The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-05-05
w.sVzrNNCrON LETTER
GFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON April 20, 1892.

Honor to whom honor is due" Is
evidently the motto of Representative
Hooker, of Mississippi, who, although
democrat does not forget that he is also
an American, as so many OF his party do
In short speech in the House this week
Mr.. Hooker paid high tribute to Amerl
can diplomacy as conducted under the
present administration. He said it was
diplomacy which had set led our CHILEAN
difficulties and the Behring Sea contro
versy, and that fortunately for the coun
try it had in the position of Secretary Of
State man of such large and diplomatic
ability that he had settled these questions
by. diplomacy. Chill had been COM
PEELED to salute the flag she had insulted
and to make reparation. Salisbury had
been compelled to renew the modus VI
yendi, and that in accomplishing these
results the Secretary of State had been
ably assisted by the ministers to Chill
and to Great Britain, Hons. Patrick
Egan and Robt. 4. Lincoln. He said
that Mr.. Blaine had shown himself to be
great statesman by the manner in
which he had treated these questions.
1t is regarded as almost certain that
the conference committee which is now
considering the Senate substitute for the
House Chinese exclusion bill, which ex-
tends the present laws for ten years, will
report in favor of the substitute, and it
expected that the House will agree to
it.
Again this week the republicans of the
House, under the able leadership of ex-
easy under the present rules to tie up the
House, unless the democrats keep quo
rum of their own members constantly on
the floor, which they have found it inn
possible to do, notwithstanding the
large number of democratsin the House.
Senator Hale, who is member of the
Senate committee on appropriations
which has reported large additions to
the naval appropriation bill, thinks the
Senate will endorse the increase in the
appropriations for new ships and that
it will also insist upon the House agree
ing to its amendments, knowing that
such action will be justified bv the public
sentiment of the country. He said on
the subject: "There is a universal senti-
ment throughout the country in favor OF
further additions to the navy, and the
recent diplomatic experiences we have
had with foreign nations ought to teach
us the necessity of being prepared for
tronble."
1t may now be set down as certain
that no further effort will be made in
Congress to have the remains of General
Grant brought from New York to Wash
ington. The abandonment of the idea
WAS caused by the opposition of Mrs.
Grant to the removal, and by the increas-
ing belief that New York will raise the
money to erect the monument, the cor
ner stone of which was laid on Wednes-
day of this week. Senator Henderson,
who, since the death of Senator Plumb,
has been in charge of the Plumb resolu-
ton providing for the removal, says it
will never be called up.
Speaking of the Grant monument, SEN
ator Sanders, of Montana, offered a
joint resolution this week authorizing
the President. whenever the Grant mon
ument association of New York, shall
have received subscriptions amounting
to 81, 100000 for the erection of the
Grant monument, to subscribe in behalf
of the people of the United States $780,
900. and asked for its immediate consid-
Grafton, but objection was made by
Senator Berry, of Arkansas. and the
resolution was referred to the library
committee.
Decent democrats are unanimous in
condeming the action of Representative
Enloe who having made such miser-
able failure in his attempt to blacken the
good name of Gen. Raum in the so-called
pension investigation, lost his head en-
tirely and so far forgot the manners OF
a gentleman as to apply the words "you
are liar" to Gen. Raum, and to at
tempt to make personal attack on that
gentleman. The name Enloe has already
become synonym for black-guardism
Senator Quay has introduced bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for the erection OF
a monument in Washington to the late
Admiral David D. Porter.
1t has been stated that the Canadian
sealing poachers would endeayorto save
their vessels from seizure by flying the
Mexican flag. The scheme will not
work, however, as the administration
will order our vessels to seize all poach-
ers, no matter what flag they fly.
The President and the other prominent
members of the administration and OF
Congress who attended the laying of the
corner stone of the Grant monument in
New York returned here thoroughly i'm.
pressed with the idea that the monument
will be rapidly pushed to eempletion.
Officers of regimental associations and
other soldier organizations have been
informed by the committee in charge
that only G. A. r. posts will be given
places in the parade at the national en-.
eampment. The large number of G. A.
R. posts which will attend has name the
decision necessary.
List of Patents.
Granted to Minnesota inventors this
week. Reported by c. A. Snow & Co.
Solicitors of American and Foreign Pa.
tents, Opp. y. S. Patent Office, Washing.
ton, D. c.
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