Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-12-25
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent. j

before the wisdom of the Republican
party in electing him president. He
stood between the people and hun
dred wildcat financial schemes which
promised on their faces relief to the
stringent money market, and which
each had their ardent and earnest advo-
Gates in the House or Senate. the en-
actment into a law of any one of which
would, in the opinion of men who have
made a life time study of finance and
commerce, have been followed in the
near future by such a financial storm
as this country has never yet seen. Mr..
Harrison before making up his mind on
this important subject, had taken the
advice of every accessible prominent
republican, in and out of Congress.
whom he believed capable of advising
him, and when be once came to con-
clusion as to how far it would be safe
for Congress to go he let it be known
among republicans that he would not
sign any bill which goes beyond what
he considers the safety financial line.
And there he stood. and for that matter
still stands as immovable as the rock
bound fortress of Gibralter.
His action has greatly displeased
some Of the financial extremists in the
republican party; also the millionaires
who we're preparing to speculate on the
financial necessities of the country, but
it pleases the conservative men, who
compose nine-tenths of the republican
party.
The new silver blu approved BY the
republican caucus and which will be
adopted next week, even if the Senate
has to sit Christmas meets the approval
of the President, and will add a large
amount to our present circulating
medium.
1t is not yet settled how much Christ
mas recess Congress will take. Repre-
sentative Mills has offered concurrent
resolution providing for the adjourn
ment from Dec. % to January 5, and
the resolution has by vote of the House,
been referred to the committee on ways
and means. 1t is certain that the reso-
luton when reported back to the House
will provide for much shorter recess. +.
A large number of republicans are in
favor of making it only from Christmas
eve to the following Monday, but it will
depend largely upon circumstances. If
a vote on the Election bill can be reached
before Christmas the Republican Sena-
tors will favor longer recess than they
otherwise will.
In spite OF the fact that leading demo-
Gratis openly stated on the floor of the
House that the apportionment bill was
a fair measure and announced their in
tention to vote for it, that party wasted
whole day in efforts to obstruct tine
passage of the bill, which they knew
was inevitable, even had their party
voted solidly against it. The truth of
the matter was, they had howled from
every stump in the land about the par
tisan apportionment which the lepubli.
cansintended making, and although COM
PEELED to acknowledge that the bill was
entirely free from partlsanship they felt
that in order to prevent their constitu-
ents asking disagreeable questions they
must make a pretense of opposing it.
About the same line of proceedings is
likely to be adopted by the democratic
Senators when the bill is taken up by
tho Senate.
The joint committee on emigration,
headed by Senator Chandler and Rep
resentative Owen begin an investigation
next week, in accordance with Con-
gressional resolution, into the purchase
of American industries by foreign capt.
talists and the effect upon the Ameri-
can workingmen. Among the witnesses
to be examined will be c. A. Pillsbury
of the Minneapolis flour mills and j.
V. Hawson and Frank Jones of the
Portsmouth, n. H., breweries, gentle
men who are said to have sold their
establishments to English syndicates.
1t is expected that some interesting de-
velopments viii follow this investiga-
ton.
A resolution has been reported to the
House from the post-office committee
setting apart January for the con-
sideration of the bill for postal tele-
graph system. Opinion seems very
much divided as to whether the bill will
get through. l don't believe it will.
Representative Hopkins, of Illinois,
has introduced bill to prohibit specu-
lation in gold and silver certificates
representing deposits of gold and silver