Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
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matters pending before the department
be forwarded to him at once That
means that the Secretary feels well
enough to resume work and that he pro-
poses doing So" From another scource
it was learned that Mr.. LOUIS A. Dent,
Mr.. Blaine's private Secretary is at Bar
HarDor prepared for work, and that he
expects to make a prolonged stay there.
which he would not do if Mr. Blaine did
not propose keeping him busy.
Secretary Proctor is again at his desk,
having returned from his eastern trip.
Controller of the currency Lacey says
that the assessment which he has levied
upon the stock of the Quilted Keystone
National bank of Philadelphia will have
the effect of determining who owns the
stock, because in cases where there is a
dispute the matter will be taken into
court for an authOritive decision
The guarantee fund of $50, 900 for the
entertainment of the GAR. encamp-
ment of 1892. should Washington's cor
dial and pressing invitation to hold it in
this city be accepted when it is presen-
ted at Detroit next month, has practic-
ally all been subscribed and every
body is enthusiastically IN favor of
giving the veterans such reception to
the National Capital as they Will always
remember as one of the pleasantest
events of their lives.
At meeting of the board of manage
ment of Government buildings held here
this week it was decided to send the
/ building committee of the board to
Chicago to consult with the Exposition
management concerning the arrange
ments of grounds for the Government
buildings. The committe will leave for
Chicago in few days ard Supervising
Architect Edbrooke will 90 along as
the special representative of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
The judges and employees of the new
court of private land claims, Assistant
Secretary Croanse of the Treasury and
Justice Beatty of Idaho will all have to
get along without drawing any salaries
from the Government until after they
are confirmed by the Senate, it having
been decided that no money can be le-
gally paid to them until that time.
The official count of the money in the
United States Treasury made necessary
by the change of Treasures, which has
been going on for sixty days, was COM
pleted this week. 1t shows that there
is total of 5000, O62, 537 on hand. which
tallies to cent with what the books
show ought to be there. This is actual
money and does not include gold bars
to the value of S62, 067, 1860, silver
bars S26, $50, 847,95 and trade dollar
bars, 81, 484. 203. Rather pretty show
ing isn't it for Treasury which is de-
clared by few crack-brained democrats
to be on the verge of bankruptcy.
The democrats are trying hard to
make it appear that they like the NOM
ination of Campbell and the platform
which was adopted by the Ohio State
| convention this week; they are trying
to convince themselves that Campbell
will get enough republican votes to elect
him, but they are not succeeding very
well. The national democratic COM
mittee has appealed to, to use its influ-
ence to whip the kicking democrats into
line and it has promised to do so, but in
as much as the dommittee has for some
time practically conceded the election of
Mckinley by laying wires 10 capture
the legislature by trading votes for Gov
ernor Tor votes for candidates to the
legislature 1t is hardly probable that it
will make any serious attempt to help
Campbell.
The democrats are now on the eve of
a big row over the Speakership. 1t has
leaked out that German has been work
ing for Crisp, who is now in the lead,
and the friends of Mills and the other
candidates say that unless be keeps his
hands off they propose making fight
that will hurt somebody and they don't
seem to care a continental who it is.
Mills has become so disguised that he
has gone to the sea-shore.
MIR Wanamaker has prepared adver.
tisements in accordance with the postal
subsidy bill passed by the last Congress
asking proposals for carving the mails
for five years to South American and
European ports in steam vessels of four
classes, all to be of American build, Land
the vessels of the first three classes to be
so constructed as to be easily and speed
| into auxili.,rv nrY,i-