Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-05-15
WEEKLY WASHINGTON BUDGET.
The Tariff Reformers Expect Victory Sena
tor Eaton on the Tariff - Statue
OF CHIEF Justice Marshall
wnshington's Monument.
From our Regular Correspondent.

bour, of Virginia, all of whom voted
against the consideration of the bill.
Compromise talk has of course been very
rife in the lobbies, though it was less
fruitful of success than the debate iii
the chamber of the House. The pas
sage of the bill by the House seems very
probable, though Mr.. Randall, says
that he has forty-seven Democrats who
will ''stand staunch and true against
the Morrison iniquity,' and that they
will strike out the enacting clause"
1t is generally understood that MIR. Nc
Kinley will make the motion to strike
out the enacting clause tomorrow, but
the feeling prevails at the Capitol that
this move will certainly fail, and the only
hope of the opponents of the bill is
to amend it numerically. The reform
ers are working quietly and appear to
be on gaining ground. Some of Mr..
Randalls friends say that the bill will
doubtless pass if the five republican,.
who voted for its consideration support
the bill. The outside influence brought
to bear on many of the republicans is
strong, and it is said that national
banks are working on the republicans
to get them to pass the Morrison bill.
The probability of the Morrison bill
passing the House invests it with some
interest in the Senate. Its chances in
the latter body are occasionally dis
cussed among Senators. The prevail
ing impression seems to be that neither
the Morrison bill, nor any other inter-
fering with the tariff, could 90 through
the Senate at the present session, but
there are Senators who contend that
such measure would pass. Senator
Van Wyck believes that if the House
sends over tariff reduction bill it will
receive the approval of the Senate
Mr.. Eaton, who once attempted rath-
er unsuccessfully to distinguish himself
by jumping on to Blaine" in the Sem
ate, did some big Jumping on his party
during the tariff debate, for the amuse-
ment of the OVERLOOKED galleries, and to
the intense satisfaction of the opponents
of the bill. Assuming that his forty
years of democracy justified him, as he
said, in ''some plain talking" he pro-
ceeded to haul the tariff reformers over
the Goals and to read them a lecture in
a strain of caustic iebuke. Mr.. Eaton
or '.Oldbilleaton' as his friends delight
to call him, is hard hitter, and when
his blood is up he doesn't care much
whom he hits. Of all things he prides
himself on his democracy, which is of
the most orthodox, Jacksonian, Jeffer-
sonian, sort and to be called .'bar-
nacle," as he was recently, and to have
a hint dropped that funerals in certain
eastern states were essential to demo-
cratic success was rather more than the
old gentleman could stand. So he hit
back yesterday, and he gave some
blows that brought blood. The Nor
rison bill he stigmatized as not ga step
in the right direction" but "a crab
STEP" and 1.-The staggering of polit-
zeal inebriate.n 1t merely ''cut the
tail off misbegotten republican bant-
ling that its parents were ashamed Of"
and might have been drawn by any car
driver who knew how to use his car
hook. I'll have none of it," he ex-
claimed land the country won't"
The statue of Chief Justice Marshall
has been set at the west front of the
Capitol, and will be unveiled next Satur-
day with appropriate ceremonies. The
statue is of classic size, and represents
the Chief Justice in sitting posture,
enveloped in his robes of office, his hand
outstretched, IS if he was delivering an
opinion. The front of the base bears
the inscription. John Marshall, Chief
Justice of the United States. Erected
by the members of the bar and Con-
gress." Two sides are adorned with
classic figures in Trucian drapcry in
bas-relief. On one side is Minerva die
tating the Constitution to Young Amer
lea; on the other, Victory is leading
Young America to Swear Fidelity to
the Union. On the fourth side is simp-
ly wreath. The program on Satur-
day will be impressive. 1t begins with
music by the Marine band, followed
with the opening address and unwilling
by Chef Justice Waite, Grafton by Hon.
William Henry Rawle, of Philadelphia,
and the benediction, with appropriate
music between the several ceremonies.
The work of laying stone ON the Wash
ington Monument progresses rapidly.
A two foot course will be laid each day
during favorable weather. Stone is pre-
pared to raise the structure to height of
470 feet. The monument will be dedi-
Gated on the 22d of next February, when
there will be a grand procession, and
Grafton by Hon Robert G. Winthrop,
and salute of 100 guns. LENox.