St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-13
WASHINGTON.
Uniform instruction of State
Militia and a Govern
ment Appropriation
Of 100000.
A Bill for a Forest Reservation at the
Headwaters of the Mis-
souri, River.
The Democratic Majority Lectured for Not
Making Capital Out of the Las
ker Resolutions.
The Foreign Relations Committee Rec
ommend Retaliation---The Coin
age Bill---Capital
Gossip.
rsnecial Telegram to the Globe I

Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-The Democratic
organ here continues to scold the Democrat;
of the house for their incompetency. In an
editorial this morning it said of the action o
the house when the papers in the Laskel
matter were submitted: ''But when the mes
sage and papers had been duly delivered by
the presidents secretary to the custody o1
the house every gentleman ON the Democratic
side sat still, mute as an oyster, silent as the
smitten swain who feels that silence is
loves own peculiar eloquence of bliss The
minority side, however, was equal to the
occasion. Mr. Hiscock had taken from his
desk the moment when the message was an
nounced preamble and resolutions which
had been prepared some days prior to that
| tame and were held in readiness. While
the Democratic majority sat and pondered
the Republican spokesman for the time
calmly rose and sent his preamble and reso-
lutions to the clerks desk to be read and re-
ferred with the Lasker papers, to go into his
tory. for this is an affair that is not destined
to die out of the minds Of men in the neal
future.
Perhaps the most interested spectators OF
that scene were the German-American citi-
zens of the United States. Was it necessary
that the Republicans should be permitted tc
utilize such an opportunity for making fav-
orable impression in their retentive memo
ries? What shall be said of political strate-
gists, who sit cold and quiet as rows of grave
stones and let their minority opponents
gather all the philadelphia that can
be made on such on occa-
sion. If the Democratic majority
of the house has made up its mind to be
continually dominated and to play second
fiddle as a regular habit, it would be emf
nently proper to have the surrender formally
made like the capitulation Of Cornwallis or
Burgoyne. If the scene enacted in the
house Representatives of last Mondayis an in
dication of what may be expected during the
remaining months of this congress it would
conduce to good understanding to have
the Democratic house caucus pass a vote OF
abdication.
oBERLY AND THE ILLINOIS GovERNoRsHIP.
prominent Illinois politician, conveys the
intelligence that the friends of Mr.. John M.
Oberly are making a quiet but effective can
yass in Cook county, and throughout the
state, to secure for that gentleman the nom
ination for governor. Until recently it is
claimed Mr.. Oberly has refused all mention
of his name in this connection.
But the dispute between him
and Carter Harrison, relative to
the gubernational nomination has led to a
coldness which has been further intensi-
fed by the partisans of each. The writer OF
the letter says that Oberly is to-day the most
popular Democrat in Illinois. His friends
in Chicago will secure for him fair portion
if not one-half the delegates from Cook coun-
tv to the convention. Mr.. Oberly being as
sured of these facts has at last consented TO
the use of his name and something definite
from him on this subject may be looked for
in few days.
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.
Senator Hill, of Colorado, will introduce
this week a bill reducing the postage on news
papers to one cent pound. 1t will pass the
senate, and in the house will be accepted by
Townshend, of Illinois, as substitute FOL
his recent bill, which provided for the free
transmission of this class Of mail matter.
The leading dailies of New York and other
cities have signified their willingness to en-
dorse the Hill bill. Col. Dowdall, of Peoria, who
is giving the matter his personal attention,
thinks from conversations with gentlemen
prominently interested in the measure that
it will become law at this session of con-
gress.
FLOWER FOR PRESIDENT.
Quite a number of Democratic politicians
from New York city have recently arrived
here, and are in secret consultation with the
party leaders 1t is rumored that their mis-
sion is in the interest of Ex-Congressman
date, and they speak confidently of his abili-
ty to carry New York state.
MEXICAN CLAIM AWARDS.
Now that the Mexican reciprocity treaty
has been ratified, that government will press
the consideration of the supplementary treaty
| to open the awards of the INSTRUMENTATION
claims commission in the "Weil'' and ''La
Abran cases. It's not believed this treaty
can be ratified, for the reason that the awards
| ofthe commission were made absolute and
| final, and the decision of the umpire, Sil
Edward Thornton, was in favor OF the Amer
| ican claimants.
WHAT WILL THEY DO ABOUT 1T.
It is understood that the foreign affairs
| committee will take up the Lasker resolution
| tomorrow. It is said that Messrs. Curtis,
Wise, Lamb, Stewart and Deuster are in
favor of giving sharp rebuke to the German
chancellor, while Messrs. Eaton, Cox, Of
North Carolina, and the Republican mem
bers of the committee are content
to let the matter rest upon the
letter Secretary Frelinghuysen to Minister
Sergeant which everybody agrees was well
said and timely, but some of them think the
public will expect some action of the house.
A reaffirmation of sympathy with the German
nation in the death of Herr Lasker will be
all the committee will recommend. No at
tempt is likely to be made to communicate
with the reichstag CT the German
nation excepting the publication Of
the action of congress as matter of news.
Mr.. Carlisle is quoted as saying he thinks
the matter is of little Importance and is will
ing to let it end with the letter of Secretary
Frelinghuysen, which is good enough
answer to the whole matter. Senator Lamar,
of Mississippi, has been interviewed in rela-
ton to the Lasker incident. He says: ''I am
very much satisfied with Secretary
Frelinghuysen's dispatch concerning the
Lasker resolution. He sent over to Berlin
a very keen and polished shaft. His dis
patch was courteous, decorous in no wise Of
fensive to the German government or to the
German neonle After isolatinp Rismarck as