Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-20
Washington Letter i.
lFrOm our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Dec. TN, 1895.

Two caucuses of democratic Senators
have Det held this week for the pur-
pose of deciding what. if any, legisla-
lion outside Of the regular apprOpria-
ton bills shall be acted upon, and
the result is 0. IL IS as need
less TO expect the Chiue.e and Jap
anese TO love each other after peace
has Teen proclaimed rs TO expect dem
ocratic Senators to act ss unit upon
AM thing. Or TO do Anything that will
bs useful to the country. So tar their
energies have been expended in fight
ing each other, but indications are
numerous that Dir. CleveaBd's turn
wi - oa come Il Is understood that
he was given a few preliminary and iu-
drec' wbacks in the caucuses, and that
the number of euckoos in the Senate
has been reduced 10 two-Miils, Of Tex
as. aud Villas of Wisconsin.
10 the House the actual condition OF
be democrats is but little. if any bet
ter than in the Senate The House
democrats will caucus next week, but
It is hardly necessary, as the three
democratic membe of the committee
on Rues settle every thing for the ma
joriiy in the House and determines just
what shall and shall not be done
Those who expected something new
in the financial scheme sent to Con-
gress over the sgnalnre of Secretary
Carlisle and so strongly endorsed by
MIR. Cleveland, have not Yet recovered
! from their disappointment. Taken as
whole Congress appears 10 be per-
fectly iuditfeIen TO the scheme, al
though many of the old members
expressed themselves strongly in favor
OF that portion Of il which recommends
an extension of the currency Of national
banks when it was first brought te the
attention of Congrest in bill intro
duced by Representative Walker, of
Massachusetts. several years ago. The
or ginaI part OF the Carlisle scheme,
That which provides for the exempt on
If State bank currency from taxation,
when Ger ain conditions are complied
with, meets with no favor anywhere,
except from the inflationisis from the
soGtn The silver men say that the
only object OF the administration in
bringing forward the scheme at this
time was 10 wean the southern men,
bers from the support of the free coin
age of silver. aud they declare that
they intend to me ct the move by pas
sing free coinage bill and ignoring
the administration scheme of finance.
Senator Quay says he wants to put
ever, Senator squareIy on record on
the question of favoring the sugar trust
or opposing it, aud tor that purpose he
has offered an amendment to- the
House bill putting sugar on the free
list, TO strike out all after the enacting
clause and To insert a provision for the
repeal of the dltferentiaI duty imposed
ON foreign refined sugar. There is lit
tie probability, however, that the a
mendment Will he acted upon, as it is
we'll understood by democrats as well
as republicans that there is to be no
| tariff legislation at this session.
| The cd question OF cloture rule in
the Sen ate mas been much talked about
this week, but. although some of those
who have for years opposed coture
| have now changed front, there is little
Likelihood of its adoption at this session.
| Senator Vest is one of those who has
changed front He told the democratic
caucus that they might as well adopt
cloture aud pass some legislation at
this session as he felt certain that the
republicans would adopt it when they
regained control of the Senate There
are number of republican Senator'S
who favor cloture, but they are not
likely TO help the democrats o get it at
| this session,
Senator Dodge's resolution calling
for the much talked about report on
! Hawaiian matters, which Mr.. CleYe-
| land was charged with having pigeon
hnled because it favored the republic.
was adopted by the senate with a
wairl, and the report will be made pub
! lie in few days. The same resolution
also asked for the correspondence re-
! lating 10 the BlueGelds affair Sena-
tor Lodge SAYS: Il expect some inter
esting disclosures. Admiral Walker
report on Hawaii is said to be mighty
interesting reading, and there are many
| things connected with the Buefield' s
| affair which have not vet come out
One of them, the murder of citizen of
| this country, was referred to in the
Presidents message, and | have been
given To understand that many Ameri-
cans have been lugged oil and mall
treated. 1t will be "A good thing to
have sll the facts come ont
The Press Claims Co, of this city
has agsin got into the Washington
courts through its peculiar business
methods. This time suit has been
entered against John Wedderburn.
manager of the Press Claims Co. !"
and VIM r. Hearst, of the Examiner
Bureau OF Claims" by b. l.. Preston,
publisher of Kansas City paper, 10
cancel contract in which he agreed TO
take forty shares of stock in the Press
Claims Co" as payment for advertis-
ing, and to recover $40 for advertising
done Mr. Preston claims that the
contract was obtained through misrep-
reservations,