Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-07-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
IRON our regular eOrrsspondsnt.l
WAsHINGToN, July 10th, 1888.


[Ffom our regular eorrespondentl
WAsHINGToN. July 10th, 1888.
Commissioner Colman. of the agrlcul-
tural department, has received an
early and complete vindication from
the charge made by General Greeley,
Chief Signal officer, to the Senate Conn
mittee on Agriculture, to the effect
that Mr.. Colman was working in an
underhanded manner to get the wealth
er bureau transferred to his depart
ment. Gen. Greeley has written a
manly letter to Senator Palmer of that
Committee, in which he apologies for
having made the charge, having
learned since that the information up
on which he had based 1t was erron-
eous: he also asks Senator Palmer to
assure the members of the committee
of his regret that he should uninten-
tionally have placed high official in a
very wrong light. To those who know
Mr.. ColmaI, no vindication ofanything
he has dene since he became Commits
sionef of Agriculture is necessary. 1t
is for those who are not fortunate
enough to know the man in all his
rugged straightforwardness and hon.
ESJYt LtldL tlliS 10 "AibOChs
No subsidies for pet steamship lines
this year. The House has again
crushed the Senate amendment to the
Post Office appropriation bill, appropri-
ating 100000 to increase the mail
facilities between this country and
South America. The decisive vote
141 to 57--by which the House for the
second time rejected this amendment,
will probably cause the Senate to see
the wisdom of Withdrawing it.
Col. Lamont has gone to New York
to visit his family Hewill return this
week.
The House is now considering the
wool clause of the tariff bill, and unless
there is some unexpected delay in dis.
posing oft, the bill will be passed this
Senator PSglif to-day made q strong
speechsih favor ofthe ratification of the
fisheriestreaty. Friday Senator George
did likewlses~l AsS &E ~
A delegation of the Patrons of Indus
try of Pennsylvania called on Mr.
Cleveland Friday, to invite him to at
tend their exhibition and picnic on
August "a. The President said that
his duties are now such as to require
his strictest attention, but when Con.
gress adjourns, he would have more
time.
The next trust to be investigated by
the Hoiise,comrnittee on manufactures
will be whisky. n "a q
Granny Blair, who Is one pofathe
most blatant demagogues who ever oc-
cupied seat in the United States Sen
ate, received dressing down on Thurs
day last at the hands of Senator Butler
of South Carolina, which he.is mol
likely to forget for some time to come
The, subject under. discussion was the
Presidential vetoes of private pension
bills. Blair said that taken as whole
the vetoed cases were cases OF absolute
merit, and the vetoes were outrages OF
the rights of American citizens. Mr.,
Butlerin reply said that the greatest
blessing that could overtake the senate
and the country, would be for the Sena'
tor from New Hampshire to ne less
faithful to the line Of duty when he
had marked out for himself. If there
has beenapy incpmbrance, any incubus
on thesensible, respectable, orderly dis
charge of theSduties of the Senate, II
had been in the person of the Senator
from New Hampshire, and in the
measures Which he had introduced.
Mr.. Butler" also .truthfully stated that
Blair was, like a demagogue, trying to
appeal to the soldier vote of the coun-
try. Referring to remark OF Mr'
Blair, that the language of some of the
messages was ungentlemanly Mr.. But
Ier said:A tGod save the mark. What
O terrible calamity 1t would be to this
country if the standard of gentlemen
had to be established by the Senator
from New Hampshire. 1t would
undermine aud destroy every rule or
the subject, recognized among civilized
people,' .h.l. .r ).
chairman of the House committee or
Labor, says that the most importan
bill in the House is that prohibiting
the CARRYING of convict made good
from one State to another 1t is ex
pected that an evening session of thu
House will be held for the passage o
this and other labor bills. -.
The House has passed bill, previd
ing for the takingof the eleventh Sant
subsequent censuses. i
The campaign committee selected b.
Chairman Barnum of the nationa
committee is regarded here as a yer.
strong one. g4 2
The President has accepted with deel
regret the resignation of Hon. G. V. n
Lathrop, u. IS. Ministerto Russia. II
healtiiis The Cause IL ~ X
Representative s. J. Randall is dan
gerously i'll in this city. He has hat
Several attacks of hemorrhage. g..
H.4uoI In nd
health issome what undermined, ha
gone to one of the Virginia springs,
Taovh works.
In answer to many inquiries regard