New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, ID. C. .Aur II. Is

correspondence between the Depart
ment OF Justice and any Government
officer in the State of New York since
the 1st OF January, 1887, on the subject
OF registration or election. The object
OF this resolution is to act atthe author.
lty for the present orders issued to the
United States Chief Supervisor of cleo
tlons for New York, to the effect that
his deputies would only be allowed pay
for five days work this year. The law
distinctly says that ten days may be
consumed in this work, and Senator
Edmunds means 10 find out why this
was changed by democratic officials.
The funeral of General Sheridan took
place Saturday morning. and was at
tended by all the prominent people in
the city. The departments were all
closed, and neither House of Congress
was in session. He was buried in Ar
lington cemetery.
''Whom the gods would destroy they
tlrst make mad. Cleveland is very
mad with the democratic national COM
mittee, because they are unable to per-
form impossibilities. He blames the
committee for the lack of enthusiasm
in the ranks of his party. How any en-
thusiasm can he expected with CleYe-
land as candidate, and free trade as a
platform, is more than can be seen with
the ordinary eye.
Senator Blair has introduced bill
which provides for preliminary negoti..
ations toward annexing Canada to the
United States. with the consent of Eng
land. It is hardly probable that the
bill will be passed at this session of
Congress, nevertheless it is creating
much talk. Public opinion on this Ca
madam question can hardly be said to
have crystallized sufficiently to indicate
upon which side it is.
Fourteen more private pension bills
were vetoed last week by Senator
Blair's ''pig-headed executive, but he
has not yet given out his letter of ac-
ceptance.
Senator Frye, who is in charge of the
fisheries treaty, is anxious to bring the
treaty to vote, and has given notice
that, beginning with to-day he proposes
to press it, to the exclusion of all other
business, until it is settled. The demo-
cratic Senators, who have indulged in
some vague threats of filibustering in
order to prevent u vote, will hardly
dare to execute their threats, as flibus
tering is a two edged sword that is dam
gerous.
Senator Stewart has given notice tha
after the fisheries treaty is disposed of
he will press his bill for the admission
of the State of Washington.
There is deficiency of $250,O00 in
the railway mail transportation fund Of
the Post office Department. That's a
specimen of democratic economy and
reform.
A committee of the executive board
of the Merchant Tailors National Ex-
change, which was in session here last
week, was given a hearing by the Senate
finance committee. The want the duty
on ready made clothing raised. They
say that under the present tariff, a
wealthy man can go to London and for
$500 have clothes made that would cost
him $1,000 in the United States.
Senator Sherman has sent circular
to republican Senators, asking each if
there are any measures pending before
the Senate, in which he is specially in
terested, and upon which he desires ac-
tton by the Senate during the present
session. The object of the circular is to
get the calendar cleared as far as posi-
BILE, before the Senate begins considera-
tion of the tariff bill.
Senator Sewart's Chinese bill passed
the Senate withouta division, and Re-
preventative Morrow attempted to get
it up in the House, but owing to'-objec-
tions on the democratic side, it was re-
ferred to the committee on foreign re-
lations, with authority to report it at
any time.
The Senate has passed a resolution
calling upon the Secretary OF the Inter-
or for information concerning his recent
decision affecting the title to Northern
Pacific Railroad lands.
A committee representing $4,000 hat
ters in five states, were before the SEN
ate finance committee last week, asking
for further protection for their craft.
The impression is growing among de-
mprrats in Congress that their national
committee represents the many rail
roads.
A bill has been introduced in the
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