Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-05-21
FROM WASHINGTON.


The republican senate steering com
mittee held a conference this week to con
| slider the order of business for the remand
er of the session but as the republicans
have not majority it VIII be necessary for
the democratic steering committee to
agree to program before it can become
effective. 1t is quite certain however. that
Mr. Cleveland will not be given an oppor-
tunity to kill the River and Harbor bill and
about one hundred private pension bills by
pocket vetoes. Consequently there is no
probability that adjournment will occur
until these bills have become laws with or
without his signature. or shall be vetoed,
and it is probable that the River and Harbor
bill VIII reach the White house before next
week as the senate added number of inn
portant amendments to the bill which may
cause some delay in conference. II is re
garded as almost certain that this bill will
bevetoed, and expected that ii will be passed
over the veto, but all this will take time
Consequently adjournment is not looked for
before the first or second week in June.
If it be true, as has been freely charged,
that money was spent to secure the OPPOSE
ton of the A. F. A. to the candidacy OF Gov
Mckinley for President it was made very
certain at the meeting of the Supreme Coun-
ell of the A. p A.. held in Washington this
week, that those who furnished that money
made very bad investment.
Some people were surprised at the result
of the vote on the resolution declaring Col
Dupont of,Delaware, TO be entitled to seat
in the Senate but it is quite certain that
Senator Mitchell chairman of the Election
committee. who had charge of the resolution
was not one of them. and it is not probable
that Col. Dupont was
The House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce this week decided to ia
vorably report the Mahon Nicaragua Canal
bill, with some additions and changes. The
bill authorizes the Canal Company, to issue
800, 5000 in 3 per cent bonds, guaranteed by
the Z. s and redeemable at pleasure after
ten years. to be secured by first mortgage
on all the companys property. It also pro-
vides that the canal shall be constructed ac-
cording to the plans of the engineer depart
ment of the army and under its supervision.
1t has not been definitely decided whether
an attempt will be made to put this bin
through the House at this session. and prob
ably will not be until the Senate indicates
what it is going to do about adjournment
In order that no charge of partisanship
should lie. Senator Morrill,. chairman of the
finance committee, chose three democrats.
one republican and one populist to make up
the subcommittee which will investigate
those bond issue. in accordance with the re-
solution adopted by the Senate. There is no
desire on the part of the republicans to
make any political capital ont Of this inves-
tigation. They only want the truth and
most of them really hope that Secretary
Carlisle and Mr.. Cleveland will both be en-
tirely cleared of the ugly charges whichs
have been made against them in connection
with the issue of bond. Like true patriots
they would prefer seeing the good name of
the President and Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States upheld than to get
benefited through their being smirched. !
Political Juggling and trickery may be ex-
cused in an official. but personal dishonesty |
never.
The belief THAT the sending of Gen. Fritz |
Lee to Cuba as Consul General has some sort |
Of scheme behind it has been strengthened |
By the official statement that Mr. Cleveland |
had requested Mr. Williams who has been |
our consul General in Cuba for twenty |
years. to remain HAVANA for a time as Gen. |
Lees adviser. Adviser is good, but Mr.. |
Williams will really be Gen. Lees interpre- |
ter. as he doesn't know a word of Spanish. |
The new Consul.Cfeneral is going to Cuba at |
once although he is risking his life in so |
doing, as the unhealthy season has already |
opened in Havana and yellow fever is on |
the increase. so that the Cleveland scheme |
in which he is being used must soon become |
visible to the naked eve and it will excite |
little surprise in washington should it tprn |
out TO be connected with Mr. Cleveland's |
for third term.
The Mckinley sentiment is growing in |
CONGRESS- hut those in favor of the nominal
tion Of some other man are keeping up such |
a bold front that there is no immediate |
of proposition to make it unani- |
nous being fayorab1y considered. but the |
supporters of GOV. Mckinley say it will be |
by the the time the convention meets. |
Gov McKinIey's popularity in Washington |
is of many years standing.