Show POLITICAL I 1 gossip from III inia aai I 1 ional dional MM capita SPRINGER WOOL BILL why the re republicans i did not fight its passage mr frieds opinion ENQUIRES IVASH MATOX march 8 vice pres 1 dent deat morroa definitely denuit ely settled a anes tion had bad owing to statements mads bath ways become somewhat doubtful by tating elating that he ha had never said that thai he would not accept a rf D d that he would accept it if the colvon tion sees goes fit fie to tend tender r it to 10 hini him and would go into the flat with vior vi or but that hu he will not be a participant in any acy scramble lor the nomination tina this manly way of stating his hia poow position on is commended on oa all sides and will add to the popularity which mr morton so eo justly enjoys whether he be renoma lanomi bated or not after loti ot trouble that specimen of democratic statesmanship the fieo wool bill which makes the farmers product raw wool compete with the forel foreign n pro duct brought lin free of duty while it gives the manufacturer af 9 woolen goods an average protection of 39 per cent has gotten through the house although it was demonstrate din a day a ing that the republicans of the couso could had they been so BO disposed have hato compelled the democrats either to have abandoned the bill or to have adopted a cloture rule to past pass it but the republicans were perfectly wilting villing for foi the democrats to pass the bill knowing that it will help largely towards making the election of a republican president and congress next nest november a ce certainly certainty r the ice reason the state department has sot not made public the details of the re ren elp rocity recently negotiated with france is that the treaty teaty does not be come binding until it is ratified by the french chamber of deputies before which it is now pending 11 representative hitt of Illi illinois noie is understood to be selected as successor tor as to france it would ba dit dil ficula to find a man better fitted for the place jr y simpson is accused of trying to prevent the passage of tho the bill far the opening of tile the cherokee strip at the esell geason of congress Coc gresa the ship ad pr adjoins join tho the district which kas kaa the misfortune to have jerry for its represent Ile presen ln mUon congress gress and ll it Is 1 be thrown open to settlement before the aloe election tion jerry fears that so mani of if his constituents constituent a will go there that his reelection already improbable will be an absolute impossibility so be beta is said to have been quietly working to est the I 1 bill over to the next sest session ion he was to to be working hard bard to push it through at once members embers It of the committee haying having the bill in charge 1 d do 0 not expect the bill to piss pisa at thia acs session son secretary blaine blaina has fow few closner aloiz or more confidential friends than whitelaw reid who spent several days here this thia week discussing discua aing ind and explaining eddla nin the tw two 0 treaties he negotiated with france and in view of the rumors jece otly aly freshly started about ing a candidate for far the presidential nomination his words on an the nomina nomination are important he said just after spending a day with 31 mr r blaine 1 I see cea no reason if be he wishes it why mr trison should not bs be nominated his administration has been a clean one and aad acceptable to the people and with mr blame blaine out of the way I 1 think there will be but tittle opposition mr blaine Blain eia is not a candidate I 1 believe every word he said in his hia letter latter ho meant what he said the investigation of the pension offie fica has now boen going on a mont hand the only result is that the bouso is asked to authorize tha payment of 10 a day to a for an indefinite period according to a treasury statement stat ament issued this week the circulation per capita on the first day of april was W s 24 as The Chinese minister is a very great mistake in trying to influence the action of the senate upon the antichi anti chi nose nese bill by making threats there are at present soma some senators who will op pose posa the bill because of theair belief that it is ia eveh to accomplish an find and very much desired to violate obligations contained in treaties with china but if the minister keeps uri up his throats country any Lt severing evering relations with us hb will probably find tint there w kill i be no opponents to alo bill when it cornea comes before the senate for action upon it the present anti chinese liw law expires in in less than a month by li ni citation tation Ua tion and the probabilities are that tte tie bill shutting abutting out all chinese except those officially connected with the government eri ament of that country which was passed by the house this week under a suspension of the rules will before that time have become a law several very exciting have been made in the senate this week on senator morgans silver resolutions notably that of senator walcott of col orado who attached mr harrison and the administration because the house ouse failed to pass paea the silver bill when it was up the other day senator hale s resolution calling upon tho tha secretary of state lor for copies of all agreements made with other conn tries relating to reciprocity has been adopted the democratic joy over the unfound 1 ed bd rumor that ex speaker R Beed intend ed retiring from congress at the end of his hia present term was very ehert lived |