The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-01-19

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these evils, or they will stamp out the
nation.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1885,
Editor Herald:
The big speech of the session thus far
was made by Senator Hale of Maine, on
Wednesday. He took up the history Of
this administration on the civil service
reform issue. While the senator was dis
passionate and candid, he presented a
most wonderful combination of facts
that reflected anything but credit upon
the claims of this administration. Twill
not undertake synopsis of his wonder
full speech, but advise the reader to get a
copy oft.
Mr.. Mills of Texas, the new chairman
of the ways and means committee, said
to-day that he would have his tariff bill
fully perfected and ready to report to the
house within two weeks. Scores of
members are preparing speeches for the
occasion, and the country will have an
abundance of literature on the subject
this session.
Very little has been done in the house
this week, although the house committees
have been very busy. The main purpose
was to get the various committees into
working order. Even the presidents
message, that was sent to the house five
weeks ago, was not referred to its appro-
pirate committee until yesterday, when
it was sent to the committee on ways
and means by motion of its own chair
man. 1t is said that like incident never
occurred before in the history ofthis gov
eminent.
The urgent" deficiency bill has been
favorably reported, and of course will be
| speedily passed, which will enable the
government to pay up portion of the
Indebtedness contracted beyond appro-
priations by this reform and economical
administration. The boomerang is on
the home stretch now, and will hit Sc
verely the sham pretenses of economy so
prominent in the fore ground of the last
congress. Democratic foresight don't
reach very far into the future. The great
object of the party seems to be to serve a
temporary purpose, and patch up the
neglect or evil effects of their legislation
when necessity compels them to action.
Thousands of honest and needy claim
ants, whose accounts have been fully adj
Indicated, have thus been kept out of their
just dues for whole year to bolster up
the nefarious democratic claim of econ
omy. In the senate on Monday, Gov.
Brown of Georgia, read speech two
hours in length, advocating the repeal of
all internal revenue taxation. 1t took
his democratic friends rather by surprise,
for his position seriously antagonizes
that taken by the president in his mes
sage on the tariff question, and which is
generally sustained by his party. Sem
ator Brown made strong points in his
argument, to show that the whisky
ring" were in league with the democratic
party to keep the internal taxation on
distillation of liquors, and that they
were gathering immense wealth by this
discrimination in their favor, and char
acterized the "ring" as the most gigantic
monopoly the country ever encountered.
This brought Senator Beck of Kentucky,
to his feet, who said the governor was
apologizing for the Georgia moonshiners,
and stabbing the administration. All
this shows that from an unexpected
quarter comes looming up an opposition
to the presidents programme, and some
who claim powers akin to divination,
/ see an entering wedge that will split the
"solid SOUTH" if the issue is pressed too
closely.
Senator Blair's educational bill has pre-
cedence by good management on his part
and has called forth this week elaborate
ly prepared speeches from Senator's Re
gan, Vest, Wilson, and Coke, all in oppo-
sition to the bill. The debate undoubt-
eddy will consume more or less time for
several days. The southern men are
nearly unanimous in its opposition,
though the chances are that it will pass
the senate have a close rub in the house,
and in the event of its passage, will re-
ceive death blow from the presidents
veto club.
The bill to refund to the various states
and territories the amount collected by
direct taxation in 1861, amounting to
about $40, 100000, gave rise to good
deal of discussion on Tuesday, and was
finally laid aside without definite action.
Nearly all of this was collected from the
loyal states, and if the bill passes will re-
vert to them, which don't exactly suit
some of our southern brethren who want
to reduce the surplus in another way.