Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-13
from our Regular Correspondent


fFrnm our Regular Correspondent
Washington, d. c. March 3. 1890.
The President IS understood to be tax
ing a great deal of interest in the inves
LEGATION of the civil service commission
now going on here. and there is reason
to believe that the resignation of at leas
one member of the present board will a
a consequence be asked for at an earl
day if it is not rendered voluntarily. III
to the time that Shidy, a confessed per
iurer and the man who was given a po
sition IN the Census office here for turn
ing States evidence against TIE postmas
ter of Milwaukee. as put on the witnes.
stand. Commissioner Lyman was til,
only sufferer, but Shidy made it plail
that all three of them are in the same
boat and now the popular verdict i.
guilty. Guilty of trying to bamboozlt
the public with reform talk while follow.
ing practices that would bring blushe.
to the cheek of the most hardened
spokesman. If this be reform the peop,
have had quite enough of it.
The Senate committee on Elections
discussed the Montana Senatorial con
test on Saturday without arriving at snl
conclusion. and appointed sub-com
nfitaa Ganatars uoor arJ Gro.. =,
make collation. of the facts in the cas-,
and report them to the full committee
next Saturday.
The President of the Western Union
telegraph company made an argument
before the House post-office committee
Saturday against Postmaster General
Wanamaker's Postal telegraph bill.
Vice President Morton and family
have gone to Florida for stay of sv-
/ eral weeks. Senator Ingalls, has ben
elected president pro tempore of he
Senate to act during Mr. Morton's to-
sence.
Secretary Window has accepted tne
offer of the North American commercial
company of New York and San Frsn-
cisco, and awarded it the exclusive pi-
vilege of taking seals in Alaskan waters
for the next 20 years The amount to
be paid is about S1,000,000
Secretary Tracy has returned from
his hurried trip to Brooklyn. He looks
well. but his extreme restlessness tells
the close observer that his shattered
nerves have not yet resumed their nor
NAL condition
The House has seated two more re-
publicans - Atkins, of W Va. aud
Featherstone, of Arkansas. The other
contested cases are to be pushed along
as rapidly as possible.
Ex-President Cleveland has sold his
suburban residence near this city for
$4,000. His friends say that he has
cleared 800. 900 in the transaction, but
lots of people here believe that the en-
| fire amount received is profit as the
place was given to him By real estate
syndicate for the purpose of booming
property in the vicinity.
Many republicans are beginning to
talk up Speaker Reed as the candidate
fol % We might go farther and fare
much worse Mr.. Reed has two of the
/ principal requisites to make a success
full President-br brains and backbone.
| The members of the Senate in their
attempts to discover where and how
the newspaper men get the reports of
the proceedings in executive sessions are
furnishing heap of fun fol the news
paper men without gaining any informa-
ton. If all the Senators attendant up
on an executive session were locked mp
for "A hours afterwards, it would be per-
fectly safe to bet that the newspaper Of
the next day would not have the pro-
ceedings of that session
The Three Americas Congress has
adopted resolution recommending tie
appointment Of commission to exam.
Inc and report upon the feasibility 81
building 4 railroad to connect the three
Americas, and Representative Bucka.
lew has introduced in the House a Joint
resolution authorizing the President Il
have an examination made and to report
the result to Congress
The bill providing Tor an assistant
Secretary Of War. has passed both
House and Senate and has gone Ia the