The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-02-21
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The President and Congress not
I'm sympathy ON Financial
Legislation.
Small encouragement for Any
Relief During the Present
session.
what strikes Have Cost the
Country DnrinG the Past
Six years.
Especial Correspondence

abuse from senators on account Ol CHdt
extra bond contract, than he did from
members Of the house, and it is also
m IRE outspoken. Senator Wolcott
characterized it as the most disastrous
assault upon the country's financial
system ever made. adding land the
" orst feature of the whole wretched
business is that the attack is made by
the man who, because Of his position,
should haye stood the foremost in our
defense. Our nest has been beiouled by
the man who should have stood tor our
credit. If there were ever any men who
were not entitled to consideration it is
the Rothschilds and the presid emit, be-
cause they have sought to blacken our
credit" Senator Lodge said the act
was the blacklist ever perpetrated by an
administration IN dealing with Amer.
can securities, and Senator Teller went
even further than these in his criticism
OF Mr.. Cleveland. Up to this time, n o
senator has ever attempted to defend
that bond contract, although Senator
Hill said it was congress and not Mr..
Cleveland that was to blame.
1t is thought that the crushing defeat
OF the administration gold bond bill in
the house last week ends all tlnanc1a
talk in that branch of congress tor the
present session, but the senate has taken
up the subject and will do some speech
making even if it does no voting. The
bill tor the unlimited coinage of silver,
which was reported from the Finance
committee, and the gold bond substi-
tute therefor, as we'll as Senator Hills
resolution declaring the mention OF
this government to pay it's bonds with
the best money when there is any differ
ence in the money in circulation, are all
open for debate. Noyote can be reached
upon any of them without what would
really be unanimous consent. owing to
the nearness of the end of the session,
and of the necessity for disposing of the
regular appropriation bills.
Senator Platr. of Conn, never goes
off at half-cock. When he makes a
speech his colleagues know that he has
carefully considered the subject upon
which he speakes, and that he never
tries to straddle any question, great or
small; hence the significance of his re-
marks upon the bill for the repeal of the
differential duty on sugar and the
amendments concerning meat inspec-
ton, " hich have been added to it by the
senate finance committee, which closed
with these words: II do not propose
to engage in the repeal, of any legisla-
| ton, or in the amendment of any act
now existing, at the dictation of a
foreign government. II Germany wants
to retaliate it is a game that two can
play at. And the way to convince her
that her proposed retaliation is prop
erly understood in this country is to
make use of the power which we now
have for retaliation on GERMANY" The
bill is regarded as dead. Senator Aid.
| rich has motion pending to recommit
the bill and instructing the committee
to report bill placing all sugar on the
free list. restoring the Mckinley sugar
bounty for domestic producers, restor-
ing all recip rocity agreements. restor-
ing the duty on raw wool, and increas-
| ing the duties on luxuries. that must be
voted upon before the bill can be voted
upon. 1t is improbable that either will
| be.
| Few people realize the enormous
amount of money that has been ever
lastlngly lost by strikes in the United
States. they have been almost as ex-
pensive as democratic administration.
The senate committee on education and
labor. which has favorably reported
Senator Perkins bill for the creation of
commission of twenty-one persons to
arbitrate all disputes between employees
and large EMPLOYERS OF labor, made an
investigation covering a period of six
years ending with the recent Brooklyn
strike, the result of which is embodied
in its reports to the senate on this bill.
According the figures of the committee,
and it's members saw they are very con-
servatively made up, the known losses
through: strikes during the period men
toned have ag yregated SOS. $50, 1858.
The democrats are but testIfying to
their fear OF ex. Speaker Reed as presi-
Dental candidate by the silly talk they
are indulging in about his vote on the
gold bond bill having removed him
from the field Of possible republican can
didates. Tom Reed is too big a man to
be trimmer OH any subject, even to
obtain a presidential nomination. His
great popularity rests as much upon his
ALWAYS ha wing voted his convictions as
it does upon his ability.
| The conference committee has not yet
reached an agreement upon he Senate
Hawaiian cable amendment to the II.
plomatic and consular appropriation
bill, but the sentiment of the senate is
too strong to be misunderstood on this
subject. That amendment will stand
or the bill will fail.
The Nicaragua canal bill will probably
get a day in the house, but as the house
will vote ON substitute for the bill
which has passed the senate, the pros
pect Of the bill can hardly be considered
good, even it i1 passes the house.
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