Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-19
Washington Letter.
tFrom our Regular Correspondence
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hO OtudtOT Allison was
llahrng MS great speech against the
tatln Dill that they knew their rights
anu intended to maintain them during
TINS debate and that anv expectation Of
rallroading the bill through the Senate
might as well be abandoned at the
start. Inc democrats have put Sena.
tor Harris OF Tennessee, in charge of
the Dill because of their belief thai his
pushing qualities exceed those possess.
ed BY Senator Voorhees, whose nosition
as chairman of the Finance committee
MAKES him the actual custodian of the
Dill. The recent elections have STRENGTH
eneu the delerminatio of the rspubl-
cans to light the bill with every weap-
on at their command. the most of them
believing that the Is 600. 900 people af-
fected by the bill will endorse any &C.
tion that prevents the bill becoming a
law.
Inc house commit ON Banking K
Currency has favorAbly report, d bill
snhJecting greenbacks 10 state and mu-
nlclpal taxation. The silver men re-
gard this bill with great favor. believ-
ing that 1t will by making the green-
backs subJecs 10 the same taxes now
imposed on gold and silver money in
banks result in largely increasing the
amount of silver money in circulation.
A similar bill has twice passed the
Senate without dissentins vote.
III seems To be generally believed that
the House. having failed to pass the
coinage bill over the veto, will soon
start IN upon silver fight over the
ire coinage bill which it is understood
will in few days be reported from the
Coinage committee. To start this FIGHT.
however will require majority vote
Of the House
There were exactly ~ democrats and
populisis who voted against giving the
seat in the HOUSE, q which MIR. Joy
was elected TO Mr.. o'Neill. but the
steal having been ordered by majority
Of tho committee on Elections was fin
ally eOnsummated, as well as that
which unseated Mr.. Hilborp, of Cali
fornia. 1t took about ten DAYS of hard
work to get voting quorum of demo-
Gratis willing to commit these outrages.
Mr.. Joy expects to be one of the re-
publican majority of the next House.
Secretary Lamont will be called
on to make an explanation which will
be very difficult for him to do as soon
as he returns from his pleasant south
ern inspection" tour. He made a
promise in Mr.. ClevelGnd's name. that
has been violated by MIR. Cleveland
The story of the transaction may be
summed up about as follows: Mr..
Cleveland treated the democrats of
Washington so STABILITY during his
first term that when he was nominated
in 1892 the Washington democrats
tiatly refused to contribute q cent 10
nelp elect him. Now the Washington
democrats had in previous campaigns
contributed more largely in proportion
TO their numbers than those OF any
city, so the National committee desired
to have them placated. and Dan Lamont
was sent here 10 do tie placstinp.
They told Lamont that Mr. Cleveland
had filled the local offices with out.
siders in his first term and that they
wouldn't chip in to elect HIM again.
Whereupon Dan Lamont pledged his
word in behalf of Mr.. Cleveland that no
one should be appointed to an office in
the District of Columbia who was not
bona hde resident of the same, il the
local democrats would chip with their
usual liberallty. They accepted the
pledge, aud broke all previous records
for liberality; and this week the pledge
has been broken by Mr.. Cleveland,
who nominated c. II. j. TAYLOR, a
colored Kansas democrat, to be Record
or OF Deeds for the District of Columbia
When Secretary Lamont returns be
will hear from the local democrats.
Meanwhile they are working to prevent
the confirmation of Taylor's nomina-
ton. and judging from Senators talk
they stand good chance of succeeding
The populists in the Senate seem
disposed to go il alone on the tariff
bill. Some time ago Senator PETER in
troduced tariff bill of his own and
gave notice that he would at the proper
time move that it be substituted for the
bill reported from the Finance commit
tee, which is now before the Senate.
And this week Senator Allen. of Neb-
riska, introduced an amendment to the
tariff bill which makes general and
material reduction in the duties inn
posed by the committees bill. and con-
talns provision for the free coinage
OF silver. The question OF free COIN
age amendment to the tariff bill is
causing the administration much anx.
iety 1t will be remembered that Sem
ator QUAY gave notice before the tariff
bill passed the House Of his intention
TO offer free coinage amendment.
Whenever democrat in Congress
gets too lively it is only necessary
t. say one word elect on TO make
him as glum as discarded lover
The returns from this weeks elections
only added TO the certainty felt by re-
publicans in Congress of controlling
the next House and eIectng the next
President. The republicans have add
ed TO the democratic humiliation by
laughing at their weak attempts to
make light of the storm of popular in
dignation against the incompetency of
the democratic party.
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