The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-07-01
The Weekly Review OF Mat
ters and Things In Wash
ington.
The Solemn Contract With the Sol
diers Must BE- Fulfilled at
Any Cost
Mr.. Blaine's Friends Seize Upon His
Attitude on Reciprocity TO
Talk Presidency.


The hot weather has come TO stay In
wEshiHgtvu End is here In dead ssrnest
this week, although business seems 70 be
going ON alI righs at the old stand. Con-
sidering the intense heat, there has besn
hat small number Of absentses in tho
senate and house. There 10 plenty Of inn
portanf work 10 do and representative are
generally anxious 10 finish mp so that they
can get Oh TO the mountains or the sss~
shore. The Iowa representative are al
lahoring judicicusly for Legislation which
shall benefit the people of their state In
particular, and the nation in general.
The silver HAN.
Congressman Congsr, of Iowa, ehalrman
Of the committee on coinage, weights and
measures, 20 whom the silver bin has been
referred, said hs did not expect TO be abls
10 get his committee 10 considax
the question before the end Of th@
week. There are two or three of the
prominent members OF the committee at~
sent, 30 Mr.. Conasr said, and therefcre hs
hesiiatsd to bring the matter up for action.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Conger's desirs.
however, to wait for the absent members,
the committee held meeting yesterday
morning and decided by vote of 8 to 3 %
recommend dnon-concurxenee IN the senate
amendment and TO ask the house this af-
ternoon 10 order q conference. The de-
bate ON che silver bill commenced soon
after the house was called to order, and
Mr.. Conger presented the report the eom-
mittec had made. He defended the ae-
tion of the committee, saying that IL had
reported wise and conservative measure.
During tbs argument, Mr.. Struble said be
was for Law that would consume the eu-
tire American silver product, but he would
draw the line 1t that-for, more than con
traction, he feared imitation. His people.
who we're mostly agriculturalists. wanted
the best money In the world, and safe,
sure and steady system Of finance.
n rs q Contract
Led by Boss" Gorman, Of the democrAs
tic national committee, the dsmeerafic
senator's on Monday again placed thern-
selves on record ~ against caring for the
disabled and indiesns war yexsxsns. They
voted solidly against the soldier, but the
bill was passed, despite their opposition.
The measure nov only needs the prssi-
dents signature to become law. During
the debate, which was ai Shines heated, Mr..
Gorman declared that the country would
go into bankruptcy within q year should
the go, ,000, 900 called for by the bin be
added TO the pension fund. He predicted
that the treasury viii be empty by June,
1891. He said that the soldiers we're we'll
taken care Of anyway, and, quoting Cieye-
lands message, exclaimed, "It is condi-
tion, not theory. that confronts Ms.
Senator Davis. Of Minnesota, retorting.
said: oh, yes. / see that the senator
from Maryland ID still chanting the re-
frain Of Growers veto messages. One mo-
ment he ayows his intense affection
for the soldier and the next de-
mands that the manned and crippled heroes
who fought to save the country shall be
permitted 10 die In the poor -hhnse. The
senator stands with bis party against all
pension legislation. Senator ingalls, asked
Mr.. German II he didn't agree with him
that any promise made TO the soldier was
not in the form Of grstuitv or charity, bat
an absofnts contract. fess Il n a eefs~
trsci," responded Mr.. German. Well,
then, said the senator from Kansas, this
government is bound to fulfill that con-
tract. The republican party Ia pledged TO
the cause of liberal pensions. There 10 mo
democratic dsiusion or juggiery about its
policy. The debt is due. II ought 70 be
paid. If we cant raise enough money to
pay n from the tarin or the revenue on
sugar. tobacco or whisky, We can raise Il as
we did when, at the beginniag Of the war,
we found the national treasury empty.
Grand Army men say tho bill, as passed, 10
an Improvement on the service pensioa bill
as passed by the senate, but they place the
amount Of appropriation which II viii
carry as little less than $4,000. 900. II is
believed that the appropriations for the
flscal year, 1891, for pension purposes will
not fall shorf Of S200, 600, 600.
Baaine's Reciprocity Ideas.
The plumed Knight Is again in training,
and his emphatic utserances Of late regard
ing the Mckinley bill IN general and rec
iprocisy In particular are attracting not q
little attention. Thers are many members
OF congress Who believe that his scheme ~
not only wise one, but that 10 should be
adopted, aud they take the position that
dnt1es should NOT be increased In way
that will unfayoraoly affect our commer-
cial relations with the Spanish American
countries, and that whenever, as In the case
Of sugar, reciprocity arrangement can be
made, II should be done. This growing
feeling introduces new element OF uncer-
tainiy into the future OF the Mckinley bill.
and many regard tbs present attitude Of
the tarin question between the twc houses
In making almost inevitable the nomina-
tion ef Mr. Blaine Ia 1882. His analysis
Of the Mckinley bin Ia searching and ex-
haustiye. Ho says the promises Of the Last
campaign appear to have been lost sight
Of. The three significant points Visible IN
Washington Just ct present are thai
Blaine's opposition TO the Mckinley bill Ia
being followed up by his friends
in Mr. Blains's b4balt for l6pa. In
she second plaza, Mr.. Harrison II nci moy-
iDe With the proceasion little be, and,
shis s8gx eh@wm swxl1 ~ an awNmW 44nrix lively