Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-11
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent
Washington. Feb. 5. 1892.

Mr.. Grover Cleveland, for eight years
the sole and only Mumbo Jumby of that
combination of odds and ends known as
the democratic party. has been effectu-
ally deposed by the Hill Gorman-Bricc-
Tammany combination, and this week
this once mighty mogul passed through
Washington on his way home from the
South, spending nearly an hour at the
railroad station, and not one single in
diyidual took the trouble to 90 to meet
him, although his coming was well
known. Such incidents as this, small
though it be of itself, tell more than coll
umns of labored argument Had the
democrats in Congress not regarded
Mr. Cleveland IS a political back-num-
Der they would have crowded that rail
road station to pay him their respects.
Secretary Blaine was conspicuous
figure at the diplomatic dinner given
this week by the President and Mrs
Harrison, and lis cordial greeting to
Senior Mont, the Gillian Miaister, who
was one of the guests. was an answer to
the sensational stories about the per-
sonal relations existing between the two
men.
The gag rule of the last House
which the democrats for two years ex-
hausted the vocabulary of abusive cpl
thets in describing, has been under a
different name adopted by the demo
csats of the present House as a part of
the code of rules under Which the House
viii do business, or, judging by the
past two months, do nothing, until
March 4, 1898
Postmaster General Wanamaker holds
every morning a short consultation with
the four Assistant acknowledgements
for the purpose of discussing matters
pertaining to each of their divisions and
giving each other the benefit of their
mutual experience. 1t is an innovation
which is highly spoken of by postal
officials.
The democrats in the House are as
much afraid of a caucus as they are of
truth. The caucus which was last week
called to meet to night for the purpose
OF discussing and deciding, if possible,
he democratic policy towards the num-
erous bills which have been introduced
for the free coinage of silver, has been
abandoned, the leaders fearing 10 hold it
lest the threatened split in their party
should become a stern reality.
Reciprocity with Germany was for
mally proclaimed by the Presidents
proclamation issued this week. The
democrats continue to publicly sheer at
reciprocity and privately admit it to be
boon to the commercial and agrlcul-
tural interests of the United States.
The committee to decide upon site
for the proposed equestrian statue Of
Gen. Sherman has selected the lot Just
South of the Treasury department. The
committee expects an appropriation of
$50 600 from Congress, which with the
money on hand will make a sum suffi-
cientto make the statue one ofthe finest
in the city.
The Senate Finance committee will
next week decide what action it will
take on Senator Stewards bill for the
free coinage of silver. Present indica-
tons are that it will be favoraby re
ported
Postmaster-General Wanamaker and
all the rest of the postal officials regard
the decision of the Supreme Court in
favor Of the constitutionality of the anti
lottery Law as great help to them in
the fight they have been making upon
various lottery men for the violating of
that law.
Silver and the tariff are not the only
things about which there are serious
differences of opinion in the democratic
ranks in Congress. Representative
Bowers, of California, gave the peanut"
democracy scoring on the floor of the
House this week AMI told them some
disagreeable truths. He said the people
OF the West wanted appropriations for
the Improvement Of theirrivers and har-
bors. for the erection Unnecessary public
buildings, and for the survey OF the I'M
surveyed lands of settlers. He warned
the democratic party that its present
policy if persisted in. would certainly
result in defeat II The coming Presiden-