Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-02-08
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS TO
E"iEERALD.")
Washington. D. c., Feb. II

ashlngton, ID. c., Feb. 18th.
Senator Sherman, who knows the
the cares and perpIezities of being
Secretary of the Treasury, warmly
congratulated Senator Allison on
his escape when the fact became
known that Mr. Allison had written
to Gen. Harrison positively and
finally declining the appointment.
Nearly every Republican Senator
advised Mr.. Allison not TO go into
the Cabinet, some for one reason
and some for another, hut the ma
jority of them feel that the Iowa
Senator can do more good on the
floor of the Senate than he could in
the Treasury Department.
Evidently Secretary or Postmas-
terGeneral (whichever it may beg
Wanamaker proposes to hold up his
end Of the coming administration.
1t is said tina t he has purchased for
$4,000 the elegant re<ilence in
this city now occupied by Secretary
Whitney.
Senator ingalls, says he will be
very glad to turn the gavel oyel
to Vice-President elect Morton or
the fourth Of March and resume his
old place on the floor of the Senate
and most other Republicans will
| join him in his gladness. Not be.
cause he has not made good pre-.
siding officer for the Senate, but be-
cause he is more useful aud de
cidedIy more interesting on the
| floor.
1t is stated here that Represent.
alive Springer is willing to accept
the Senate amendment to his "omni-
bus" bill. The am andment excludes
New Mexico. If Mr.. Springer can
carry any considerable number of
Democrats with him the bill can be
passed.
The Democratic members Of the
House Ways and Means Committee
are at work on "a compromise tariff
bill which they will endeavor to get
I tie Senate coHfereeS to agree to.
1t will embrace the entire free list Of
the Senate bill and the internal
revenue section, except alcohol fol
use in the arts. 1t will embrace
those portions Of the Mills bill over
which there was little or no contro
versy. But from the best informa
ton your correspondent can get, il
is now too late to get any tariff leg
islation through the present Con
gress, more's the pity.
Once more this poor administra
ton has been sat down upon, ans
members of its own party have
helped to do it. The British extra
dition treaty, which Mr.. BaYard wa
so anxious to have adopted, ha
been rejected by more than two
thirds vote of the Senate. join
Bull seems to have lost his inhuenc,
in this country.
Sensational newspaper article
sometimes serve a good purpose. w
have just had a striking example il
the Samoan excitement. The news
paper articles aroused Congress ant
the people Of the country, and the
sentiments generally expressed b,
all classes and in all sections provin!
to Prince Bismarck tL2t the Unite
States would fight if necessary t.
preserve the honor and rights of it
citizens IN Samoa. The result was
Bismark cabled to the German min
lister in this city instrncting him t
Sc Secretary Bayard and assure hin
that Germany would do nothin,
detrimental to our interests, and ais
that ord ers had been sent to the Ger
man officials in Samoa to be NOR
diScree t. SO much for sensational
newspapers.
, Senator Blai's bill giving tn
noble women who acted as nurse
during the war a pension of $25
month, has been passed by the Sci
ate and favorably reported to tn
House.
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