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1393 DECEMBER 1099?a iMMml w|«n

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Public Officers.(lni7Pr ,, or John R. Rogers

\u25a0tut \u25a0nant-Governor Thurston Daniels,

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thl.eriiitcndent Public Instruction, P. J. Beownjommissiouer Public Lands.. Robert Bbwqks,

. I M.Fullerton.judges Supreme Court i T. J. Andbks.

(J. B. Rbavis,iGeorge Turner.

uators John L. Wilson,tp.Cushman

Congressmen }w.L. Jones

vhi..< nator, 17th Dist J. Mcßeavy Union CityR\ . -ith Dist. -? G. B. Gunderson, Shelton

fmicrTor Judge. Bth. C. W. Hodgdon, Hoquiam

land OFFICERS ?OLYMPIA DIST.

nocister G. Dbckebach

Receiver V.V. J.O?B.Scobey

Mason County Officers..

? A. L. Bell

\u25a0 o utv Clerk OLE. C. Hanson? .f . A. W. FREDBON

lu.Hd- GEO. H. VOGTLIN.lar ??

.. ...L. W, Spbkce

Attorney t) m DuckworthCounty Commissioners ..

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Co,one,SHELTON PRECINCT.

Justice of the Peace v 'r'wiilsYJustice of the Peace -?? ?>? L. Willey.

Constable \u25a0Shelton City Officers

C. v. DunbarMayor

Albert Johnson, 1W. M. Beach \ Tonnej. F. Riley, ( ..Lounc

W. it. Maxwell i, A\? I]? SON ? . clerk and Police Judge

? Treasurer? \v potts Marshal and Street Com.

Society Cards. ?

F? RST BAPRE

SV. Supply

~;:rrpurrtuud^s d.iy «>\u25a0.»*? i:

v \u25a0 Mp m. Prayer Meeting every

Thursday evening at 7 o?clock followed by C. C.

I.class. 'All are madefwelcome at these services.

Corner Fifth and Cota ata.

r IRST METHODIST-EPISCOPAL C HURCH.-

tT'WbSSMi 1 *bS* a.S;Prayer? mMtfig.Jt 7:30 P. M. errery TlrOTd.y

Everybody is invited to attend. Seats free.

RKT. W. 8.-McMillxn, Pastor

WELCOME COH STAB.

jsss^sssfSS&zs&zmade welcome. n r, vooi.M.vcuie Hilton,

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SecWorthy Matron. Hec ~

S?HELTON LODGERWash. All members in good standing, cordially

invited to attend. _ . tworrisonJ. A. MORRISON, L* MO? o*

N. Q. R - Bec ?

MI. MORIAH LODGE, No. 11,P. & A M.

D EOOLAU Saturday eve

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PACIFIC LODGE. N0.66,p

Meets the first and thirdof each month the Maronlc Hall. VisitinKnights cordially invited to attend. g, IGH

1.. L. lluntkb, p pK. of R. AS. CO>

nE. Cross Post No. 90,0. A. R.

Meets in Shorter?shallfirttandnights of each month. Comrades areiuv\te d lo vinit and iota- cT . hontlev,J - B ? Rl ldfut?ant. Commander

nrUYKEBEKAH LODGE^NoTS.Meets every 2nd arid°4th Friday evening In Odd

Fdh,Cw-s

eHai

yi, Shelton.

. Vm^ngsisters are cordially invited to attend, social

session on Third Friday,

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2eua Norton. Sec. Heleh Fqbbest, h. w

C l;i>'R c»W?mthe world. ,

Sleets cvcrs°£t. and 3rd Tiw»dM.?AdUtoto-Hall, sheltou. Visitingvitvd to camp with us. A. W. *aEDSON

AI J. Munson, Clerk. LonsUl

C HELTON LODGE NO sL?^?Regular meeting* every Monday evening at

'o?clock, in the Odd Fellows Hall. Allmembers

of good Standing ate invited to attend.L. J. Morrison,

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w* uJ^rderMaster Workman. Recorder.

C AIIAW AMISH LODGE NO. 19.

Motts every SaturdayI.*-, o. F. Hall. Visiting Members in gooa

standing are made welcome. T t» aUEO. Em MOTT, C. T. RPRIC Todd, K a.

