Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-08-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular correspondent

WASHINGTON, d, c. July %, 1890.
The President certainly has the
laugh on the democratic press OF the
country which has been railing at
a seaside cottage at Cape May Point.
The criticism would have been but
Just If Mrs. Harrison had accepted a
cottage from citizens as Il gift; but
the fact has Just leaked out, and it
did not come from the President
either, that Mr.. Harrison gave his
check for $50, 900 in payment for the
cottage which his family is at present
occupying at Cape May Point. 1t
was intended by the gentlemen who
purchased the ground and built the
cottage to have presented it to Mrs.
Harrison but us soon as the PreSi-
dent learned OF it he informed them
that he had made it an inviolable
rule of his public life never to accept,
nor allow any member OF his family
to accept presents ofany kind. How
many democratic papers will have
the decency to correct the wrong ac-
cusations they have been making.
he House has been Industrious
this week, and notwithstanding that
/ one day was lost on account OF Rep
rescntative James Z. Walker, OF Mis-
souri,, it passed two very important
bills-thc "Oliginal Package bill
and the National Bankruptcy bill.
Ii the democra tic Senators have no
stronger arguments 10 Offer against
the Mckinley tariff bill than those
made by Senator Voorhees, in his
speech delivered in the Senate this
week they might as we'll to retire
from politics, for this year anyway.
AS q phrase maker Mr.. Voorhees, is cv-
identity trying to run opposition to
Mr. Cleveland; but he seems to lack
She originality OF the ex-President. 1t
is understood that the republican,
Senators will make no set speeches
on the tariff bill until the appropriate
zion bills have all been disposed Of
by the senate.
The air is full of ruIno,ys as to what
will or will not not he done by the
senate in regard to the several recip-
rocity amendments which have becA
offered to the tariff bill; but it is too
noticeable that they all come from
democrat tic sources. The republican
Senators, who will decide the matter
are not talking about it, certainly
not for publica ton, but that they
will take care OF the interests OF the
people. as the republican party has
always done is not for a moment to
De doubted; therefore republicans can
afford to patiently wait for the ac
ton OF the Senate, knowing that the
bill finally passed will embody the
ideas and principles for which the
republican party has stood for 10,
these many years.
The correspondence between this
ing to the Bchling Sea dispute has
been made public and it reflects moth
ing but credit upon Secretary and the
administration 1t is brought up TO
Mr. Blaine's latest dispatch to the
British Minister, which is Ga ted july
49,
This has been military week witt,
the President Tuesday afternoon he
returned from Il visit to his family,
Wednesday he went down the Poto-
mac to visit the District of Columbia
militia in it's annual encampmcnt,
and yesterday accompanied by Sec-
rotary Proctor he went to Mount
State National Guard of that State
is cncamped.
There is nothing new in the status
of the Federal Election bill. The re-
publican Senator's have adopted one
of the nlaXms OF that great and wise
republican, Abraham Lincoln. that
tits no use to cross a bridge before
you get to it, /" and it is no. probable
that any definite announcement OF
what the majority Oi the Senate pro-
poses to DO will be made until the
appropriation bills and the tariff bill
are out OF the way. The Election
committee is carefully considering
tho hill xyith n view t,f ma mo- ch:,u o.