River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-08-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent
Washington, Aug. |


Senator sherman touched the ad-
ministration in a sore spot when he
introduced his resolution calling upon
the Secretary of the Treasury for a
statement showing the amount of
Government money on deposit in
National banks on the first of August
1855, and the amount and description
of United States bonds and other Sc
curities pledged for the repayment of
such deposits. The resolution was
passed. 1t has been charged that the
Treasury department has been giving
favored banks-particularly the
Western National Bank, of New York
City. Of which the late Daniel Man
ming was president-the use of enOr-
nous sums OF Government money,
without interest, and without proper
security. The statement will be look
ed for with much interest.
The Democratic Senators held a
caucus Wednesday morning, to de-
eide whether or not they would at
tempt to ilibuster to defeat the rejec-
ton of the fisheries treaty. They de-
cided against obstructive tactics.
Several of them will not be sorry to
see the treaty rejected.
The Democrats in Congress are in
dignant at the exposure Of the bar
gain they made with j. Milton Turn
er, ex-Minister to Liberia, the colored
man who got up the recent Indianap-
oils colored convention. The bargain
was the passage by Congress of bill
apprOpriating $4,000 for the ne
gro section of the Cherokee Indians,
as compensation for their share of the
lands taken from the tribe several
years ago. j. Milton Turner is the
agent of these negro Cherokees, and is
to receive twenty five per cent. of the
amount appropriated. This scheme
was worked very slyly, the men who
made the disgraceful bargain
having gotten Representative
O'Neil, the Democratic mem
Der from st. Louis. to introduce the
bill. But now that the deal has been
exposed. j. Milton Turner will proba-
bly, have to look elsewhere for his pay
for getting up the indianapolis con-
vention.
Several more pension bills were We
toed by Mr.. Cleveland this week.
After the 4th Of next March he VIII
have to quit this sport.
Some mOon-struck Individual wrote
letter from here this week. stating
that the cause of the delay in Cleve-
lands letter was that he intended
to decline the nomination. Dan. La.
mont has taken the trouble to deny it.
which was waste of time on his
part. Everybody knows that Mr..
Cleveland has no idea of declining a
thing that he has been working and
scheming for. night and day, since
March 4th, 1885. He probably knows
by this time that his free trade senti-
ments will defeat him, but he will run
all the same.
The reason for the delay in the ap,
pearance of Cleveland's letter of ac.
ceptance, is that he is trying 10 fix
it so that it will hold the free trade
vote. and not ALLEVIATE the friends OF
protection to American labor-an inn
! possi BILE task.
senator Edmunds proposes to make
things lively for Attorney General
Garland. for his attempt to prevent
the United States Supervisors of cleo.
tons in New York state from proper
/ ly performing their duties.
If Cleveland could hear some of the
remarks made on his action in regard
30 the river and harbOr bill he would
blush with shame, if such thing
were possible. His attempted explain
alton of why he allowed it to become
a law without his approval Statistic:
nobody. Of course he could not veto
it. having promised long before tht
bill was framed that he would not
That promise is what secured tbs
passage of the Mills bin. To have
signed the bill and said nothing more
about it would have been the more
manly course.
/ Senator Blair has introduced. as 3
substitute for a bill already on tbs
calendar, bin providing for pen
sion of S25 per month to female army
/ nurses or hospital agents, who served
at least six months during the re
bellion or were injured in the service