CKO! iKUM HOMESTEAD NO. nJ . (>TU ERUOOD AMERICAN YOEMA«,

Meets m I. O. O. F. Hall, on 2nd and 4th Tnefi-

da; . of each month. ____-.-.^nilent.Daisy E. Btkwabt, Correspondent.

SHELTONLivery Feed and Sale Stables.

rransient horses fed and cawciior.H avy Hauling a specialty. tirMiwnlLeave orders for WOOD ot BAB.K. AUienetmi

bi i .u jpromptly attended. Give n*aoau-

carm Wagons and Agricultural imple-ments for Sale.

C. H. VOCTLIN,Proprietor*

Steamer ?CITY )F SBBLTOH.SHELTON- -OLYMPIA.

i-tAViNQ. I AaaiyiwO"

S 'vl > .... 5.30 a.m. I Olympia

CLynipia ,8:30 a. m J Shelton . \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0

i .n.4om, |Ol>mpU ? ???

D. :ut..K ...6:00 p. m. | Shelton p~

Makes connection both»6r#lUftSW f*1"*

Wltii ijiympia, Tacoma and cattle \u25a0?uafuw*-

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State Bank of Shelton.?(lncorporated, April 3,1893.)

I General Banking Business TransactedOfficers and Directors:

S.G. Simpson, President; Thos. Bordeaux, Vice-President;J. F. Riley, Cashier; J. D. Riley, Assistant Cashier;

John A. Campbell; A. H. Anderson; James Campbell- Geo. Cyphert;

Drafts drawn on principal cities, available at all points in United St.tes and Canada. Re-mittances to any Foreign Country by draft or Money Order. Collects as made on favorableterms. Interest paid on time deposits.

Savings Department.Deposits received in sums of |I.OO and upwards. Interest at 5 per cent per annum paid o

credited semi-annually on first days of January and July.

Fire Insurance-written in the leading American and English companies. \u2666

CHfIMBERS~&"FREDSON.Wholesale and Retail?Dealers in

Dressed Beef; Mutton,Veal, Fork, Smoked andSalt Meats, Poultry, Veg-etables & Farm Produce.

Highest prices paid for dressed poul-try, live stock and farm produce.

§lo*Special attention given to wholesale and logging camp supply.BOT Special inducements offered for country trade.

J±. W FREDSON, Manager

Olympia Door and Lumber Company,

Turning and Stair work a Specially. Write tor estimates, &c.?o ?

Cor. 3rd &. Jefferson Sts., Olympia, Wash.

Are you ?- mp

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IF NOT, WHY NOT?DON?T YOU KNOW?

It's a. Fine TTi 1 n ~

To have a Rich Uncle repair your misfortunes.The PENNSYLVANIA, AMERICAN and theSVEA?the safest in the land ?DO IT.

For rates, etc., apply to GRANT C. ANGLE, Shelton, Wn?- - - 1

Bur Direct From the Factory >\u25a0»

HONEST AACHINES AT HONEST PRICES

gjLHUni Our machines^are theibest, ovir prices the

W jw/ lowest?ifl nmjml Au fUeitmts Cuapamtud roR 10 YcarsmWgjmMk WRITE TOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE

CHICAGOt CHICAGO. ILL.

(Mm used Ripens Tabulee with so much satis- I hare been a great sufferer from constipating

HhMimi that 1 can cheerfully recommend them, for over five years. Nothing gave me any relief,\u25a0are been troubled for about three yean with My feet and legs and abdomen wore bloated sowhat 1 tmlltrtlMHnt «\u25a0 ?gni*»iy Icould not wear shoes on my feet and onlya looseeaoe a weak Was told by different physicians dress. Isaw Rlpans Tabules advertised In ourtbat Itwag nautili by bad teeth, of which I had daily paper, bought some and took them as direct*aaveraL X had the teeth extracted, but the at* ed- Have taken them about three weeks and theresm*« x had aeaa advertlaematita of Is such a change IIam nut constipated any moreBlpaaa Tabulae la all tbepapera bat had no faith and I owe it all to Rlpans Tabules. lam thirty*Intiism, but about elx weaka atnoe a friend In* seven years old, have no occupation, only myduoadasa to try thaas. Have taken but two of the household duties and nursing my sick husband,gasallfreaat boxes of the Tabules and have had He has had the dropsy and lam trying RlpansiffrMßWWif*t»is»itsi*« Have never given a Tabules for him. He feels some better but it willtaatbnoalal tor anything before, but tbs great take some time, be has been sick so long. Tonamounted good wblok Ibelieve baa been dene me may uae my letter and name as you like,

by MpaM Tabules Indooee BksiMklMtotbs KiaKitTOosiuiCLun.

