
ticipated in tho manouvora.
Goneral Royea, tho special mlnlater
from Colombia to this country, haa
at last acknowledged tho falhiro of his
, mission to this country and recontly
cabled his homo govornmont to that
' effect. Tho protest Gonoral ltoyos has
made against the action of tho United
i Clinic. ...... !. XI. 1.1.1 a
sv annua uuvumiuuui uu luu minimis ot
Panama has boon of no avail, and it
is not known as yet what lino of ac
tion Colombia will decide on in tho
, mattor.
it It was roported from Washington
,.fon January 9 that G'ohntor Reed
'Smoot had illqd. his roply to tho pro
tests mado against his retaining his
soat in tho senato. In this reply ho
..donioB that ho ia a polygamist or that
ho is bound by somo oath or obliga
tion which is Inconsistent with tho
oath required of him by tho conatitu-
tlon. Tho, hearing in this case was
sot for Saturday, January 1G, and
John G. Carlisle of Now York will
appear for tho prosecution, while Mr.
.Smoot will bo represented by Messrs.
-(Wovthlngton, of. Washington, E C,
. O. C. Waldoman Cott of Utah, and
. 13. W. "Hosah of Idaho.
. Tho amnnconort of tho postoffice
. dopartment for--- fiscal year ending
. Juno 30, 1903, wab mado pub
lic. According to ifln there
r are 33,447 routes of air -l in tho
country, and their longttrW&imated
at 50G.2G8 miles. Tho comparison of
r receipts and expenditures with those
m of 1902 la made as follows: 1902 Or
dinary postal rovenuo, $119,9b8,229.40;
. rocolpts from money order business
$1,SS9,817.8G; total rocelpts of all
sources, ?121 ,818,047.26, total expen
ditures for tho yoar, $124,785,697.07;
excoss expenditures over receipts $2 -957,649.81.
1903-Ordinary postal' rev
enue, $131,984,535.00; recoils from
money order business, $2,230,908.24;
. total rocelpts of all sources. $134 1
224,443.24; total expenditures for the
year, 138,784,487.97; excess expeudi
; turcs over receipts, $4,560,044.73.
It Was annoiinr.nil .Tnnnnrw 11 n.i.
the prosidont had ordered tho state
. dopartmont to uiako a thorough In
vestigation of tho United States con
sulates at Shanghai, Canton, and
Amoy. lor a yoar charges have been
made concerning tho conduct of bus
iness at tlioso consulates, and it is be-
lloved that need exists for a complete
change of consulates in tho Oriont.
Marked opposition to the nomina
tion of Goneral Leonard Wood to be a
major goneral has dovoloped In tho
senato committee on military affairs.
January 11 Senator Scott of the com
mlttco submitted a rovfow of tho oI
donco introduced before the commit
tco in tho hearing of this case, and
sot out in detail his reason for op
posing General Wood's nomination.
These objections deal with the conduct
of General Wood whilo ho acted as
governor general of Cuba, and Senator
Scott declares that tho insubordina
tion of Wood to his superior ofilcer,
Gonoral Brooke, is well establibhed.
Tho aenato in executive session on
January 11 laid on thG tablo tho mo
tion to reconsider tho confirmation of
tho nomination of W. I. Buchanan to
bo minister to Panama. By this ac
tion Mr. Buchanan has full power to
act for this government In all diplo
matic exchange between tho United
States and the new republic.
A Washington dispatch under date
of January 11 says: August W.
Machen, Diller B. Groff, Samuel A.
Groff of Washington, D.-C, and Dr.
and Mrs. George A. Loenz of Toledo,
O., indicted in connection with tho
postofllco investigation, wore placed
on trial today. Justice Fritchaid presiding.
January 11 Senator Morgan Intro
duced a concurrent resolution calling
upon the president to proceed, under
tho terms of tho Spooner act, to con
struct an isthmian canal on tho Costa
Rica and Nicaragua route. Tho res
olution went over under the rule.
The bill making appropriations for
the executive, legislative and judicial
departments of the government was
completed on January 11 and reported
to the house.. Tho bill carries a total
of $28,258,895, which is an increase of
$94,080 over tho appropriation for the
presont fiscal year.
and labor, with a request for early
consideration. It is provided that a
tribunal bo appointed by tho presi
dent, to consist of six members, ono
of whom shall bo the secretary of
commerce and labor. Representative
Foss introduced the samo bill in the
house. Tho tribunal is to gain juris
diction over disputes between capital
and labor by tho request of either or
both parties to the dispute or by re
quest mado by tho tribunal.
