Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-04-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our reguinr correspondent
wAsHIHGros. d. c.. April q, 1as

ban business, so far as 1t Is known,
! has almost no friends in congress.
Nothing official is known, but as un-
derstood by congressman il will put
thisgovernment inthe position of ask
ing the Cubans to lay down their arms
and accept Spanish promises of
home rule for the island, position
which misrepresents the sentiment
Of this country almost as badly as
though the administration had open
ly taken the part of Spain. Whether
congress will do anything else is not
yet certain, but very bitter anti
Spanish feeling is growing, which
has been increased by the rumored
execution of Walter Dygert, the
young American whose release from
prison has been promised by the
Spanish authorities. Secretary Oh
ney refuses to believe that Dygert
has been executed by the Spaniards,
but Representative Sulzer, of New
York, says he had the information
that he was shot from Cubans In his
district who received it direct from
friends in Cuba. The matter is be-
ing Investigated. Should Dygert's
reported execution prove to be fact
there Is no telling what it may lead
to. A declaration of war against
Spain is one of the possibilities.
The serious charges against the
management Of the Soldiers Home
at Leavenworth, made by Repre-
sentative Blue, Of Kan, will proba-
bly, be Investigated, as the house
committee on military affairs has
voted to report resolution author
izing the speaker to appoint COM
mittee of five members to make the
investigation. Ten Of the sixteen
members of the committee were
present, and the vote was to 3. Rep
resentative Mcclellan, Of n. Y, son
of the late Gen. Mcclellan, voted
against reporting the resolution and
gave notice Of his intention to pre-
sent minority report to the house
asking that it be not adopted
# there are any more democrats
who wish to pose as the administra-
ton candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination they should
lose no time in communicating their
wishes to Mr. Cleveland, who appears
to have laid aside his customary OBJ
stinacy in this particular matter and
to be willing to allow all Of the would
be leadere of the party to try their
hand at playing the part. first it
was Olney, then Carlisle, who was
followed By Russell, and now it is
Pattison, of Pa. 1t may be that Mr..
Cleveland himself is playing a part
in this democratic melodrama. AL
ready some of his worshippers are
saying that none Of the men sug-
gested as satisfactory candidates to
the administration have developed
any support in the rank and file Of
the party. And, according to the
aforesaid worshippers, the only way
he can head off the silver wing Of
tho party is to again become the
candidate himself. 1t may be that
Mr. Cleveladd has nothing to do with
this sort of talk, but it is much more
,uphnl,lo hot No bns
Some Of the senate amendments TO
appropriation bills may have con-
siderable trouble in getting through
the house. In this class is that al
lowing two years to change the In
dian sectarian schools to govern
ment schools. 1t will be remembered
that when this bill was in the house
it was made to explicitly provide
that no money carried BY it was to
be expended for the support of Sec
tartan Indian schools. There are al
so lot Of the senate amendments
to other appropriation bills that will
find bitter opposition in the house.
No positive action looking TO early
adjournment has been taken in either
the house or senate, and nothing has
been done to indicate whether the
statement that the democratic steer
ing committee of the senate had de-
termined that adjournment should
not take place until after the repub-
lican convention was fact or fiction.
Owing 70 the peculiar condition Of
affairs in the senate, adjournment
cannot be had without democratic
consent.
SpooNrR undoubtedly would like
to get out one Of his iron clad in
functions against the Hoard sena-
torial boom Fond du Lac Reporter.
ALBERT SPRATLER, the pioneer