Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-06-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR
Washington, June I, 1896.

Washington, June I, 1896.
While no republican in Congress
contends that the River and Harbor
bill which Mr.. Cleveland has vetoed
and which will this week almost GER
tainly be passed over his veto is
perfect measure, or that any previous
bill of its kind was, every republican
in both branches of Congress will
vote to pass the bill over the veto, be-
cause it is taken as a whole, a good
measure and that the improvements
provided for will mostly if not all, be
good commercial investments. The
bill is in line with the system of inter
nal improvements which the repub
ican party has always fostered and
believed in. Besides these reasons,
the failure of the bill to become law
would result in large losses by reason
of the stoppage of many important
improvements now under way.
1t is now regarded as certain that
Congress will not be in session later
than next Monday or Tuesday, and
there is a strong probability that adj
journment will take place during the
latter part of the present week.
Although the the President, Vice
President, and every member of the
Cabinet except Secretary Morton was
in Washington the only member of
the administration who attended any
of the memorial exercises was Secre
tary Herbert, who is an ex- Confeder
ate. This has been commented upon
to considerable extent, as there was
no excuse other than want of inclina
ton why these officials should not
have paid their respects to the mem
DRY of the men who gave up their
lives to make it possible for them to
hold their present offices.
A majority of Congress feel re-
luctant to adjourn without doing
something definite for Cuba, out
any attempt to do anything would
s tart an indefinite debate which
might do more harm than good, with
no certainty that anything could be
done, anyway.
Senator Squier, as the first step to-
wards the erection of suitable MEM
orial to Gen. Grant, has introduced a
bill providing for the creation of a
Commission, composed of the Secre
tary of War, the Chairman of the
House and Senate joint Committee on
the Lib rary, and the Architect of the
fn1 Int cf% HI ,i<>,,
will be to secure from leading artists
or architects, being at liberty to make
his own, and the estimated cost of the
same. All of these plans are to be
to Congress. After con-
sideration, Senator Squier concluded
that this was better plan than that
o his original bill, providing outright
for monument to Gen. Grant. He
wishes the monument to this commits
sion is the best way to get it.
The silver democrats are consider
ably stirred up over consultation
which Mr.. Harrity, the Chairman of
the democratic National Committee,
had with Mr.. Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle while he was in Washington.
The consultation would not have wor-
ried the silver men much, as they
knew how to down them for many
months, had it not been for Harrity's |
announcement afterward, that De in
tended to support the ticket and plat
ton. They don't believe that Harri
ty would support a silver candidate,
and they fear that his announcement |
means that some trick has been con-
cocted oy which Harrity feels certain
of defeating the silver men at the
The Treasury deficit for the month |
of May exceeds So, 900, 900, and for the
e leven months of the present fiscal |
year is pushing S27, O0O,O and these
5ible by democratic Treasury officials.
If you wish to make Senator Brice
mad you have only to mention Mr..
name to him. He thinks
of Mr.. G. what the late VIM. II. Van
derbilt once said of one of his sons-in-
law. The trouble all came about
through the fight between the silver
and anti silver democrats in Ohio. Al
though Senator Brice has had no love
for Mr.. Cleveland since the tariff fight
which resulted in the substitution of
the German tariff bill for the original
Wilson bill, he sometime ago called
on him and told him that he would
help to prevent the silver men getting
the Ohio delegation to the Chicago
According to his friends
MIR. Cleveland gladly welcomed his