possession now. JLT.DkWBtr. I base been suffering from headaches eversince X was a little girl. Icould never ride In a

S? &*********************sfifes SSSSihS, dt II m stomach. Iheard about

g?? 4 U P ?T»P*A 5 Rlpans Tabules from an\u25a0tp ensTabulee.lam a B Rif A« O £ aunt of mine who was?

- 4 Be # taking tham for catarrhini ii 4 m B of the stomach. She had

Jr."?* 4 **? B found such relief from

5 2 The modem Stand. | SSXS^tSi4 qj ? s* w j* * have been doingso since

SrHsHHs i «Family Med ?g

SSsi?s3S ,1 52 '?> cine: Cures the | &KJSJSJ3S4p m fa, old. You are welcome

iSaSaßWßneun. Is IT common every-day § lo use this testimonial.1 w * * B Hel J. Bbooxxtu,

Hcttar troubled j o illof humanity. | __

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mtamy ?eats. One day J T#* ? ff his bead, oonstipatloa

B*the,

paper Indorsing a \u25a0&' OfSMpr S stomach. He could notHIpa as Tabulae Me m £ eat like children of his

greatly jpppp f9W9hfttyw????!s agree

i^S's* tba and of a saffron color.altereartOM>btaHl Pmilag some of the testimonials In favor ofin-"-r**~**** Blpana Tabules, Itried them. Ripens Tabules not

MtSTStMrSMKI deMbnmn bam onlyrelieved but actually cured my youngster,;-- - - the beeilirtitrr have disappeared, bowels are ladies|H israe wwn me Med and bo never complains of his

stw stomach. He la now a red, chubby-faced boy. This?Wtakety sseadsrful change Iattribute to Tabulae.

t-mm satisfied that they willbenefit any one (from

"** tbe umdtete old age) U taken according todlreo-

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TheDTlfflStHMWSn is neBest.

? After having a mishap, I sufferedwith pain in my left side and a lingeringcough which grew worse and worse,?writes Mrs. Cora Brooks, of Martin,Franklin County, Georgia. w Lastspring I got past doing anything and myhusband went to the drug store andcalled for Wine of C , and the mer-chant recommended Dr. Pierce?s Favor-ite Prescription, so he bought one bottle.I began to take it as directed in thepamphlet wrapped around the bottle.The book said ifthe disease was compli-cated with cough to take Dr. Pierce?sGolden Medical Discovery and ? Favor-ite Prescription? alternately, and Dr.Pierce?s Pleasant Pellets, on rising everymorning. Mr. Brooks went back to thedrug store and got the ? Golden MedicalDiscovery,* ana I took it as directed.The cough left me at once and I beganto get better so rapidly my husband wasastonished at my improvement. lamnow able to work on the farm and alsodo the washing for two familes.?

Bryan Prosperity.

Three years ago Col. W. J. Bryanwas a poor man. So poor, in fact, thatit is admitted he was unable to meetthe personal expense of his campaignfor the presidency and contributionsfor his direct benefit were solicited andreceived by the national democraticcommittee.

Since then, Mr. Bryan has made nopretense of practicing at his professionof law. With the exception of hisbrief military duty his whole time hisbeen devoted to the further promulga-tion of his theories by a book review-ing campaign of 1896 and by lecturesand speechmaking. It is not of recordthat Mr. Bryan has dene a stroke ofwork or exerted the least effort not re-lating to his personal views of matters

political.Everything he has done in three

years has been with an eye single to

the success in politics of his supportersand to the realization of his own am-bition in 1900.

