New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, April 16, 1886.

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Congress has accomplished SO much,
during the week, with so little waste of
time in talk and speeches, that every.
body feels disposed to say "Well
Done" and .'Do not grow weary OF
| well DOING A few weeks of legisla-
ton, equal in quantity and Importance
to that of the past week, and our law
makers would be ready to desert the
Capitol by the first of June. 1t is pre-.
dicted. however, that they will not get
away before some time in August.
/ Some newspapers have been trying to
incite Congress to industry by saying
that unless more activity is infused into
! its proceedings, members will find
{ themselves here in Sept. 1886. But a
question more important with most of
the alleged statesmen on the Democrat
ic side of the House, is, whether they
will find themselves in Washington in
December, 1887. They are discussing
the political situation very seriously,
and they are very fearful of losing the
House at the next elections. The re.
cent local elections in Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan and Wisconsin, have interest
ed the politicians at the Capitol, and
there has been much discussion of the
results. The blame for the Republican
victory is laid chiefly at the Presidents
door. Western Congressman say the
Democrats are SO disappointed with the
Administration that they have no fight
ing courage left.
There is Democratic member from
Indiana, Mr.. Kleimer, who thinks the
bad condition of his party in Congress
could be remedied by caucus. Said
he: owe don't know each other and
don't know ourselves. There is no
Democratic programme. One wants
free silver coinage, another wants no
coinage at all. One wants all the Of
hoes, another says he doesn't. We
ought to caucus at once, and the adj
mlnstration ought to be represented in
the caucus. The White House and
Congress should work together. The
party is disorganized and demoralized.
We need caucus
Returning to the weeks record of
Congress, both the Senate and the
House passed the bill for the erection
OF the long projected Congressional
Library. The President of the Senate
and Speaker of the House signed the
bill.and the Presidents signature is the
only formality still required to make it
a law. The new depository for the Ma
tons literary treasures will be east of
the Capitol. Half a million has been
provided to begin the structure, and
$3.50, 900 more for the purchase OF the
site.
| The House, among other things, vot-
ed to pension tho Mexican veterans, and
defeated the Bland plan for the unlimit-
ed coinage of silver. The Senate invit.
ed Washington Territory into the SIS
terhood of States. It took her as she
| is, enfranchised women and all. This
victory for woman suffrage in the Sen
ate was not attained without some OPP
position. Senator Eustis, of Louisiana,
wanted to amend by limiting the suf-
frage in the proposed state to qualified
male electors only. He was afraid OF
female Senators. They could not keep
executive secrets. II the Senate recog.
nized the right of female suffrage in
Washington Territory by passing the
bill as it was, the Senate might have q
woman knocking at its doors, with full
credentials. ''She might be admitted, y
said Mr.. Eustis, sand that would solve
the problem of secret sessions. On the
question of the constitutional qualifca
tions of q female Senator's respects
age for example, the rest of the
Senator's sentence was lost in thu
laughter that greeted this remark, ane
Senator Beck said, sote voce, that til,
question of retirement on account Q
age would never be allowed to arts,
even, among the women
Congressional references were mad
to Mr.. Gladstone's speech. In the Sen
ate Mr.. Teller characterized it as th
greatest ever made on the subject t
which itrelated, and made by probat
ly the greatest man of the age. Read
ing one of the sentences which pic
claimed the necessity for sympath
with the law on the part of the people
MI. Teller said Gladstone's word
{ would live as long as the Englis
language. In the House Mr.. O'Nei
: Of Missouri, asked unanimous conser
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