The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-07-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


Editor Herald:
Senator Plumb moved that the senate
insist upon the subsidy amendment" to
the postof6ce appropriation bill, and
ask for further conference. AS to the
Postmaster Generals statement that the
existing postal service to Central and
South America was satisfactory, Mr..
Plumb said he did not believe word of
it. 1t might be satisfactory to the post
office department, but it was not salts
factory to the business public. Senator
Beck said that he had no idea that the
house would agree to the amendment,
and he did not believe that it ought to
do so. Senator Chase replying to Beck,
said: "This opposition is in line with
the whole policy of the Democratic party.
1t is policy of repression of industry.
The Democratic party is the party of
reaction, of retrogression. 1t is opposed
to all enterprise; to the building mp of
the industries of the country. It has in
herited from the old slave-holding con-
tederacy the idea that there should be
nothing done by the government to ben
eht the business of the country.
1t is now openly acknowledged by
quite number of we'll informed demo-
Gratis here, that Connecticut is sure to
cast it's electoral vote for Harrison, Nor
ton and Protectio,
Chairman Barnum, of the mocratic
national committee, who has been her e
for several days, is said to have come
for the purpose of persuading Clevelaed
to cut out all illusions to the tariff in
his letter of exceptance, which has been
written but not yet made public. My
informant says that Barnum told Cleve-
land that if he took the same stand on
the tariff in his letter of except ance, that
he did In his message to congress last De-
cember, the democrats would lose New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and pos
sibly one or two states in the solid South,
but that if he would let the subject entire
erly alone, the democratic managers
would adopt straddling policy, which
might pull him through. This rumor
makes the letter of exceptance anxiously
looked for. If Cleveland has taken Bar
NUNS advice, it will be the first time
that he has been been known to do such
a thing, and if he has not, he will have
pleased the republicans very much.
Representative Samuel J. Randall has
been dangerously i'll this week. He was
attacked with hemorrhage, and for a
time his life was despaired Of He is
now somewhat better, but will not re-
sumo his duties in the house again at
this session.
Republicans in congress are constantly
receiving letters from democratic con-
stitnents, announcing their intention of
supporting the republican nominee this
year.
Senator Hoar's speach against the rati-
fcation of the fisheries treaty was ter
r1ble arrangement of the democratic
party. In concluding he said: II would
have the box where the American free
man casts his ballot sacred as a sacra-
mental vessel. I do not like this conspi-
racy between the old slave holder and
the English manufacturer, to strike
down the wages of the American work
man, and the comforts of the American
workman's home. do not like your re-
fusal to maintain the American navy and
to fortify and defend the American coast.
And 1 like no better the present treaty.
1t leaves the American sailor to be bu1lied
and insulted without redress, and aban-
dons the American right to the fisheries
which the valor of our grandfathers won
for us and the wisdom Of our fahers pre-
served for rs