Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
IRON our Regular Correspondent,
wAsuINGToN. Dec. IS. 1885,


else he is pretending that be has. 10
order o induce the democrats 10 Con-
gress 10 pass the Carlisle currency bill
OF some other bill along fhe same nneS.
II Is certain that hint almost as strong
a-sn official notification has been giY-
en- prominent democrats in Cor gress as
nearly direct fioUe MIR Cleveland IS j
could have bet unless be had himself
| given It. that unless this Congress
passes some insneit bill, OF n nature
satisfactory 10 the administration. an
extra session OF the new republican
Congress will be Gallo soon after the
fourth of next March, for the express
purpose Of dealing with financial mat
ters The hint has not. however, had
the feet Intended. Instead of making
the democrats more ANXIOUS TO get to-
getheT aud pass a iii aucial bill. il has
been seized by many of them as ttfer-
ing eo6d excuse for not passing bill.
These democrats s;aY that as ma ter
of party policy the democrats in Con-
eress cannot do better than to shit the
respt visibility of financial Legislation 10
the next Congress, in the hope that the
repu bicans may make some mistake
that will give the democrats a chance
to elect the next President, something
they acknowledge themselves to be
without at this time. Republicans
smile at this condition of affairs and
point TO the act that no Congress con
trolled by republicans has ever attempt
cd to shirk any of its responsibilities
Republican Congresses have made
mistakes, but they were mistakes
caused by action. and never by fear OF
acting. Republicans have been APP
preached and asked to name what
amendments to the currency bill would
be necessary to secure their support for
the bill None have been named. how
ever, as nothing could induce republi-
cans to support the bill,
| There seems to be a plot among a
| few members of his own party to try TO
make ex-Speaker Reed believe that he
will endanger his Presidential chances
by accepting the Speakership of the
next House. The following remarks
were made by one of them, and is a
! fair specimen of those used by all who
are in the plot. If Reed is the wise
msn | think he is. he will decline the
Speakership. He has got all the repu-
tation out of it be can. and il be takes
it again will put himself in position
10 offend about one-half the republican
mem bers, as there will not be commit
tee chairmanships enough to 60 round.
| The members of the House are the men
who shape the delegations to the ma
tioDal convention, and he cannot afford
TO offend them y This sort of talk
must be very amusing tt Mr.. Reed,
who knows just what it means to be
| Speaker of the House. and who would
doubtless be glad to hear OF any man
who ever declined that position. al
though there isn't at this time the
slightest probability of his doing so.
A western Congressman, who says
he GO 1t from a member of the cabinet.
is telling little story which illustrates
the manner 10 which Mr.. Cleveland
treats his cabinet. The story in sub,
stance is. that at the close of cabinet
meeting Mr. Cleveland told Postmaster
General Bissell that he was ready to
take up the question of the appoint
ment of postmaster for Washington,
aud requested Mr. Bissell to bring the
applications on file TO the White House.
The next morning Mr.. Bissell carried
the applications to Mr.. Cleyelend, but
instead of opening the bulky package
Mr. Cleveland handed Mr. Bissell a
card, remarking: Have the papers
made out appoint ng him. . Mr.. Bis
sell tried to protest saying that Mr.
Wiilett had no application on file and
was not extensively endorsed, but he
was ens short by the curt announce
ment. II have decided to appoint him. =
There's lesson ia this for those who
spend time and money preparing ap-
plications for Office and getting endors-
ments.
Senator Lodges Hawaiian resolution
which will come up soon after the
reassem bling of Congress, has caused
the few friends of,he administration to
work over time: IN trying to explain
why the recommendation of Admiral
Walker. to keep u. S. war vessel at
Honolulu, was turned down The saw
that the administration WAS actuated
by desire to let the royalists of Haw
ali understand that this government
did not intend to re store the queen. and
that the removal of the e. S. vessel
t.,sn a. Honolulu was considered the
best way to doit. To make this argu-
ment appear plausible it il stated that
an understanding had been reached
with the British government by the
administration. of which Admiral
Walker waa ignorant, which made it
perfectly safe 10 Withdraw our vessels.
1t will take the official documents to
convince Congress that these state
ments represent the truth.
There is reason for the belief that
MIR. Cleveland would be glad if the
Supreme Court should decide. in the
test case which he's been filed in a low
er court. that the income tax is uncon
stitutional.