River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent
WAsaNaroN. April is. $50

senator Mitchell is IN dead earnes
! about his proposed constitutional
amendment for the election of mem
! bers of the U. s. Senate by a direc
, vote of the people. and has given no
!, tice that he will address the Senate il
its favor next Tuesday. II Mr.. Mitch
! ell can convince the senate to pass the
amendment it would be almost certain
to become law, as far as congress /:
concerned, as there is large anC
growing sentiment in the house in
favor of such "a change, and it seem:
to be generally believed here that such
a change will eventually be made.
The funeral of Hon. Samuel j. Ran.
dali who died last Sunday, took place
here yesterday morning from the
Presbyterian church that he attended
when well. 1t was in accordance with
his request. strictly the funeral of a
private citizen.
A joint committee of the house and
senate, consisting of Senators AldIich,
Allison, Sherman, Jones and Teller,
and Representatives, Conger, Mckinley,
Bayne, McKenna and Bartine, are en-
gagged in preparing silver bill which
is to be submitted to republican
caucus of both houses, and if approved
is to be pushed through Immediately.
The amount of coinage under it will
not, it is thought, be less than 81 $780,
900 per month.
The republican leaders in the house
have been doing some figuring on the
business to be transacted at the pres
ent session, and they have concluded
that by rushing things little it VIII
be possible to adjourn by July /. For
some unaccountable reason the demo-
Gratis seem to be opposed to an early
adjournment.
The house has passed the naval APP
preparation bill; also the bill to re-
organize the U. S. district courts, and
for the addition of seventeen circuit
judges.
The tariff bill was reported to the
house Wednesday afternoon. At the
last minute hides were put upon the
free list. Sugar is also put upon the
free list, and bounty of two cents a
pound provided for the next fifteen
years for the producers of sugar in
this country. IL is estimated that the
bill will make a reduction of about
$40 100000 per annum in the receipts
~ the government. The report of the
majority of the ways and means COM
mittee which accompanied the bill,
says: 1T was the aim of the COM
mittee to fix the duties upon that class
of manufactured goods and farm pro-
ducts which can be supplied at home
so as to discourage the use of like
foreign goods and products, and Sc
cure to our own people and our own
producers the home market, believing
that competition among ourselves will
secure reasonable prices TO consumers
in the future, as it has invariably done
in the past. The bill is framed in the
interest of the people of the United
States. 1t is for the better defense of
American homes and Ameri can indus
! tries" There were two minority re-
ports, one by MIR. McKenna against
the sugar clause, and one by Mr..
Carlisle representing the democrats
against the whole bill.
The house subcommittee which is
to investigate the killing of Col. Clay
ton in Arkansas will leave here for
that state next Tuesday.
Hon. Robert Adams, U. S. minister
to Brazil. arrived in Washington this
week. He has had several conferences
with Secretary Blaine, and it is said
that statement will soon be made by
the state department which will put
an end to the democratic lie accusing
the administration of having been
tardy in recognizing the republic of
Brazil.
Representative Hurley has intro
duced joint resolution authorizing
the acceptance, and placing in the
statuaTy hall of the capitol building of
statue of Gen. u. S. Grant, from the
national encampment of the G. A
The money has alreadv : 49,.
ted bv ~" > ueen contribu-
-.,o members of the G.. A.. r. TO
| have the statue made.
The bill providing for ship canal
around Niagara Falls, which has been
discussed from the foundation of our
government, has been favorably re-
ported to the house.
The U. 5. supreme court has rem
dered decision sustaining the U. S.
circuit court which released Neagle,
the deputy marshal who killed Judge
Terry who was about to make an at
tack upon Justice Field, in California
last summer. The only two democrats
who sat in the case-Chief Justice
Fuller and Justice Lamar--dissented
They still cling to the old Calhoun
doctrine of state rights, and think
that Nagle should have been tried by
the state courts. Notwithstanding that
he was a U. s. officer and that the
shooting was done in performance of
his duty.
BY hook or crook the democrats sue
ceeded in postponing the Montana
senatorial case until late Wednesday
afternoon when it was settled by the
decisive vote of SO to 20 in favor of
the republican contestan Is, who were
| Immediately sworn in.
|
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved.
From letter written by Mrs. Ada
j.. Hurd of Groton, 5. D., we quote:
"Was taken with a bad cold, which
settled on my lungs cough set in, and
finally terminated in consumption.
Four doctors gave rae up saying l could
live but short time. gave myself
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