Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-06

istration would gladly welcome seri-
Gus disagreement win England. or any
other country. as anything calculated
to arouse the patriotism of The country
would distract public attention from the
momentum failures OF the d Jmestic pol
ICY OF the administration in all It's bran
ches MIR. Cleveland would much rstn-
er that the Monroe Doctrine be discus.
sed In Congress then some other things.
Mr. Cleve and did not ~ JOY his Thanks
giving day dinner. for several good
ana Sufficient T, asOns He had a had
at ack of the govt. s0d every body who
has had any experience with man suf-
+ ring vi that complaint knows that
it makes the best of men savage. Be-
sides. he has humber OF very trouble
some questions 10 deal with ia his an
nual message 10 Congress He hasn't
been to ihs White House for ten DAYS.
A lot OF defeated democratic Congress.
men thong h. hey bad nice little snap
TO get sums cunning from $500 and up
wards for each man from Uncle Sam s
Golfers, without even making pretense
Of earning it. Present indications are
tnat the snap will have TO be abandoned
as uDworkable. These men concluded
that they would not come TO Washing
ton To take part i'll the short session of
Congress, but would unl zs the time in
in trying to ''catch ON 10 something
out Of which they could live, mean.
while continuing to draw their salaries
as Congressmen-S4 16,6 Ca month
until the 3rd of next March. But that
was not enough for them. They act
usl y hsd the audacity to write 10 the
Sergeant-at arms of the House dire citing
him to forward them checks for mileage
which would have been due them for
coming to Washington and returning to
their homes at the close of the session.
That demand has broken up the whole
scheme, "a the Sergeant-at-arms has
very properly refused 10 pay mileage
to members who do not come to Wash
ington, ard movement is on foot to
stop the salary of members who remain
away from Washington except when
compelled by sickness to do so.
Although the members of the admin
istration pretend to be entirely indiffer-
ent as TO whether democratic Senators
and Representives carry out their
threats of making an attack upon MIR,
Cleveland in Congress, it is known that
Mr.. Cleveland has, through third part
les. made overtures to some of the most
vigorous kickers looking toward patch
ing up a truce and intimating very plainly
that some OF these who have not been
able 10 even name fourth class post
master will be allowed to control a GER
tain amount Of patronage during tho re-
mainder OF the administration. il they
will refrain from abusing the President
and the administration, Several have
been promised, it is said that they will
personally be taken care of after their
terms expire, But there are some OF
the kickers whom it will be difficult if
not impossible, TO muzzle, with offices
or anything else.
The democratic Congressional lead
ers might as well be deaf and dumb o
far as giving any intimatlon of what
they propose to try to do during the
coming session, for publication is con.
cerned, Among themselves, they ex-
press the opinion that they will be- for
tunate if they can keep quorum of
NhO AAOuGO nClO nibuOub lu6
of the republican, in order to pass the
appropriations. There is no occasion
for them tn indulge in any fears on that
account. The republicans will gladly
assist them in maintaining a quorum to
act upon the appropriation bill, but not
upon other legislation.
There are rumors of an attempt to
kill the income tax law, either by direct
repeal or by Withholding the half-mil-
lion dollar appropriation that will be
asked for by Secretary Carlisle to put
the law into effect, but they are probab
ly without material foundation. There
is likely to be much talk against the law
when the appropriation comes up, but
there is no good reason to expect the
failure of the appropriation. and no
probability of repeal.
Republican Senators are good-natur-
eddy serving notice upon democrats that
no tariff tlnkeriDg will be allowed at
the approaching session of Congress, no
matter what Mr.. Clayeland may or NAV
not recommend in his message. That
the notice is iocularly served does not
indicate that it is intended for Joke.
on the contrary, the republican Senat-
oIs were never more in earnest.
They are fully determined that the
country shall have the rest which was
promised by republicans on the stump,
if a republican Congress was elected.
They would, of course, prefer the demo.
cratic Senators smicably allow this rest
but are determined that the country
shall have it even if they have 10 fight
every hour of the remainder of the life
of the Fifty-third Congress. The demo.
Gratis cannot by neglecting this notice
secure the passage of any popgun tariff
bills. but such action on their part will
result in forcing an early extra session
of the Fifty fourth Congress, to pass
the appropriation bills which will be left
Enacted upon by the present Congress.
1t is left for the Senators to choose.
They know that under the present rnles
of the Senate it will be an easy matter
for the republicans to block the Senate
during the entire short session, if they
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