The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-07-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

of over 100000.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, July z. 1898.
What will the republicans do in the
coming congress? That question has
been asked so often since Mr.. Cleveland
issued his unexpected proclamation con.
vening congress in extra session on Au.
gust z, that your correspondent has
endeavored to answer it by obtaining
the views of the republican congressman
who have been in Washington during
this week. Not many of them have been
here. but the unanimity of opinion
among those seen makes it fair to as
sumo that they voiced the sentiments oil
at least three-fourths of the republicans
In the senate and house, and their
opinions may be summed up about thus
ly:-The democrats having majority
in both house and senate, there exists no
reason tor the PRONUNCIATION of a repub-
lican program. That is the business OF
the majority. When that program is
the republicans with few ex-
captions may be counted upon to lay
aside all desire to obtain mere partisan
advantage and to stand up for so much
oft as may be for the benefit of the
country. In short, if Mr.. Cleveland s
program be patriotic one it Will be
supported by the republicans, who have
in every public crisis since the party was
represented in congress proven them
selves to be patriots first and partisans
Nobody need worry about
the position of the republicans in con-
gress; they will be found voting for the
right every time.
Everybody, including members of the
Cabinet and other leading democrats,
are in the dark about what Mr.. Cleve-
lands program will be. 1t is known, Of
course, that he wishes the Sherman sill
yer law repealed, but nobody seems to
know whether he has any idea of SUBJ
stitute for that measure that will pro-
vide in some way for the silver already
owned by the government, both coin and
bullion, as we'll as for the future of silver
as money metal. 1t is not necessary
for man to be skilled financier in or
der for him to see the necessity for some
substitute. The Sherman law repealed
all other silver laws and to uncondition-
ally repeal it would be to wipe out all
recognition of silver money, to put the
country upona single gold standard and
to turn the silver money now owned by
the government into just so many oun-
ces of silver bullion, and few even among,
the most extreme advocates OF gold
standard believe that such a radical
change could be so suddenly made with.
out wholesale disaster, and it is not
believed here that it will be possible to
accomplish the unconditional repeal OF
the Sherman law, while the belief is
general that it can easily be repealed it a
reasonable and sensible substitute there
for is presented. Mr.. Cleveland has a
grand opportunity to prove himself a
patriotic president and his message to
congress, which will be generally &C.
cepted as the official program of his
party, will show to what extent he
takes advantage Of it. :
While there are few men here who
profess to believe that the extra session
will be a short one the great majority
believe that it will run into the regular
session and that the regular session viii
be one OF the longest ever held. An Offer
was made without taker, by demo
cratic congressman, to wager from 500
to $500 that congress would be il
session August z, 1894.
1t is already certain that it is going to
be a fighting session, but the fighting i:
going to be among the democrats. TIL.
first fight will be on the proposed clotur,
rule, which will be antagonized by what
are known as the silver democrats, an6
the republicans may conclude to take {
hand in it, Then there will be fight
over the important house chairmanhips
Springer, Holman and Bland are al
slated to be turned down, and they viii
not give up easily.
A little incident took place on Wednes
day of this week in the temporary ofic,
of the Record and Pension division OF tn,
war department, which passed through
the Ford's Theatre horror, that add.
another proof to the many already ex
listing that black skin may cover {
hero's heart. 1t was the presentation 0
a handsome gold watch to the negro
Basil Lockwood, who at the risk of hi.
own life was instrumental in rescuine
seventy-fye clerks from the upper fooi
of the wrecked building. One of tn,
rescued clerks made the presentation
speech, and his closing words tell tn,
story-"With the fearful crash of falling
floors still sounding in our ears and til,
means of our dying comrades coming III
to us from the awful wreck, with thu
floor under our feet and the walls arount
us still trembling from the shock, 20,
reached to US the ladder which ther
seemed the span between time and eter
nifty" The inscription on the watcl
reads: Presidented to Basil LOCKWOOD
by the clerks of the Record and Pension
division of the war department in recog
milton of his heroic conduct in the Ford,
Theatre disaster, June 9, 1898.
5 ABattle for blood.
Z Iswhat Hood Sarsaparilla vigorously
fights, and it is always victorious in ex
pelling all the foul taints and giving thu
vital fluid the quality and quantity o
perfect health. 1t cares scrofuIa, sail
rheum, boils and all other troubles