Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-07-14
Washington Letter.
iron our Regular CorTespoBdent.l
1.g Washington July 8. 'g2.
II i evident that the democratic q


retain their hold upon a number o
Congressional districts in the west anC
south, and they rely upon Cleveland )
well-known anti-silyer .ssel timents to
save them in the east. 1t will not be
done. however, without a bitter parlia-
mentary fsh', but as Speaker Crisp
has given the silver men assurances Of
his intention to aid them there Is little
or no doubt of the final result. 1t is
regarded as certain that the President.
who. has ltaken advantage of the
wrought over the.bil fin tie House to
carry Mrs. Harrison 10 the Adiron-
dacks, viii veto it.
Members of the Cabinet and of Con-
gress are taking the deepest interest in
the labor troubles in Pennsylvania,
although it is not case in which the
general Government or Congress can
interfere, except by lending moral
influence towards a settlement of the
difficulties. Resolutions for investi-
cations have b en- offered in the House
and Senate.
Whlle the resigl alton of chairman
Campbell, Of the Ma onal committee,
is generally regretted " republicans,
there IS no evidence here of the COM
motion said by sensational democratic
newspapers to exist among republicans
by reason of that resignation. The
new chairman VIII be selected hv the
new executive committee. and it goes
without saying that the select on will
be good one. The democrats will
discover before long that the campaign
is to be fought on great principle
and not by or for any one man.
Senator Aldrich this week introduced
a concurrent resolution for the hnal
adjournment of Congress on July 20,
but he has little hope that it will get
away as soon IS that, unless great
change takes place very soon.
A good deal of nonsense Is b. ing
talked about the probability of the
election beng thrown INTO the
House because o. the defec ion
of the silver States from the re
publican ticket Few people can be
found here who honestly believe that
the vote Or any State heretofore
republican viii pref, T Weaver or Cleye.
land to Harrison; but allowing for the
sake OF argument that Mr. Harrison
should lose all If the " States,
Colorado. Nevada and Nisco sin and
the five Michigan votes, and hold the
other States he carried in 1888, he
would get 225 electoral votes, which
would be two more than would be
necessary to elect him. Much OF this
talk about throwing the election into
the House comes from the democrats
who are using it as a means to con-
vince the republicans who are inclined
to favor the free coinage of silver of
the possibility of the House, which,
when voting by States, would be con-
trOlled by the silver men, electing a
free coinage man, if there is fai ure
to elect in the electoral college.
Had the Omaha convent n put up a
man capable of inspiring national con-
fidence, this talk might have Influenced
a considerable number of republican
voters, but the nom nation of Weaver
has made it deader than last years
bird nest. 1t is doubtful whether
single publican could be found, no
matter what his opinion about silver
may be. who would be willing to
throw the election into the House.
even if that body was pledged t. elect
free coinage man; if he knew that
Weaver was to be the man. The third
party as a factor in the Presidential
election is Weaver killed it: the
fight is to be straight one between
Harrison and Cleveland, protection
and free trade, and every man who
casts vote for the peoples party
ticket simply throws it away
Messrs. Nelson and Parker, the
experts selected by the Joint committee
on immigration of the House and
Senate to make thorough exami-
nation of the Government buildings
erected for the immigrant station, on
Ellis Island in New Y ork Harbor. have
submitted their report TO the chairman
of those committees. ] he es innate of
these experts of what the nine
principals buildings should have cost
aggregated S242.ooo which is just
$1,000 more than they cost under
contracts made by the Treasury de-
partment The experts failed TO find
any structural defects of Importance
in the buildings and report that as a
whole the work has been well done
\ and that its cost has been below the