Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-08-24
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, Aug. Is. 1893.

more IMAM i+llDeE away Us Time waiting
fo- the House TO dispose of the silver
question have had the effect of bringing
about daily meetings of the Senate
committee On finance. 1t remains to
be seen. however, whether anything
practical vi come out of these meet
ings Ia other words neither a finan-
cial bill will be reported that will meet
the views Of majority Of the Senate
and at the same lime be Of such a
nature as to meet the Presidents APP
prevail Indiscreet friends of Dir.
Cleveland are adding to the difficulty
b. stating it to be Mr. Cleveand's
intention to veto any bill t. which is
attached any conditions to the repeal
of the purchasing clause of the Sher-
man law. If they really speak for Mr.
Cleveland be would be't4r have left the
extra session uncalled.
The first bill passed by the Senate
was one appropriating $500 600 for the
purchase of site and the erection of
building for the storage of the public
recorGs which row crowd the corridors
of most of the department buildings
1t was passed without division.
The general impression here is that
the United States gets what was most
desired out of the Behring's Sea arbi-
tratiop, Notwithstanding the main
decision was against US Canadian
sealers will be the only sufferers. and
that is but Justice. as they alone have
for years stood in the way Of an agree
ment that would Lave made arbitration
unnecessary.
Senator Vest is said to have sworn
mighty Missouri oath of eumity to Mr
Cleveland because he lately said of
Ye,e "Oh, little patronage is all
that Vest wants to make him vote all
right. The language was reported to
Vest and is SAID to have been the mov-
ing cause Of his speech attacking Mr..
Cleveland for the financial position
taken in his message.
T re is mora in the continued delay
on the part of Speaker Crisp in an
nouncing the House committee assign
ments than appears on the surface, and
when the announcements are made
they will have plain meaning TO many
students of The uDdercurrents of politics
For instance, Mr.. Springer's chances of
again being made chairman of the
WAYS and Means committee have
steadily increased. Now, if Springer
/ is again put at the head of that COM
mittee il will mean that little or nothing
will be done with the tariff by that
committee, as he is not man of action,
but one Of great preteuces being to
craftsmanship about what Gen. Nc
Clellan was to war. On the other hand,
il Wilson, of West Virginia, be made
chairman of the committee it will mean
that free trade tariff bill will be
reported from the committee at the
earliest possible moment as Wilson is a
nervous and energetic little man,
crammed to the neck with bookish free
trade theories which he is anxious to
see tried upon the people of the United
States.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, has been
credited with being level-headed
man, and yet he fathered bill intro
duced in the Senate this week to sus-
pend the 10 per cent. tax on state bank
currency for six months, bill that
would, if law, probably cause more
mischief than even the permanent
repeal of that tax. Statesmen are
mighty few and far between on the
democratic side of the Senate.
Senator Hill made his first bid for
southern support in 1896 when he
introduced a bill in the Senate this week
for the repeal of the Federal election
] laws AAO htAt ttNN iQboAf ihtAOAuNt0 q
resolution TO contine he legislation of
the extra session to matters relating
directly to the finances of the country.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
las offered resolution instructing the
Senate committee on Finance to report
blanket bill, providing for the repeal
Of the purchasing clause Of the Sher-
man silver law. the free coinage of
silver at a ratio to be hereafter deter
mined and for the repeal Of the tax on
state bank currency, the bill to be
voted ON not later than Aug. -.
Whatever may be done no such bin as
that will ever pass the Senate. 1t
provides tor too much
Senator Lodge, OF Massachusetts,
has come to the front unusually early
for new Senator, and his speech this
week urging immediate action on fnan-