Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-30
Washington Letter.
(From Our Regular Correspondent

ash luglOn, II. =. Jan. ~, lo9u.
No more impressive funeral services
have ever taken place in Washington
over the remains of 50 yonng a man.
than were those held over the late
Walker Blaine on Saturday. The
President, Vice President, the entire
Cabinet, the Justices of the Supreme
Court, almost the entire Senate and
House of representatives, (the latter
having take the very universal course
OF rostponing the hour of meeting until
one O'Clock for the purpose of allowing
The members To attend the funeraD
nearly every prominent department
official in Washington and people from
abroad were present. The death of
the Young man is a great blow TO Scele-
tary Blaine, lie having been the only
one of his sons that has shown either
inclination or aptitude to follow III the
footsteps of his distinguished father.
Secretary WINDOWS silver bill hay-
ing been discussed by the cabinet, and
approved by majority of its members
and the President, was to-day intro
duced in the House by Representative
Conger. 1t is understood that the en-
tire influence Of the administration IS to
be brought 70 bear upon Congress in
order 10 secure the passage of this bill.
1t has been referred TO the House com
mittee on coinage, weights and meas.
uTeS, and there is little doubt of its
being favorably reported to the House
at On early day. Whether what are
known ms the silver men in both par
ties will antagonize or support this meas
ure is not yet apparent. Upon this de
ponds its fate, for the ''silver mem us
ually ignore party lies when the time
comes TO vote on legislation affecting
silver.
Senator Quay, us the official head Of
the Republican National Committee, is
understood to be anxious for the House
to dispose of the Worlds Fair question
at once, for fear that it may haye an
effect, if still pending, on the vote in a
number of contested election cases.
For instance, If a sitting member has
pledged his vote to one or the other of
the rival cities, the members fayoring
that city will not be apt TO vote to I'M
seat that man. The point seems to be
well taken. Many Congressman ox-
press the opinion that if the question Of
location is pot delinately settled before
February /, the idea of World Fair
will be abandoned.
EX-Gov. Foraker was the principal
witness examined by the House com
mittee engaged in investigating the
Ohio ballot-box forgeries, Friday and
Saturday. He was followed by Wood,
the man who furnished the forged docu.
ment to Foraker. and who is believed
to have been the forger, or to know
who is. He was followed today by
Gov. Campbell. So far nothing Of i'm
portance has been brought ont that had
not already been published
The whole rerating muddie in The
Pension bureau has been stirred up
afresh by the dismissal of A. A Phillips.
of New York, chief of division in the
bureau, and one of the men who was
rerated. The dismissal was made BY
Secretary Noble upon the request Of
Commissioner Raum, 1t is rumored
that all of the rest of the reralipg clerks
are to be punished some by dismissal
and others by being reduced in grade
aud pay.
Some busy body, for want of some
thing better to do, started an absurd
rumor that Senators Plumb and Call
were about to engage in a duel as a
sequel to their exchange of bad Lam
guage in the Senate last week There
is no foundation whatever fos such a
rumor, and there is reason TO believe
that both of them are heartily ashamed
OF themselves for having allowed their
temper to get the upper hand.
The Senate committee on Territories
has reported favorably on the bill for
: the admission Of Wyoming A similar
report would have been made on the
bill admitting Idaho, but it was deemed
best to withhold that bill until the Su-
preme Court passes upon case now
pending before il which questions the
constitutionality of the State constitu-
ton adopted by Idaho, The suit was
brought BY the Mormons
/ Everything is in readiness to issue a
i proclamation opening the lands Of the
Sioux reservation in the Dakotas to
settlement, but it may not be issued
until Spring, as the President thinks
there would be great suffering among
the settler # they should 90 there new
/ The two republican Senators from
Montana have presented their creden-
tails to the Senate. and they have been
referred TO the Committee on Privileges
| and Elections.
Senator Plumb has secured the prom.
Use Of the President to shortly issue a
proclamation pardoning all deseriers
from the army.
No wonder that an old hen is hard to
dive from the garden. The hen i =
o'ped that is considerably set in her
ways.