The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-04-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON March 3, 1897.
Vice President Morton definitely set
tied question that had, owing to
statements made both ways, become
somewhat doubtful, by stating that he
had nsver said that he would not accept
denomination. and that he would ac-
cept it if the convention sees fit to tender
it to him, and would go into the fight
with yigor, but that he will not be
participant in any scramble for the non-
nation. This manly way of stating his
position 10 commended on all sides, and
will add to the popularity which Mr..
Morton so justly enjoys. whether he be
re-nominated or not.
after lots of trouble that specimen OF
democratic craftsmanship, the free wool
bill, which makes the farmers product
raw wool. compete with the foreign pro-
duct brought in free of duty, while 1T
gives the manufacturer of wooden goods
an. average protection of 80 per cent,
has gotten through the House, although
it was demonstrated. in days filibus-
tering, that the republicans of the House
could, had they been 50 disposed, have
compelled the democrats either to have
abandoned the bill or to have adopted a
cloture rule to pass it. But the repnbli-
cans were perfectly willing for the demo-
Gratis tolpass the bill, knowing that it
will help largely towards making the
election of a republican President in
Congress, next November, a certainty.
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 not 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 sla-
ted as Whitelaw Reds successor as
minister to France. 1t would be difficult
to find a man better for the place.
Jerry Simpson is accused of trying TO
prevent the passage of the bill for the
oPSDlHk vi tuG NhCIOhCC otllpy a. lhS
present season of congress. The strip
adjoins the district, which has the mis-
fortune to have Jerry for its Representa-
tive in congress. and if it should he
thrown open to settlement before the
election Jerry fears that so many of his
constituents will go there that his re-elec-
| - o1r ha1 HE mill he a., J.
solute impossibllity, so lis said to have
been quietly working to get the bill
thrown over to the next session, while
he was pretending to his constituents to
be working hard to push it through at
once. Members OF the committee having
the bill in charge do not texpce the bill to
pass at this session.
Secretary Blame has few closer or more
confidential friends than Whitelaw Reid,
who spent several days here this week
discussing and explaining the two trea-
ties he negotiated with France; and in
view OF the rgrrors recently freshly star
ted about Mr.. Blaine becoming candi
'-.e for the Presidential nomination /,
~ the. nomination are i,npor-
tant. He said, just afte, yt.a
with Mr.. Blaine: II see no reason,
wishes it, why Mr.. Harrison should not
be nominated. His administration has
been clean one and acceptable to the
people, and, with Mr.. Blaine out of the
way, think there will be hut little OPP
position. 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 indefinite period.
According to treasury statement is
sued this week the circulation per capita
on the first day of April was $24 6S.
The Chinese minister is making very
great mistake in trying to influence the
action of the Senate upon the anti
Chineae bill by making threats. There
are at present some Senator's who will
oppose the bill! because of their belief
that it is wrong, even to accomplish an
end very much desired, to violate obliga
tons contained in treatise with China;
but if the minister keeps up his threats Of
withdrawing from this country and
ssvering diplomatic relations
with us, he will probably find
that there will be no oppon-
ants to the bill when it comes before the
Senate for action upon it. The present
anti-Chinese law expires in less than
month by limitation, and the probabili-
ties are that the bill shutting out all
Chinese. except those officially connected
with the government of that country
which was passed by the House this
week, under a suspension OF the rules,
will before that time have become a law.
Several very exciting speeches haye
been made in the Senate this week, on
Senator Morgan's SILVER resolutions. nc
tably that of Senator Wolcott, OF Cole
RADIO, who attacked Mr.. Harrison and
the administration because the House
failed to pass the silver bill when 1t was
up the other day.
Senator Hale's resolution calling upon
the Secretary OF State tor copies of all
agreements made with other countries
relating to reciprocity has been adopted
The democratic joy over the unfounded
rumor that ex-Speaker Reed intended re-
firing from Congress at the end of his
term was very short-lived.
ExpcI the Intruder.
That disease a propagated by the in
numerate microbes. germs, etc. fill
the air we breathe and the water we
drink. there can be no question. These