Oar Washington Letter l Ä
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i i Medford Shoe Co.,
ed a num ber of public building
Special to th e N ews from our regular
bills and is likely to pass many
C orrespondent.
lias all kinds of Rubber Boots, both Long
more before adjournm ent. T h e se
and Short. Boys and Minis’.
(rents, and
W ashington , I). C., Jan. 17.— bills will b eo n the 1 louse calendar
Ladids Rubbers. All of first-class material.
Financial topics have been much at the opening of the last session
of
the
Fifty-fifth
Congress
and,
if
discussed at the Capitol this week,
Genuine tirst-elass Rubber.
but it was not on the floor of the the revenues show a surplus, tin
House or Senate, but in the com most of them are likely to be pass
AT T H E ‘ RA CK ET,’’
mittee rooms and between individ ed. If there is a continued deficit,
MEDFORD, ORE.
ual Senators and Representatives. tb at will b ean unanswerable argu-
Farlv in the week Senator Chandler ,nenl for a continuation of the pres-
started the ball rolling, as it were, enf anti-appropriation policy in the
by declaring in tne most em phatic' House, ami many building-hungry
language th at he had just had a towns will be disapointed.
R O L L 6 R 7VYIL L_S,
talk with President McKinley on
1 he postal authorities have de-
HOUCK & SIG N ORO TTI, P ro p rs.
the subject, and th at the President e’»le«l upon the designs to l>e used
was just as good a bimetallist as be uPon the series of stam ps to be is A Complete Line of Flour, Corn Meal. Graham, Bran,
(Chandler) was, and that lie had sue(*
commemoration of the
Shorts and Mill Feed Constantly on Hand.
not given up international bimet- Uans-M ississippi and International
Mill OllP-Htllf Mile East of Town.
allisrn, but intended to send the Exposition to be held at Omaha G O L D H IL L ,
O REG O N .
commission to Europe again at the llext summer. 1 bey are as follows:
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first favorable opportunity. Then One cent—Discovery of the Mississ- necessary two thirds vote will be
Senators Thurs-
there was a breezy little talk in the ippi River by M arquette; 2 cent— obtained for it.
room of the Senate Finance com m it Imlian Chief; 4-cent-Buffaio hunt; ton, °f Nebraska, and Gear, of Iowa,
tee on the resolution offered by S en -!'5‘cent'E»ll»fiiHler, Frement raising who had been put «town as favor-
ator Teller, declaring U. S. bonds the flag on the Rockies; 8-cent Em- iog the treaty, this week annonne-
to be payable in silver dollars, at
wagon train; 10 cent-M ining ed their intention to vote against
the o p tim i of the government. Con-i scene; 50-cent-Cowhoy and cattle; its ratification; and Wellington, of
»¡deration of the resolution was
-H arvesting, or a big flouring Aid., Mason, of 111., and Spooner,
postponed a week. Then there were nl*'L $--Rock Island Bridge, show- of Wis„ are in doubt as to bow they
will vote. Guesses as to bow long
long financial talks by ex-Senator *” 8 portion of Omaha.
the
Senate will debate the t;eaty
Edmonds and ex Secretary Eair- 1 Among the politicians, who al-
child, members of the monetary ' ways look beneath the surface of before taking a vote run all the
commission, before the House com-j things, the apparently narrow es- wav from two weeks to three months.
mittee on Banking, and Currency, cape of Senator H anna from defeat
Judge W. S. Crowell was in the
in favor of the bill prepared and | at the hands of the Ohio legislature
city
Saturday evening enjoying
recommended by that c o m m issio n i is not regarded as anything more
If those who favor a retention of than a little game of politics where- himself as only one can in Gold
XOW ALL MEN by dies sc
the present civil service status re- ! by Senator Foraker took some of Hill, especially on an occasion of
this kind.
ally believe, as they say they do, Ghe conceit out of bin colleague bv
— Presents, th at 1...........