Mr. Bryan today is possessed of. apersonal fortune of $200,000. Thestatement is made on the authority ofthe New York Journal, the eastern

newspaper organ of the gentlemanfrom Nebraska. In other words, underthree years of the beneficial adminis-tration of William McKinley Mr,

Bryan has risen from acknowledgedpoverty to admitted affluence. Twohundred thousand dollars equals thegross salary of the president of theUnited Stales for the full term of fouryears. It is an amount far in excessof that possessed by the great majorityof the men who have entered theWhite House, and in great excess ofthe amount the most of them havebeen able to call their own upon leav**ing it.? Spokane Outburst.

Fake bargains always attract thetreasure of the simple-minded, thefalse Whether the stockin the trade be a plow, a suit of clothes,

a stove or range, or a tin watch withglass jewels, the loquacious strangercan usually find willing victims wherethe responsible citizen, neighbor andtaxpayer merchant ?who sells reliablegoods for honest profits and is alwayspresent to 'make good his guaranteewhen the irresponsible interloper hasflown to unknown and unreaped fields?is restricted to the patronage ofthose who trust to recognized businessresponsibilities and do their tradingwith some dictation of common senseand are, therefore, never roped in bythe traveling faker. Whatcom county

has been a fruitful field for the smoothindividual with the sweatshop clothes,copper gold, pewter silver and trickpapers to be signed by the innocentvictims to bind the ?bargain.? Somepublic protection should be adopted?-not for the sake of the chumps, but tosave indirect expense to those whohave no voice in the matter. ?What-

com Blade.

My son has been troubled lor yearswith chronic diarrhoea. Some time

ago I persuaded him to take isome of

Chamberlain?s Colb*, Cholera amiDiarrhoea Remedy.* "After using two

bottles of the 25-cent size lie was cored.I give tbia testimonial, hoping some

Glenda C. V. Dunbar!,

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SHELTON. MASON FRT 1? ll

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pines and else^fT^e^dTlTlH|"""WW!WPfew days necessitate wftfttejfcaiie. Itwas read at yesterday?s cabinet meet-ing. It is the longest message e|§r !sent to congress by President Mckln-?ley, comprising more than 20,000words.

The most important features of themessage relate to the new dependen-cies and to the financial question. Theessential features on these topics werethus outlined today by a member ofthe cabinet;

Sovereignty is to be establishedthroughout all the Philippine islandsand not be permanently maintained,Civil government is to be extendedthroughout the islands as rapidly aspossible ou lines somewhat similar tothe arrangements affected for the gov-

ernment of the Island ot Negros.Attention is invited to the report of

the Philippine commission as to whyit is impossible for the United Statesou par with the islands and as to thegreat commercial advantages in hold-ing them.

Civil government in Cuba undermilitary control is recommended untilsome substantial progress has beenmade through the medium of suffragetoward the establishment of an inde-pendent form of government.

Attention is called to the fact thatthe census willnot be completed untilDecember 1, and as the Spaniards haveunder the treaty, until April next todecide whether they will become citi-zens of the island, it will not be possi-ble until that time to hold generalelections to determine upon the fu-ture government of the island. Thequestion of annexation is, therefore,left open. Great stress is laid uponthe improvement in the island duringthe year, not only commercially andagriculturally, but also in the sanitarycondition of the cities and towns.

President McKinley recommendsthat civil government immediately re-place the military in Porto Rico?acivil governor to be appointed and acouncil or legislature to be elected bythe people, property and educationalqualifications to be prescribed for vot-

ers.As to Hawaii, the president suggests

immediate legislation to put in effecta territorial form of government, andthe modification of the pending billsto correspond more nearly with thepolitical government of the islands.

The Hague conference is pointed to

with satisfaction and a statementmade that the treaty agreed to at thisconference willbe submitted at onceto the senate. Gratification is express-ed over the final settlement ot theVenezuelan boundary controversy.Samoa comes in for a large share of at-

tention, the exciting events of the yearare reviewed and the statement madethat a new treaty will soon be sent to

the senate for the partition of Che is-lands.

The president refers to the trade sit-uation in China and the verbal assur-ances received by this governmentfrom powers having spheres of influ-ence in that empire that Americantrade rights will be respected. Hewill also announce that he has re-quested that these verbal assurancesbe placed in writing but beyond stat-

ing that favorable answers are expect-

ed he willbe unable to inform con-gress that ho has received the formalcommunications desired.

