Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-24

made large sums of money specializing
in the stock of the sugar trust
The man charged with Offering
these brides $25, 900 to Hutton and
$14.00 to Kyle-is Maj. J. A. Buttz.
of North Dakota, ar ex-member of
Congress from South Carolina, who
has been known as lobbyist around
Washington for some years past. He
has denied it and asked an investiga-
ton. These two Senators were
doubtless selected to give an air of
plausibility to his intentions towards
the tariff bill, and Hunton because it
was well known that his occupation
between the time he served his last
term in the House and when he was
appointed to fill an unexpired term in
Senate by the Gov. of Va, was that
of Congressional lobbyist II is not
doubted that BUTTE, or some other
man did offer to bride those Senators,
but it is certain that the offers were
not made at the investigation of any
one opposed to the tariff bill. 1t was
the last resort Of desperate democrats
to secure enough democratic votes to
pass the BILL and If searching in
yestigation is made that fact will be
made plain to the country, and the
defeat of the tariff bill, already proba-
BILE, will be made a certainty.
Since Coxey moved his alleged army
out to Bladensburg, Maryland, about
five miles from Washington, the gang
has excited little interest in Washing
ton. They are now being supported
mostly by contributions of provisions
and money from people who live a
long distance away and who have
been misled into the belief that there
is some greater principle in the move
ment than the support of a lot of pro-
fessional tramps who have repeatedly
refused offers of employment and the
securing Of notriety for Coxey, which
will hereafter be utilized on the lee
ture platform or in some other profit
able manner.
The friends Of the administration
it still has few, and will have as long
as it has favors to give out-have had
SO little to praise it for that they are
disposed to make a regular hurrah
because little Nicaragua has in answer
to a peremptorv demand made BY the
u. s. minister promised that the muir
derers Of an American shall be brought
to justice. 1t is difficult to see where
any special credit is due the admins
tration for this transaction. The
authorities of Nicaragua having failed
to even arrest the murderers of an
American citizen, one of whom was
well known, it was clearly the duty
of the administration to demand his
arrest and trial, and it was done. No
one expected Nicaragua to refuse to
comply with the demand.
The tariff is not the only subject
upon which the democrats are split
up. For instance, the legislative and
executive appropriation bill, complet
ed this week by the democrats of the
House Appropriation committee, takes
it for granted that the recommends
tions of the Dockery commission for
a reorganization of the Treasury de-
partment and the adjustment of
bureaus therein employing 1S5 clerks,
will be followed, and fails to make
any appropriation for those bureaus.
Now it is known that Secretary Car
isle has said that those bureaus
should not be abolished and it is be-
lieved that he has made use of his
strong pull with Senators of his
party to block this scheme in the SEN
ate. 1t is just as well to bear these
facts in mind when you hear some
poorly informed democrat claiming
credit in advance for this alleged re-
form in the government service.
The democratic Senators are no
longer talking about passing the tar
iff bill by the first of June. In fact,
among themselves, they talk very
doubtfullv of passing it at all.