New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-04-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Senator MOFflli, OF Vermont, VINO Il
the senior member of the United States
Senate, celebrated his 18th birthday las
Saturday evening by a reception at hi
residence in this city. The distin.
guished gentleman is veteran in legis
lation, having served nearly thirty-twe
consecutive years in Congress, and thai
he has lost none of the ability, fol
which he has been famous for many
years was fully proven by the able
speech which he delivered last Wednes.
day on the tariff. Mr.. Morril has been
q member of the Senate continuously
for 21 years, one month and ten days,
and no member of that distinguished
body enjoys the confidence of the peo.
pie and of his colleagues to greater
extent than he.
The House committee on ivalic. pen.
sions have amended the Dependent Pen.
sion bill entirely out of its original
shape. But it matters lit.le what they
do with it in committee. as the demo
Gratis of the House have fully decided
that it shall not pass that body until
next session, and then they depend on
Cleveland to veto it. AS the election
will be over by that time he will prob.
ably not disappoint them.
Another Presidential candidate is out
of the field. Mr.. Chauncy Depew Of
New York has stated positively that
he is not candidate and that he does
not want the nomination. He is for
Blaine, who he believes possesses ele-
ments Of strength not found in any 9th
er candidate.
The republican caucus committee of
the Senate held a meeting Friday and
discussed the condition of legislation
before the Senate. No change was
made in the present 'sorder of busi.
ness They will hold another meeting
on Tuesday.
Senator Hale has received a let
ter from Mr.. Godkin, editor of the New
York Evening Post, reaffirming the
charges he recently made against Mr..
Maynard, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, of interference in the custom
House management Of that city to ac-
complish political ends. The letter has
been followed up by dispatch offering
to produce the witnesses. Mr. Godkin
is one of the distinguished Mugwumps.
who joined the democrats in the last
Presidential election, because he be-
lieved Mr.. Cleveland to be civil
service reformer. He has probably
changed his mind on that subject ere
this.
The latest demand Of the Southern
democrats nomination of Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia for Vice-Pres-
dent, this year-has created a regular
panic among Cleveland's friends. They
are moving heaven and earth to con
vince the Southerners that it will mean
sure defeat to grant their demand. So
far they persist in the demand, saying
that they ARE expected to furnish 1853 OF
the electoral votes and that they are en-
titled to name part of the ticket. What
the result will be I cannot say, but it is
probable that the Southerners will COM
promise and take lavish promises OF
patronage under the next administra.
ton, in lieu of the nomination for Vice.
President.
The Mills tariff bill will,be taken up
by the House tomorrow and it is likely
to monopolize the attention of the
House, with the exception of the time
devoted to regular appropriation bills,
for the remainder of the session. What
its final fate will be no man can tell al
this time, but Judging from present ap.
pearances it will be defeated. 1t will
have served a good turn after all how
ever, for the hundred or SO speeches
that will be made over it, will furnish
the voters of the country much valuable
information on the tariff question.
The abject surrender made by ma
jority of the democratic members of the
House to the fllibustering minority il
the caucus last Wednesday night, has
been the source of much amusement
among the republicans. The bill to re-
fund the direct-tax to the several States
which caused the ten-days deadlock
goes over until next December. 'This
is great victory for the Southern dem
ocrats, although there was nothing
strange in that. They have been run
ming the democratic party for many
wears, and will continue to do SO.