Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30
THE NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 20, 1890.


Mr. Harrison has sprung another En-
glish idea on the country in the shape
of q Government measure to be pushed
before Congress. His predecessors have
contented themselves with recommend.
ing what they thought ought to be
done, and leaving the rest to Congress,
but in the case of the silver bill today
introduced in the House the English
idea of legislation has been strictly fol-
lowed. The bill was prepared by Sec.
Window, submitted to the cabinet and
the President, approved by the latter
and majority of the former, and is
now introduced in the House as an ad-
ministration measure. Now if Mr.
Window could only be admitted to
the floor of the House to champion the
measure the whole proceeding would
be entirely English. The bill has been
referred to the House committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures, and
I understand that Secretary Window
has already heen promised a favorable
report by the Republicans of that COM
mittee. 1t will be interesting to see
whether Congress will resent this clear
usurpation Of its functions by the exe-
cutive branch of the Government, or
whether it will be quietly accepted and
allowed to stand as a precedent for
future administrations.
Gov. Campbell was today partially
examined by the House committees in
vestigating the Ohio ballot-box forgery.
Nothing new was brought out. Ex-
Gov. Foraker, who was examined Fri
day and Saturdy, did not raise him
oo1f ys,,k ho 1F IL
men by his testimony, telling how he
bribed Wood to get possession of the
forged document. Under cross-exami-
nation he admitted that he should have
discovered the forgeries if he had made
as careful an examination of the paper
as he should have done. Mr. Foraker
seems for some reason or other to be ex-
tremely bitter against Representatives
Mckinley and Butterworth, of Ohio.
There was lively time in the room
of the House committee on Reform in
the Civil Service this morning, caused
by discussion before that committee
on the merits of the present Civil Ser
vice law. Opposed to the law were
Representatives Houck and Ewart. and
favoring it the Civil Service Commits
sioners. The law received some very
hard knocks, but if the private claim
of the COmmissi0ners-thata majority
of the committee is pledged to them
is true, nothing is likely to come of
them.
Secretary Blaine has the sympathy of
everybody in the terrible bereavement
which has fallen upon him, by the sud-
men death of his brilliant young son
Walker Blaine. His funeral took place
Saturday and was attended by nearly
every public man in Washington and
an immense crowd of private citizens.
Ex-senator Tom Platt, of New York,
heard about the incipient Morton Pres
idential boom, and came over here to
read the riot act to the Vice President
and to inform him that New York
would have but one candidate to pre-
sent to the National Republican NOM
mating convention in 1892, and his
name would be Platt. Mr. Morton re-
fused to see things in just that light,
but before Mr. Platt went back home
the two would-be candidates patched
up some sort of a truce. Mr.. Platt was
heard to say to friend, "Oh let Nor
ton think he is candidate, and spend
his money, it will put it in circulation"
AS every Congressman asked about
1t expresses himself in favor of an i'm
mediate settlement of the question of
location for the Worlds Fair, it is fair
to presume that it will be settled this
week, or next at the farthest.
The bill admitting Wyoming has
been favorably reported by the Senate
committee on Territories, and the same
committee has decided to lay aside the
bill for the admission of Idaho until the
Supreme Court decides case now be-
fore it, affecting the constitutionality
of the constitution recently adopted by
the people of that territory.