Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-31
Washington Letter
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20, 1895.

land = poACA towards iiawau, but then
are he oalv men il the Senate who
nave even pr, tenced 10 defend hat
policy curing the di.ci s-ion. which
nave nesn 4 feA ure ~ lhe morning
hour" ia lbe ), nate tins week. Sena-
I TOR Ha has o:ier, Il an amendment to
TIE Diplomatic ana Consular HppruprI
atom bili, appr priatinS $500 00u for
tue survey OF caole lonle com ectng
lie hawanan Islands q tie United
/ sla o.. AID as given notice Of lis IN
| tebt ION 10 press j., t. & vote before tue
| bill Disposed OF Flum The It'll
MEMS o; opposit on expressed N cen
uertlrn wuh Mr. Cie>ole lends endorse
meDt OF the acquls ton Oh one If The
| Hawaiian Islanus by Great Britain, Tor
II CAT station, there appears 10 be a
good prospect for the aaopnon of
ST n 4tOr Hale's amendment.
Since tue failure oil o.natur Rans om
on his first financial mission as embas-
sador f. ON the democia.Ie Senators t.
| his Vi, sly Grover /. 10 tring atodt
an srt emeBt of afy kind those Sena-
tors appear To have adopted sort Of
g0-as ou-pleasss every man for himself
idea at the siluatlon, and the result is
| the introduction ot Two new financial
| bIl 5, one by Senator Jones, OF ArEan
sas. and the other by Senatur Smith,
or New Jersy, both providing for The
issue of ih'ee pr cent bonds up TO
$500 goo, 0t9i but there The Resemblance
stops. The Smith bill is tor non
pal lisan cuI rency commission to n axe
u report next Dec, m Der ON changes
which iuIgnt be ausantageously made
| in " 1 I'm
bll provides fer tue ua,iulJ coinage
OF silver, The government to retain the
difference between the market value
If tue bullion md tho money coineu,
a. seiz n ,ornze; the reduction OF the
tax on national baEk caII ency 10 one
fourth OF 10 per cent, and allow the
banks 10 issue cnrrt ncy 10 the par value
cF the bCn is they Geposit wdh the
! / reasuTy
Represtn alive St phi nson OF Michi.
/ gan, gave banquet tnis week IN hoAor
/ vi Senator Burrows, which WAS attend
ed by number Of the new S.n sol ;
| folmel colleagues ia the House and
settral ut his outside fiinnds, Including
ex. Col gressman Ben But erw ortiz IL
ONO. lie senprIai harness SIS easily
/ upon Mir Burrows, who has never had
ali att.ek of th,t disease so common
tamoug those mho sre elevated by The
votes Of Their constituenls-the big
4 mead.
he House committee on the Judici
lazy, atler examining Judge Rcks u
Ono, and one IF the principal witnt s.
ses against him. man who was dis
missed from Office by Judge Ricks--de
cided that the judge mad been guilty of
nOthng mor3 serious than carelessLess
ia niuAiug up his accounts and that
there was 10 reason for his impeach-
menl, II censure tie NJ sufficient pun
iehmeht Tor nm. inis prooab ends
The matter, although Representative
BailIe OF Texas still say he intends to
lily 10 get he House To adopt an i'm
peachment res o ution,
A decision OF Assistant Secretary
Rey olds of the Ioterior department
practically drops 10000 Missouri pen
sioners from ihe rolls. OF, rather, it
would drop them if Congress was not
ia session to prevent il. La all the PEN
sion avs previous 10 that of 1890, the
provisional militia of Missouri, although
II never was formally enrolled as d
par of he regular u 5. army, has
oeeu rec lgnized as part OF the army,
which 1t actually WAS 80 far as the
pc iormaLcs of uuty was concerned, in
the granting of pension To those who
s fsed therein, nd about 10000 of
tlem have heen drawing pensions under
the act OF 1890; but Mr.. Reyn0 DIS de
cides that they can 10 logger do SO,
bees they are not specifically men
toned 10 that act. A joint resolution
was promptly inn oduced and pas sed
placing these Missouri peDSione 5
under The act of 1890, SO as 10 save
these veterans annoyance from the de-
cIston IF Mr. Reynolds.
Pablo Printer Benedict mas ben
called on tor an explanation OF bis
dischai CO OF Union y,tlaus W thout
cause, II violation of law, and as the
call IS M tde nv the L. ) Senate 1t
viii have ~ be answered A bill, has also
b4en Introduced in the Seaats bY Sena-
tor Quay 10 abolish the Office at Pub
! lie Prlutar. and elect a q, mr. sssionai
| Printer, to snpe rintend the work of the
| Government Printing office.
Two important court decisions were
this week handed dow in Washing ton.
| The first was from the United States
| supreme court, d, carlng that the
! sormstion and operatIon of the sugar
ust ~.ls n'it n Yiolauon Of ", md
| was d.-S Rtrd from ~ as.iee Harlan.
tv Scion ~ao J.r.. ii- OF the local
| ju igts, denying ths INJUNCTION whichwas
asked for to prevent the collection of
the income tax on the ground that the
| law imposing that tax was unconsiitG-
tioral. sni holding that the income tax
is valid Notice of IN appeal was Civ
en-. Although the United States SUI
preme court only few years ago de
cided in favor OF the con>tituionality
OF sn income tax 1t will have 10 decide
| it again it seems.
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