January 11 in tho house Mr. Jenkins,
chairman of tho judiciary committee,
called up tho resolution requesting
tho attorney general to furn'sh in
formation as to what money had been
expended under the act providing for
the enforcement of the Sherman anti
trust law, favorably reported by tho
committee, but amended so as to
make it read "insofar as it is not in
compatible with the interest of tho
public." It was adopted without de
bate and without division.
itmo A& LAPY! KM, TIUKD HKMKUY
teethlnsr. n softens iho rutob. allaw n ,,ff.? whUo
wind collo and is tho best VoiS fnl1."' urca
XWontMlTe cents tottle. it luSS &r dlarrn.
It was recently reported to Wash
ington by United States Minister
xiwu uu iuumuviueo, mat Uruguay,
S. A., i3 passing through a serious
crisis and that an engagement had oc
curred between the government forces
and the revolutionists, in which sev
eral wero killed and many wounded.
A resolution introduced in the sen
ato January 11 by Senator Bacon and
referring to tho arbitration of Co
lombia's claims on account of tho
Panama revolution was the occasion
for a warm debate in the senate. The
resolution was met promptly by Mr.
Lodge who mado a motion to table it.
This aroused tho feeling of the demo
cratic senators and the discussion pro
ceeded through the day, Senators Ba
con Spooner Teller, Carmack, Lodge,
Aldrich, Piatt of Connecticut. Halo
Foraker and Cullom speaking.
On January 11 tho United States
supremo court handed down a deci
sion sustaining the validity of the
New York statute relating to the adul
teration of food products. This deci
sion is in favor of the consumers, and
declares for purer food products.
A conference called to framo a
basis for an arbitration treaty be
tween the United States and Great
Britain and for the extension of ar
bitration throughout tho world was
held in Washington on January 7,
with prominent citizens present. Ex-
uu, rusier was chosen presi
dent of the conference.
Senator Cullom, by request of Vol
ney W. Foster, on January U intro
duced a bill to create a national arbi
tration tribunal. The bill was re
ferred to tho committee on education
times. Tho joint 'whole or none' bid
of the National City bank of New
York Harvey Fiske & Sons and Fislc
& Robinson at $107,577, successful
bidders, is $75,747 more than oould be
realized through tho acceptance of.
other bids. This bid vIll place the
bonds at about 3 1-10, or practically a
3 per cent basis for ten years. Total
premium received will be $53,390."
The Japanese minister at Washing
ton on January 13 made pablic tho
text of the treaty ratified on January
12 at Peking between Japan and China,
The' treaty consists of thirteen articles
and covers much the same ground as
does tho treaty between tho United
States and China, recently ratified by
both, countries.
Shortly after the cabinet meeting
held on January 12 Secretary Root is
sued a statement regarding the isth
mian policy of tho administration. In
this statement it is declared that the
administration does not exptct war
with Colombia and that no prepara
tion for war is being made, but that
on the contrary, every effort is being
mado by this government to help Co
lombia in the unsettled state of her
affairs occasioned by the isthmian
revolution.
In the senato on January 13 Panama
was again the principal subject of
discussion, Senator Carmack opening
the debate by a speech in pointed criti
cism of tho president's course on the
isthmus. Mr. Carmack was fallowed
by Senator Spooner, who defended tho
action taken as law-abiding. A sharp
tilt also took place between Messrs.
Patterson and Scott over the labor
troubles in Colorado. A resolution
was recently introduced requesting a
senatorial investigation of the strike
in Colorado, and this resolution oc
casioned much sham debate. The en
tire matter was subsequently refened
to tho committee on "the judiciary.
On January 14 the house passed tho
legislative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bill, carrying an aggre
gate of $29,711,711. This is the sec
ond largo supply measure to pass the
house. By a vote of 88 to 172 tho
house acting as a committee of tho
whole, refused to sustain the amend
ment striking out the paragraph4 pro
viding for salaries, etc., for the civil
service commission, which amend
ment was pushed through January 13.
Amendments to increase the oflldal
pay of territorial officers in New Mex
ico and Arizona were voted down.
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and house of representatives became
members of a society organized on
January 13 to bo affiliated with the
inter-parliamentary union for inter
national arbitration. The interna
tional union is to hold its twelfth an
nual session in St. Louis next September.
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Ratifications of the American-Chi-neso
commercial treaty were ex
changed on January 13 at the state
department by Secretary Hay and Sir
Chentung Liang Cheng, the Chinese
minister to this country. The treaty
provides for the opening of the ports
of Mukden and Antung, in Manchuria,
to the world's commerce. The ratifi
cations of this treaty is regarded with
much interest abroad, London news
papers declaring that the ratification
of tho treaty by China Implies an act
of sovereignty by China, equivalent to
a declaration that Russia's occupation
of Manchuria is only temporary and
for specific purposes.
By a vote of 78 to 65, the house on
January 13 struck out of the executive
and judicial appropriation bill tho
paragraph providing for the salaries
and expenses of tho civil service com
mission and clerks omploypd under
tho commission. This action was tak
en on motion of Mr. Hepburn of Iowa.
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