The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CFrom our Regular cOrrespOndeut),

country Is focused upon the mammoth
railroad strike with its bloodshed aud
destruction 10 life, property and com
merce. There viii probably never be a
time when legislation which would make
strikes upor interstate railways an i'm
possibility would be more favora5ly re-
ceived by the country at large than now.
But candor compcls the admission that
the outlook for such legislation is not
encouraging. Bills galore on the subject
have been and probably will continue 10
be introduced In both house and senate,
i hut little commingling with senators
and representatives will soon convince
even the least observing OF men that the
great majority OF them are a,rant cow
ards when II comes TO dealing With any
thing involving the interests of the wage
carriers aud OF the wealthy corporations
OF the country. Some are afraid of one,
some OF the other, but the majority OF
them--a great majority, too--are afraid
to tackle the subject. Many OF them are
actually afraid to express an opinion one
way or the other on the action OF the adj
mlnis,rntlop and on the news as itarrlves
in Washington.
There Is one man, however, who isn't
afraid. Right or wrong, Grover Glove
land has the courage OF his convictions,
and even those wEo oppose his policy in
employing the United Stated army, with
ont the application OF the governor Of
I any state to open and operate the tied
up Pacific railroads as military post
roads. and 10 shoot down DIRECTORS, are
compelled 10 admire his nerve, which
presents such striking contrast to the
weak-kueed senators aud representatives.
II is iahcrent In the natura OF en- Amer
icau 10 admire courage whether 1t be
us I'd for or against him, and Mr.. Cleve-
land has certainly displayed courage in
carrying out his policy in the face Of
objections aud protests from governors
OF states and members Of congress who
belong 10 his own party, even though
that policy seems 10 encroach upon the
doctrine of states rights, so long Il pheld
as fundamental principle OF the demo-
cratic party.
When 1873 votes are cast in favor OF Il
measure and only As against 1t, the seati-
ment may fairly be called overwhelming,
That was the result of the vote 10 the
house on the bill taking away the privi-
legged character ofgreenb backs and making
them taxable by states and territories
which tax other kinds of money.
The house has passed bill authorizing
the officials of the general land office to
sell in open market after thirty days
notice by the land officer OF the district
isolated or disconnected tracts of land
less than one-quarter of section in
area, at not less than $3.50 an acre.
Carnegie's superintendent says that
tho naval inspectors sent to Homestead
to Inspect the armor made By the govern
ment have all been ignorant of what they
were there to do, aud no end of corro-
borative testimony has been heard by the
house committee.
A travelling preacher, at present in
Washington, says the world is about to
come to an end. He may be In earnest
but somehow there exists q suspicion
that he is trying to play upon
the vanity OF the members OF the
House who have not been and do not ex-
pect to be renominated. they being quite
ready TO believe that their retirement
from Congress will bring on great ca
lamity Of some sort.
The failure OF the Grand Jury, which
indicted the stockholders and newspa-
per men who refused to answer questions
asked By the Senate Investigating com
mittee, to find indictments against Have
meyer and Searle, the bosses OF the sugar |
trust, is being uniavorably commented
upon. 1t may be that nobody is to blame !
and that the indictment will In due time
be found, but that is not the general i'm
preston here. Friends of the sugar
kings have not hesitated to say that they |
dared not put them on trial, without |
specifying who "they" might be. Per-
haps the U. s. District Attorney, who is
a holdover republican, has been persuad-
ed that it would be impossible to draw an
indictment that would hold the sugar
trust men. or perhaps he may at this
minute be hard at work drawing up one
that will hold them. Tho Senate Inves-
tigating committee has given no indica-
ton OF when 1t intends reporting. and |
several Of its members are now out of
town.
The conference between the represen-
tatives Of the House and the OF Senate
on tho Senate amendments to the tariff
bill. which the House on Saturday re-
fused to accept, began today. When IT
will end or how 1t will end is at this
time problematic. The differences are
radical and important, and to all appear
ances each house presents solid front
In favor Of It's position. Somebody has