| Show iriti nar ift wo Taij THE SAMOAN TREAT aptt A nt T SECRETARY bayari Bi YARi SAYS THERE HAS KO VIOLATION and that ahe honor of the country has been upheld correspondence secretary bayard is a fc man but he cant stand everything he allowed himself to be misrepresented and criticized criticised by the newspapers about this samoan affair for a conf time but he has turned on the sensation bongers mongers by taking the public into his confidence and showing jusic how small a foundation there really was upon which to build a great sensa tion he shows that germany has violated ho treaty with the united states that no american property has boen destroyed nor the rights of any american citizen interfered that germany has given the united states absolutely no cause for war and that by express agreements with germany and england the united states is prevented froni attempting to maintain a protectorate over the islands in fact mr bayaras bayards Ba yards statements make it very plain that he has i upheld the honor of the country in this matter and now he has turned it over to congress to decide whether we shall inaugurate a now police in relation io thia insignificant little group of islands in the south pacific ocean the absurd rumor that mr bayard and secretary whitney had fallen out over this question had no foundation whatever the administration is humorous the senate has decided that in future our ministers to the courts of england france germany and russia ahall be called ambassadors the republicans of tho senate have decided to report mr springers omnibus bill with amendments shutting out new mexico and providing for the immediate admission of north and south dakota montana and washington it is not believed that the democrats of the house will ever agree to any measure that does not admit now mexico so that there is no probability of any legislation on this subject at this session senator acison is the candle which is attracting all the republican moths just at present he knows just what harrison proposes to do and is gen orally believed to have agreed to become secretary of tho treasury himself the cabinet as it now stands according to high republican authority Blaine is for secretary of state allison for the treasury wanamake or postmaster general and alger secretary of war if this is correct there is no longer any doubt of its boing a blaino administration W W dudley wants harrison to appoint him commissioner of patents but it his been suggested that it might bo well for him to wait and hear the verdict concerning certain charges against him before ho applies foe an office the democratic senators held a caucus this week to determine whether it was possible to got the laicans to agree to take some action upon tho large dumber over nominations now banding before the senate nothing is expected to come of it as the republicans seem determined ter mined to hang up these nominations until harrison comes in the senate tariff bill has been referred to the Treasury Department for a report as to what effect it would hove on the revenues of tho golem ment mr of tho house ways and means committee thinks that the tariff portion of the bill would result in an increase of the revenues instead of a reduction if harrisone administration is to be controlled by republicans of the billy chandler type there are brou trou blous times ahead for the chandler Ch endler is ono of choso republican saints who is always suffering with that acute disease on the brain he cannot talk live minutes on the floor of the senate or elsewhere without dragging in the negro ho has rather overdone himself by an interview this week in which he takes occasion to virtually advise the negro to arm himself and fight such men as chandler have been responsible for every drop of blood that has been shed in the south sinco the close of the war and the trouble has only just begun if they are 10 be allowed to rule the next administration fortunately harrison himself is a conservative serva tive man and not likely to tsik advice from such fanatics as billy chandler for more than a year senator vanco has suffered from a disease of the oyes which has caused him to lose tho sight of one entirely this week the diseased eye was removed in order to prevent the good eye from becoming affected through sympathy the operation was successful and the senator is already back in his seat greatly improved feb |
