Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-10-24
WASHINGTON IErrrp
From our regular corre.no
WASHINGTON. n 4 uent,

10 Washington the force ~ sined
tives which form a eordon ue'ee'
the white house day and nIgb, Oand
on duty again, and it is prssn aslt
that the sentry boxes which wsa uied
moved when Mr.. Cleveland let, e
May, VIII soon disiigure the nra. a''
grounds again. President NV f.euy
went through the exciting ti,nos
great war without such careful gna y.
ing, but there is only one Cav Gnu
Cleveland, and he thinks too we
precautions cannot possibly he tal fay
to ensure his safety. The neoss
think-but Mr.. Cleveland doaap'
care what the people think.
Il was given out that the cabin,
meeting held last week was day.,
entirely to arranging the trim 8 Z
Atlantic exposition, but that Va.
merely blind. Matters az mnsr
more Importance than a presiden,ia1
vote-catching junket were discnssaa
Among them being what recon-
mendations shall be made 70 ~.
gress for legislation for the raisin, -
additional revenue, it being now con-
coded, even by Mr.. Cleveland ana
all the members Of the cabinet. thai
more money will be needed bv tba
government than the present tariH
will ever bring in. Secretary Cs.
Isle would like to ret tbs
money, or part of it, by ADDING
81 barrel to the tax on beer. hut tho
attitude of the great brewers. who
practically control what is known
as the liquor vote of the country
has frightened him and other mem.
bers of the administration, and it l.
not probable that the recommen.
dations will be made. 1t is certain
that whatever recommendation n
this line are made will be confined
to internal revenue taxes. Those
which We're received with most favor
at the cabinet meeting We're tax
on bank checks, mortgages, convey.
ances of real estate, proprietary
medicines and domestic wines. No
tice has alreadysbeen served on the
administration by leading republi-
cans that the additional revenue will
be raised by revision of the tariff,
regardless of the recommendation
made to congress.
Gen. Horace Porter, New York's
famous after-dinner speaker, was in
Washington last week, to attend the
annual meeting of the Loyal Legion,
Of which he is a popular officer. The
general knows a thing or two about
the politics of his city and state. OF
which he said: "There is every rea-
son to believe that the union or fusion
ticket will carry the city of New
York. Tammany Hall has not yet
had time to rally from the crushing
blow that the lovers Of good muni-
cipal government inflicted upon it
last year. The people do not mean
to turn back after having made such
a brave start towards inaugurating
better local administration, and they
will give Tammany lesson number
two in November. So far as con-
Germs the state ticket the republicans
are perfectly satisfied. The opposi-
tion hasn't ghost Of a show Of car
rying the state.
1t is a real pleasure to be able to
commend the official utterances OF a
prominent democratic official The
annual report of Mr.. John l.. Thomas,
assistant attorney general for the
post office departmental hits deserved
blow at Il growing evil-the adoption
of lottery methods by business es-
ablishments--in manner that de-
serves universal commentator. The
report of Mr.. Thomas, after reciting
the successes of the anti-lottery laws,
which, by the way, was, like so many
other good laws, ofrepublican origin
in shutting the lotteries out Of the
mails, says: "But many business
men think they must, IN order to sue
ceed, resort to schemes that appeal
to the gambling spirit Of the people
and they accordingly sugar-coat
their legitimate enterprises with lot
terry advertisements. These fasein-
ating and apparently innocent
schemes reach the boys and girls q
the land and tend to make them
gamblers
The Maryland campaign has eN-
cited an even keener interest ~
Washington since it assumed such
personal aspect, than it did in W
early stages. Calling Il man liar
usually means fight, but within ten
days Senator German has twice been
called liar-first ny
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