| Show washington ITEMS washington 9 D C may 6 5 1898 washington is ie itself again during the week that president cleveland his cabinet and the office seekers were away the town took on a midsummer dalness dul ness but now that the big officials are all again at their desks and the place h hunters having got their second wind are making a second assault all aloag the line things sie aie humming merrily again and promise to continue so 0 o right along until the opening or of the extra session of congress which is certain to meet in september sua which may possibly meet before A long list of presidential president ibl post postoffice office appointments point ments were made this week secretary carlisle found the gold condition of the treasury much esste easier when he be returned ariso it was when he went away the nee n ee gold now amounts te something like and there has been a very decided lot let up IP in the demand for gold lor for export go no man can say with any certainty whether the budden cessation in the demand for gold to be sent abroad is p permanent erman eDt or only temporary but anyway it is very vary welcome tu to the administration as it has given it an opportunity to strengthen its gold reserve and to prepare for future demands there are good reasons for the beliet belief ahat the administration does not care to have the financial situation become too easy before the meeting of congress because it depends depend upon the unsettled feeling in financial circles to exercise sufficient influence upon votes in Cou congress greas to bring about an unconditional repeal of the sherman silver law which it blames fur for all the trouble the silver men have no special love for the shi beirman aman law but they say bay that it cannot be repealed unless they are given a satisfactory substitute for it and that the adminis artion will not unless a great change occurs agree to give them mr frederick billiou Dil liou of halifax nova scotia at present visiting washington thinks the canadian son sen dment foj foi annexation has been grossly grosely exaggerated he said speaking on the subject 1 I do not think that our people care for annexation to the united states rhe fhe present status to is good enough we are practically independent of great britain levy a tax on all imports she us and contribute riot not a dollar to taxes to the mother country if t auble should come thre there is the british army and navy that would rally to our protection there is no hurry burry to dissolve such an advantageous in view of the nearness of the time for the united states supreme wt cuart to pass upon the ol of the geary gear anti chinese law the treasury officials having charge ot of the matter have decided to await the re rendering of that decision before mapping out the policy of the in dealing with the chinese now in this country who nave have failed to register as the law provides if the allty of the law to is an am mott mot t lawyers appear to be of the opinion that it will be the officials of the govern went will have to tackle the problem lemi of getting rid of the unregistered registered UD chinaman the geary law says that all ail unregistered found la in the united states after may 5 1893 shall forthwith be returned to the country whence they came and there in lies the problem they are not dot disposed to go unless u compelled and they certainly will not pay their own fares fare and congress failed to mate malie an apt to pay for their deportation the arguments in the case will be beard by the supreme court on the I 1 not net and it is hoped that a decision will be handed down within a 8 week from that date the treasury statement issued this week gives a pretty fair ides idea d the closeness with which things are figured down in that branch of the govern government last december secretary foe FOB terin ter in his ann annual ual report estimated that there would be on hand at the close of the current fiscal year an available surplus of and his bis estimate was so much doubted that the ahouee authorized the ways and means corn cora cittee to investigate his bis figures the impression on the majority side of the house that there being would be V a considerable deficit deceit instead of a surplus now the end of the fiscal year is so near that thai the estimate is practically ical a certainty and it shows that the surplus will be about just juist more than was estimated last december A cherokee delegation headed beaded by chief harris and treasurer starr baa had bad several conferences with secretary hoke smith since his bis return they are here to V represent the cherokee council in carrying into info effect the act of the last congress appropriating the money to pay for the land in what to ig known as the cherokee strip nothing definite has yet been agreed upon but the members of the delegation say any their interviews with the secretary have been satisfactory |
