Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-28
DoINGS AT WASHINGTON.
What our Regular Correspondent Says
about Capitol and It's People.
n. Cleveland and Secretar

time they think about demanding the
recall of Mr.. Thurston, the Hawaiian
minister. 1t is but another added TO
the long list OF unmanly acts with
which hawaii has been dealt by this
administration. II is simply childish
for Secretary Gresham to pretend that
the recall was asked for because Min
lister Thurston gave information to
the newspapers about Hawaiian mat
tiers before he gave it to the Depart
ment of tate. That is merely an ex-
cuse. Thurston's real offence has been
that he was always wide awake t.
prevent any Misrepresentation of Ha-
waiian affairs being accepted by the
American people. and was consequent
~ constantly opposed to the admin
istration aud it policy. Secretary
Gresham does not consider giving d.
plomatic advance information to the
newspapers any crime when it can be
made to serve his own purpose. 1t
has been scarcely a week since he gave
the newspapers his dispatch to Minis
ter Taylor, demanding an apology
from Spain for those shots from a
Spanish gunboat at L. 5. mail
steamer, before it had been called TO
Spain. He not only gave out the dis
patch but he compelled those who
used it to do so under a Madrid date
line, SO as to leave the impression
! that it was given out in Madrid and
not in Washington senseless bit of
deception which was at once discoy-
cred and exposed.
| II will be remembered that Mr.
Cleveland promised Congress, in a
special NJ MESSAGE, that he would keep
| il "a concerning our relation
with Hawaii Yet in the face of that
promise a communication asking that
Minister rhurston be recalled was
sent to the Hawaiian government OH
Feb. II, eleven days before the adj
journment OF Congress and not one
word was said To Congress about t.
It is not surprising that Senator he
should say III looked to me like
very small piece of business"
They are telling a story in Washing
ton At the expense OF ex-Congressman
BRYAN, Of Nebraska. that hits off Mr..
BIyan's ruling trait good enough TO
be true, ii ii isn't According to the
story. book agent induced Mr.. Bryan
TO buy a copy Of the Century Cyclic
pedia Of Names, by telling him that
the book contained the name and BIZ
ography Of every man, living and
dead, who ever made marked inn
preston upon the affairs of the
world. 4 few DAYS after the book
was delivered. BRYAN sent for the book
agent and said to him. 'sYou sold me
shat book under false pretences. Il
BEG pardon. but y0u are mistaken
replied the Saaye book agent Mr. |
Bryan began to lose his temper and
snapped ollt: Didn't YOU tell me
that the book contained the name and
biography Of every man. living or
dead who has made an impression
upon the worlds aiTairsan Yes sir |
and it does 1t does nothing Of tie
sort; my name isn't in it, "Thy |
should it be?H retorted the book
agent.
Although the Senate rejected the
nomination Of Alfred D. Tinsley to be |
postmaster ut Sioux Falls, South Da- |
kota, the home of senator Pettigrew, |
by more than a thrce-quarter vote
IL to 13 Mr. Cleveland this week |
signed Iinsley's commission as post
master Evidently Mr. Cleveland
likes to be jumped on by the Senate,
aud he viii certainly again ret lump-
ed on about this appointment, when
Congress meets again,
Siblev and the new silver party are
already reported to be on the verge of |
divorce. Sibley is rich, but he IS al |
"a shrewd that's one reason why he 5 |
rich and those who had an idea that |
they would be allowed 70 have the |
run Of the Sihley money! bags in re-
turn for having suggested him rs a
presidential candidate have already
discovered how badly mistaken they
were. Ia other words, Mr. Sibley de- |
elined put up money for moonshine |
and III consequence the promoters Of
the silver party no longer even pre-
tend to believe that Sibley is a great
man who only needs to have his
craftsmanship developed. Even the
pugilists have refused IT, join the sill
Yer party This isn'ta one idea coun-
~ AuNff new I mas uttH anu Lhci
never will be successful political
party which confines itself to a single
idea. That a majority a very large
majority of the people Of this coun-
try believe in bi-metallism is certain.
but that they will sink all their other
beliefs and ever be merged into one
political party isn't probable Let
no man make the mistake If suppnS-
ing that silver is going 10 be the de-
Gliding factor in next years presiden
tia campaign. Or that any third party
i going % eut any considerable fig
ure II the campaign The fight is go-
i ing to he between the republican and
i democratic parties. aud il Is reason
i ably certain that the republican plat
form vi declare for bi-metalism. and
probable that the democratic plat
I form viii do the same. ar Straadle the