Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Lfron our regul.r eOrr..ponaspt.l
WAsHINaroN, August l9, lsss

WAohfAN0LONf 1u6hot lAOl AOOOs
The President. Mrs. Cleveland, all
the members of the Cabinet in the City,
together with most of the men ofpro-
minence at the Capitol. attended the
funeral services over the remains of Gen.
Sheridan Saturday morning. Cardinal
Gibbons presided over the impressive
ceremonies. The dead general was
buried at Arlington cemetery amidst
thousands of his former comrades. AS
q tribute of respect to his memory, Con-
gress adjourned over from Friday until
to-day, and all the Government depart
ments were closed on Saturday.
Now that Mr.. Blaine has arrived, 1t 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 20 to the
country as having reelected a just set
tlement 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 posi-
tion 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 Eng
land and the United States, it would
mean the killing of a great many peo-
pie, 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
chaffering about contact, but the
Democratic party meant business. The
Senator, at the conclusion of his re-
marks, referred sarcastically to the
bomb proof war records of some of the
loud mouthed Republican Senators.
He also reminded the Republicans of
the fact that Mr.. Cleveland had defeat
ed 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 necessary
to veto fourteen more unworthy private
pension bills.
Senator Call spoke in favor of the
fisheries treaty to-day. Last week
Sherman and Evarts spoke against it,
the latter taking part of two days to
make very prOsy telk to an almost
empty Senate chamber, winding up by
giving notice that he would speak again
before the vote was taken.
Senator Call has introduced bill to
appropriate 100000 to pay for prop
erty destroyed in suppressing the yell
low fever in Florida. 1t will be passed
promptly, for the latest news from
Florida has created q genuine 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 take ef-
feet Nov. lst,, 1888. 1t places the tele-
graph business under the control of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
1t has been authoritatively stated
from the White House, that the rumors
in regard to the Presidents asking for
the resignation of Commissioner of
Pensions Black, are entirely without
foundation. The relations between Mr..
Cleveland and Gen. Black are perfectly
harmonious.
The House committee on the
\ merchant marine and fisheries, will to-
morrow begin the investigation of the
Alaska Seal fisheries. authorized by the
recent resolution of the House. There
is a mine of Republican crockedness in
this matter, and it is believed that the
committee will succeed in exposing it.
Owing to the large excess over the
estimates of new railroad mail service
put on by the Postoffice department,
the Postmaster General has been COM
PEELED to ask for deficiency appropria-
tion of $250,OO0 for that branch of the
service.