Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

The State Department has received a report from United States Consul General Laarel, at St. Petersburg, that be has seen no less than s3Q,7(>iJ3lT> ill good United States gold coin in the coffers oT the Russian Government. While the coinage of all the-nations, of the world .was represented in this particular pile of gold, no other nation save Russia i’self came anywhere near the store contributed by the United States to the„ Russian coffers. At the same time the Government bank had a stock of 3,933,823 United States gold half-eagles, amounting in value to 25,462,945 roubles. Washington dispatch: Speaker Reed is definitely out of rhe presidential race. - He has discharged his press agents, Aldrich and Manley, and shut up. his literary bureau, locked the door and thrown away the key. “Joe”- Manley has gone back to Maine to attend to some private business that had to be looked after before the meeting of the national committee in St. Louis, and Aldrich has thrown np his hands. His political machine for the defeat of McKinley ran down and stopped without any warning whatever. As for speaker himself, he is saying nothing for publication, but those who are fffl&'&St 1 In his confidence no longer keep up tlie pretense that he is in the field or that he expects to be pat in nomination at St. Louis. Mr. Reed does pot believe in carrying a bluff to the limit of absurdity, and bus quit. He may not publicly and formally retire from the race, but he has just as certainly and positively renounced bis candidacy -as though he had written and signed a letter of withdrawal. A large majority of the New England delegates favor McKinley, and with Reed out of the way the McKinley column will be swelled not less than fifty votes not hitherto included in tabulations.

After two days’ debate the House Wednesday, by the overwhelming vote of 195 to 26, passed the Bartholdt-McCull immigration lull as modified by the Corliss amendment. The Stone consular bill, which was offered as a substitute, was defeated 75 to 131. . Thu bill as passed adds to the classes of aliens excluded from admission to the United States ull male persons between the ages of 16 and 60 years (except parents of persons living in this country) who cannot both read and write English or some other language. The Corliss amendment added to the bill excludes aliens who come across the borders year after year to perform labor in the United States' with no intention of nettling therein. It declares all labor contract* with aliens void and makes parties thereto within the jurisdiction of the United States punishable by a fine of SI,OOO or imprisonment not exceeding one year; makes it a misdemeanor for a naturalized Citizen who htU returned to a foreign country to make the same his home to ngaiu perform labor in the United Stales; makes it a misdemenuor for any alien to cross the border for labor in the United States except at a port of entry, and imposes a head tax of 50 cents on each immigrant.** ■ .*' -,■?'•