The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-04-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, d. c. APR. IA, go

Senator Sherman's antitrust bill, as
reported back from the Judiciary Com
mittee, has beeu passed by the Senate.
The Judiciary Committee made mum,
Der of changes in the bill in order to. make
it conform to the constitutional object
ions raised against it, and it is feared
that in it's present condition it will not
hamper the trusts to any marked extent
if it should become law.
A bill has passed both House and Sen
ate appropiating $4,000 to pay the
money stolen by Silcott, it having been
decided by Secretary Window not to APP,
peal from the decision of the Court Of
Claims making the Government respon-
sible for the money.
The members of the Three America s
Congress were much pleased with the
military review here this afternoon,
which was gotten upin their honor. All
branches of the regular army and of the
militia were represented and there was
also a battalion of cadets from the Wash
ington High School. The foreigners will
start on their Southern tour next week.
A special committee of thirteen repub-
lican Senators is engaged in preparing a
silver bill at the request of a conference
of republican Senators. 1t is believed
that the new bill will deal more literally
with silver than any measure now before
either House or Senate.
Representative Butterwerth's bill to
levy a special tax of 81 ,0O0-and a tax of
5 cents per pound and 20 cents per bush
ell upon the articles which are the subject
matter of sales under ssfutures" and COP
ton" contracts has been favorably re-
ported to the House. The report says
the BILLS intended to apply to speculative
gamblingin fictitious farm products, and
does not inuriously affect any legitimate
trader or dealer in farm products.
There is a movement on the part of the
opponents ofthe present civil service law
in the House to defeat tbs appropriation
for the support of the Commission. This
is not manly way to fight, and it is
hardly likely to succeed. There are a
number of gentlemen who would gladly
vote for the repeal of the law, who would
not resort to any such method as trying
to cut off the appropriation. When a
law is obnoxious Gen. Grants method
is the best way to deal with it. enforce it
strictly.
Gen, Raum, Commissioner OF Pensions,
i'll Il report just made to the Secretary OF
the Interior, shows his office to be in
better condition than ever before. Every
opfle on the first of last Jam
uary will have been examined by the first
of May.
The Chicago idea is dot making very
rapid progress i'll the Senate Worlds Fair
Committee, and some people are begin
ming to hint that the faic may net go to
Chicago after all. But there seems to be
no solid foundation for such statement.
The democrats of the House are afraid
to attempt to get up tariff bill of their
own, and have announced that they will
simply oppose the Mckinley bill. 1t will
become a law all the same.
The preliminary steps are being taken
to secure the Grand Army encampment
for 1891 for Washington. Pledges have
been given that all the money necessary
to entertain the visitors will be sub
scribed by our citizens.
An attempt was made this week to
suspend the rules of the House and pass
a limited service pension bill as a suhsti-
tute for the dependent pension bill which
recently passed the Senate but 1t tailed
owing to the lack ola few votes to make
the necessary two-thirds. Representa-
tive Boothman, of Ohm, has introduced
a new service pension bill.
Sec, etary Blaine's idea of amending
the Mckinley tariff bill so as to provide
for trade reciprocity with such American
natlonseas may extend the same to the
United States has been very favorablv
received. 1t provides also that these
concessions shall only be made for mer-
chandise carried in American vessels.
1t is probable that the new tariff bill
will br reported to the House early next
week land there's not the slightest doubt
that it will be us'lcd through as early
as possible, democratic statementsto the
cnntrary notwithstanding.
Gen. Lewis A Cant, OF Minnesota, The
newly appointed assistant Secretary of
War has arrived here and assumed his