Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
Washington Letter.
From our Regular cOrrespOnden..i
WAsHMGToN, Dec. IA. 1894


with its currency plan. Lster, It will.
following the same example, march
down again. The field commander of
the marching army IS Gen. Carlisle, the
commander in chief of the forces con-
tenting himself with remaining in the
White House, surrounded by a Gordon
of sentinels, snd giving orders. The
tOmtoms are keeping up terrific beat
ing, while the House committee on
Banking and Currency is getting the
opinions of tinanCiers on the proposed
plan, in order to create the impression
that the democrats of the House srs
enthusiastically in favor of that plan
AS a matter of cold, hard fact they are
nothing Of the kind. There may be
enough of them vote for the bill, which
the members of the committee say they
will soon report 10 the House, 10 pass
it; but it Will not be because they Cou-
slider it good, but because not know ing
anything about it they will be willing
to chance it, hoping that it NAV turn
out to be as good as Secretary Carlisle
claims it to be.
Representative Dingley, of Mai, e,
who has b3en quoted as being fayorabfy
Carlisle, says: The fatal defect of Mr.
Carlisle's plan is that it undertakes to
unite state bsnk with national bank
circulation, and even discriminates a.
gsinst national bank circulation by
providing for tax upon the notes iss u
ed by national banks and exemptng
notes issued by state banks from any
such tax, or from any supervision by
national authority" Mr.. George e.
Butler, a Connecticut financier. told
the House committee that the banks
would never accept the unknown re-
sponsibility imposed by that portion of
Secretary CaIlisle's pltn requiring all
national banks to guarantee the circul.
alton OF each bank. Other iinanciers
also condemned the plan for various
reasons.
Senator Morrill,, on behalf Of the
Senate Finance committee, presented q
combination adverse report to the Sen
etc on all the populist financial bills
most of them were introduced by Sem
ator Peffer-which were during the first
two sessions of the present Congress
referred TO that committee, and accom-
panied it with speech especially aim
ed at the financial quackery OF the
demagogue of the pre- 9nt era, and the
prevailing spirit of exaggeratiCn. Sem
ator Morrell never learned to use bad
language; his shafts of ridicule are al
ways those of the educated and refined |
gentlemen, but that doesn't prevent
their penetrating the thickest skins. |
PETER is sore all over
Representative Hit. of ILL.,, the rank |
ing republican member of the House |
committee on Foreign Affairs, who is |
of the best posted mes in Congress on |
International affairs which relate TO the /
United States, Is after Secretary Ores |
nam with sharp stick, as the saving |
is. Mr.. Hit wants TO know all about |
Secretary Gresham's offer of 1925 600 |
as compensation Tor Canadian ser lers +
seized 10 Behring sea, and has offered /
a resolution calling for the correspond I
ence which led To that extraordinary /
offer In view of the fact, which he T
points out, that ten of the eighteen /
vessels seized wers owned by Amtri-. T
cans and flying the British flag for /
purposes of registration. and that the /
entire claim submitted 10 the arbtrat- I
ion tribunal on behalf of the Canadian /
sealers was only S439 600. of which il I
was admitted that $685.. 600 represented /
prospective profits on catches expected /
Ia have been made il the vessels had /
not bet seized. MIR. Hit thinks Sec I
rotary Gres hams offer entirely TO large /
aud proposes TO oppose appropriatinS I
the money To make it good, unless the /
corresponds shall furnish some lust I
itication now unknown TO him.
Notwithstanding the charge that the I
railroad pooling bill is entirely iu the |
interest of the corporations. the House I
passed ii by the decisive vote Of l66 to /
10 Some OF h ablest men in the /
House declare that the bill. if il BE-
comes II law, will be- OF direct benefit to I
small shippers rs well rs to the smallt |
railro IDS. The bill proposes 10 restore /
to the railroads the freight privileges I
they had previous to the enactment of /
the Interstate Commerce law.
II requires vote of the Senate 10 /
convince Ger ain Senators that no tariff I
linkering would tie allowed ct the
present session. AMI ii was promptly
given when SEM tor GRAY. III Delaware |
moved 10 take up the sugar bill, which /
was reported from the Senate Finance /
committee. at the last session, as 2 sub
stitute for the Hou.e popgun sugar bill I
The motion was defeated by a vote of t
p TO rs, the populists and Senator
Blanchard, Martin and Roach voting
with tie republicans against the mot I
ION, and a number of democrats, in I
Guiding Brice, Gormsn, lrby ard SIN tn +
who would have voted against the /
motion had their votes been necessary /
TO defeat it, did not vote
The Senate also defeated BY a vote
of 81 to p Senotor Vests attempt 10
get his cloture resolution up for discus
sion would have been merely waste
of time.
So thorough is the excellence of
Ayers Hair Nigor that it can be used