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SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER !, 1885.
Washington Letter,
(From our regular correspondent)
Washington, Aug. 27, 1888.

it with the public, but Mr.. Cleveland.
who seems 10 have either lots Of luck or
the peculiar faculty Of knowing just
what will please the public at certain
times, has turned the tables upon them
by his message upon the rejected treaty
and our general relations with Canada.
Whether Mr.. Cleveland is in earnest or
not in his professed desire for further
authority TO rctaliate upon Canada for
her treatment of American fishing and
other interests il IL not my province 10
decide, but that the message was n
shrewd political move made just at the
right time cannot be doubted by any
intelligent person who has carefully
noted its effect upon public opinion. The
Republicans were reaping too much
advantage from their anti English Opin-
ions or alleged opinions. Something was
necessary from n Democratic standpoint
90 stop the Irish desertions from their
ranks. That something Mr.. Cleveland
has supplied. That it involved n com
plete change Of base on the part of
the administration matters not. The
Republicans may truthfully charge that
the most of the authority for which Mr..
Cleveland now asks was granted him
eighteen months ago, and that he has
never made the slightest use of il, but
that will not prevent his message from
being popular. The message doubtless
created more Consideration among the
Canadians than it did amoLg the Repub-
cans here, for il shows them that both of
the great political parties in this country
are governed by the american idea, and
that further imposition upon Americrn
interests will not be tolerated. The
effect of the message upon the Democrats
in Congress has been electrical. Many
of them were apathetic toward Cleveland;
now they all regard him as another
Andrew jackson, and that It's effect upon
the rank and file of the party throughout
he country nt largo will bc beneficial
cannot be doubted. What is 60 bc its
real result on the relations between this
Mt this time. That Mr.. Clcycand will be
given all the authority he asks from Con-
grcss | do not doubt, and his action when
possessed of that authority will decide
whether we are to have war or not.
Many of the deepest thinkers in this
country have long been of the opinion
that II was only question of time when
Canada would be annexed TO the United
States, and that England will ever allow
that annexation to take place pcaceably
j, for one. do not believe
The decision arrived mt 10y the pension
committees in both House and Senate, to
reduce the amount of the pension which
it is proposed to give Mira. Sheridan
from $4,000 to $4,000, seems hardly fair
when the eminent services of General
Sheridan and the fact that the widows of
other men whose service were certainly
of no more value, receive pensions of
$4,000 II year, ave taken into considcra-
tion
The fact that the House IL now in
deadlock over the Deficiency appropria
tion bill, for want of II quorum, and that
the Democratic leaders of the House are
anxious to pass the bill giving Mr..
Cleveland the authority asked for in his
message, has caused the House to pass n
crsolution annuliug all leaves except
those granted for nickucss, 1t is expect
ed that quorum will be present 10y the
middle of this week.
A joint resolution has been introduced
in the House, that should become law.
but unfortunately it is feared that it will
not. 1t authorizes the President t. vote
specific items in appropriation bills.
Ii has long been custom with u certain
class of Congressman to put items of n
dubious character in important appro-
priation bills The habit should Ice
stopped, and the passage of this resou-
tion would do il.
The report of the bill to prohibit the
transportation of adulteratcd food from
one state 60 another, contains food for
thought. 1t says: Recent ipvestiga-
tion in the Department. of Agriculture of
cheese dcceptions, frauds in milk, adul-
terations in beer and spirits, in spices
and condiments, and other things i'm
daily use as food and beverages, empha-
size the necessity for prevention or re-
preston of these disrcI utable practices,
stimulated 10y the geed of gain. Liquids,
perhaps even more generally than solids,
are subject to this sophistication. Aged
brandies are made from diluted. only
colorcd and favored alcohol; cheap wines
are mixed and manipulated to initiate
expensive brands; beers are doctored to
avoid the use of expensive hops. and TO
cheaper the product or stimulate some
desired quality. Teas are mixed, colored
with poisonous minerals, and spent
leaves are dried and placed second
time upon the market. The animal in
dustry which asks for protection proposed
in this bill. reaches all the levels of life.
from the millionaire TO the day laborer
it embraces more than all other industries
in the country combined, the property of
the poor
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