Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-02-06
DOINGs AT WASHINGTON
Washington. Jan. 81. 1896.

senator Tiilman Of :. c.. was a little bit
slow in bringing his pitchfork into action,
but he got it numbered this week and for
more than an hour ne ,abbed it into Mr..
I Cleveland the Rothschilds and other gold
bu Is. and the democratic party. as ener-
/ geticallv as the average hired man would
into pile OF hay while the boss was in sight.
He referred to Mr.. Cleveland in such en-
dearing terms as the bull-headed and self
! idolatrous man who holds the reins of pow
er." traitor and destroyer of the democratic
party and said sneeringly to the democrat
ic side Of the Senate; How many Of you.
men grown old and gray in the service Of
the party and of the nation, men who were
its trusted leaders before Cleveland was
heard of. how many. / say, have been called
! into his G. unselsy If any, speak. shaH be
| glas 10 h them. Where has this man
sunk his personality: Whom has he con-
suited Whose advice has he recognized
None but that of the bootlicks and syco-
plants who have crawled on their knees for
| the crumbs Of patronage and betrayed their
constituents for the Offices in his gift. In
the entire history of this country the high
office OF president has never been SO prosti-
tuted and never has the appointing power
been so abused. Claiming to be the apostle
the civil service by making appointments
only of those whose sponsors would surren-
der their manhood. and, with bated breath.
walk with submissive head in his presence.
There was a whole lot more about this be-
sotted tvrant' whose conscience has become
debauched who ought 10 be impeached, etc,
but space forbids its reproduction. He
wound up by abusing the Supreme court
for its income tax decision and predicted
war between the poor and the rich. unless
his remedies are adopted for all the diseases
the body polite is aniicted with.
The Senate committee on Foreign Rela-
lions have reported long resolution setting
forth the condition of affairs in Cuba, the
damage to our commercial interests, and
requesting the president to use his good
0fllces with Spain to get that nation to rec
ognize the Cubans as belligerents senator
Cameron presented a MAJORITY report, re-
questing Spain To recognize the tndepcnd-
ence of Cuba.
Hon. John NJ Thurston. Nebraska's new
senator. made speech this week in favor of
the Monroe doctrine resolution, which at
tracted much more attention than IS usually
accorded to anything said by a new member
of the senate and which was alike credit
able to himself. his state and to the republic
can party Of which he has long been an
honored member. He took especial pains
TO show the faIlacy Of the position taken by
Senator Wolcott of Colorado in his speech
opposing the resolution. Speaking of Eng
lands attempt to scare US into abandoning
the Monroe doctrine by putting the finan-
cial screws upon US he said We solemnly
advise them that our foreign policy isnot
matter of exchange or barter: and no finan-
cial panic can ever induce us for a single
moment to lower the standard of our ma
tional honor He closed his speech with
the following wo Dis which any American
might justly feel proud OF having uttered;
sir. believing that the honor of nv coun-
try is involved: that the hour calls for the
highest expression of loyalty and patriot
ism: calmly confident of the verdict OF pos
terity; reverently calling God 10 witness the
sincerity of my purpose shall vote for the
resolution reported by the committee on
Foreign Relations. | shall vote for it. not
as an affront any other nation, but to up
hold the dignity Of my own. I shall vote
for II in this time Of profound tranquility,
convinced that peace with honor can be pre-
served but sir. would vote for it just as
surely were we already standing in the aw
full shadow of declared war | would vote
for ii were the nayies of all Europe thumb
ering at our harbors. l would vote for it
were the shells of British battleships burst
ing above the lone of the nations capitol
would vote for II and would maintain it at
all hazards and at any cost with the last
dollar with the last man; yea though 1t
might presage the coming of mighty con-
hict the conclusion OF which should leave
me without a son. as the last great contest
left me without sire.
The pendulum which regulates the princi-
pies professed by Senator Voorhees, Of Ind.
has now swung back To the side of silver
The silver men who read the newspapers
must when reading about his speech this |
week in favor of silver recall the part he
took as chairman OF the senate committee !
on Finance at the extra session OF Congress
called by Mr. Cleveland to repeal the pur
chasing clause OF the Sherman silver law.
as wen the reports then current of the
support of senator Voorhees, having been
secured for Mr. Cleveland'S repeal bill I
through a deal involving certain govern
ment patronage
II is semf-ofIciallv stated that Mr.. Cleve- I
land has almost but not quite made up his
mind TO send special message to Congress /
refusing to obey the request of Congress i
that the concurrent resolution adopted last |
week by the senate and this week by the |
House, expressing sympathy for the Ar /
menians and requesting those European |
powers which have a treaty right to do SO
toproteot the Armenians from Turkish bru- |
tality be oficially forwarded to the nations |
named. Ii he does, look out for lively |
time in Congress
The Senate has passed the free coinage |
substitute for Home bond bill, and every |
body seems glad thatit is out Of the way
The tank collection OF books in the
dutch language, one OF the rich possess
sions of the State Historical society Ii
brary. appears destined TO play con
siderable part in the deliberations of
the Venezuelan commission. Andrew
u. White. one Of the commissioners,
week ago wrote to his friend Presi-
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