New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-04-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, u. G.. March, 26, 1888.

4OOAOO Has NOOA SApcAUSu Oh O1A0
bonded extension bill. There is
something cosmopolitan in whisky,
however, and whisky interests, and
the debate has been entirely free
from sectionalism. 4 vote was not
reached as had been hoped, and the
discussion was resumed to-day. al
pamphlet containing dispatches to
chairman Morrison from men, firms
and banks all over the country, urg.
ing the passage of the bill, was LAID
on the desk of every member of the
House on Saturday. A careful can
yass was taken Of votes on that day
which convinced the friends of the
measure that they would be beaten
on square vote by ten or twelve
majority. The House has also
passed q special deficiency bill, the
Post Office Appropriation bill, and
disposed of a number of private
measures. The Senate has talked
about common schools; pension
claims, diseases of cattle, and the
salaries of District judges. Cons
mittees have had under considera-
ton, postal telegraphy, patents, the
lifetime of which will not be short.
eDed, and the appropriation for aid
ing the Red men. The President
has been engaged entertaining
guests with which the white House
is crowded now. Senator Blair's
Educational bill for furnishing tenn
porary National aid to the pnblic
schools OF the more illiterate states,
has been sharply criticised in the
Senate both on sectional and Con.
stitutional grounds. One Senator
thought tia bad precedent for the
Federal government to undertake
this kind of charity. Another said
State that did not provide for the
education of its own people would
not benefit by fund provided by
others. Senator Plumb especially
manifested his zeal for local self
government in educational matters;
and Senator ingalls, thought the bill
was defective in several particulars.
The Father Of the measure here
complained, that Senators were
bringing microscopic and teles-
copic examination to bear upon it.
Senator Ingalls, replied that bill
calling for sos, 000,000 might we'll
be examined microscopically, teles.
copically, horoscopically, polaris.
copically, or by any other 'tscopi-
CALI method that could be applied.
The amount was large enough to
warrant it.
A bill will be reported to the
House from the committee on com.
MERGE authorizing the President 20
prohibit by proclamation the impor.
tation of articles of food or drink
that may be adultsrated, or deemed
injurious to health. When France
and Germany are in this way re-
minded of the unwholsomeness of
their wines and condiments, they
will probably think more leniently
of American pork. Another bill
formulated in the committee which
has had under consideration the
several postal telegraph bills, pro-
vides for the establishment of the
telegraph Offices at all post Offices on
telegraph circuits, and all post Of
| fees within ten miles of circuit
| where the salary of post master
is not less than four hundred dol.
lars. The rates for kilograms of
| twenty words or less are fixed at
twenty cents for distances less than
one thousand miles, at forty cents,
| for distances less than two thousand
| miles, and at fifty cents for all
greater distances. Rates are lalso
| fixed for night messages, CONNER
cial news, press news, other special
kilograms, and provision is made for
the transmission Of money orders
by telegraph. Sealed proposals for
correspondence by telegraph accord.
ing to the provisions of the bill are
to be advertised for, and if no sat
isfactory arrangement can be made
with companies, the Government
will build its own lines.
Both factions of the Democratic
party realize that they stand on the
brink Of a chasm into which sin
gle hasty step may plunge them. In
a tariff speech which Representative
Cox interpolated into the whisky
debate, be took the position that
he would rather have his party de.
feated fighting on the side of right
that is free trade, than have, it
victorious as against that principle.
That was the furthest possible re-
move from the ideal orthodoxy en-.
tertained by members of that party.
| Their first, last and intermediate
principle is that they must get the
Presidency. This platform has the
merit of simplicity, and is more
popular with the Democratic mass.
es than the devotion to an abstrac-
tion furnished by the New York
! member.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1t requires three days in which to
complete the marriage ceremony in
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