Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-09

attended bY The democrats. kUmOrs
are plentiful. bat facts sre scarce.
The commission representing the ex-
queen Of Hawaii. which i now in
Washington for the purpose Of per-
suading The administration not to rec
ogoiZe the republic OF Hawaii. Is On a
fool elraue. The matter is out of the
hands Of The sdministratiG n. and there
IS little doubt that Congress viii adopt
the Boutelle resolution, directing the
President To formally recoe n re tie
new government of Hawaii aud ext nd
toit the good wishes If Congress, which
wss delayed il the House nv a ruling
Of Speaker Crisp.
IL would seem hat the pOpulisis
must be making considerable prog ress
IN Texas when Of mocr4tie member
Of the House from that state VINO was
elected 10 80 by more than eight thous-
and plurality feels called upon u en-
gage IN 20 palpsble DIT OF buncombe
rs was the introduction of a joint reso-
luton by Represt NATIVE Huichison. Of
the Houston district. providing tor u
constitutional amendment prohibiting
the existence If trusts and authorizing
Congress to leeislate against them.
Mr. Hutchison is a lawyer, and il
would be an Insult to his intelligence
TO intimate that he doesn't know Just
how absurd his proposition is. There
is all the authority needed for Congress
sional legislation chat would sweep out
every trust in the United States. but
nobody expects il to be exercised while
tho hnf1 hn
as represented in Congress. by the
throat as thew have done during this
session of Congress.
Representative Boen' bill to abolish
national banks and to compel the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury to withdraw all
government funds on deposit with
banks and keep them in the Treasury
is another buneombe measure, only
intended to get oopuist votes in the
close seventh Minnesota district. which
Boon misrepreserts by grace of popu
list plurality of few more than a
hundred in total vote otnearly thirty.
five thousand Even populist ought
to be able to understand that the enact
ment of such bill into q law would
bring on a worse panic than Mr.
Cleveland's object lesson of last year.
The National banking system may not
be perfect, but it is the best the coun-
try ever had. and t. abolish it without
providing something to take its place.
would paralyze the business and coin.
merce of the country.
After all the sensational statements
connected with the reopening of the
sugar scandal investigation, it is TO end
in whitewashing fizzle. The photo
graph of the written order by Senator
Camden for the purchase of stock was
shown to that Senator this week and be
said he had no recollection of having
written it. The mao who could have
furnished the direct proof is the fellow
named BattoTshs!l. who claims to have
taken the order from Camden and who
furnished the original from which the
photograph now in the possession Of
the committee was made. and who is
now in Canada. whittier he fed as
soon as notified that his testimony was
wanted. luxuriating at somebody's ex-
pense. The verdict as to Senator Cam
den can hardly be considered a vindi-
cation, unless the Scotch verdict OF
mot proven" can be so accepted
There is still some talk of irving to ge;
this mess into court in order TO find out
the whole truth, but it will probably
end in talk.