Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-18
WASHINGTON.

President, Mrs. Cleveland, all the
members of the Cabinet in the City,
together with most of the men of
prominence at the Capitol, attended
the funeral services over the remains
of General Sheridan Saturday morn
ing. Cardinal Gibbons presided over
the impressive ceremonies. The
dead general was buried at Arlington
cemetery amid thousands of his former
comrades. AS tribute of respect
to his memory, Congress adjourned
over from Friday until today, and all
the Government departments were
closed on Saturday.
Now that Mr.. Blaine has arrived,
it is to be hoped that the republicans
of the Senate will hurry up with their
tariff bill.
The democratic Senators will not
filibuster to prevent the republicans
from defeating the fisheries treaty.
If the republicans are willing to 60 to
the country as having rejected a just
settlement of this question, it is their
own lookout.
Senator Morgan, in answer to a
bombastic statement made by Mr..
Blair, IN relation to the fisheries
treaty and Canadian matters, defined
the position of the democratic party
on this question very clearly. He
said he did not want war. He knew
what war meant. He had seen
enough of it, and knew that if war
came between England and the
United States, it would mean the
killing of great many people. The
democratic party, with the backbone
of Andrew Jackson, would not make
any foolish quarrel, but if war came,
would stand by the country, right or
wrong. The republicans might mean
a joke, might mean some traffic,
some swapping of knives, or chatter
ing about contact, but the demo-
cratic party meant business. The
Senator, at the conclusion of his
remarks, referred sarcastically to the
bomb-proof war records of some of
the loud-mouthed republican Sena-
tors. He also reminded the republi-
cans Of the fact that Mr.. Cleveland
had defeated them every time he had
ever come in contact with them, and
that he would do SO again this year.
The President has found it neces-
sary to veto fourteen more unworthy
private pension bills.
Senator Call spoke in favor of the
fisheries treaty today, Last week
Sherman and Evarts spoke against it
the latter taking part of two days tC
make a very prosy talk to an almos
empty Senate chammer, winding w
by giving notice that he would speak
again before the vote was taken.
Senator Call has introduced bill
to appropriate 100000 to pay fo
property destroyed in suppressing til,
yellow fever in Florida. 1t will b,
passed promptly, for the latest new
from Florida has created a genuin,
scare.
The Senate has, without a division
passed the bill introduced by Mr.
Spooner to regulate commerce carried
on by telegraph. The act is to tax
effect Nov. lst. 1888. 1t places tn
D. telegraph business under the contro
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
1t has been authoritatively stateC
from the White House, that tn
rumors in regard to the President
= asking for the resignation of Com
o missioner of Pensions Black, are en-
tirely without foundation. The rela
tons between Mr.. Cleveland an,
General Black are perfectly harmoni
;. Gus.
, The House committee on the mel
chant marine and fisheries, will to
morrow begin The investigation c
the Alaska Seal fisheries, authorize
by the recent resolution of the House
4 There is mine of republica
crookedness in this matter, and it
believed that the committee wi
+ succeed in exposing it. +aa
4 Owing to the large excess over tn
q estimates of new railroad mail servic
n put on by the Postoffice department
+ the Postmaster General has bee
g compelled to ask for a deficiency al
preparation of $250,OOO for that branc
N of the service.
All the talk about disagreement
between Mr.. Cleveland and the nj
tional committee is nonsense. M
a Cleveland is entirely satisfied wit