The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Senator Wolcott proved himself ver-
liable bull in the political china shop by
speech he made on Senator Morgan $
silver resolutions. He was particularly
severe on Mr.. Harrison and Mr.. Cleve-
land. Of the former he said: 1t Is
apparent that the party in power will,
with negative unanimity, renominate the
present magnetic Executive; not because
he is the choice of any considerable body
Of his party. but because since the letter
of the retirement of the great Secretary
who holds his party bound by ties OF
deepest affection aud regard, no man of
greater stature than the present incum-
bent has been found willing to stand"
Of Mr.. Cleveland he said: Because of
the blow that has struck silver aside, it
seems equally manifest that the Demo
cratic party will present its apostle of
tariff reform, whose vision has no other
issue, and who desires to be again conse-
Grated to public Office
Fear of what the third party may cap
ture in the South and Northwest is a per
petual nightmare with the politicians of
both the old parties, and the private in
formation received since the side tracking
of the free coinage bill in the House Is
not calculated to add to their tranquility.
The Democrats, however, have the best
of it, as it would only throw the election
of President into the House should the
third party carry several States.
The House spent the greater part OF
this week in passing the free wool bill,
aud if the Republicans had been inclined
to keep up the fillibustering with which
they consumed one entire day, it never
could have been passed without the adop-
ton of cloture rule by the Democratic
majority. The present rules of the
House are a regular SNAP" for those in
clined 10 tillibuster.
Senator PETERS bill "to create fund
for the payment of pensions and for set
ting our army of laborers at work on ex
tensive public Improvements for remov-
ing the strongest incentive to crime
among the poor and vice among the rich,
and for protecting the American from
the influx of undue alien competition"
did not meet the approval of the Senate
Finance Committee, which has made an
unfavOrable report thereon. The same
fate was dealt out to Senator Calls bill
prohibiting national banks receiving or
paying interest Oh deposits made by ma
tional banks; to Senator Kyle's bill TO
repeal the law comforting the authority
upon the Secretary of the Treasury To
anticipate the interest upon the public
debt, and to Senator Georges resolution
instructing the committee to report a
bill providing for the issuing and keeping
in circulation of lcgal.tender notes to the
extent of so per capita.
Representative Glover, of Kansas, who
is a member of the House Committee on
Indian Affairs, gave that Committee some
plain talk this week. He said: We
have given more time to hearing the wo'
men of Philadelphia, who never saw an
Indian, and to the officers OF the Indian
Rights Association and kindred organiza-
tions, than we have to any other class of
people. Some of these people want to
take the heart out of the land that is to
be thrown open to settlement in the
Cherokee country, go as to put it aside
for the education of the Indian. There
are hundreds of young Americans-lads
Just growing into manhOod-who are far
more in need of education than the H.
dams, and they would make better use of
their opportunities | think we ought TO
look after these young men, and, while
the education of the Indian may be q
good thing, | do not think we ought to
deprive our own people OF land needed
for homes, in order that few Indians
may be educated,
The passage by the House. under
suspension of the rules, of the most radi.
cal anti.ChincSe bill ever introduced in
Congress shutting out all Chinese not
officially connected with the legation of
that cOuntry-has caused much discus
sion. An ov, rShclming majority believe
the circumSt; nces Justify the enactment
of such law, but there is respectable
minority, composed of men of all shades
of political belief who believe that Con-
gress should not deliberately violate ex,
listing treaties with China, rs all agree
that this bill does. Nevertheless il is
believed that the bill will become law,
AS the politicians on both sides are shy
about voting against the bill on the eve
of a Presidential campaign, and the Same
reason will probably cause President lila [
rison tn sign the bill after it passes til,
Senate. 1t may result in the severance
by China of diplomatic relations with the
United States, limitations to that effect
having come directly from the Chinese
Minister here.
Representative Hit, Of Illinois. will
probably 60 to France as Minister White
law Reds successor. He is one of the
best informed men in the country ON dill
lomatic affairs having been Assistant
Secretary Of State, Secretary of the Amer
lean Legation at Paris, and Chairman of
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The details of the reciprocity treaty