The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-07-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July Is, '92.
The chasm in the democratic ranks
caused by the nomination of Cleveland
has perceptibly widened since the free
coinage bill was finally defeated by the
House, and, while the free coinage demo-
Gratis are not doing much talking for
publication, they are freely predicting
privately defeat for Cleveland and the
loss of the House for the democratic
party, by reason of the detection of the
silver men in that party.
Ex-Speaker Reed led the assault in the
House which definitely settled the fate of
the free coinage bill by vote of 154 to
1876. There was larger attendance
than had before been on the floor of the
House for four or FIVE months. 1t was
not until the day before the fight that
the republican members, who saw their
power,to dictate the action of the House,
fully decided to kill the bill. For time
it was thought that they would let the
democratic factions fight it out among
themselves, but after free exchange of
opinions it was decided that the best
thing for the entire country was that
they should take the leading part in
crushing the bill instead of allowing the
democrats to pass it, and having the
President kill it with a veto, as he would
have done.
The Republican Senate, true to the
record of the party. has shown that it
believes in upholding Christianity and
moral reform by adopting Senator
Quay's amendment to the clause of the
Sunday civil bill providing for the coin
age of SIS, 100000 in souvenir silver half
dollars, for the worlds fair, prohibiting
the opening of the exposition on Sum
days, and of Senator Peffer'c amendment
prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating liq-
uors on the exposition grounds. Nov,
let the democratic House defeat these
amendments if it dares," said Senator
Quay.
The difference between democratic and
republican methods has been sharply de-
fined by the Pennsylvania labor troubles.
Last May the House, after some very
hard kicking in its favor by the alliance
members, authorized the judiciary COM
mittee to investigate the Pinkerton de-
tective system and its methods, and APP
propriated the money to pay the expen-
ses OF the investigation. The resolution
was quietly laid away by Mr.. Oates, who
had been designated as chairman of the
subcommittee which was to make the in
vestigation presumably with the inten-
ton of waiting until congress had adj
journed and then making a leisurely pleas
ure tour at the expense OF the people while
engaged in the Investigation. Had that
investigation been promptly made when
it was first authorized it is probable that
no armed force would have been sent to
Homestead by the Pinkerton's, and the
lives lost there would have been
saved. Early this week Mr.. Oates
took his partisan subcommittee
to Homestead in search of democratic
campaign material, and not of the cause
of the trouble there. The Senate will
also Investigate, but, mark the difference
| it will do it through select non-parti-
san committee of seven, three republi-
cans, three democrats, and Senator
PETER. which Mill endeayor to get to the
bottom OF the trouble without fear or
favor. Which method is the right one?
The democratic House refused point
blank to appropriate one cent from the
national treasury towards entertaining
the veterans who will attend thee. A. R
encampment, and it was only after a
prolonged wrangle that it agreed to al
low the District of Columbia to spend
100000 from its own revenues for that
purpose.
Thatthe so-called peoples party move
ment is nothing but a tender to the
Cleveland machine is every day becom
ing more evident. Already the third