Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-02-14
Washington Letter.
(l7fom Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb. eth. 1889

Washington Letter.
tFfom Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Feb. 9TH, 1889
Senator Sherman, who knows The
cares and perplexities OF being secre-
tary Of the Treasury, warmly congratu-
lated 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 Republi
can Senator advised Mr.. Allison not to
40 into the cabinet, some for one reason
and some for another, but the majority
Of them feel that the Iowa Senator can
do more good on the floor of the Senate
than he could in the Treasury Depart
ment.
Evidently Secretary or Postmaster
General whichever it may be) Wana-
maker proposes TO hold up h.s end of
the coming administration. II is said
that he has purchased for $4,000 the
elegant residence in this city now oecu-
pied by Secretary Whitney.
Senator Ingalls, says he viii be very
glad to turn the gavel over to Vice
President elect Morton on the fourth of
March and resume his old place on the
floor of the Senate. And NEST other
Republicans will join him in his glad
ness. Not because he has not made
good presiding officer for the Senate,
but because he is more useful and de-
decidedly more interesting on the
! floor.
! II is stated here that Representative
Springer is willing TO accept he Senate
amendments to his omnibus bill. The
amendments exclude New Mexico If
MIR. Springer can carry any consider
able number of Democrats with him the
bill can be passed
The Democratic members of tho
House Ways and Means Committee are
at work on compromise tariff bill
which they will endeayor TO get the
Senate conferees to agree 10. 1t will
embrace the entire free list Of the Sem
ate bill and the internal revenue section
except free alcohol for use in tie arts.
1t will also embrace those portions of
the Mills bill over which there was
little or no controversy. But from the
best information your correspondent
can get, it is now too late TO get any
tariff legislation through the present
Congress, morcs the ply.
Once more this poor administration
has been sal down upon, and members
of its own party have helped to do it.
The British extradition treaty which
Mr.. Bayard was so anxious 20 have
adopted. has been rejected by more
than two-thirds vote of the Senate.
John Bull seems to have lost lis Inilu.
cnce in this country.
Sensational newspaper articles some
times serve good purpose. We have
just had q striking example in The
Samoan excitement. The newspaper
articles aroused Congress and the peo-
pie of the country, and tho sentiments
generally expressed by all classes and
in all sections proved to Prince Bis
marck that the United States would fight
if necessary to maintain the honor and
rights of its citizens in Samoa. The
result was: Bismark cabled TO The Ger
man minister in this city instructing
him to see Secretary Bayard and assure
him that Germany would do nothing
detrimental 10 our interests, and also
that orders had been sent to the German
officials in Samoa to be more discreet.
So much for sensational newspapers.
At last. after many ups and downs,
the Oklahama bill has gotten, through
the House all right. 1t now goes 10 the
Senate. where its friends propose maxi
ing mighty effort to rush il through.
There is rumor here that Cleveland
has promised to veto it if it gets through
| the Senate.
Representative Mckinley, who has
been mentioned as likely to be Score
tary of the Treasury, says he is not
an applicant nor would he accept the
position if offered him.
Tho House committee on territories
were to have decided Saturday whether
they would report the bill for the adj
mission Of Utah, as instructed by re-
cent Democratic caucus, also what they
would do about Springer's "omnibus"
bill for the admission of Arizona, Idaho
and Wyoming. The committee held
no meeting Saturday, but say they will
meet Wednesday. The members seem
to be little dubious about this Utah
business. There is no prospect of The
bill even passing the House, should it
be reported, still think some of the
members of the committee do not care
to put themselves on record even to the
extent of reporting the bill. Mormonism
is not very popular outside of Utah.
Senator Blair's bill giving the noble
women who acted as army purses dur
ing the war pension Of % dollars a
month has been passed by the Senate
and favorably reported to the House.
The American Shipping League.
which held its annual convention here
last week, is an organization from
which much is expected; lis aim is to
foster and increase American Shipping
A public meeting was held FridaS night
at which number of prominent men
belonging to both political parties gave
their views as to what is necessary 10
restore the supremacy of the Stars and
Stripes on the seas.
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