His Condition Far Worse

It is a fullcentury since the coloredraces of Hayti threw off the rule ofFrance, apd from that time to thisthe country has been deteriorating.Prosperity went out with foreign rule,the ethics and institutions of advancedcivilization not being applicable to in-ferior races, when the administrationof affairs is lei*, to a people ignorantand naturally lazy and incompetent.Left to himself the tropical black manwillnot work so long as food can beobtained and the swarming increasefed without work. As compared withformer times the island appears to bein ruins; where once was busy indus-try and extensive commerce, are nowdilapidated plantations, abandonedmines, and rotting wharves and ware-houses. The chronic condition ofpolitics and society is revolution andrevolting crime, with rank corruptionin every branch of the government.Commerce is not encouraged, industryis declining, and intercourse withwhite men and foreigners is not de-sired. A century of trials is here suf-ficient to show that the trufric'al negro,under European forms of government,gradually declines, until a sfate ofthin# "Is reached far worse Ilian bis

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8. 1899, enclosing a com mu nicgUnu

have been b&ikpast eight years nffcp)*d»l«iioWnd#4ritownship 14 n range 5which have been withheld frpm /dispo-sition under the public lanaluvjs oe?:cause of the suspension asthe official surveys that have hereto-fore been made thereof and uponwhich lieu selections have been madeby the Northern Pacific Railroad com-pany, under the acts of June 4, 1897,(30 Stat., 94) and March 2, 1899, (80Stat. 903) setting aside certain landsin the State of Washington as ForestReseives.

In reply, I would respectfully stalethat the proper course for such settlersto pursue would seem to he to continuetheir settlements and within threemonths after the acceptance and offic-ial filing of the plat of survey of thelands to assert their claims thereto byproper applications to enter, at thelocal land office. Upon such applica-tions, and a satisfactory showing, afterdue notice to the railroad company,that their settlements were initiatedprior to and existing at the date of thecompany?s lieu selections, the settlerswould have the superior right to thelands, as lieu selections by the com-pany in the presence of valid adverseclaims are inhibited by said acts.

Your correspondent?s inquiry as t6the present status of the suspendedsurveys of the lands aforesaid willbeanswered in a separate letter.

Very respectfully,Binger Hermann,

Commissioner.

Some Mighty Big Things

The year 1899 is bound to go downthe centuries as one ot the greatest inall the history of this nation, says theSeattle Times, ?and here are a fewfacts to demonstrate this propositionto which special attention is respect-fully called:

?One million and a half tons of steelrails, 30,000 cars and 500 locomotivewere ordered in the United States dur-ing the last week in October. In thesame week the description of the mostpowerful locomotive ever constructedwas published. The weight, with thetender, was 364,000 pounds, and it isdesigned to haul 2000 tons.

?A few weeks ago the largest steam-ship in the world arrived in New Yorkafter a successful maiden voyage, andit is now staled that the Great North-ern Railway has already contracted inEngland for two steel steamships

which willbe sixteen feet longer thanthe new ?Oceanic? of the White StarLine. It is furthermore reported thatthese two are but the fore-runners of

a large fleet of equally gigantic steelsteamships for the trans-Pacific tradebetween Seattle and Japan.

?When the Baldwin LocomotiveWorks installed two gigantic electric

traveling cranes, having a lifting ca-

pacity of 100 tons each, in their erect-

ing shops a few years ago, these labor-saving appliances were the cause of

much wondering comment among

engineers and others; but mofe recent-

ly the Carnegie Steel Company caused

to be built (for its Homestead plant)

an electric traveling crane having a

lifting capacity of 150 tons, and it is

said that no more difficulty is exper-ienced in the operation of the mon-

strous mechanism than in the case of

the smaller cranes.

?On the New YorkCentral the other

day, a locomotive, No. 948, one of the

new moguls, hauled out train No. 11,the Southwestern Limited, made up of

two mail cars, live passenger coaches

and nine Wagner cars, sixteen in all.

The total weight of the train was

1,832,000 pounds, or 916 tons, and the

length of the train, including the en-

gine, was 1212 feet, or nearly a quarter

of a mile. This engine, it is said,

made the regular time of the tram be-

tween New York and Albany, 143

miles, in three hours and ? fifteen

minutes.?

