Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-03-19
Official Paper of Griges County
Our Washington Letter.
AsHlNGToN, March 10.

VI ..slINGToN. March l..
The Capital city is really duh for the
season. The influx OF vlsitors from the
country has not been great. and nothing
startling has taken place. In the House
and the Senate good feeling has pre-
vailed, aud thus far inathe discussion of
the .,.lmunds resolutions everything is
''qHet OH the Potomac
The speech of Senator Wilson in
support Of the iLdmulitls report is re-
garded us one OF the best vet delivered.
The speach OF Grafton OF Senator ken..a,
Of w. Virginia, on the othor side, is
more satisfactory to the democracy than
anv other they have had. There is no
telling how long this debate will last, or
who will get the best OF it.
The Presidents veto of tine Des
Moines River bill for the benefit of
settlers is very unsatisfactory to Yves tern
men.
The telephone investigation commit
itee is at work.
Jones, of Florida, will be in his seat
next week.
| am sorry to say that the opinion is
rapidly gaining ground in this city,
among all politicians that no man has
ever filled the Presidential chair who
possessed so little natural and acquired
| ability as the present occupant. Ii it
were not for Dan Lamont it is hard to
! tell how MI. Cleveland would navigate.
! Before his term expires ali the world
will know that in fact. The President is
| little better than q cipher intellectually.
| The nomination OF Matthews, the
colored man from Albany, n. for
Recorder of Deeds, will most likely be
confirm ed.
Dement, of Illinois owes his conf
rmation as Surveyor-G Gen. of Arizona to
Logan.
Congress certainly has it's hands full.
but there is slowness about it's work
that worries the people. Quite large
number OF matters have been under
consideration for the past week, but
there has been more talk than anything
else. OF course, the main topic is the
discussion of the resolutions III regard
to suspensions, introduced by Senator
Edmunds, and it is just to say that Mr..
Edmunds' speech was the best of his
life Its effect upon the country will be
disastrous to the administration party.
1t was plain, modest, but able arraign-
ment of the executive for his refusal to
furnish the Senate with such papers
on public file as may have influenced
him in the suspension of officers. His
gleanings from past records We're telling
in their effect. The reply Of Senator
Pugh. of Alabama, in defense OF the
President, was We'll prepared and ell
delivered, lut it was weak from first to
last.
The reports in regard to the IIennapin
Canal alconstruction are before tile House.
! One by Major 1landby. Of the L. S.
Engineers, favors the Meredcsla route,
while Gen. Newton adneres to the Rock
Island route. Both reports merit close
attention. The rumor that the Knights
of Labor have been here lobbying in
behalf of this improvement has no
foundation III fact. No doubt as ind
lviduals they would hail any great
internal improyment as a blessing to
the laboring classes, but | don't believe
they are mixing in the matter.
| The death of Senator Miller. Of Cali
fornia. on Monday afternoon, and that
OF ex-senator Chaffee. Of Colorado, on
| Tuesday, has created a void among
| Western men that will not soon be
filled.
The Chinese Minister is s.mad as
honet' abont the outrages to China
men. The English and French MIL
isters sympathise with him in his view,
The Chinese representative is very
popular in this city.
| The expression: ''inocuous desuetude,
first appering in the Presidents suspen-
sion message, is becoming the bye-word
in Congress. W.D.