Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-27
Washington Letter.
prom our Regular Correspondent

Washington ID. &. March II. 1890.
Senator Stanford said today that any
/ body that wanted 10, might speak
slightinglY of. or make fun OF his reso-
luton instructipg the Senate Finance
! committee to inquire into the feasibility
. Of the United States Government loan
ing the farmers of the country money
at one or two per cent per annum, TAX
1. ing mortgages upon their land to secure
payment. but that tie resolution was
] offered after mature consideration. and
he belieYed it 10 oe entirely practicable
and also to be the best method Of re-
storing. prosperity 10 the depressed aeri-
cultural interests. Mr. Stanford also
stated that he proposed using all the
influence he had to get the committee
to frame and report 4 bill on the subject.
The thing looks somewhat startling at
first glance, but when a man of Mr..
Stanford's business experience advances
a business proposition. it is certainly
worthy of careful consideration.
Secretary Tracy has become disguised
with the tiresome, long drawn out, red
tape method of conducting business in
certain bureaus of the Navy department
and has determined to have a change,
and in order to have it made according
to his own ideas he has gone to the Nor
folk navy yard to make a personal in
vestigation into the delays that have
attended the completion of the cruiser
Baltimore" at that yard. Commodore
Fulton, chief of the bureau of provisions
and clothing of the Navy department
has resigned and others may go in con-
sequences of the Secretary's determine.
ton.
Representative Lodge. of Massachu-
settles, has introduced his Federal election
bill 1t contains many features similar
to the Australian system of voting and |
is intended to apply to all Congressional
and Presidential elections Each poll
ing place is put in charge of six judges.
.hree representing each political party. /
Voters who cannot read and write may /
have their tickets marked by one of the
Judges. in the presence of another rep
resenting the opposite party. Upon
petition of 500 voters in any district the
Federal government win assume full
control of the polls under the same reg.
ulatious that apply to State control.
The President has issued proclama-
ton warning intending settlers to keep
off the Cherokee strip in the Indian
territory. which many people seem un
der the impression was opened to settle
ment by the passage OF the Oklahoma
BILL A commission Is now negotiating
with the Cherokee Indians for these
lands, and it is probable that they will
be open to settlement in the near future,
but they are not open now.
The democrats have been Industrious
" engaged for some time past in trying
to get up political sensation by max
ing statements about the enormous APP
propiatiOns this Congress was to make
and the big deficiency there was to be
in the Treasury instead of a surplus.
Representative Cannon, of Illinois, who
is chairman Of the House Appropriation
committee. has, by statement of facts
spiked every gun on the democratic |
line. Mr.. Cannon says that with the |
exception of a pension bill the appropri-
ations Of the present session of Congress
will probably be less than that of the |
last and that there will be surplus |
enough left to enable the republicans to !
make the contemplated reductions IN
the tariff. Mr.. Cannon is authority in |
this matter as no appropriation bill can
get before the House until it has been |
passed upon by his committee. The
democrats will have to get up something
new
A resolution has been adopted by the
House calling for information from the
Secretary of War as to the facilities and
money at his command 10 guard the
levees and government works from
damage and obstruction by the present
flood in the Mississippi river, also what
steamers can be used to rescue those in
peril
Speaker Reed proposes to make things
warm for the ex-Congressmen who
abuse the privileges of the floor of the
House by acting as lobbyists. There
are number of such.
Harper's Bazaar: Daughter Mother,
| am afraid Prince Bonigrit isn't a
real prince.
Mother Why do YOU think so child?
Daughter Because he hasn't any debts. |
State Of Ohio, City Of Toledo, =.
Lucas County.