Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-03-22

form speech delivered by his col
league.
The Senate has produced still
another aspirant for Presidential
bonors. Senator Hale, of Maine, is
the latest candidate for boom 30
cordlng To the gossips of the Cap
itaI.
The scoring that Senator Ingalls,
gave Senator Vest has completely
taken away the little fellows cour-
age, it would seem. Rumor says
that at the end Of his present term
IN the Senate he will retire from
public life. IL is always wore or
less dangerous 10 monkey with a
buzzsaw.
The government printing Office
investigation Is drag 4iug slowly
along. The most noticeable feature
thls week was Beuedict's admission
that his Republican predecessor had
always shown disposilion To adopt
new methods aud machinery in that
Office as fart as they were approved
10y the trade al large.
Here's chance for the poor
lobby lit TO make some money. A
sub committee of the House com
mlttee on public lands are preparing
bull to declare forfeiture of all
nuearntd railroad land grants. OF
course The railroads will fight this
bill and that means a good deal to
the seedy lobbyist.
The Republican minority of the
Ways and Means committee are
leaving no stone unturned III their
efforts TO get a hearing Tor the in
dustries affected by the Mills tariff
bill, but 20 far they have been
fought at every turn by the Demo
Gratis both in the committee room
and on the floor of the House. How
ever, their efforts will place the re-
sponsihiliry for refusing hearing
whore it belongs.
An international Council of
women will be held in this city, be-
ginning on the 25th inst, and last
ing eight days, 10 commemorate the
for,ieth anniversary of the Woman
Suffrage movement. Many distin-
guished women from foreign conn
tries will be in attendance. The
council will bo followed on the 81
of April 10y the annual convention
of the National Woman's suffrage
Association.
The Presidential outlook from
Republican standpoint remains un-
changed. No one candidate il GO
ing to the front very fast, although
Senator Sherman IL said TO be max.
| ing rapid strides ia the south. The
same thing was said of MIR. Sherman
| IL 1880, however, aud he WAS not
nominated, and unless he shall
develop some strength elsewhere
THAI in the south and In Ohio il il
thought he is not likely to fare any
better this year. One result Of his
present prominence is that he il be
ing made the target for Democratic
attack in and out of Congress, all
|rf which IL not to his discredit.
John Sherman may never be Presl-
dent but he will live in hist ny a.
one of the greatest statesmen that
the r. publican party has produced.
Senator Chandler, Chairman of
! the Senate committee ON Indian
affairs, has attacked the Interior
Department for allowing the Chip
pewa Indians to lie ssindled out of
The tin. Der on their reservations by
" hlte spectators. He has written
4 letter on the subject to Secretary
Villas which is likely TO waken up
the Indian Bureau thoroughly. Lit
tie BIN" Chandler, AS The Senator lie
sometimes called, is perfect terror
when he gets started. He has a
"ay of terrifying himself with facts
that is usually fatal to bis opponents.
Now IT is Dakota's turn to laugh.
A. be laughs best who laughs last,
aud As there is not likely To Ue much