Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-06-05
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Tllden and Flower The Pecle- English Contract
Martin Luther-PubIic Buildings
The Postal Reduction.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Sam Randall and some others of the
Tilden pall-bearers here are trying to
head off the Roswell p. Flower boom
which though just sprouted, is de-
veloping with surprising rapidity.
Flower. like Tilden, has '.barrel,n
but unlike Tilden, he has never knocked
either head out or even started the
bung. The amount of it is. Tilden
knows that New York has got to be
carried. He thinks that he can carry
it against any Republican that can be
named; that no other Democrat can,
and therefore that he will be forced
upon the undertakers at Chicago next
July. hence his message to Randall,
which might read "bury me when and
how you will, but--no Flowers"
Speaking of the old ticket, am keen
ly reminded that there is yet another
old ticket upon which it will be remem-
bered Old Bill English figured as Sec
ond man. Well. Old Bill has been
here during the last few days, and hav
ing the privileges of the House floor has
improved them to some purpose His
son, young Bill, was contestant for
the seat of Mr.. Peele, Republican of In
diana, seat to which he was no more
entitled than he and his father are en-
titled to seats in paradise. Not since
Bill Springer was chairman of the cleo
tons committee in 1867, has there
been such an outrage committed upon
the rights of the people, as this
Democratic House has just committed
in unseating MIR. Peele and giving the
| place to young English. Who can
doubt that this infamous job was ac-
complished by Old Bills money, when
more than forty Democratic members
resolutely and persistently refused to
countenance young Bills claim to the
seat? am glad that Horn, of Michigan,
had the nerve to ventilate the old fell
lows knavery in open session, and that
| the affair is to be Investigated. If the
House has got any dignity it is about
| time it should be looking after it.
Washington has been for three days
this week commemorative the life, char
acter and public services Of Martin Luz
Their. The opinions OF biographers rel
alive to the antecedents Of this remark
| able man are SO widely Al variance,
| that the sculptor las ta>en advantage
! ot the fact IL make = likeness IL him
which MAY or m31 noi ba ANY likeness
at all, and the statue oF Luthcr winch
was unveiled last Wednesday, displayed
to gaping audience the presentment
Of the same Old King GamDrinus to be
| seen in front of the beer saloons, minus
of course the glass and its foaming nee
tar. Thus Is added another statue 10
the already formidable lumber of I'M
artistic atrocities. to which Washington
seems to be the especial victim.
Congress has gone into the business
of erecting public buildings at this SEES
sion by the wholesale. So far no less
than 81 have been ordered, ranging in
price from $4,000 to S2,200,0OO, and
the end is not yet. But there are some
things about this public building bust
ness that should be ventilated, and this
very week Two bills We're adopted n the
En
One is the giving of $250,00 for the
new custom house at Portland, Oregon,
place of 80, 1000 inhabitants, which al
ready has building that cost the gov
eminent 5000, 900. The other is the APP
preparation of 100000 for u public
building at Saratoga, a little watering
place of 10000 population, which has
not half the need of q public building
of this cost that it has for missionaries
during the gambling season,
| As the result of u logical eorrollary,
| the fact is established that the revenues
OF the Postoffice Department increase
as postage is reduced. | cannot see why
| Congress should hesitate about pass
ing Mr.. Robinson's bill which provides
for still further reduction of postage
on letters to one cent for each half
ounce. The Stationers Board of Trade
of New Nork, and other commercial or
CARNATIONS of the country are petition
ing for the measure, and should it fail
in a Democratic Congress, as it doubt
less will, there will be a good chance
for the Republicans in the next Con-
gress to perpetual tie It's record as being
distinctlvely the party to which alone
the people need look for benefits like
these And here is one thing that the
attention of postal and political econo-
mists should be called to, and that is
the Government is paying the price of
a mail steamer every year to carry our
mails to Europe by il single line! And
the Government contracts with half q
dozen of these foreign lines What sort
of economy is it to do this thing - sub
sidizing English, French. German and
Scandinavian vessels. wlth whoe
deat u equally serSiaeable vessels for
this purpose, fotung ri oar nary yards
and belonging u oln oan Government?
JrNICa,