Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.

0iehSi Aui0 iuhoio VI udilClOus
| falseh Gods, and in either case are
entirely unworthy of belief. Sena-
tor Hale, of Maine, has just received
letter, dated Naples, March 27th,
from his brother who is now travel
ing abroad, in which is the follow
ing paragraph; 81 have passed the
last four or five days with the
Blaines and have enjo yed it very
much in this fine country of south
ern Italy, in weather which is our
best June weather. have Just left
the Rlaines at Seventh, where they
will stay some time longer, l think
MIR. Blaine is looking finely and is
IN the best of spirits"
Senator Morrill,, who is by the
way the senior member of the SEN
ate, having served continuously in
that body for nearly thirty-two
years, made strong speech Wednes-
day, on the Presidents message.
He began by contrasting the last
annual message of President Wash
ington with the last of President
Cleveland--the former giving en-
couragment to manufacturers, and
the latter being unfriendly to, and
denunciatory of manufacturers. He
said: GA tariff for revenue only
(the banner imposed by Kentucky
on the Democratic party was a
synonym for free trade. Henry
George, free trade propagandist,
had characterized the message and
the new Democratic tariff bill as a
deadly blow at the ugly fetch of
protection
He then proceeded TO discuss the
Presidents recommendation for free
wool, showing the prodigious loss to
the farmers of the country that such
a law would bring. He said: ODE
Quoting the protective duty, imposed
for the benefit of American wool, of
10 cents a pound, the value of Texas
wool in New York and Boston
would suddenly drop to 4 or 8 cents
pound. Neither Texas nor any
other states would continue to raise
wool at that price, and wool-growing
even in the Lone Star State, with an
area greater than that Of Germany,
France, Spain or Italy, would only
be known as one of the lost arts"
lie also discussed the probable
future Of the thousands of working
people who would be discharged, if
the new tariff bill should become a
law. The speech was listened to
with marked attention by Senators
of both parties.
This week has brought out two
new candidates for the Republican
nomination for the Presidency, or
perhaps it would be more proper to
say that two more gentlemen had
openly avowed their candidacy. The
gentlemen referred to are Senator
Stanford, Of California, who has
decided to allow bis name to 90
before the Chicago convention and
has asked the support of the Cali
fornia delegation, and Ex-Governor
Alger, of Michigan, who has been
interviewed ON Jbe subject as fol
lows: 81 abhor personal methods,
and shall not go about from state to
state trying to influence this ward
and that district to send a delegate
TO the convention for me. Such
means consider disreputable, The
Office Of President is a high one,
and believe should come to a man
that does not require the loss of his
dignity and re>peetability.'
The Dependent Pension bill which
recently passed the Senate, will
scarcely be recognizable after the
Democratic majority of the House
Pension committee get through
tiukeriug with IT, They have
amended it by striking out the sec
oud and third sections which gave
ST. month u an soldiers of the
war IF the rebellion who served .
three months and are now from age /
or amy other cause incapacitated for
earuiug i living, oy the same sum