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Washington Letter on tariff fights and naval intrigue
Washington Letter surveys tariff clashes over the sugar schedule in the amended Dingley bill, noting Republican splits, possible McKinley veto, and looming Senate action. It covers Roosevelt’s New York naval investigations and Secretary Long’s stance against sending ships to the Queen’s Jubilee as tensions rise in party factions.
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Senate
Supreme Court
Chapman
Sugar Trust
Hawaii
House
McKinley
Roosevelt
New York
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Civil Service
Roosvelt
Greater
Secretary Long
Platt Republican
Selfridge
Secretary of the Navy
U. S
Athens
Constantinople
Miller
Treasury Department
Mary E. Willcox
Mississippi