Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-04-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent


wAsHlsGTos. d. G, April 20, 1886
1t will not be the fault of the house
If there is not an early adjournment
Of congress. Only one appropriation
bill--general deficiency-remains to
be acted upon. Although nothing is
yet definitely decided upon, it is re-
garded as certain that the bankrupt
cy bill, the bill for the codification
of pension laws, and as many of the
contested election cases as can be re-
ported will be disposed of before adj
journment. 1t Is doubtful whether
any other measures of national inn
portance will he considered, although
the pressure to dispose of the Pacific
Railroads bill, which has been agreed
upon, is strong. So far as known the
senators will throw no obstacles IN
the way of early adjournment, but
Senator German has dropped hint
which some believe to indicate the
contrary.
The Mckinley men are as conf
dent as ever that he will he the nom
inee, and they are doing much more
talking than the supporters Of the
other candidates.
IT took the house just three hours,
the greater portion Of that time be-
ing taken up with speeches in favor
of the bill, to pass the fertilization
bill, carrying appropriations of SILL
100000 for the erection and strength
ening of need Notifications. Even
the democrats admit that in view Of
the recent cocky attitude Of the
United States, which has been so
generally endorsed by public senti-
ment, we must ms. some prepare
[. ons to defend ourselves in case of
war, and the strongest friends OF
peace regard such preparation as the
surest way Of remaining at peace
with the world.
1t seems difficult to believe that
any man Of even ordinary common
sense would endorse the scheme
which il heralded MS the one upon
which the democratic party hopes TO
elect president this year, but such
men as Senator Harris, Of Tenn, and
eX-speaker Crisp, Of Ca, have been
publicly spoken of as endorsing it
and no denials have been made. Sc
It Is presumed that they and the
other democrats mentioned in the
same connection do endorse the
scheme. According to the scheme
the democrats are to keep up theil
present fight among themselves over
silver, and the majority of the Chi
cago convention is to decide whether
a gold or silver candidate and plat
form shall be set up. Whichever
way the convention goes the minor
| ity is 10 bolt, and put out ticket and
| platform iii accordance with its
views. Then there will be two dem
ocratie national tickets in the field
one for silver and one for gold, anc
! Just here the fine work of the scheme
is TO begin. Only one set Of demo
cratic presidential electors are to BE-
run ii each state, the silver ticket TO
have clear field in those states in
which the silver sentiment is be.
lieved to be dominant, and the gold
ticket in those states where ma.
iority are likely to be for gold The
orignators OF this scheme believe, OF
say they DO, that enough states car
be carried rs the two democratic
tickets combined to make a majority
in the electoral college, and they
proposed that they shall all be cast
for the ticket which has u majority
of them. Now isn't that a scheme
worthy of the party which has stood
for about every imaginable side ot
every public question