Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-05
Washington Letter.
(FrOm our Regular COrrespOndent.l

w AonANTAONs IL 49, MAJ. OVs lC0t.
If MIR. Cleveland can enjoy the pre-
dicament into which his disposition of
/ the Bland coinage bill has thrown the
democrats in congress, he must be pc
| culiarly constituted individual In their
pre- sent Generalization many democrats
are saying things which they will regret
4 when they have time for their cooler
thoughts, and cool-headed republicans
will wait 10 see what the nature of these
second thoughts will be before counting
upon the utter disruption of the demo
cratic party The democrats are not
worse divided upon the silver question
than they have been upon other ma
tional questions. Every national plat
form the party has had for many years
has been so constructed that it could be
/ interpreted to mean whatever was de-
sired by any of the numerous factions
of the party. When the democratic
party was out of power it never had any
difficulty in uniting upon one thing-an
attempt 10 get into power. And the
chances are that they will make des-
perate attempt, Notwithstanding their
differences of opinion, to unite for the
purpose of retaining the power they
have. Senator Brice recently declared
I that he wss a democrat for the same
reason he has red halr-he can't help
| it. It's the same with the average
| democrat.
| Mrs. j. Ellen Foster is here in charge
of delegation of the female mill-work-
ers of New England, who have come to
| protest against the passage of the tariff
! bill. They are Representatives of the
Woman's Republican Association Of the
United States. They say that the bill
| in its present shape means starvation
1 for the mill hands of New England.
Members of Coxey's army may draw
their own conclusions as t. the Wash
ington We come they will get. from The
fate of seven men claiming TO belong to
the advance guard of that body, who
were arrested this week while asleep in
an empty freight car, charged with va
grancy, and sentenced TO thirty days
each in the work.house by the judge of
tie police court.
The checklist American born isn't in
it with Mr.. 1neophilus IL. Davies, guar
dian of the young woman who calls her
self Princess Kaiulani, heir to the Hawi-
ian throne. Mr.. Davies is in Washing
ton again, he says for the purpose of
demanding the intentions of the admin
istration toward Hawaii. 1t will be
remembered that he brought his ward
to Washington early in the present adj
ministration. and that by means of judi
cIous ''taffyn from the alleged Princess
to Mrs. c., he was enabled to get the ear
/ of Mr.. Cleveland. 1t is generally be
| lieved that the misrepresentation of
this man Davies were responsible for
the ridiculous policy afterwards adopted
towards Hawaii by Mr. Cleveland. At
| ter the miserable failure of that policy
| aud the modification il has caused the
| administration, one would suppose that
| Washington would be the last place that
4 Davies would wish TO be; but he is as
big as life and full of misrepresentation
as ever. After much persistency Davies
succeeded in getting a short interview
with Secretary Gresham, but he has not
yet succeeded in getting beyond the pri-
| vate secTetary's office at the White
House Davies is not native of
Hawaii but is one of the Englishmen
who have grown rich through the own.
ership of sugar plantations there aud
the manipulation of commercial favors
granted by the late royal government,
and has no shadow of right TO recog-
milton by this government.
The House Judiciary committee has
practically decided against the PROPOSE
ton TO amend the constitution so as to
acknowledge the supreme authority OF
God therein. by voting to lay the reso
luton providing for the change on the
table.
MIR. Cleveland has given the cuckoos
from the states which are TO hold DEM
ocratic conventions this year gigantic
task. in demanding of them that his adj
ministration shall be endorsed by those
conventions In some of the states
Alabama and Missouri, for instance
this will be somewhat difficult, as the
democratic senators from those states
are openly opposed to the administra-
ton and will use their power to prevent
the adoption Of such resolution. In
Missouri the administration men have
already decided to do what the Cleve-
land men so bitterly abused Senator
Hill for in New York in 1892 hold q
snap convention, on MAY 18th. Repub
licans feel deep interest in this hight,
as they regard Missouri as rlghlfully be-
longing in the republican column, any
way. and the split that may result will
help along the good cause.
Rumors 10 the effect that the demo-
cratic breakup which is now threatened
will include the retirement of two or
more members of the cabinet, are being
discussed in inner democratic circles
with much freedom, but it is extremely
doubtful whether any member of the
cabinet win willingly retire, and it Is
not believed that Mr. Cleveland will ask
any of them to get out he much pre-
fers that they should stay in, for the
present at least.
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