Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-03-11
Telegraphed Letter

past. Its's's' ~
The House Committee on Nava
Affairs has completed it's report tc
accompany the bill providing for the
increase of the navy
Bair's Education bill got through
the Senate on Friday evening by a
vote of 36 to II. Only four Repub-
licans opposed it. Its fate in the
House is doubtful.
The Lowell Bankruptcy bill viii be
reported to the House in about ten
days.
The Committee on Public Buildings
decided to report favorable on the bill
for the sale of the BrideRell lot at
Chicago.
The reversal of land Commissioner
Sparks decisions by the Secretary of
the Interior shows that in most cases
he has failed to reflect the wishes of
the administration.
A large representation of the Iron
and Steel interests had hearing on
Thursday before the Committee on
Ways and Means, and gave many
reasons why the tariff should not be
tempered with at present.
1t has just been discovered that the
President had not read the U. S.
statutes carefully when he said in his
message referred to below, that if he
"saw fit to destroy certain papers on
flo no one could complain" as the
penalty is fine of $4,000 and impris-
onnent 3 years.
Hon. Grover Cleveland, by tho grace
Of. the people, President of the United
States, distinguished himself last week
by sending to the Senate one message,
and to Congress one The one ad-
dressed to the Senate denying the
right of the Senate to call for papers
on file, is making cheap big talk"
among officials and newspapers. 1t is
defiant in its character and offensive in
its tone. He tells the senate, in effect,
that he is not responsible to it for his
act, but to the people, and that he will
not be dictated to. He seems to have
forgotten that he is not sheriff now !;
that the Constitution declares that his
appointment must be made by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate that if any charges were
preferred against him, he would be
compelled to appear before the Senate
for trial; and finally, that he possess
es no power of consequence that is
not limited by the Senate. The
Democracy in the Senate do not say
much. but they are very sore over the
Presidents action. They felt that
they had faithfully looked after the
interests of the party, and are fully
qualified to defend the President
without having him step into the ring
ia, his. own defense. Mr.. Pugh, of
Alabama, in the minority report from
the judiciary Committee, had covered
all the ground, but that did not satisfy
this political pugilist. Take it all in,
this action is the most remarkable in
the history of presidential appoint
ments. The Republicans regard it as
equal to some of Johnson's highland
ed moves, before he was brought to
the bar of the Senate for trial. The
result of the matter will be that
continual war will be waged between
the Senate and the Executive, all of
which might have been avoided if the
President had furnished papers on file
in regard to suspended persons.
The message to Congress in relation
to the Chinese, sent in on the next
day, was wordy document, but
worthy of consideration. It looks as
if John Chinaman will have to go,
law or no law.
The discussion of the Pension APP
preparation bill and the Educational
bill occupied most of the time in the
House and Senate last week. Ben
Butterworth, Of Cincinnati, arraigned
the Democracy very severely, and they
were defended by Mr.. Wilson with
considerable ability.
The butterine people have been
before the Sub Committee on Agricul-
ture. The anti-butterine folks want a
bill passed taxing butterine, or ''table-
fat" as the Germans rightly name it,
at 10 cents per pound, and to require
it labeled, and to be colored either
yellow or pink. There is decided
preference for pink. Nothing is likely
to come of it.
The Fitz John Porter bill will come
into the Senate pretty early now, and
the indications are that it will pass,
as Senators Cameron and Sewell, both
Republicans, and other Republicans
will favor it.
1t is believed that the Democrats in
the House will not allow the Dakota
bill to become law this session.
Secretary Manning's answer to the
inquiries about the seizures Of money
in New Orleans during the war by
Gems. Butler and Banks showed that
these men accounted properly for every
dollar they got.
Kelley, of Pennsylvania, will at
tempt to revive the Grade of General