The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-03-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, MarCn To- 1000.
Editor Herald:
Gen. Harrison's second week i'll the
White House differs little from the first;
there is daily tho same crowd of office
seelscls and their hackers, up stairs in the
executive office, and down in the East
room those that call merely to pay their
respects. Only few appointments have
as yet been made, owing largely to the
difficulty of reconciling the conflicting
claims Of the many applicants, but those
that have been made seem to have given
general satisfaction to the party leaders
here, and have been promptly confirmed
by the senate.
1t has been a long time since family
prayers were held every morning IN the
White house, but they were begun with
Gen. Harrison's first morning, and will
be continued as long as he remains
there.
The Senate Committee on Pacific rail
roads will start from Chicago April 6,
on tour of inspection over those roads.
The trip is expected to take about seven
weeks. The members of the committee
are Senators Frye, Dawes, Hiscock, Da-
Wis, Morgan, Butler, and Hearst.
Senator Quay received owes fifty regis
tered letters, all containing applications
for Office in one day this W eek, and his
republican colleagues are but little be-
hind him in their mail matter. Surely
every body cannot hold Office, not at one
time anyway, therefore brethren, why
would not this be a good time to stop
writing to your member or Senator. He
will get everything he can for his constit-
uents, but as Industrious as he may be,
he cannot accomplish impossibilities.
Might this be called a case of bribery?
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Walker, whose salary from Uncle Sam is
only 1880 year, has been enforcing
the law against some Of the big railroads
in a manner that was not at all to their
to their liking. The aforesaid Big rail-
roads have formed an association, and
have employed Commissioner Walker for
three years at a salary of $25 900 year.
The question very naturally arises, did
the railroads agree to pay this $4,000
in order to obtain his services or do they
propose to payit to get Inn off the board
of Interstate commerce commissioners!
1t is large surn o! money and the rail-
roads expect to get eVeH ia some way or
they would not offer to pay it. 1T IL just
such episodes as this that causcs the
number Of people who favor the govern .
! ment's controlling all the railroads to be
, constantly increasing.
Tuesdays and Fridays have been set for
regular cabinet meetings,
! The Canadian question is one that will
! not down. 1t is continually cropping out
in unexpected places; for instance, when
Senator Payne proposed in the senate
that the select committee ION relations
with Canada" be dropped, as being
usurpatorv of the functions of tbs execu-
| tive, he stirred it up in a lively manner.
| Senator Hoar in defending the existence
of the commit tee said: ut it useless to
be blind to the fact that there is large
and growing body of men in Canada that
desire annexatipn to the United States"
Senator Cullom favored the committee
| and hoped that its Investigations would
! result in making the two countries one.
Senator Sherman favored the committee
and thought that if the the two countries
| remained separate, peace would be al:
| most impossible. Senator's Edmunds and
Hale were willing to vote for hecommit-
tee, but did not propose to commit them
selves as favoring annexation. Senator
Morrill, had no objection to the commit
tee, but he regarded the present agitation
| as prenostrous, and did not believe Can,
ada had ever been more loyal to Great
| Britain than at the present time. What
the opinions of the Democratic senators
were remains a secret.