The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-05-04
Washington Letter.

WAsuxGToN, April 30. =" Honor TO
whom lonor is due" is evidently the
motto # Representative Hooker, Of Mis-.
sissipi, who, although Domocrat does
not orget 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 American diplomacy MS
conducted under the present administra.
ton. He said II was diplomacy which
had settled our Chilean difficulties and
the Bering sea controversy, and that for
tunately tor the country 1t had in the po.
si,ion oi secretary of stale man Of such
large and diplomatic ability that he had
settled these questions by diplomacy.
Chile had been compelled 10 salute the
flag she had inSulted and TO make repara.
ton. Salisbury had been compelled to
renew the modus vivendi, and that in ac-
complishing these results the secretary of
state bad been ably assisted by the minis
tiers to Chile and Great Bitain-lIon.
Patrick Egan and Robert T. Lincoln. He
said that Mr.. Blaine had shown himself
10 be q great statesman by The manner In
which ne had treated these Questions.
Again this week the Republicans Of the
house, under the able leadership Of ex-
Speaker Reed. demonstrated that II is
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 II irn.
possibl. TO do, notwithstanding the large
number Of Democrats in the house.
Senator Hale, who is a aUlember OF the
senate committee on appropriations,
which has reported large additions 10 the
naval appropriation hill, thinks the senate
will endorse the increase In the apprOpri-
ations for new ships and that II will also
insist upon the house agreeing 10 its
amendments, knowing that such action
will he justified by the pvblic sentiment
o. the county. dc said on The subject
There Is universal sentiment through
out the country in favor Of further addi
tions u The navy, and the recent diplomat
ic experiences Se have had with foreign
'IutiOns ought ~ teach us the necessity o.
being prepared for tronbIr."
IL may now lie set down ns certain thai
no iurlher effort will be made IN congress
TO have the remains Of General Gran
brought from New York to Woshinnton
The abandonment Of the IDEA WIS rnuseC
by the opposition of Mrs. Grant 10 the re-
mOvIl aud by the belief that New Yorl
will raise the money % erect the mOnu
ment, the corner stone OF which was laiC
an Menne-day of this week. Seutto
Mand .r-uu. who, since the death Of Sena
for Plumb. has neen in charge of th,
Plumb resolution providing Tor th" re
moyni, says II will never IL called up
II has been said that the Cinadian seal
ing ponch r. will endeavOr IN Mve thPI
vessels from SEIZURE by hying the Mexicai
flag. The schenr will MT work, howe, ~
NJ the administration will order our YES
p.ls tn seizo all poachers, no m1tter wIR
flag they 6y.
The president and the other prominen
memb0rs of the administration and o
couere.s, who attended the laying of th'
cornerstone OF the Grant monument II
New York. returned here thoroughly i'm
pr, ~ d with the idpa that the nohum.r
n.ll he rapidly pushed to completion.