Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent,

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 90, 1888.
EARLY this week there was semi.
official announcement that the Com
mittee on Ways and Means has gone
to work on tariff bill which they
proposed reporting within q fort
night. This caused the much talked
about and little understood subject
to bS the principal subject of CONVEX
sation wherever men congregate.
! Desiring to give your readers an in
telligent forecast Of the probable ac-
ton Of Congress on this important
question, your correspondent has in.
terviewed a large number of the
prominent lawmakers Of both parties
and Houses. From the expressed
sentiments of the various gentlemen,
it would seem to be utterly impos
sible to pass tariff bill at the pres.
ent session of Congress, owing to
the many differing opinions that
exist.
But that will not prevent much
time being devoted to the subject in
both Houses and many speeches
being made on all sides of that many
sided question. In fact from pres.
ent indications Congress is likely to
become an immense debating society
during great portion of the present
session, with the tariff as the subject,
while the Congressional Record will
fairly bristle with statistics to. prove
that every mans argument is the
right one. .>'. .~-~
= Much interest is feltin Republican
circles here in regard to the great
political speech which Senator In
gals is understood to be preparing.
The Kansas Senator is always fully
abreast Of the most advanced leaders
of the Republican party, and his
coming speech will doubtless have
much to do in shaping the outlines
of the great battle which'is to result
in busting Cleveland and his gang
OF bogus reformers. ~ #& .-,.-
The Dairy interests Of the country
are asking Congress for al amend
ment to the Oleomargarine law which
will require that article to be made
. distinctive color-pink-in order
to prevent it's being sold as butter.
A prominent Democratic Senator
said to friend yesterday, II am very
glad that Lamar was confirmed, but
it was very bad politics, all the same,
on the part of those Republican
senators who voted tor him with us.
1t reminded me of the general who
would never attack the opposing
army for fear of hurting somebody"
The assumption of the judicial robe
Of the United States Supreme Court
by Mr.. Lamar enables that body to
sit with full bench for the first time
since May, 1885.
The quick work which Congress
did in passing the bill defining the
amount of printing or writing that
may be put on the outside of pack
age of fourth class mail matter, was
a very decided reprimand for Ex-
Postmaster General Villas and his
advisers for the absurd manner in
which they had construed the law.
Still Democratic officials care but
little for such triaing matters as con-
gressional reprlmands.
The Philadelphia mint will soon
be directed to strike off full sets of
all medals granted by Congress to
commemorate national events. One
set of each is to be placed in each of
the executive departments here, and
one set of each presented to every
State and Territory. The collection
will be both interesting and valuable.
Next Wednesday the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate commerce will
grant a hearing to the counsel of Ex-
press companies upon Senator Cul-
lom's bill to extend the operation of
the interstate law to express COM
panes,
The members of the Chinese lega-
ton have been the special pets of
Washington society ever since their
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the new embassy,-the Corean-the
members of which wear apparel even
more gorgeous than that affected by
the Chinese, has already raised the
demon of jealousy in the heart of
John Chinaman. The attentions
which swell society is now shower
ing on the Coreans are daily adding
fuel to the fame which may result in
international complications between
China and Corea. In the meantime,
society ladies are greatly enjoying
their new and gaudily dressed "a
vorites. ,.- ID
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