Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-03-05
DoTNGs Ar WASHINGTON
WashInglon. Mar & &c.

Washington. Mar. /. 1896.
A jolt caucus OF republican Senators and
Representatives was held this week to Sc
ieet the members of the new Congressional
Campaign Committee. and incidentally there
was some talk about pending legislation
especially the tariff bill which Senator Car
ter, one Of the republicans who voted against
taking the bin up last week has moved to
send back to the Finance committee for fur
| the consideration. No attempt was made
70 force any action, but it was plain that the
sentiment of the caucus was almost unani-
nous that the bin ought TO be put through
| the Senate just as 1t passed the House
on no, J. Pierrepont Morgan has no pull
on this administration Thatwa shown bv
the action of Secretary Carlisle in present.
! ing Mr. Morgan with about $4,000 of the peo-
pies money by deciding the bonds upon
| which the Original lders defaulted in the
! first payment about IS 900. 00o-sbould go to
air Morgan at his bid Notwithstanding the
offer Of a higher price by others for them
Secretary Carlisle should have to answer
| before the bar of the Z. 5. Ser ate sitting as
aeonrt OF impeachment. for this extraor
binary and costly favor conferred upon Mr.
Morgan. Lest there should be any misur-
Outstanding as to this charge here are the
ngureS. These bonds are sold to Mr.. Nor
gan at less than1,lI when they could have
been sold in the open market (see current
quotations) for LIT, a difference of cents
upon every dollar of bonds. This too, in the
face % the statement in the original adver
tisement for bids. that the government re-
served the right to reject any or all bids
sentin IT is perfectly clear that MI MOI :
gan had absolutely no claim to have these
bonds upon which higher bidders defaulted
awarded TO him, and the inference is that
they are given him. because ne didn-t get as
many bonds as he and the administration
expected ne would get BUTT is costly for
the people.
Senator Hill made a bid for the whiskey
vote by speaking against the presentation
ofpetitions from temperance people to the
Senate and giving notice of his intention to
move that the Senate rules be 50 amended
that petitions should be handed to the clerk I
Of the Senate and not be presented in open /
Senate and have their titles read. as has
been the inyariable custom
The hearings before the senate Pacific
Railroads committee on the various pr o.
sitions for the settlement of the debt of
those roads to the government. have made
the railroad lobbyists very conspicuous in
Washington, but SO far little has been |
brought out that was new and there is moth
ing in sight to indicate the nature OF the bill |
that Will finally be reported. It is, of course
certain that bills win lie reported both from |
House and Senate committees, but whether
both committees viii report the same bill or
whether any bill win be passed is more than
can at this time be said. The country will
be fortunate if this matter is disposed of
without Congressional scandal
The House this week had a ItttIa f,r ,,4i4t,
Secretary Morton in connection with his
refusal to buy and distribute seeds after the
last Congress appropriated the money. A
number of gentlemen helped along the |
amusement, but the efforts ofRepresentative |
Cousins, of Iowa seemed to be most appre- |
clated by the House. He offered an amend |
ment to the Agricultural appropriation bill.
providing that the salary of the Secretary
OF Agriculture be reduced to S25. a year un-
til he should comply with the law for the
free distribution of seeds. The amendment
was, of course, ruled out on point of order
but not until Mr.. Cousins had had his say
which was not altogether humorous For
he W. serious enough when he
said Secretary Morton's course was the
grossest usurpation of modern times and
the Secretary pats the House on the head,
strokes the gray beard aof the Senate scowls
dt the PRESIDENT, and says there will not be
any seed distribution this year of our Lord
not If he knows himself 5" and again, that the
most powerful branch of the government
was that represented by the Secretary of
Agriculture, who took Congress and the
President into his lap and supervised and
ultimately decided everything Mr.. Cousins
closed by saying; "This is no longer a gov
eminent of the people. 1t is a government
by J. Pierrepont Morgan and J. Sterling
Morton.
Representative Walter Evans of Ky, has
introduced bill that ought TO become a
law II creates The Lincoln Monument
Commission, to consist of the president. the
the Vice President, the speaker of the
House, the Secretary of State and the Sec
rotary of the Treasury. and authorizes said
commission to have constructed upon
ground belonging to the United States a
monument to Abraham Lincoln that may
appropriately and adequately express the
nations gratitude for his INDUSTRIOUS and
patriotic services and its.exalting apprecia-
ton of his fame, 100000 is appropriated
by the bill