The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-04
sAUK CENTRE HERALD
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1892.
wAsHINGroN LErrER.
From our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON Jan. %. 1882.
The President and his cabinet emerge
from the Chilean affair with the American
flag proudly flying and with the good
will of all patriotic Americans, irrispec-
tive of political afflitation. They have
upheld the honor of the United States
without at any time attempting the role
of bully towards the weaker power.
They pracriced forbearance towards
Chill until satis6edtha advantageous
being taken of that forbearance by the
Chilean government. Then they brought
the Chileans up short by sending an ul-
timatum, and toSk Congress and the
country into their confidence by making
public the correspondence and the Presi-
dents message, which was one of the
most manly and patriotic documents
ever written by an American President.
Congress was practically unanimous in
its support of the administration, and it
is not surprising that Chilli quickly re-
sponded with an humble apology.
Whatever the ignorant masses of Chill
may think of the power of the United
States those in power in that country
know how great it is and saw instantly |
that they had dallied as long as it was
safe. 1t Is now only question of few
formal official details before the matter
will be happily for all concerned finally
disposed of. This country is to be con-
graduated that it escaped a short but
costly war, and the Chilean government
is to be congratulated because it had the
good sense to decide in favor of Chill re-
tanning its place on the map of South
America.
Representative Rayner, of Maryland, /
created some commotion among the
democrats of the House when, in answer |
to some remarks in favor of free silver by |
Representative Lanham, of Texas, he
jumped on the anti-Cleveland and free
silver people, with blood in his eye. At
tempts were made to stop him by points
of order but they all failed and he had
his say out. He predicted defeat Tor the
democrats unless they threw free coinage
which he characterized as "the most ao-
surd heresy that ever made its appear
ancs in any intelligent representative as
sembly," overheard and made Cleveland
their candidate. This is but another bit
of evidence of the harmony existing
among the democrats in the House.
Senator Hill made failure of the first
thing he attempted to do in the Senate.
He made vicious fight against the
of L. G.. Rathbun to be post
master of Elmira. N. Y, but with how
much effect may be Judged from the fact
that the Senate committee on postofices
has favorably reported the nomination,
which makes it practically certain that
it will be confirmed.
Delegate Harry had introduced bill
for the admission OF Oklahoma as a
state, and he is industriously at work
convincing members to support it.
The Senate Finance has by unanimous
vote favorably reported joint resolu-
ton authorizing TIE President to invite
the governments of such countries as he
may deem advisable to join the United
States in conference for the purpose of
permanence in the relative value
of gold and silver at a common coinage
ratio, providing for the enlarged none
tary use of silver, and for giving it equal
rights with gold.
During the discussion of the new rules
in the House, ex-Speaker Reed in defend
ing the rules of the last House made the
democrats vince by telling them in his
drawlt that he was glad to see
that they had experienced change of
mind about its being tyrannical to give
the majority the right to close debate,
as they have done so in their new rules.
He said that he considered it as much
the duty of the speaker to stop fillibus-
tering, as it would be to stop a disturb
ance on the floor of the House. He crit
icised other portions of the new rules and
smilingly alluded to the absence of a
clause authorizing the Speaker to count
a quorum, saving that he fully expected
a decision from the supreme court sus-
tanning his action is SO doing during the
last Congress. ,