Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-31

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tage to have presented it to Mrs. Har-
risOD, but a. soon as the President
learned of it he informed them that he
had made it an inviolable rule OF his
public life never TO accept. nor to allow
sny member of his family to accept
presents of any kind. How many DEM
Ocratic papers will have the decency 20
correct the wrong accusations they have
been making?
The House has been industrious this
week, and Notwithstanding that one day
was lost on account of the death OF
Representative James P. Walker. of
Missouri, it has passed two important
bllls-the Original Package bill and
the National Bankruptcy BILL
If the democratic Senators have no
stronger arguments to offer against the
Mckinley tariff bill than those made by
Senator Voorhees, in his speech delivered
in the Senate this week they might as
well to retire from politics. for this year
any way. As a phrase maker Mr.
Voorhees, is evidently trying to run OPP
position to Mr.. Cleveland; but he seems
to lack the originality of the Ex Presi-
dent. 1t is understood that the repub-
lican Senators will make no set speeches
on the tariff bill until the appropriation
bills have been disposed of by the sen
ate.
The air is full of rumors as to what
will or will not be done Sy the Senate
IN regard to the several reciprocity
amendments which have been offered to
the tariff bill; but it is noticeable that
they all come from democratic sources.
The republican Senators, who will
decide the matter, are not talking about
it, certainly not for publication, but that
they will take cafe of the interests of the
people, as the republican party has al
ways done is not for a moment doubted;
therefore republicans can afford to
patiently wait for the action of the
Senate, knowing that the bill finally
passed will em5ody the ideas and prin-
ciples for which the republican party |
has stood for 10. these many years.
The correspondence between this
government and Great Britain relating
to the Behring sea dispute has been
made public and it reflects nothing but
credit upon Secretary Blaine and the
administration. 1t is brought up to
Mr.. Blaine's latest despatch to the
British Minister. which is dated July
10.
This has been military week with the
President. Tuesday afternoon he re-
turned from visit to his family; We'd
nesday he went down the Potomac to
visit the District of Columbia militia in
its annual encampment. and yesterday.
accompanied by Secretary Proctor he
went to Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania.
where the State National Guard of that
State are encamped.
There is nothing new in the status of
the Federal Election bill. The repub- I
lican Senators have adopted one of the
maxims of that great and wise repub
lican. Abraham Lincoln. that Its no
use to cross a bridge before you Get to
il. and it is not probable that any def
mite announcement of what the MAORI
ty OF the Senate proposes to do will be
made until the appropriation bills and
the tariff bill are out of the way. The
Election committee is carefully consid-
eting the bill with view of making
changes in it to supply certain defects
which have been pointed out
The Southern Senators and Repre-
sentatives are in a state only a little
short of panic-stricken on account of
the strength displayed by the Farmers
Alliance, which, according TO news re-
ceived here seems to have swallowed the
democratic organizations of several
Southern States entirely.
The republican State associations are
unusually active in making preparations
to take part in the Congressional cam
pagn. Among the applications for
membership presented to the PennsYl-
yania association at its last meeting was
the name of Senator Quay, and at
meeting of the Indiana association the
Presidents private secretary, Elijah j
Halford. made q stirring speech to the
bows, all of which has the right sort of
look.
Bills pensioning the widow of Gen. |
John c. Fremont have been favorsbly
reported to both House and Senate.
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