The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-01-19

at tim, to recognize even familiar ac-
quaintances who approach him on the
blind side His blindness is the result of
exposure for two hours to the steady
glare of an electric light while making a
campaign speech. This and severe
cold in the eye combined to paralyze the
optic nerye.-[ Minneapolis Journal.
Washington correspondent.
WARRINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular CoTespondent.j
Washington, Jan. 10. 1898
'.The President" said a gentleman who
had just had long talk with Mr.. Harri-
son, lis not inclined to take any steps
either officially or personally towards
pushing any financial legislation through
at this session of congress. His own po-
sition on the financial question. which is
well known to the country, is just what
it has been for years. but, while he did
not say so in so many words, he init
mated that he thought, IN view OF the
very short period that will elapse before
a new president and congress will as
sumo Office. it would be only right, and
proper to leave the matter to them for
settlement" A great many republican
congressman are also taking this view of
the matter, and the opinion is steadily
increasing that Mr.. Cle7eland, through
representatives in congress, is trying to
get republican votes to carry into effect
his ideas concerning silver. and that his
object is to provide himself bulwark
behind which to hide in case the legisla-
ton. if enac,ed into law, did not prove
ton to say: ooh, am not responsible
for that; it was done under republican
administration.
A strong effort is bein made to pnt the
quarantine bill. which passed the senate
this week, through the house without
further amendment, and although the
committee on rules hasnotyet positively
agreed to report special continuing or
der giving it day it is believed that it
will do So. As this bill empowers the
President to suspend immigration for a
perind of not more than one year when
ever he ueems it necessary as precau-
ton against the introduction of conta-
gious diseases, the impression is that the
bill providing tor a suspension of immi-
grafton for one year will not be pressed,
unlessit shall appear that the quarantine
bill is in danger of being "hung up" in
the house.
Representative Springer has grown
reckless since he learned that MIR. Cleve-
land had named another man for chair
man OF the Ways and Means Committee
of the next house. This week he was
foolish enough, while the debate on the
joint resolution providing for change
IN the dates for the inauguration of
President and the meeting of congress
(which was Overwhelmingly defeated)
was going on in the house, so begin a
controversy with ex Speaker Reed. Mr..
Reed. IN the language of the street,
| wiped the floor" with Mr.. Springer. ana
after leaving oratorical arrows sticking
in each of the numerous vulnerable spots
in the body of the Illinois man tossed
him into corner as carelessly as a
terrier would dead rat, sadier if not
wiser man. The ex-Speaker, who op-
posed the resolution, was never more
bitingly sarcastic in his remarks than
when he referred to Springer as 'leader
OF the house" and to add to the misery
of the latter was the evident enjoyment
of his scourging by number of his
party associates in the house.
The public threat of Representative
Holman, chairman of the house commit.
tee on appropriations. who is an ardent
advocate of an early spring session o.
the fifty-third congress, to hold back one
or more of the regular appropriation
bills and make an extra session before
the first of next July necessary, if some
silver legislation is not passed at this
session, is one of the queer signs OF the
times, indicative of the lack of unity in
the democratic ranks. Mr.. Holnian's
ideas on the silver question are directly
1 opposed to those of Mr.. Cleveland
and those who are known as ".Cleyeland
men" in congress. Mr.. Holman's posi-
ton as chairman OF the committee or
aspirations will make it an easy matter
for him to hang up one or more appro
| priation bills long enough to prevent
their being acted upon before the 4th o
! March. but it is believed that the threat
was made more for effect than with any
real intsption to carry it out.
The friends OF Gen. Benz F. Butler
who saw and talked with him Tuesda,
were shocked to learn on Wednesday
that he had died early that morning
after less than ono hours illness. Gen
Butler was man who was liked much
and hated much. By reason OF his fierce
attacks upon his opponents in law. bust
ness and politics, many people supposed
him to be heartless; but here. in Wash
ington. we know better. His heart was
big, and it as well as his pocket book
was always open to the widow and the
orphan. and in spite OF his large law
practice he was never too busy to under.
take case in which there was no fee. il
in it were involved the rights of an old
soldier, or his widow and children. He
had his faults. as all of us do, but the
prayers of the widows and orphans he
has befriended will overbalance them at
the final accounting.
/ ST. PAUL. LETTER.