Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 1889.


(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. % 1889.
Senators on the democratic side
having tried begging and log-rolling
as an inducement to their republican
colleagues to confirm some Of the nu-
merous nominations now pending
before that body, and having failed
in both, have now begun an attempt
to bulldoze the republicans. Senator
Harris has been selected to make a
daily motion to go into executive
session for the purpose Of acting on
some of those nominations. So far
the motion has been voted down
with great regularity by the repub-
licans, and so it is likely to be until
the end of the chapter. In refusing
to intlict any more democratic Of
ticials on long suffering people, the
republican Senators believe them
selves to be backed by large majori-
ty Of the citizens Of this country.
The act chartering the Nicaragua
Canal Company has been signed by
the President, and is now a law.
Mr.. A. P. Edgerton, whom Cleve-
land removed from the Civil Service
Commission, in order to appoint MI.
Thompson of South Carolina, has
written an open letter to Cleveland
which has been enjoyed here this
week. Ofcourse Mr.. Edgerton is a
||sore head'', ,and had he not been re-
moved from Office would never have
publicly expressed such opinions,but
that does not mar the enjoyment,
which the tlaying he gives Mr.. Cleve-
land imparts to many people herea-
bouts, particularly democrats in the
Sam Randall stripe. The lack Of
space prevents my sending the entire
letter, but the following opinion of a
democratic President, by democrat,
is too good to be lost: "Mr. President,
with due courtesy to the high office
you hold, allow me to say that you
are very peculiar man, positive
man, positively wrong or positively
right, therefore an unsafe man to
trust; and that element inl your charac-
ter, I believe led to your defeat. You
are man who would not permit
your real friends to admonish you
with freedom and confidence, and as
a result you have suffered for the
want of friends, and your wrecked
greatness has discovered that there
is no true success in life without the
power and blessing of friendship. ).
You have been taught that great men
with destinies are not always wise,
except in their own conceit''.
Business in Congress is getting
into a terrible muddle during these
last days of the session and little else
is likely to be accomplished, in fact
it will not be surprising if one or two
Of the appropriation bills fail to get
through.
The Omnibus Territorial bill has
at last passed, and has now2 gone to
the President. The people Of South
Dakota, under this act, will on May
IA, vote upon the adoption of the
Sioux Falls Constitution; also the To-
cation Of the capital. On the same
date, the citizens of North Dakota,
Montana and Washington may vote
for delegates to constitutional con-
ventions and for state officers. On
the first Tuesday in October, tho peo-
pie may vote upon the constitutions
proposed by the conventions, and if
adopted, after the Presidents proc
lamation to that effect, the Governors
Of each may order an election of
members Of the Legislature and of
Representatives in Congress. The
Legislatures may meet and elect two
Senators, each in time to take their
seats at the beginning Of the first
regular session Of the Fifty first Con-
gress, at which time the Representa-
tives shall also be admitted to seats.
All hope of any Legislation this ses-
sion looking towards settlement Of
the Indebtedness of the Pacific Coast
railroads to the Government, has been
abandoned, and Senator Stewart has
offered a resolution authorizing the
Senate committee having the matter
IN charge to sit during the recess.
1t seems to be an impossibillty for
Congress to make these wealthy cor
porations pay Uncle Sam what they
owe him.
The Direct-tax bill, after many
ups and downs, has passed Congress,
and is now in the hands Of the Pres
ident. Owing to the delay in agree
ing to the conference report, which
was seemingly Intentional, many peo.
pie believe that the measure is to get
what is known as pocket veto, that
is, it may fail to receive the Presi-
dents signature before the 4th of
March, which would efectually kill
it. Others believe that he will veto
if. and take the occasion tO saw fau,