Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-04-30
Washington Letter.
Ffom our Regular Corfespondent.J

/ DendlDfS AllloODs AiuIiCH, EiScUck,
Carlisle and Harris have been appointed
a ub-cOmmittee of the Senate Finance
committee, which met here this week,
for the purpose of making the investiga-
ton into the workings of the Mckinley
tariff act ordered by resolution of the
/ Senate at the last session. 1t is expect
| ed that mass of authentic and useful
| information bearing upon the working
/ of the tariff and its relation to the man.
ufacturDg and general business of the
country will be gathered by this sub
committee, which will begin its work at
once. For several months to come its
time will be taken up by the collection
of statistical information, but in tie ear
" fall it expects to take the testimony
Of large number of people whose bus
mess brings them into constan; contact
with the tarfflaws. SenatorAldrich who
1t will be remembered was in charge of
the Mckinley bill while it was pending
before the Senate, is one of the best
posted men in public life on matters
pertaining to the tariff, and the country
is to be congratulated on his having
consented to serve as member of this
sub committee.
An interesting feature of the present
week has been the visit of portion of
the celebrated Sixth Massachusetts reg
iment, which was attacked by mob in
the streets of Baltimore, while on its
way to the defence of the capital in
April 1861. They arrived here Tuesday
evening from Baltimore, where for two
days Inequalities had been showered
upon them 20 make amends for their
very inhosptable treatment thirty years
ago, and up to this morning when they
started upon their return home they
haYe practically owned Washington,
every body seeming anxious to do some
thing to add to their pleasure. The
veterans met many old friends here
VINO were here when they came in 81,
and "reminiscences of that period have
been in order all the week.
There is general desire to have the
annual encampmept of the G. A. r. in
1892, held in Washington, but so far
. there has been no organized effort TO Sc
cure it. The G. A. r. men say that
they will not invite their comrades to
meet here unless there is fund of at
least $4,000 guaranteed for their en-
tertalnment. 1t is believed that this
fund could be raised here if the right
parties would take hold OF the matter,
and there is still hope that they will do
it.
Attorney General Miller. who has
been laid up with the grip for { couple
of weeks is again at his desk, and next
week he will appear before the Supreme
Court in the Sayward case and also in
the case involving the constitutionalitY
of the law closing the mails to newspa-
pers that publish lottery advertisements,
both of which were postponed on ac-
count of his illness.
Gen. Francis A Walker. who was Sup
erintendent of the Census in 1870 and
1880 has been elected Vice President of
the National Academy of Science, which
has been in session here this week. 1t
is generally regarded as well deserved
compliment.
General Superintendent White of the
Railway service, believes in personally
encouraging the men un,ler him, and
he has just announced his intention to
present the clerk who makes during the
year ending December 81, 1891, the
best case examination, q handsome gold
medal. This is open to every mail
clerk in the service, and will doubtless
prove an incentive TO increased efficien-
cy among the boys who handle our ever
growing volume of mail matter
Secretary Foster has about 5000,
900 in silver half dollars in the Treasury
which he is very anxious to get into cir
culation, and it has about been decided
to withdraw, gradually, enough of the
$4,000, 600 now on deposit with the two
hundred national banks. which are des-
ignated Government repositories to en-
able him to replace it with these silver
half dollars, so no one need be surprised
to find the national banks paying out an
unusual number of silver half dollars.
It is expected that the transfer will be
elected by July /, on which date the
Treasury department will have to pay
out about S3o,000,O0O on account of
pensions.
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