Gur city was “ full” of Orients
that the members of the I louse who giving him a good fright, and after
........ Jiavp the
»aid so many bitter things during having lie.omphshed his purpose,
" b 1' .
were oil]v complete assortment of
1
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the debate on tbe Legislative, E x made his election sure. It is wor- m the neighborhood of 50 visiting , / ;
^ n i° L lllg
LO-
ecutive and Judicial appropriation thy of note, too, in this connection n,embers “ nd about 60 local mena’ i | .
th
at
as
a
rule
all
of
the
politicians’
hers
a
t
the
banquet.
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bill, which was passed this week,
The Postal Telegraph Linemen .
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are satisfied now th at they have regardless of party, are disposed to
gotten their speeches in the Record think that Senator Foraker’s tac- outfit was in the city Tuesday. h l l l l l d i l l Gobi Hill,
Come
which can he distributed among tics were justified by the circum- There are 12 men in the gang and a illl set1 for yourself.
their constituents, they are likely stances.
! hey say th a t Senator they are pushing the work on t h e ------------------------- ----------
to get a rude awakening later on. Hanna had from the day of I’resi- new line right along.
The antis are working harder than dent M cKinley’s election virtually
The county commissioners’ court
ever to make converts ami are ex ignored Senator Foraker in the pol
I lie Best Domestic Cigar to
will hold a special session Jan u ary
pressing confidence in their ability itics of their state and ruthlessly
be
found in Medford.
25th to levey a tax for the ensuing
to get their bill providing for a walked over his friends, and that
year and transact other im portant
modified civil service law before the this was the first opportunity that
business, says the Times.
House, and to pass it, before the Senator Foraker bad had to show
E lder S. W. P . Richards of Myr
p re s e n t session closes.
Some of that he wielded some power in bis
The Best Im ported Cigar».
tle
creek, who has been holding a I
them now express hope that the party and that in Using it to force
President will not modify the p res-. Senator H anna
recognize him ser’es " l meetings at ( entral Point
ent rules, because that would weak- ¡Old bis friends, both now and in irrived in the eitv Monday evening
eii them, by satisfying some who ! the future, he only did w hat anv and started a series of meetings in
would otherwise vote for their bill other shrewd politician would have the school house Tuesday.
Are all HAND MADE a n d
If the revenues of the government done under the same circumstances.
Two street fakers claim ing to be
They are CLEAN.
should show a comfortable surplus It is needless to say that they are man and wife gave an en tertain
by next winter, there is likely to he other men who take an entirely ment on our m uddy streets Sunday
OEO. KU R TZ,
a big boom in public building leg different view of the m atter, ami in the rain, assisted by tw oor three
islation. It isn't likelv that anv who regard recent happenings at trained dogs. The collection was,
public building hills will he passed Columbus as a blot upon the good small and the entertainm ent was M edford C ig a r F a cto ry.
by the House at the Present session, name of the great state of Ohio, hut cut short.
owing to the attitude of the admin- ihey are not in politics.
The fare from Portland to San y y ANTI-r>~_Ti:t'TW O RT1IY A.\n ACTI\ K
«ti.i
’n1! ied
" I n. . | n "• i , IWOn.
"*VI> M for u n th lv « »
slhl. . . i slalilM
istration, the speaker, and the chair-
The outlook for the annexation Francisco was raised yesterday on .tllil expeil-i«-«. P o-P lo i, M i . jh I v In te r,'n e e
until of the committee on Appropri- of Hawaii through the treaty, which the S. P. Rv„ to $17 first-class ami Uom tuton t oinpa.iy. d , pi. v e l l i c a l o *
ations towards keeping the appro is now under discussion by the Sen- $11 second-class including berths,
priations down to the lowest amount ite, is not as good as it was a week On the O. R. <fc N. steamers the rates Small pill, safe pill, best pill. D eW itt »
| ossilde. But so far ns public ago. although the friends of the were raiset! to $12 cabin and $3 Little E arly Risers cu re hilliousnes»,
constipation, sick h ead ach e.—Allison A
buildings are concerned, this puli- treaty are still claim ing that the steerage.
Co.
Medford Shoe Co.,
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Bond F o r T rade.
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