The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-03-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.

deferred from sprlnging practical Joke.
And so ended the caucuses.
wAsHINGToN LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondents
WAsHNGToNMarch 10. 1892.
The President having become satisfied
that Lord Salisbury was purposely de-
laying his answer to the dispatch sent
him on the 7th, inst, for the purpose OF
allowing the fleet of Canadian seal
poachers to get to sea before this Govern
ment had any opportunity to serve no.
tice upon the owners of the vessels to
keep out of Behring sea, this week di-
rected acting. Secretary of State Whar-
ton to inform Sir Julian Pauncefote. the
British minister, that he desired an an
swer to that dispatch at the earliest por-
sible moment The Presidents reason
for desiring an early answer IS, that up
on the nature of that answer will de-
pend the wording of the orders issued to
the revenue cutters and naval vessels
which also have the effect of convincing
Lord Salisbury that the President means
business and does not propose to put up
with any nonsense, even from the al
legged "mistreSs of the seas. Lord Sal
isbury has promised an early answer.
The dangerous illness of Senator Nor
rill has cast a gloom over the Senate
wing of the Capitol, where everyone is
the friend ofthe Senior Vermont Senator.
His age gives him but slim chance in
iehting pneumonia, which is the dreaded
foe of the strongest men. Mr.. Morrill,
has been in Congress, first in the House
and then in the Senate, since 1855.
Secretary Foster has returned much
impr owed in health by his flying trip to
Europe, and he also picked up while i'll
England in an unofficial way. some fin
ancial information that will be found
useful to him in his official capacity.
Commissioner Raum took the wind
out Of Representative Cooper's sails by
telling the House investigating commit
tee that while ready and willing to an
swcr any question or to give any desired
information about the Pension Office or
anything relating thereto he would not
nswer questions about matters par
tanning exclusively to his private bust
ness affairs. The Commissioner is gen
orally commended for having taken that
stand. His official acts are properly I'M
der the control of Congress, but with
his private acts and business, Congress
has nothing to do.
Columbia, Havtl, and Venezuela are
the only countries that will feel the heavy
retaliatory hand of Uncle Sam, ali the
rest of the countries concerned having
either completed reciprocitv agreements
with us or got them SO near completion
as to let them out. The Presidents pro-
clamation issued this week restores the
duty upon sugar, hides, coffee and tea
from the above named countries until
such time as they shall give public notice
of their having removed the duties they
now impose upon the agricultural and
other products of this country. It
speaks volumes for the success of recip-
rocity '''e> '-'~ 49, '''
be retaliated upon.
4 more absurd statement was 49,
made than that ofthe democra tic major
ity of the Huose Ways and Means COM
mittee that they had concluded to post
pone the taking ola vote on the free
wool bill from the 21st., to some indetin-
ite date in the future in order to accomo
date members who wishsd to speak on
that measure. The speeches that the
democrats have made On that bill might
just as we'll have been made on any
other bill, and the real reason Tor post
poning vote is that the democrats are
not ready to call up any other free trade
bill, there being a difference of opinion
among them as to which of the pro-
passed bills attacking the Mckinley law
shall be next called up.
The details of the French reciprocity
treaty, further than that Minister Reid,
who negotiated it, considers them very
fayorable to the United States, are not
yet known to the State Department.
Representative Walker, of Massachu-
sets, said in speech defending the
Mckinley tariff that if the tariff were
not in the interests of the farmers and
wage-workers of this country, which
was the lowest taxed country on the
face of the earth, he would vote to re-
peal it and adopt free trade. He pre-
sented figures showing that in one year,
nnder the present tariff, our foreign trade
had increased $4O6.O 100000, 27 per cent.
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