Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-24
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent
Washington. Dec. Is. 1891.

OF the uErL luulCldi ulSlilCts OAuEN "
L. Putnam, of Maine, who is demo-
Graf; for the second district, Judge
Shipman, of Connecticut, who is a re-
publican; for the third district, George
NJ. Dallas, Of Pennsylvania, who is a
democrat; for the fourth district, Nathan
Golf. of West Virginia. who has earned
his political spurs as member Of Con
gress and as Secretary Of the Navy dur
ing a part of the Hayes administration;
for the sixth district, William II. Taft.
of Ohio, who has been Solicitor General
under the present administration; for
the seventh district, Judge William A..
Woods, of Indiana, who is present U.
S. District Judge for Indiana, and who
was urged for a place in the cabinet at
the beginning Of the present admins
tration. At the same time Warren
Truit Of Oregon was nominated for Y.
S. District Judge of Alaska.
Secretary Blaine had the pleasure this
week of adding another plank to the
good ship reciprocity" which is to
carry American products and manu-
features to the uttermost part of the
earth, by announcing the conclusion of
treaty of commercial reciprocity be-
tween the United States and all the
British West Indies and British Guina,
and on January first, next. the Presi-
dent will issue proclamation officially
announcing the details. The countries
affected will be Jamaica, Barbados,
the Leeward Islands, and Trinidad.
Among the important reductions con-
coded BY the British is so per cent in the
duty on flour. The trade between the
United States and the countries named
has been about $500 100000 year.
Senator Pettigrew's bill providing for
an appropriation of 100000, or so
much thereof as may be needed to fur
nish the G. A. Il. men who attend the
National encampment here next year
with rations, tents and all camp equip
age used by an army in active service,
seems to have struck a popular chord,
as most people agree with Senator Petit
grew that The next encampment will
be in great measure a national affair,
and that these men ought to be made
to feel that they are really the nation 5
guests" The Senator adds: 1.-THE
coming encampment is one of more
than ordinary interest, and from my
point of view the Government owes this
entertainment to the old soldiers. >
There is little doubt that this bill will
be passed by the Senate, but its fate in
the democratic House cannot at this
time be easily foretold.
At a meeting of the American Ship
ing and Industrial League held here
this week Gen. Russell A. Alger was
elected president, Ambrose Snow, of
New York, first vice. president, l.. Nj.
Merritt, of Florida, second yice-presi-
dent, George A. Kelly. of Pennsylvania,
third president, j. s. Clarkson, of
Iowa, fourth vice-president, P. M
Whitmore, National Secretary, and A.
r. Smith, of New York, assistant Nat
ional Secretary. The meeting adopted
a memorial to Congress praying for the
passage of the Tonnage bill, which was
presented and urged in the last Con-
gress by Representatives Amos Cum
mings and John NJ. Parquhar, of New
York
Senator Proctor has proven by tie
introduction of several bills for the inn
provement of the army that the Cabinet
is tip-top school to graduate Senators
from.
Great rumors are constantly being
built upon very slight foundations, and
that's just about the condition of the
story that the President would early in
January, unless satisfactory settle
ment be reached before that time, send
special message to Congress asking
that war be declared against Chill.
ne foundation for this story was the
paragraph in the Presidents message
saying that he should probably commu-
nicate further information regarding the
CHILEAN matter to Congress later on, a
statement made necessary by the in.
completed condition of the correspond
ence connected with the question. Ii
may, of course, in the end be necessary
to 60 to war with Chill, to teach that
country good manners, but it is not al
all probable that the President would
make known three weeks ahead of time
that he intended making such recon-
mendation to Congress.
Speaker Crisp has announced as
members of the House committee on
Rules. of which he is chairman,
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