Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-14
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, April s. 1892.

convention sees fl TO tender it TO him,
and would 90 into the fight with vigor,
but that he will not be a participant in
any scramble for the nomination. This
manly way of stating his position is
commended on all sides, and will add to
the popularity which Mr.. Morton so
Justly enjoys, whether he be re-nomina-
ted or not.
After lots of trouble that specimen of
democratic craftsmanship. the free wool
bill, which makes the farmers product
raw-wool- compete with heforeigh pro-
duct brought in free of duty, while it
gives the manufacturer of wooden goods
an average protection of 80 per cent,
has gotten through the House, although
it was demonstrated, in II days fillibus-
tering. that the republicans of the House
could. had they been so disposed, have
compelled the democrats either to have
abandoned the bill or to have adopted a
cloture rule to pass it. But the republi.
cans were perfectly willing for the
democrats to pass the bill, knowing that
it will help largely towards making the
election of republican President and
Congress, next November, a certain
~.
The reason the State department has
not made public the details of the recip-
rocity treaty recently negotiated with
France is that the treaty does rot be-
come binding until it is ratified by the
French Chamber of Deputies. before
which it is now pending. Representative
Hit, of Illinois, is understood to be
slated as Whitelaw Reid's successor as
Minister to Frame. 1t would be diff
cult to lind man better fitted for the
place.
Jerry Simpson is accused of trying to
prevent the passage of the bill for the
opening of the Cherokee strip, at the
present season of Congress. The strip
adjoins the district, which has the mis-
fortune to have Jerry for its Represen-
taiive in Congress, and if it should be
thrown open to settlement before the
election Jerry fears hat so many of his
constituents will 60 there that his re-
election already improbable, will be an
absolute impossibility, so he is said TO
have been quietly working to get the
bill thrown over 10 the next session.
while he was pretending to his consti-
tuents to be working hard TO push 1t
through at once. Members of the COM
mite having the bill in charge do not
expect the bill to pass at this session.
Secretary Blaine has few closer or
more confidential friends than Whitelaw
Reid, who spent several days here this
week discussing and explaining the two
treaties he negotiated with France; and
in view of the rumors recently freshly
started about MIR. Blaine becoming a
candidate for the Presidential nomina-
ton, his words on the nomination
are important. He said. just after
spending day with Mr. Blaine: Il see
no reason, if he wishes it, why Mr. Har-
rison should not be nominated. His
administration has been clean one and
acceptable to the people, and, with Mr..
Blaine ont of the way, think there will
be but little oppo. .uon. Mr.. Blaine is
not candidate. believe every word
he said in his letter He meant what he
said
The investigation Of the Pension Office
has now been going on a month, and the
only result is that the House is asked
to authorize the payment of $40 day
to stenographer for an indetinate per-
iod.
According to Treasury statement
issued this week the circulation per
capita on the first day of April was
/ S24.6S.
Inc Chinese minister is making a
very great mistake in trying to influence
the action of the Senate upon the anti
Chinese bill by making threats There
are at present some Senators who wi /
oppose the bill. because of their belief
that it is wrong, even to accomplish an
end very much desired, to violate obi.
cations contained in treaties with China;
but if the minister keeps up his threats
of Withdrawing from this country and
seyeriug diplomatic relations with us,
he will probably find that there will be
no opponents to the bill when ii comes
before the Senate for action upon it
The present anti-C Chinese law expires in
less than a month by limitation, and the
probabilities are that the bill shutting
out all Chinese. except those officially
connected with the government of that
country which wai passed by the House
this week, under 4 suspension of the