Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-04-17
Washington Letter.
CFrom Our Regular Correspondent
ID. c. April Z. 1890.

committee on Elections, has been re-
quested bv the members of that COM
mittee to prepare a Federal election
bill. they not taking kindly TO Repre-
sentative Lodges blanket bill on the
same subject which is now under con-
sideration by the House committee on
Elections. From views expressed by
the republicans of that committee it is
probable that the bill to be prepared
By Mr.. Hoar will be very mild one.
the object in view being principally to
experiment in order to observe the
workings of such law.
Representative McComas'. bill to pre-
vent gerrymandering of Congressional
districts. and which also provides that
Representatives to the Fifty Second
Congress shall be elected from districts
composed of the same territory as those
from which the Representatives in the
Fifty-first Congress were elected, promis-
es to bring on big political fight in Con-
gress. The House committee on the cleo
ton of President and Vice President and
Representatives has,by party vote, de-
cided to report the bin favorably The
democrats on the committee, bitterly
opposed the reporting of the bill and
members of that party will do all they
can to defeat the bill in the House, but
as the republicans are solid in their sup
port of the measure its passage is
reasonably certain.
Gen. Lewis A. Grant, of Minnesota,
has been appointed assistant Secretary
of War under the recent act of Congress
creating that office. He is Vermonter
but since the war has resided in 10 va
and Minnesota. He has brilliant war
record having been breyeted Major
General October 19, 1864, for gallant
and meritorious conduct before Rich
mond and in the Shenandoah valley.
Senator Hiscock' select committee of
the Senate has held one meeting to con
slider the Worlds Fair bill, and but little
was accomplished because the Chicago
people did not satisfy the members of
the committee about their guarantee
fund. Another meeting will be held
this week when the Chicago folks will
attempt to satisfy the enormous curiosi-
ty of some of the members of the COM
uittee. The committee does not seem
disposed to hurry the matter at all and
some OF Chicago's friends here are get
ting alarmed.
The Iowa republicans in Congress do
not take any stock in the newspaper
stories saying that the prohibiting law
in that State will be repealed. Senator
Allison said: I'm my opinion it will not
be repealed. Senator Wilson: Il am
quite sure the movement for its repeal
does not represent the dominant repub-
/ lican sentiment of the State. Repre-
sentative Flick II don't believe that
the law will be repealed or modified. F"
Representative Dolliver: ''From my in
formation | don't believe the law will
be repealed Representative Sweeney
MY opinion is that it will not be re-
pealed Representative Lally: in
nv opinion there will be no change in
the law Representative Reed: II
don't think the law will be repealed by
the present Legislature. Representa-
tive Conger: THE law will not, and
should not be repealed. Representa-
tive Kerr: Il don't think there is any
danger of repeal Representative
Struble: Il don't think the law will be
repealed"
Representative Henderson has intro
duced joint resolution providing for
the election of United States Senators
by the qualified voters of the several
states instead of by the legislature as at
present. 1t is possible that it may be
adopted by the House, but there it will
stop. as the Senate as at present consti-
tinted, will never adopt such law.
The Senate took up the Montana con-
tested election case last week but did
not dispose it. 1t will come up again
this week and probably be disposed of.
An effort viii be made to get the
new tariff bill before the House the last
of this week, but the chances are rather
against it. 1t has been before the
whole committee nearly week, and
although numerous hearings have been
given no changes have been made, and
it is not probable that any, of any con-
sequence will be made. The republic
an opposition to the bill, about which
the democratic papers have been very
much concerned, is OF very mild sort,
and in no way jeopardizeS the final
passage of the bill.