Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-24
Washington Letter
CFrorn our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. 1896

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1895
Democr attic Senators. who started out
10 show The democrats OF the House
how easy It was to agree upon a finan-
cial bill m ade very short trip. They
did not agree upon financial bill-no-
body really expected them to-but hey
| split the democratic factions a little
wider apart than they were before. In
deed, it may really be said that thew
added new faction 10 those already
existing in the ranks of the party. The
democratic party in the Senate now
consists of the Cleveland men, or
cnckoos. who are few in number and
small in influence; the Gormgnites, or
anti. Cleveland men, who have dominat-
ed he little that has been done by the
MAORI y OF the Senate. AID David B.
| Hill, who is alone in the Senate. but
who is feared because OF bis influence
in the party outside of Congress. With
these factions each pulling different
way nothing can De done in the Senate
that does not receive the support of the
republicans. II is because of this fact
| that business continues to- improve, not
withstanding democratic attempts to
tinker with the finance. as they did
with the tariff The business men OF
the country know that the republican
Senators can be depended upon to pre-
vent any disastrous financial legisla
ton, and hope that they can induce the
majority to agree to some tariff amend
ments that will make the revenues of
the government sufficient TO meet the
expenditures before the session closes.
The House is poddiDg along with
the appropriation bills just as though
it had never thought OF tackling such
a complicated and dangerous sff tir as
a arrangement of the countIy's
financial system Secretary Carlisle
made some changes in his currency
bill and again submitted 1t 10 the House
Banking and Currency committee. but
1t fell so Hat that the committee made
no attempt to get it before the House
again.
notwithstanding all the talk about
the democratic administration running
Inc government upon a more economi
cal basis than it was run by the re-
publicaps. the Sundry Civil appropra-
ton bill. which was this week reported
to the House, CA ries S4 900, 600 me
than was appropriate d for the currel
fl cal Year
1t is GEAR to the veriest amateur in
public affairs that the action of the
Judiciary committee of the House, in
reporting a resolution of imp eachment
against Judge Kicks. ol Ohio. which
was authorized by vote of seYen 10
six in the committee, il nothing but
brncombe. Even granting that The
resolution will be adopted by the
House, which Is far from being SER
tainty, there would not be time for the
Senate TO conduct the trial, even if
other things more important were left
undone. There is another little OBJ
stacle that must be familiar TO the
gentlemen who are conducting this
farce. That is the custom of giving
tue accused forty days notice in i'm
parchment trials.
Ii the opinions expressed by individ-
nal Senators and Representatives are
any indications of what Congress will
do, and they usually are the very best.
Great Britain will have to wait a long
time before she gets chance to lease
that Hawai- an island for a cable sta
ton. MIR. Clevelani is accused OF bav.
ing misrepresented the sentiment of the
Hawaiian government concerning that
request for the consent of the United
States TO such moditic alton of the reci-
procity treaty as will permit the island
10 be leased to Great Britain. Accord
ing to more dir, CT information, the
government of Hawaii doesn't waut
that ueay modified at allif the Uuit.d
st ties VIII only officially define its fut-
ure inten ions towards Hawaii; and the
request was made not because a modi-
tiealion was wanted, but TO give Con-
gress good opportunity 10 declare IL
self on the subject, and with the belief
that it would te refused Mr.. Cleve-
land evidently thought differently. or
he would not haYe committed himself
in favor of granting the request
In the opinion OF everybody whose
opinion is worth having Secretary
Gresham would better have sent the
correspondence relating to the surrend-
or of the two Japanese student who
sought the protection of an American
consul in China, and their subsequent
which was asked for by Senator
Lodges resolution, TO the Senate with
out comment than TO have attempted
TO write defense founded upon asser
tons not borne out bv the ofticiaf cor
respondence. ~ he did Senator
Lodge say OF Gresham's attempt TO
wriggle out of the responsibility: In
stead of those students being confessed
spies orr representative in China in
sisted tnat they were not spies at all
aud that there was nothing to sustain
the charge against them except the as
seriiou # the Chinese How Mr..
Gresham could find warrant for his in
depreciation l cannot undo, sand p"
THE occupations Of the different mem
bers of the present Wisconsin Legisla-
ture are as follows: Farmers. Al; bank
ers. 4. manufacturers. 12. lswvars "a.