Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-06
Washington Letter.
CFrom our Regular Correspondent }

Washington, d c Feb. =, 1890.
TIE President IS not by any means an
easy man to worry or fret, but the per-
sistcncy Of the malicious gossipers who
are constantly and without the slightest
foundation thereof. printing stories
claiming to give the fullest details
Of disagreements between prominent
members Of his administration and him
self has of late been the occasion of his
showing considerable feeling in discuss
ing the matter with his personal friends.
OF course he knows that the stories
always originate with democrats. and
that they are sent out solely for their
political effect, but they are harassing
all the same
A hoarv headed old real estate job
has bobbed up again before Congress.
1t is the bill for the Government to pur-
chase the real estate and buildings south
Of Pennsylvania avenue. between the
Treasury and the Capitol. for the pur-
pose Of erecting public buildings there.
on. -Four lifths of this ground is cover
cd by water whenever there is a freshet
III tie Potomac river and many Of the
cellars have water in them at every
high tide. and the owners have for
many years been trying to unload this
very undesirable property upon the
United States at a fancy price. 1t i
hardly probable though that Congress
will ever pass such bill
It is hard to say what is the real effect
Of the Congressional investigation Of the
civil service commission as far as it has
gone The friends of the present sys-
tenn claim vindication. while its en-
emes claim just the reverse. Therefore
il would be just as well TO suspend
Judgment until some Of the other wit
nesses are heard.
Representative McCones is working
on bin which will shortly be intro
duced. that will put an end to the
gerrymandering of Congressional dis
tricts The same bill will also require
that certifcation of the election of mem
bers Of the House Of Representatives
shall be made direct to the Clerk of the
House by the State canvassing boards.
Such a measure would, it is believed.
meet with almost unanimous approval
from the republicans.
Senator Dolph. from the Committee
on Coast Defenses. has reported bill
to the Senate which appropriates Sl23,-
o0o,oo0 to be spent in instruments on
coast and harbor between the first of
next july and the thirtieth of June,
1905
Il is stated at tho Capitol today that
the Senate committee on finance has
decided 10 report favorably the bill TO
increase the coinage of silver dollars to
$1,000. 900 month.
Secretary Windom opened the sealed
bids which had been received in answer
to his advertisement for proposals for
the exclusive rights to take seals in
the Alaskan waters for twenty years,
last Friday There were twelve bidders,
The award has not yet been made All
of the bids are higher than the Govern
meut has received for this privilege for
the last twenty years.
The schedules to be used in taking
the census this year are decided inn
proyement upon those previously used
they are what IS known as family
schedules each Of which will contain
from one to ten names. instead Of two
hundred as in the last census
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king.
made an argument before the House
Ways and Means committee Thursday
against lowering the tariff on sugar
He says the United States could easily
raise beets enough to manufacture all
the sugar consumed in this country.
The anti-monopoly association has
sent men here to oppose Postmaster
General Wanamaker's postal telegraph
scheme before the Congressional COM
mittees. This is the first open opposi-
ton that the idea has met with
The House committee on elections
ha, recently given hearings to a number
Of southern republicans as to the neces.
Sary free Federal election law.
Senator Quay is expected to return
from Florida the latter part Of this week
or the first of next.
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING