Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-12-14
Washington Letter.
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which the Presidents message was fill
ed before bills and resolutions began to
be introduced in the House and Senate
of nature calculated to be far from
pleasing to the administration, and
facts to be made public that falsifed
statements made in the message. Sena-
tor Hoar started the ball on the Hawai-
ian question by the introduction of a
resolution, which was passed, calling on
the President for copies of all cores
pondence and instructions emanating
| from the administration on that subject,
and a rafting short speech criticising
the remarkable position of the admins
trstion was made by Senator Dolph.
Representative Hit, of Illinois, intro
/ duced a similar resolution in the House.
Senator Hill also antagonized, in
speech, the position of Mr.. Cleveland
on this Hawaiian business. Bills have
been introduced in both House and SEN
ate. by democrats, which carry on their
faces condemnation of the administra-
ton pension policy, Take it all in all
the indications are that the wild team
as Gen. Harrison SO aptly termed the
democratic majority in Congress, will
be harder to control than it was at the
extra session.
Mr.. Cleveland stated in his usual
dogmatic style, in bis message, thst the
deficiency in revenue by reason of the
Cleveland tariff bill, would only be $685.
100000. Now it is officially announced
by the Treasury department that it vii
be at least S6o,o00,000 He requested
that the money question be let alone,
and Representative Bland, chairman of
the House Coinage committee, an
nounees that his free coinage bill, one
Of the first introduced at this session, is
to be reported and passed.
The Republican party is fortunate in
having political matters in the Senate
looked after by caucus committee
made up of the following Senators:
Allison. Of Iowa; AldIich, of Rhode Is
land; Hale, of Maine; Cullom, of ILL.,
nois; Dolph, of Oregon; Henderson, Of
Nebraska; Quay, of Pennsylvania;
Washbuin. OF Minnesota, and Dubois,
of Idaho, the first named being chair
man and the last secretary. Ii would
have been difficult for Senator Sherman,
chairman Of the caucus, to have named
a more representative committee, or
one that would have contained more
political shrewdness.
The Republicans in the Senate will
dictate the Cleveland tariff bill long
enough to show up its general absur-
diiy and yiciousness. but they will not
resort to dilatory tactics Il prevent a
vote If. after the bill has been thor
oughly shown up. the democrats are
willing to assume the responsibility of
making it law, no ilegitimate obstac-
les will be raised by republicans. The
Republican party has from its birth
been thoroughly committed to the doc
trine of majority rule and it will not
chaAge because the politics of the ma
jority has changed That would be
initiating the democrats.
Petitions are already coming to Con
gress in large numbers from old Union
soldiers asking that Secretary Hoke
Smiths hign-handed method Of dealing
with pensioners be investig ted
Whether any investigation is ordered or
not there's going to be some speeches
mado on the subject in both House and |
Senate that will not please the admins
tration. and some of them are going to
be made BY democrats
1t is stated by democrats that the aG- |
ministration has become alarmed at the
almost unanimous public sentiment
against it and tlunked on It's Hawaiian
program, and that Mr.. Cleveland will
send a special message TO Congress,
together with all the correspondence,
etc, aud ask Congress to relieve him of
further responsibility by deciding what
shall be done. From the same source
comes the statement that the revenue
cutter which secretly left San Francisco
for Honolulu this week, carried letter
to Minister Willis revoking his previous
instructions and telling him to do moth.
ing until Congress expresses its wishes.
Ii this be true it ends al the royal non
sense, for il is certain that there are not
score of men in Congress who will
vote for the restoration of the queen.
1t is said that orders have been given
by the democratic boss toshut out Okla
homa when i, comes TO admitting new
states. because of the belief that it is
Republican. Arizona, New Mexico and