Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-02-14
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1895

W iSt m6u can give SoOu ADVICE, Oh
he wisest of men cannot compel the
acceptance of their advice Ex.Spssk
ar Reeds subs tituie for the cleveland
gold bond b i. Which declarations oi
Senators made an impossibility before
I WAS voed upon by the House, proves
the truth of this statement Mr.. Reea's
bill would. if eDat It'd into law. pro
vide the gov eminent with means 10
raise the gold reserve fund To its prop
er amount, and BY providing the Sec
rotary of the Treasury with money 10
meet deficiencies in the revenues of the
Cove roment NJ til IN time as Il Q rev.
enues of the government should .xcet d
be Xxx eodi'ures ould keep the gold
reserve intact. Here is MIR Reed s
statement of the situat,or. 1--WE were
redeeming greenb4cks when they were
presented. Ii the revenue was equal To
the expenditures whenever Q rsenback
was redeemed it vonld stay in the
Treasury, and this outstanding the
fact the Secretary is authorized to re-
issue; for it is not either the author liz
ton or evt n the demsnd of the law that
thew shall be Teissrad that causes the
g oube 1t is the fact hat they are re-
issued. 1t is the fact that their reissu-
ance causes this continued depl, tor of
the Treasury y
"Much ado about nothing is about
the only correct title 10 apply to the
financial debate and the votes taken
this week in the Honse Every man Of
even average intelligence knew before
band thst il made n the slightest diff =
ferer 90 VIA the House did or what it
failed To do, so far as the accomplish
ment of any financial Legislation was
concerned. Tn Y knew that MIR.
Cleveland had vii his arrange ments
made for anc Their bond issue. and that
il would be made. Alb, ut the only re-
suit # the debate in the House was that
it enabled some of the outgoing demo-
Gratis to put in a strong claim for Presi.
Dental appoiDtm to office.
Public Printer Benedict has never
been popular with members of the G..
A K. but bis impolite treatment of a
comrnitfee from that organization
which called On him for the purpose Of
asking the reinstatement of comrades
who had been dismissed without cause
has aroused a hatred towards HIM in
the breasts of all soldiers, which Mr..
Benedict NAV live to regret. II have
admitted Won here today in order to be
able to tell you that you will never be
admitted sgsin." were tho words Reno.
dict greeted the e. A. r. committee
With when they were admitted to his
office. He not only refused in impoiite
LANGUAGE TO relusiate any Of the dis
81 arr. q V t'rsrs, hn b." even rpfneed
to look ct the list prepared hv the com
miiiee. So ioe eur,,h: Not one Of
them WI h1c put hocl''. AMI when the
committee stood dumbfounded ut such
treatment he angrilv confined: ''There
is nothing further to he said; what are
yon waiting forp"
Tho fact is not generally known that
Washington's new Senator, Mr.. Will
son. was about fifteen years ego p
$1,000 o'erk in the Pension Bnreau
here He was appointed from Indiana,
where he was born. He soon tired of
the routine work of clerk and an
rounced bis intention TO 90 west and
try t. do something better. john
said one of his fellow clerks. You
would do better to hold on to what
you've got. II you 90 west you'll
starve. Thew are fertiiiz'ng the soil
out there with the bodies at ambition.
youngsters from The east who are nm
able 10 keep up with the procession.
Hold on to your hundred dollars a
month here. You'll never make that
much anywhere in the west" His
reply was characteristic of The energy
which afterwards got him elected to
the House and has now landed him in
TIC Senate. well, starve or thrive
I'm going 10 try NV luck. I've looked
over This situation thoroughly. and now
I'll take my information and training
ont there and capitalize them. just
hold your horses for spell ard you'll
see me back here with Congressman s
commission IN my hand. or something
even batter" Senator Wilson has no
more sincere well wihers anywhere
than those who worked beside him as
clerks; they like him because his sue
cess has not turned his head He is to
them the same old John Wilson.
The Senate had another spell of plain
talk about Hawaii and It's ultimate an
nexation. over the amendment to the
Dip 'omstic and consular appropriation
bill providing 100000 to begin the
work of laying cshla between San
Francisco and Honolulu, anc authoriz
'"c -" Presi5.ml Is nnter into con-
tract for the entire wuss
Slowly but surely the
democrats has nEa4 I4u.a s. Z.
in the Senate. Up to last Saturday
they had msiority Of that body. but
upon that day by the swearing in Of
Senator Mantle, of Montana, they lott
their majority and only had enough
votes left to tie the Senate an n full
vote. Now they have lost their pows r
as another new republican Senator
Clark. of Wyoming-was on Wednes
DAY sworn in.
Lat of patents granted to Wisconsin
Inventors this week as reported by G.
A. Snow & Co, Washing ton, d. g.,
are AS follows: s. A. Ekehorn. Mil
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