Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
DoINGs AT WASHINGTON
Washington, July y, 1898.


Cen. Harrison is not a candidate
for the Republican Presidential nomi-
nation. Once more that positive
statement is made by a gentleman
who presumably enjoys Gen. Harri-
sons confidence. This time it is
Hon. John W. Foster of Indiana, who
was secretary OF state during the
closing months of Gen. Harrison's adj
ministration. Mr.. Foster clinehes
his statement by saying that he be-
lieves the Indiana delegation will 90
to the next Republican National Con
vention without a state candidate for
the nomination, and not united on any
candidate. He thinks the delegation
will be divided between Allison. Me-
Kinlev and Reed. but he doesn't ex-
press any opinion a TO what proper
ton each OF those three gentlemen
will control. Mr.. Foster, who has
been in China for several months. act
ing as adviser to the Chinese gov
eminent in its negotiations with ia
pan, was given a cordial welcome
back to his Washington home. this
week, by a gathering OF personal
friends which included about all the
prominent people now in town. The
Chinese government was anxious to
place Mr.. Foster upon its permanent
pay roll, and made him a very fat
tering offer, but he declined, being
too good an American to permanent
" enter the service OF any foreign
government.
Senator %Pritehard. the new repub-
lican senator from North Carolina,
was in Washington this week. He
said he thought the administration
was miscalculating the strength OF
the free silver democrats OF that
state. Speaking OF his own position,
Senator Prichard said it was now just
what it had been ever since he
reached the years Of discretion. II
am said he. .'for protection and BIZ
neutrality-suspicious. for the unde-
veloped industries and raw materials
of the South, and the use Of both
gold and silver as money metals
1t is estimated bN those who have
had access 10 the figares hat the cx-
cess OF treasury payments over, re-
ceipts has for the first eleven days Of
the new fiscal year averaged more
than a million dollars a day. Much
OF this money should have been paid
out before the first day of July. but
it was held back SO as to keep down
the total Of the deficit for the fiscal
year that closed June 80. 1t Is now
admitted by intelligent democrats
that legislati on for the increase of the
revenues of ~ government will be
one OF the absolute necessities of the
next session of Congress, Republic
cans have known IL ever since the
new tariff was under discussion in
the last Congress. and urged the
democrats then to adopt a tariff bill
that would provide sufficient
for The maintenance of the govern
ment, but the urging was in vain.
The administration is much alarmed
at the prospect Of the republican Com
gress passing a bill raising the duties
on such articles ~ are too low in the
present tariff law, IN order to furnish
the money to run the government,
and it is resorting To all sorts of
schemes to create a public sentiment
against any revision of the tariff and
in favor Of raising 'he money by some
method Of internal taxation. One OF
shrewdest OF these schemes Is that for
the increase OF 81 a barrel in the IN
ternal revenue tax on beer. they
calculate that the temperance element
will favor an increase in this tax, but
their principal reliance upon the in
fiuenee OF the eastern brewers. who
will, it is said, favor the increase be-
cause il will have a tendency to
drive western beer, which is now
largely consumed, out OF the bic east
ern cities. The western brewers al
ready have to pay the freight and
meet the prices of the eastern brew
ers in their home cities. and ii is
claimed that with / dollar a barrel
added to the tax gaud no increase in
the selling price, they would 0 be
able to do this, and that the eastern
brewers would gladly pay a dollar a
barrel additional if they could there
by get the eastern trade now held by
western breweries.
1t is now stated that failing in his
ambition to secure a fourth nomination
as he almost certainly will. Mr..
Cleveland has about made up his
mind to push Secretary Olney as the
ADMINISTRATION candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination. The man that
could enthuse over MIR. Olney as a
candidate would make = good exhibit
for a museum; he would be the boss
freak.