Chandler Gives Gage A Warm One

Senator Chandler of New Hampshire has wi-itten a letter to the press in which he says: "If the secretary of the treasury and his single fjold standard associates will cease tneir demand for impossible currency legislatura congress will pass the necessary appropriation bilis, probably take care of Hawaii and Cuba, there will not be a serious party división during the session, and there will be an adjournmenf in May. Business will revive, the treasury receipts will equal the expenditures, the balance of trade wil! continue in our favor, and the Republican party will in November, 1898, elect a majority of the house in the Fifty-fifth congress. On the other hand, if Secretary Gaffe continúes to press upon con gress a bilí, the object of which, he says, is 'first to commit the county more thoroughly to the gold standard,' and the immediate eU fect of which is to throw doubts upon the sincerity of the President's declar-. ations in favor of continued efforts to secure bimetallistn, a political turmoil will arise in congress which will split the now united Republicans into fragments, while it will unite and consolidate the now incongruous opposition and result in the defeat of the Republican party in 1900." He also says "It is not feasible to retire the greenbacks; there is more probability that a bilí will be sent to to the President to increase their amount." A special dispatch from Hamburg says: Prince Bismarck has relapsed into a state of weakness, despondency and persistent insomnia. Mentally and physically Prince Bismarck is rapidly declining. Cap t. -Gen. Blanco reports to Madrid that negotiations with several influenr tial Cuban insurgent chiefs are progressing so favorably that he hopes to detach from the rebellion important forces, which are willing to accept autonomy.