The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12

The interests of the importer and
the foreign manufacturer are iden-
tical, and every concession made to
them means just SO much taken
from the American manufacturer.
The Senate has passed a resolu-
tion to investigate the United States
Fish Commission, and some very
interesting facts can be brought to
light if the right witnesses are ex-
amined. The. Fish Commission is
run as an independent bureau, oW-
ing allegiance to no department OF
the Government except to Congress
and some very rich stories of the
doings aboard of the ''F'ish- hawk
and the other steamers belonging to
the commission have been whispered
around Washington for several
years.
The unusually large number of
allowances recently made by the
Pension office have caused a def
cheney in the funds in the possession
of the various pension agents
throughout the country, and it is
probable that quite a number OF
pensioners whose claims are now
due will be compelled to wait until
after the first of July for their
money.
The House has been stirring up
political feeling by taking action
upon several Of the contested cleo
ton cases, and putting the men who
were elected into the seats which
have been filled by the fellows who
stood in with the returning boards.
The House and Senate confreres
have failed to agree on the pension
| bill, and the House has instructed
it's committee to stand by the ser
vice pension feature of the bill in
the new conference which is to be
held.
Senator Henderson, who has been
i'll for several weeks, is again filing
his seat. He has entirely recov-
cred
Senator Sherman has offered the
wool schedule prepared by the Ma
tional Wool Growers Association as
an amendment to the Mckinley
tariff bill
Speaker Reed does not weary in
we'll doing. He has given orders
that the lunch, cigar, brio a. brac
and newstands. which have for years
disfgured the corridors leading to
the House wing of the Capitol
building, shall get out by the first
of the month.
The Senate Commerce Committee
expect to report the river and har-
Dor bill, which recently passed the
House to the Senate inside of ten
days.
The Maryland Republican State
Association has unanimously passed
a resolution endorsing the McComas
anti gerrymandering bill, and ask
ing Congress to pass it.
Senators Hale and Cockrell got
into a little discussion about Canada
that has attracted a good deal of
attention here Both Senators
seem to take it for granted that it
is only question of time when
Canada will belong to the United
States Mr.. Hale believing that
the annexation would be peacably
brought about and that the United
States would assume the RESPONSE
bility of the Canadian public debt,
while Mr.. Cockrell says that pos
session will be forcibly taken and SO
much Of the debt as may be held in
Great Britain will be repudiated. A
verbatim report of the debate was
cabled to the British Foreign office
by a member Of the legation in this
city
Secretary Window, having waited
some months for the resignation Of
Chief Bell OF. the Treasury Secret
Service which he had asked for,
took the bull by the horns this week
and gave Mr.. Bell his discharge.
No successor has yet been appoint
ed, and none may be for some time
as the chief clerk of the office has
been made acting chief of the ser
vice.