The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-08
Washington News.

The Democrats of the Senate will
indulge in little humbug in Their
management of the tariff bill. They
intend to report the income tax fea.
ture as a separate measure. This
will insure the defeat of the income
tax bill and they can promise the
House Democrats who are so anxious
for the income tax that they will send
it over to them after the other part of
the tariff bill is out of the way. That
is what they will promise, but they
will do nothing of that sort. Il will
be long, hard contest between the
House and the Senate before an
agreement is reached upon any kind
of bill, with probabilities Of the
bill failing altogether.
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Fletcher of Minnesota voted for
the income tax proposition in the
House. Theoretically, the income
tax is right; so is free trade, but
practically neither would work salts
factorilly.
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Nobody has yet attempted to
answer the speech of Senator Davis
on Hawaii. The most able ''cuckoos"
do not care to tackle the Minnesota
Senator.
The Republican presidential fight
will be between Harrison, Mckinley
and Reed, with the probilities of
dark horse winning. >=s@
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Senator Washburn took hand in
the financial debate the other day.
He maintained that it was the duty
of this government to pay its debts
and maintain it's credit, and the men
who purchase bonds at this time in
spite of the Democratic and populis
tic attempt to discredit the bond
issue were entitled to praise rather
than censure. |.
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If it had not been for Democratic
success in 1892 there would have
been no need Of a bond issue, and it
is not a popular thing, but if there
had not been such howl about the
legality of the issue the interest rate
would have been about p instead Of
3 per cent. :
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I see the Second district papers are
saying that McCleary ought to be re-
turned. Now I go farther. If he
continues to make good representa-
tive he ought to be kept in Congress.
It is the continual change that leaves
the state badly represented. Lind
ought to have been returned. He
had reached a position of influence,
in the House held by no other man.
You may say he declined; but we all
know that he would have been oblig-
ed to 60 into every county in the dis
trict and make a fight against some
local favorite for the delegation.
And Lind would not do it.
***
The reelection of representatives
because they are valuable applies
equally we'll to Senators. When a
man has been here six years, secured
good committee places, attends to the
business of the state, and has reached
a position of influence, he should not
be turned down. I was for Senator
Davis reelection on that principle,
and I should be for Senator Wash
burn for the same reason.
***
More than that Washburn has a
position upon committee that is of
great Importance to the State-Com-
merce-and it is doubtful if another
senator from Minnesota would get
that place in many years to come.
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James J. Hill was in Washington
last week and had quite an extended
conference with the President. Cleve-
land appreciates to remarkable de-
gree the abilities of Minnesota's
great railroad man.
. .." $780, ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Yes sir, a sack of good -four for IS
cents.
John Hansberger's lard IL cents a