Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-24
Washington Letter
fFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1898
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The Carlisle Cleveland m0nstl osly
called nv cuui test currency b'll, $
dead-was killed b. a vote OF the
House. I29 10 127, refusing 10 ATOP
an OF der setting Il lime ter vote. D's'
Cleveland, Carlisle aud Springer refuse
10 belieI . that The corpse - qu'e oeal'
and are still trying % resuscitate inc
diseased. There viii be no iuntral
ceremonies, for The very gOou reason
that there are not enough mourheIs 10
form a respectable gathering Inc
blow which knl. q the unm0urntd meas
ure drove homs the wedge tnst sPht
the democratic patty twain anu
there seems Int Ir liability that tue
two wines will ev.r agald % louDu
united upon anything for when the
country has every reason To give
thanks.
The administration did every tang
in its power TO save tue currency olii'
even ooiae to tue extent OF tdrea en-
ING to put the country on lVer DaIs
If was not pass d, by refusing TO pay
Ooid TO Treasury notes presenter ioI
redem ptiop. but it WAS no use, the
country had condemned the measure ss
mad and a majority OF the House
thouoht il bitter, safer and wiser 10
please the country than TO pl ass me
administration.
n being now certain that no tilar~
ciaI LEGISLATION either good or bad can
be expec ed from this Congress the De-
lief is general, both in and out OF Con
gress, thst an early extra session OF
the fifty. fourth Congress VIII De caiieu
to consider financial legislation. IL Is
no longer ques ion OF what MI
Cleveland wants, or what the demo
cratic party wants, but OF what Is nee
essarv 10 maintain the credit OF the
limited States government, which taxes
precedence of all other questions.
The democrats having proved their IN
competence, the republicans must ne
asked TO come To the rescue.
Elk Speaker Reeds spraiDed ankle
isn't entirely well, but he re urned 10
his Congressional duties this week. ID
order TO bs on hand VIII the Hou'e
Knocked out the Carlisle currency bill.
He limps little, but cbaracterlsticaily
refuses to make use of crutch or cans
Level headed republicans are glad
that Represt NATIVE Sibley OF IA, VINO
this we * made ore OF the most dls-
graceful personal attacks upon the
President Of the United States ever
heard upon the floor of the House,
claims allegiance to the democratic
p.rty. Republicans do not admire Mr..
Cleveland-few people do. or csn-
put in critcisiog his public acts tney
never allow themselves to forget tnat
he is President. Mr.. Sioleys speech
was sprinkled with course language:
which should never have been allowed
TO be uttered on the floor OF the House,
or anywhere else 10 the presence OF
gentlemen, but for some unexplained
Tea .on no member called him to order
and he kept on until his time had tx-
pired, although there was no lndica-
lion that his supply OF billingsgate
was exhausted Think of al member
OF Congress referring to the President
as a combination of "brains, belly snd
brass" and as hog and "buz-
gard = If the House did the right
thing it would expel Sibley from men
bership, as warning TO oiackguards
who may by accident get elected 70
Congress
The Court of Appeals Of the District /
of Columbia, the three justices of which |
we're appointed by Mr.. Cleveland, has |
affirmed the deei ion of the lower
court, refusing to grant mandamus
compelling Secretary Carlisle TO take
steps towards the payment OF the ooan-
ty on sugar partly produced at me
time the repeal of the sugar bounty |
law went into effect. and two out OF the
three justices went further aud declared |
that, in their opinion. the sugar bounty |
was unconstitutional. and the third
the Chief Justice declined TO express |
his opinion as To the constiiution9llty |
of the sugar bounty. It is question
that will never be dc tinitaly settled un
I'll it has been passed upon by the Y. ,
Supreme Court. where it will event
uallv be carried
Still another message on Hawaiian
matters was this week transmitted 10
Congress by MIR Cleveland. accompa-
MED by batch of correspondence
from Mr. Willis. L. S. Minister to
Hawaii Great Britain wishes to lease
an island belonging to Hawaii, II be
used as station for u submarine cable
from Canada TO Australia, and the
Hawaiian government wishes to lease
the island but cannot do SO without
the consent of the United States, owing
to clause in the reciprocity treaty |
with this government. MIR. Cleveland |
refers the r, quest ,f Hawaii for a mod
ltication of the treaty 81 the lease can
be made to Congress without positive
but il is easily in
ferred frorn his language that he tavors
granting it.
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