Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-07-12
WASHING TON LETTER.
From our REGULAR correspondent.

W WASHINGTON July ptus 1905.
Senator Hoar will, on Tuesday,
deliver a speech against the ratif
cation of the fisheries treaty. A
powerful argument is confidently
expected, as the Senator is thorough
ly familiar with the subject.
General Harrison's father-in-law,
a well preserved old gentleman
nearly ninety years old, is resident
of this city, and a clerk in the
Pension Bureau.
The Republican members of the
Senate committee on finance have,
after consultation with their party
associates in and out of Congress,
fully determined upon the substitute
which will be offered in the Senate
for the Mills bill, which now seems
almost certain Of final passage by
the House, though some time may
yet elapse before it does. The sub
stitute will be a model of brevity,
containing only three paragraphs:
one to repeal the internal revenue
tax on tobacco in every form; one
to repeal the internal revenue tax
on alcohol in the fine arts, and one
to reduce the tariff on sugar fifty
per cent.
The dangerous disposition of the
present administration to encroach
upon the constituionally guaranteed
rights and privileges of the legisla-
tive branch of our Government, is
one Of the signs of the times that
is worthy of careful consideration
by every friend of popular govern
ment. The example las been set
by Mr., Cleveland, and it is not sur
prising that the members of his
cabinet should embrace every oppor.
tunity Of doing likewise. The lat
est and one of the most glazing
offenders is Postmaster General
Dickinson, who wrote letter to
the chairman of the House com
mittee on postofices, in opposition
to an amendment, which the Senate
had adopted, to the Postofice appro-
priation bill, appropriating 100000
to provide more efficient mail SER
vice between the United States and
South America. Whether this
amendment is a wise one or not
although l am firmly convinced that
it would be greatly beneficial to our
business interests--it is not my
purpose to discuss at this time. The
point made is, that Postmaster
! General Dickinson, who is a part of
the executive branch of the Govern
ment exceeded his authority when
he wrote a letter attempting-and
in fact really influencing pending
Legislation, for the result of his let
ter has been that the House has
refused to concur in the Senate
amendment referred to. The con
stitution clearly defines the rights
of the three great branches, the
! Legislative, the executive, and the
judicial, into which the government
| is divided. This administration has
from its very beginning shown a
desire to control both the executive
and the legislative branches, aud it
is high time that the people should
elect q President who has more re-
spect for the constitution.
The nomination of NJ. w. Fuller,
to be Chief Justice, has been re-
! ported to the Senate from the
Judiciary Committee, without rec.
ommendation. The Republicans of
that committee refused to make a
favorable report, simply because
they consider the mental calibre Of
the man too small for the great
Office, and owing to the absence of
any proof Of wrongdoing they
J could not make AZ unfavorable re-