New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington. ID. c., Feb. 1st. 18'

Washington. ID. O., Feb. 1st. 1889.
Senator Allison, who has three times
refused the invitation of Gen. Harrison
| to enter the Cabinet as Secretary of the
Treasury, has now gone to indianapolis
to finally settle the matter. The trip
was very sudden and q great surprise
to Mr.. Allison's friends, and was only
taken because Gen. Harrison refused to
accept the written declinations sent him
by Mr.. Allison and because he has full
ly made up his mind that he wants that
gentleman to set the financial pace for
his administration. Another reason
given for the trip is that an intimation
was given Mr.. Allison that unless he
accepted the position rendered him.
Iowa would have; no representation in
the Cabinet. j. S. Clarkson, whom it
is said MIR. Allison has been desirous OF
having in the Cabinet as Iowa's repre-
sentative, with several other prominent
Iowa Republicans, is expected to meet
Mr.. Allison at Indianapolis, and some
arrangement will be definitely made.
Senator Sherman is working energet-
ically for his bill prohibiting trusts, and
confidently expects its early passage by
the Senate. It would probably have
passed last week when it was up for
consideration. if the Senator from Ohio
had not, in Difference to the requests of
number of Senators. agreed to have
it laid aside temporarily, to take up an
appropriation bill. In giving way Mr.
Sherman took occasion to say that he
would do SO no more, and that when his
bill next. Jeanne up he should insist upon
its disposal.
The Senate tariff bill has been sent to
the HOnse and referred to the Commit.
tee on Ways and Means, and contrary
to general opinion few days ago, it
now looks as if some legislation on this
subject will be gotten through at the
present session. The Democrats of the
Ways and Means Committee have given
their pledges publicly to report the bill
to the House at the earliest time possi-
BILE, and if the Heuse agrees to the APP
pointment of congress, as asked for by
the Senate, some sort of a..compromise
is expected to be reached that will re-,
suit in a large reduction in the surplus
revenues. The tobacco tax is almost
certain to be greatly reduced, if not al
together abolished. In fact this tobacco
business is at the bottom of the change
of tactics on the part of the Democrats.
A number of members from the tobacco
States announced that. if they could get
relief in no other way'tney proposed to
join the Republicans and adopt.the SEN
ate bill in its entirety.
Many conservative people here be-
lieve that Secretary Bayard's bungling
| methods have put US in a condition
| where war with Germany is not only
one of the possibilities of the near future
but is probable. Evidence Of Bayard's
wretched management in Samoa is be-
fore the foreign committees of both
Houses Of Congress in the shape Of of
ticial correspondence. So urgent do
the needs ofiour government appear to
Senator Sherman that he has offered an
amendment to the Diplomatic and Con-
sular appropriation bill appropriating
100000 to be spent blythe President in
looking after American interests in
| Samoa.
Representative Burrows, of Michigan,
one of the most prominent candidates
for Speakeriof the next House, is very
much in favor ofiholding an extra ses-
sion of Congress. He said in conver-
sation: 81 shall tell Gen. Harrison that
not to have an extra session will be to
gamble with fate and court defeat =
Mr.. Burrows then proceeded in detail
to name what he considered the reasons
for the extra session. April is the
month Mr.. Burrows favors for the call
/ ing of the extra session.
Representative .ButterWorth made a
speech last week criticising some Of the
methods resorted to by the Knights OF
Labor in order to carry their points,
which according to the politicians, a
mong whom it has created a genuine
sensation, was bound to be the political
death of Butterworth. On the contrary
Mr.. Butterworth has received flood of
letter and kilograms, many of them
from Members of the Knights of Labor,
endorsing the manly position he took in
his remarks. Right or wrong, Ben
Butterworth deserves credit for having
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