Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-27
WASHING TON LETTER.


| WASHINGTON, Dec. 2lst, 1888.
Senator Edmunds has never been
accused by friend or foe of belong
ing to the class known as "jingo"
statesmen, therefore the following
joint resolution introduced by him
has created a real sensation: Gre
solved, that the Government of the
United States will look with serious
concern and disapproyal upon any
connection of any European Govern
ment across the Isthmus Of Darien
or across Central America, and must
regard any such connection or con
troll as injurious to the just rights
and interests cf the United States
and as a menace to their welfare"
"Resolved, that the President of
the United States be requested to
communicate this expression of the
views Of Congress to the Govern
ments of the countries of Europe"
There is nothing very new in this
resolution, ii is simply q reiteration
of the old and popular "Mouroe
doctrine" aud is doubtless intended
by its author AS a warning 10 France
that Uncle Sam does not propose 10
allow the Panama canal to be COM
pcted by the French Government,
and if the cable news can be relied
upon the warning is a timely one.
Senator Allison, together with
about fve-sixths of the Republican
Senators made a strong effort to pre-
vent the Senate from taking the
usual Christmas recess, but at this
writing it looks as if Christmas and
the Democratic Senators combined
would be too much for them. The
House has already passed a joint
resolution providing for recess
from to-day until January 7th, and
the Democratic Senators are unaui-
mously in favor of its adoption by
the Senate. Caucuses have been
held 10y the Senators Of both parties
on the subject, and it is probable
that it will be settled today by a
compromise of some sort. The re
cess is now looked on as a certainty.
The reason behind Senator Allison
and his Republican colleagues is a
sound one. They consider them
selves bound by ante-eleotion prom
Uses to pass the Senate tariff bill,
and they recognize the fact that if a
long holiday recess is taken and the
Democrats continue their present
system of opposition, the passage of
the bill will be jeopardized, owing
20 the shortness of the session and
the importance of passing the regu-
lar appropriation bills.
The Democrats of the House are
truly queer lot. Last week they
held another caucus and decided to
pass bill admitting North and
South Dakota, Montana and New
Mexico, and also a bill for the ad-
mission of Utah. The House COM
mittee on Territories were instructed
to report these bills at once, and it
was stated that the first one would
be reported on Wednesday of this
week, hut for some reason the chair
man of that committee stated on
! Wednesday that the bill would not
be reported until the middle Of
January.
Once more Mr.. Cleveland has, to
use a homely phrase, "put his foot
lin it.n He has nominated Leon
Bailey as United States Attorney
for the district of Indiana. No more
obnoxious man to the Republicans
could have been selected. Bailey is
the man who made himself conspic-
uous in trying to prove that Gen.
Harrison said that ga dollar a day
was enough for any workingman,
and that railroad strikers were shot
by Gen. Harrison's orders. 1t would
be expecting rather too much for
! Mr.. Cleveland to indulge any hope