Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-05-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
WAEgISaToS ID & Nav . 4.

tive Hooker, of Mississippi, who,
although Democrat does not for
get that he is also All American, as
so many of his party do. In a
short speech in the House last week
Mr.. Hooker paid nigh tribute to
American diplomacy as conducted
under the present administration.
He said II was diplomacy which
had settled our CHILEAN difficulties
and the Behring Sea controversy,
and thas fortunately for the country
1t had in the position of Secretary
Of State a man Of such large aud
diplomatic ability that he had set
tied these questions by diplomacy.
ChiIl mad been compelled to salute
the flag she had insulted aud to
make reparatlon. Salisbury had
been compelled to renew the modus
yivendi, aud that in accomplishing
these results the Secretary of State
had been ably assisted by the
ministers 70 Chill and to Great
Brltain-Hons. Patrick Egan aud
Robt. 7. Lincoln. He said that
Mr.. Blaine had shown himself 10
be great statesman by the manner
in which he had treated those
questions.
IL is regarded as almost certain
that the conference committee
which is now considering the Sen
ate substitute for the House Chinese
exclusion bill, which extends the
present laws for ten years, viii re-
port III favor of the substitute, and
it is expected that the House will
agree to it.
Again the Republicans Of the
House, under the able leadership Of
ex-Speaker Reed, demonstrated that
it is easy under the present rules TO
tie up the House, unless the Demo
Gratis keep quorum of their own
members constantly on the floor,
which they have found it impossible
to do, Notwithstanding the large
number Of Democrats in the House.
1t may now be set down as certain
that no further effort will be made
in Congress to have the remains Of
Gen. Grant brought from New
York to Washington. The abandon
ment Of the idea was caused by the
opposition of Mrs. Grant to the
removal, and by the increasing be-
lief that New York will raise the
money to erect the monument, the
cornor stone of which was laid last
week. Senator Henderson, who,
since the death of Senator Plumb,
mas been in charge of the Plumb
resolution providing for the removal,
says it will never be called up.
Speaking of the Grant monument,
Senator Sanders, of Montana, offer
ed a joint resolution last week
authorizing the President, whenever
the Grant Monument Association of
New York, shall have received sub
scriptions amounting to $l,500,0O0
for the erection of the Grant monu-
ment, TO subscribe in behalf of the
people of the United States $780,
600, aud asked for its immediate
consideration, but objection was
made by Senator Berry, of Arkansas,
and the resolution was referred to
the Library committee.
Decent Democrats are unanimous
in condemning the action of Repre-
sentative Enloe who, having made
such a miserable failure in his
attempt to blacken the good maze
Of Gen, Raum in the so-oaIied
Pension investigation, lost his head
entirely and 50 far forgot the
manners of gentleman rs to apply
the words "you are a liar" to Gen,
Raum, aud to attempt TO make a
personal attack on that gentleman.
The name Enloe has already be-
come a synonym for blackguardism.
1t has been stated that the
Canadian sealing poachers would
endeavor 20 save their vessels from
seizure b. flying the Mexican flag
The scheme viii not work, however,
a. the admiuistr alton viii order our