SPEAKER'S ROOM, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 22d, 1897.

Your letter of inquiry has been received. A United States Senator may
have one vote only at one time on any question. On questions like the
ratification of a treaty, where two-thirds are required for affirmative
action, one vote in the negative counts for as much as two in the
affirmative. Very truly,

T.B. REED.


DEAR EDITOR:

My teacher subscribed for your paper for our school. I like it very
much, as we learn a great deal about the world and what is going on
in it. I wish the powers would keep their hands off the Cretan
trouble, as they have had a time of it under the Turkish rule. I
hope the Cubans will gain their freedom, don't you? Your respectful
reader,

JOHN H.
SALEM, OREG., April 10th, 1897.


DEAR JOHN:

The Cretan matter seems nearer solution now, and it is to be hoped that
all the trouble may result in better conditions for the people of the