The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-01-28
wAsHINGroN LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

= WASHINGTON Ian. %. 1892.
The president has earned reputation
second to that of none OF his eminent
predecessors by doing the right thing at
the right time and in just the right way.
Therefore, although there is some disap-
pointment because the sending of the
Gillian correspondence to Congress has
been again deferred, just as everybody
was expecting it to go in, there is gen.
eral feeling. that there are good and suf-
ficient means for the delay, which cannot
be MAIDS public just vet. tits impossible
to get the smallest scrap OF information
from official sources, but there are rea-
sons for believing that the Gillian minis
ter has made some definite promises OF
reparation by his government, and that
the English and German governments
have, through their ministers here. re
quested the administration to hold the
correspondence until there is time given
for their fulfillment.
Secretary Blaine and the President are
in perfect accord, as they have been from
the first. notwithstanding sensational
statements to the contrary. Mr.. BIaine's
attack of nausea at the cabinet meeting.
which necessitated his leaving before the
meeting closed, and which prevented his
attending the Presidents first state din
ner of the season to his cabinet, that
night, was made the basis of lots OF
stories even more senseless than those
usually told by the men who are trying
so hard to stir up strife between these
two friends, and they were(all exploded
by the fact that Mr.. Blaine entertained
the President and several members OF the
cabinet at dinner the very next night.
The democrats of the House again
showed how insincere they are in pretend
ing to be in favor of real economy in run
ming the government when they defeated
the bill to reform many abuses now ex-
listing in the printing, binding and dis
tributing of public documents. This bill
was far from being perfect but if enacted
into law, it would have put an end to
some of the most fragrant abuses which
have gradually crept into the present
system, and would have saved the gov
erment something like half million dol
lars a year, now wasted in the printing
of superhuous public documents which
eventually find their way into the hands
of the junk-man.
Gen. Palmer, COMMANDMENT Chief G.
AYR. has been here this week. He says
that he believes that every post in the
country will be here at the encampment
this year.
Never before haye so many bills on
matters pertaining to finance and the
tariff been introduced in an entire session
of Congress as have already been intro
duced at the present session. ltlooks as
though all the cranky ideas OF the period
have been turned into bills and poured
into the Congressional hopper. OF
course, everybody, including their au-
thors, knows that about ninety-nine out
of every hundred of these bills will meyer
again be heard from.
The National Democratic Committee
met here this week for the purpose of
ratiying the choice long ago made by
bosses Hill. German and Brice OF the
place for holding the democratic nomin-
ating convention. There is lots of kick
ing among the delegations from the cities
turned down and several members Of the
National committee have had the nerve
to protest against the rough-shod man.
ner in which these bosses override every
body's wishes but their own, but they
will 60 right on following these same
bosses.
:. 1t is already evident that the policy of
the democratic majority in the House is
to do as little as possible at the present
session of Congress. The Mills men
charged during the speakership campaign
hat such would be the policy of the ma