Under the initiative and referenduma very small vote was polled in Missis-

sippi on the proposition for an elective

instead of an appointive judiciary.The Mississippi yeomen are not dis-

posed to give up recognized cinch for

anything so uncertain as the referend-

um, thinks the Vancouver Columbian.

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taceks ago, T.ioswrreffitioiu. would l T

V& jchoAby.Odmp bwce ij©wiign»B asaem- >1l( In ficty *

\u25a0mi i as already far as organ-bf*l( The end*Ymgj {nil spike thb mi.guns dfcanapyoabilhe.aalla in it

ami they willrHa\e(t£l(Jinnt a new sub- p.'

ject for \m

The senate finances Committee, or-mt

rather the republican membersOf thatcommittee, held a meeting today to <>

consider the financial bill prepared bythe Republican House Caucus com-mittee. So far, the senators have notagreed to accept the bill as drawn bythe House committee, of which Col.Henderson is chairman, as a whole,although agreeing to the principalpoints therein, and the House commit-tee has declined to drop their bill andadopt the one prepared by the sena-tors. Present plans for handling thisbill in the House do not contemplateits being referred to a committee. Infact, it may be passed by the Housebefore the committee are announced,although Col. Henderson has said thathe would announce the ?committee be-fore the holiday recess. The Caucuscommittee will report the bill to therepublican caucus that willbe held at ,

the end of the week, to nominate offi-cers of .the House and it is expectedthat the caucus willendorse the bill,and adopt a resolution in favor of itsbeing reported directly to the House,as a caucus measure, and passed.

The expulsion of representative-electRoberts, of Utah from the House,which is probable anyway, willbecomean absolute certainty if the Mormonscontinue such tactics as making boaststhat they have secured pledges from asufficient number of members to pre-vent the adoption by the necessarytwo thirds vote of a resolution for hisexpulsion. The only possible showthat Roberts has to retain bis seatlies in bis ability to convince mem-bers that the mormons are not respon-sible for bis nomination and election,and not interested in having him keephis seat, and it may be imagined whatthat show willbe when this Mormonboast becomes generally known amongmembers. A number of them havealready expressed the opinion thatsuch talk, of itself, was valid groundfor the expulsion of Roberts. A planof keeping Roberts out of the House,has been suggested, and if the clerk of ? ?

the House, who presides until the :; i

Speaker is elected, agrees to it,only a / J

majority vote would be required. This '>r -i

plan is to raise an objection when he 11

presents himself to be sworn in. Ifi! 1; 1the clerk entertains this objection, the ;

House could either sustain the objec-tion, or refer the matter to a Commit-tee for investigation and report. Ih ? i

either case, a majority vote would <u;:i

keep Roberts out. There are, how- '

ever, serious objections to this plan, 11-

and it may not be adopted.Representative-elect Clayton, of L

New York, who was elected to Oongrt^-1 0"

as a democrat, has been expressingopinions which show that he isn't thesame kind of democrat that Mr. Bryanis. Mr. Clayton says he favors gold Ustandard legislation by this Congress, 1and willvote ior the bill. He also an-nounces that he favors President Mc-Kinley?s foreign policy, the construe- 1 ' stion of an Isthmian Canal, and theholding of the Philippines for all time, 'in order to be sure of getting our 1

of the immense trade of South iera Asia. As the national parties are

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today alined upon important, issues,. (Mr. Clayton is a pretty good republi- ? .

can, even if he does call hihfifstelr ?ademocrat. i

Secretary Root?s annual report, just \u25a0«!

completed, takes strong ground, infavor .of the immediate appointment of <?ivil .governors for Porto Rico and C/üba, , .

and itis regarded as probable that the ? rappointments will be .ismade before the first of al- ?, TMthough in the case of Cuba, there,.,is,. ,much opposition. President .MeKin-,ley has the matter under cofi&uerStKmand it was to get the beneit ofAhcfoth*-1vice of Gen. Leonard Wooden brhoteu -

judgment .he has muclprpqji/idoft£ e ii '.>*»?

that he ordered Gen. Wood iolWa^ -

j)R ,jineton where lie has just arnVeu. .\u25a0 8 J HR \u25a0 fWUW*