Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-12-19
DoINGs AT WASHINGTON
WAshington. Dc. 19. Is95.

lie criticism OF Mr.. Cleveland ; neglect
Of important public business TO 90 on
a hunting junket at public expense
drawing a salary for doing nothing,
and is besides using a government
vessel-and have frantically implored
him by telegraph to return to Wash
ington and stop the criticism. Secre-
tary Carlisle's annual report is ready
for transmission to Congress aud al
though the law provides that this re-
port shall be made to Congress and
not to the president. he is afraid to
send it to Congress until it has been
edited by Mr.. Cleveland. And Sec
rotary Olney is afraid to open his
mouth about Lord Salisbury's COM
munication until Mr.. Cleveland has
instructed him as to what he shall
say.
! 1t is now considered doubtful
whether the caucus committee which
is arranging the republican member
ship of the Senate committees will
complete the task before the holiday
recess. 1t is not an easy job by any
means.
Representative Grout of VT, has
introduced bill that ought to become
law, inasmueh as it probably repre-
sents the views of nine-tenths of those
who live in places where there are
fourth-class postmasters. The bill
! provides that all fourth-elass posi-
masters shall be elected by majority
vote of those who receive mail at
their post-oiices, and directs that
the postmaster general shall appoint
only those who are so elected Those
who have lived in places where men
| objectional to almost all their neigh
bors have been appointed postmaster
can fully appreciate this idea.
Senator Cullam OF Illinois made an
able speech this week on the Monroe
doctrine, concluding with these man
! ~ and patriotic words: 1--WE have
reached the time when it becomes
our bounden duty to say to the world,
with dignity and frmness, that thus
far but no farther, shall foreign sys-
TENS of government be permitted to
approach. Our doctrine is the pro-
lection of American interests, and our
motto is America for Americans. We
do not claim that the world is ours,
but we will insist on our right to be
consulted upon affairs pertaining to
the American continents. Let us
build so strongly and speak so plainly
that the way OF the future executives,
prime ministers and am bassadors of
our country shall be undoubted. Let
il be so clear that no statesman of
the future caR find, as Mr.. Calhoun
did in the Senate. an ingenious theory
TO weaken its force and value. Let
it be so certain and emphatic that no
secretary of state can hereafter be-
come a willing party to treaty
yielding a share of the control and
supervision of any inter-oceanic canal
to any European country, as in the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. And let it
be so straight and practical that no
American ambassador to the British
court shall feel at liberty to question
the policy of his own government or
possibly apologize for the Declaration
of independence and the Monroe doc
trine.
The result of the adoption by the
House of representative Barrett's i'm
parchment resolution, directing the
committee on foreign affairs to inves-
tigate two speeches made by Ambas-
sador Bayard-one in August and the
other in Novembar-in which he
characterized republicans as socialists
because of their belief in the policy of
protection, and otherwise abused
Americans. will not be the impeach
ment Of Mr.. Bayard, but it is almost
certain to be a sharp censure from
the House unless it can be shown that
he was correctly reported by the
English papers. Mr.. Barrett's reso-
luton would not have been intro
duced if the democrats had not adopt
ed the policy of Directing to every
resolution offered in the House Mr..
Barre.t's Massachusetts colleague.
Representative Mccall. offered reso-
luton merely asking whether the
/ president had taken any steps to as
certain whether Ambassador Bayard
had used the language attributed to
him, and when that was objected to
by Mr. Crisp, Mr.. Barrett got mad
and raised a question of privilege,
which was sustained by Speaker Reed,
and offered his impeachment resolu-
! ton.
Those republicans who are not COM
mitted to any particular man as the
presidential nominee of the party
think the National committee did a
very wise thing in selecting st. Louis
as the convention city Whether
true or not does not matter. but it is
) certain that the names of each of the
! other cities contesting for the honor
!, had gotten associated with some par
ticular candidate and the selection of
{ either of them would have caused the
, impression TO 90 out that the commit
tee was favoring the candidate who
! wanted the convention held there.
1Nhat ,,hsoct;Or AID not anniv n ST