New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.

ton project has ben brought before
Congress, weekly meetings have been
held here, at which representative bust
ness men of this city and Baltimore
have discussed the subject. The Monu-
mental City is not jealous of Washing.
ton in having the Worlds fair. but on
the contrary feels that the Capital is
the most fitting place for it, and has
pledged her loyal support in making it
successful.
| Those who will be instrumental in
Undertaking. the project guarantee
that the proposed Exposition shall not
degenerate into merely local scheme,
as the New Orleans Exposition is alleg.
ed to have done. Being left in the
hands of the Governments of the ma
tons represented, it is promised that it
shall be an entirely international affair.
It is held that the Exhibition will solve
the great mercantile questions of the
age, viz: market for our over-produc-
ton, by showing the manufactures of
the United States to the South Ameri.
can countries.
The record of the week in Congress
is almost too meagre to notice. Appro.
priation bills in the House Of Represen-
tatives, and in the Senate the secret
sessions debate, the fisheries question
and Interstate Commerce have con-
sumed the time with no legislative re-.
! suits.
The Forty.Ninth Congress is slowly
but surely drifting towards failure.
Four and half months of the session
have already passed, and practically
nothing has been accomplished. The
outlook for the new tariff bill is defeat.
About twenty-five adverse votes from
the Democratic side of the House with
the Republican opposition that may be
counted upon, would do the deed,
while clear sighted students of the stu
alton predict that nearly forty Demo-
Gratis will vote against it.
It is thought the debate will begin
about the first of May. and that it will
run for several weeks unless the bill is
killed with amendments at the outset,
as will be attempted. In case Of no
such accident, however, we will have
another long seige of''tariff for revenue
only since there are over fifty names
already on the Speakers list for
speeches on this bill.
The Congressional Railroad Strike
Committee, which is to investigate the
cause of the great strike. summoned
Messrs. Gould and Powderly to this
city. They will be examined on Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri
day next. Messrs. Powderly and Nc
Dowell representing the Knights of La
Dor will first be heard, and then Jay
Gould and Hopkins, representing the
railroad company. The committee is
anxious to secure all the correspond.
ence passing between these gentlemen
in relation to the strikes and they seem
disposed to make the investigation
thorough and impartial. On next Sun.
day the committee will start for St.
Louis, and after taking such testimony
as is deemed material at that point
they expect to divide into sub-commit
tees, ono proceeding to Atchison, Kan,
and the other to Forth Worth, Texas.
At notable gathering in this city OF
the friends of the labor movement, al
which certain Senators and Representa-
tives made sympathetic speeches, Con.
gresham Tarsney, of Michigan, was
heard. He did not approve of this
Western bound committee to investi.
gate the troubles, but called it waste
of public money. Said he: $50 long
as the statute books are incumberec
| with legislation for the few, strikes
will be the order of the day.
| So much has been said about the
Presidents bride and his approaching
marriage in June that the people are
becoming used to it, and begin to be-
lieve in the truth of the report. If he
should marry, Mr.. Cleveland win be
the first President since Tyler to take ;
wife during his Administration, ane
| there is an immense amount of gossi1
and public interest in the event. Al.
though Miss Folsom has reached thu
sober years of twenty-three, she will b,
a youthful bride for the President, whel
it is remembered that he is more thar
twice as old as she. But Whist ha
that to do with the case? Senator Becl
said once in speech in the Unite,
States Senate Chamber that the older
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