Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-10-05

made to hush the matter up By getting
Mr. Cleveland to withdraw the nomi-
nation. To Judge from remarks made
by Senators IT would be next 10 inn
possible to ger a favorable report from
the committee on this nomination, an
even if a favorable report were secu4 -
the Senate would in al probability re-
ject the nomination by considerable
majority.
To listen to the arguments put for
ward BY the democrats Of the House in
favor Of the bill tor the repeal Of all
laws providing for Federal supervision
of elections carries one back to the days
of Calhoun and notification The
democrats are ignoring the fact that
the blood OF a million Americans was
shed in determining that this was 4
Nation, and are trotting out all of the
old threadbare States rights IDEAS that
were used in Congress for 4 decade
previous to the rebellion.
The tariff mystery has been increased
by the Official announcement that 40
information concerning the new tariff
bill would be given ont before the bill
was reported to the House, and that it
was altogether uncertain when that
would be- l. is evident to ali close
observers that hitch in the tariff pro-
gramme has beeu reached It was only
few days ago that chairman Wilson
stated positively that the work of pre-
pairing the bin would be fastened by
assigning the preparation ofthe various
schedules 10 subcommittee, q state
ment that was not in accordance with
the views of the power behind the com
mittee, as Mr. Wilson now announces
without a plush that no work will be
dene By sub committees. The mystery
surrounding the preparation Of this bill
is daily adding to the number Of those
who believe that the democratic mem
bers Of the House, Ways and Means
committee will have little or nothing to
do with making a tariff bill aud that
an that will be required OF them win b.
to accept without question and report
to the House the bin which viii be sub
mittod 10 them by the administration
That being the programme it became
absolutely necessary TO announce thai
no information would be given oul
until the bill is reported By saying
nothing, members of the committee viii
give away nothing.
Secretary Hoke Smith may find HIM
self hard pushed to explain some queer
things about his management Of the
opening OF the Cherokee Strip; likewise
Secretary Dan Lamont some of the ode
capers OF the u 5. soldiers. such a:
shooting down citizens. if the present
plans for a Congressional investigation
Of the whole business does not mis-
carry
Representative Springer, chairman O
the House committee on Banking anc
Currency, has heard from the boss, anC
notwithstanding his positive announce
ment weeks ago that his committee wa,
opposed to the repeal of the ten pen
cent. tax on State bank currency and
would not report bin for that purpose
to the House, the committee TODAY
began an elab rate series of hearing:
on the subject. Wise democrats in the
House do not announce their intention:
until they ascertain what the boss in
tends shall be taken up; they thus avoid
humiliation.
The situation in the Senate remains
much the same, except that the person
alities which haYe crept into the debate
during the last few days have raised
new obstacles to anything like a salts.
factory compromise. Still compromise
seems to the most unprecedented obser.
vers the only possible way to get any
legislation dealing with silver, but the
more the Senators quarrel the more
difficult compromise will be. Another
attempt is to be made next week to
force vote by keeping the Senate in
session twelve hours day, but nobody
seriously believes that it will do more
than demonstrate the impossibility OF
forcing a vote The committee on
Rules has not acted upon Senator Platt'
resolution proposing cloture, and it is
not likely that it will
NOTES BY THE WAYSlDE
EDITOR OF THE HERALD; The habit