Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-01-31

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have eyer taken place in Washington &
over the remains Of SO young q man
than were those held OFers the lat0
Walker Blaine on Saturday. The pres-
ident. vice president. the entire cabinoe
the Justices Of the supreme court, al
most the entire senate and house of -ep
,esentatives, the latter having taken
the very universal course of pOstpohinE
the hour of meeting until O'Clock for
the purpose "f allowing the members to
attend the funerar nearly every. promi-
nett department official in Wasl,ington
and quite 81. number of distinguished
people from abroad were present The
,iea,h Of this Young man is IL great blow
to Secretary Blaine. he having been tho
only Que of his sons that has shown
either inciination or apt,tud. to follow
in the footsteps ,of his dis s.inguished fa-
thcr
Secretary WINDOWS silver bill having
been discussed by the cabinet, and ap-
proved by ). majority Of its members
and the president, w;.s today introduced
in the house by Representative Conger.
1t is understood that the entire lnhu-
ence of the administration is to ba
brought to bear upon congress in order
to se.,re the passage of the bill. 1t has
been referred to the house committee
"m coinage, weights and measures, and
there is little doubt of its being favor
ably reported to the house ut an curly
day. Whether what are know rs the
Silver men" i'll both parties will antag-
onize or support this measure is not yet
apparent. Upon this depends Its fate,
for tn" "Silver men" usually ignore
party ties when the time comes to yote
Oh legislation affecting silver.
Senator Quay, as the official head OF
the republican national committee, is
understood to beanxious for the house to
dispose of the worlds fair question at
once, for fear that it may have an effect,
! if still pending, on the vote in q number
Of contested election cases For In
stance, if a sitting member has pledged
his vote to one Gss the other Of the rival
cities. the members sayoring that city
will not be apt to vote to. .unseat that
man. The point seems to be- Agll tax
en-. MANY congressman express> the
opinion that if the question Of location
is not definitely settled befere February
1, the idea of a worlds fair will Do
abandoned
Ex-Gov. Foraker was the principal
witness examined by the house commits
tee engaged in Investigating the Ohio
ballot-box forgeries, Friday and Satur-
day. He was followed by wood, tho
man who furnished the forged docu-.
ment to Foraker, and who is believed
to have been the forger, or to know who
is. He was followed today by Gov Camp
bell. So fur nothing of Importance /hax
been brought out that had not al
been published.
The whole ,erating muldle in {
pension bureau has been stirred
E afresh by the dismissal of A. "A. Ph
lips, of New York. chief of "a division.
the bureau. and one of the men vi
was rerated The dismissal was ma
by Secretary Noble upon the request
Commissioner Raum. It is rumoro7
that all the rest of the rerating clerks
+ are to be punished, some by dismissa
and others by being reduced in grads
: and pay.
t Some busy body, for the wano
something better ts do. started IN
{ surd rumor that Senator'S Plumb 81
Call were about to engage IN a duel &C,
sequel to their exchange of bad la
, guage in the senate last week There
, is no foundation whatever for suct !.
rumor, and there is reason to belioy0
that both Of them are heartily ashsms4
I of themselves for having allowed their
temper to get the upper hand.
The senate committees on terrftoTio
has reported favorably on the bill
the admission of Wyoming. A simil6
report would have been made on ~
bill admitting Idaho, butt was deem
best to withhold that bill until the
prcme court passes upon case ~
pending before it which questions
constitutionality of the state c96stits|
ton adopted by Idaho. The suit %
brought by the Mormons.
Il Everything is in readiness to issuela|
proclamation opening the lands of -
Sioux reservation in tho Dakotas q q ~
tlement, but it may not be issued nnll
spring, as the president thinks a
would grea. suffering among Tho s1ss;
tiers if they should 80 there nov
i The two republican senators lll
Montana have presented thelr 60
tials to the senate, and they hay
referred to the committee Or pltyj~ ~
and and elections. sssssss,;sI ss99ssssS
4 Senator Plumb has secured til
Use of the president to shortly