Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-04-16
DOINGS AT WASHINGTON.


A wave Of Mckinley enthuiasm struck
Washington this week. ana for little while
it locked like All the opponents OF the popu-
/ lar Ohioaa would be swamped. but now
Things have resumed their normal condition
that IS republicans are standing np for
their choice, just as they were before the
wave swept over. It is admitted however
by many Of the staunchest supporters Of the
! other candidates that few more waves
ike that WOULD make Coz. Mckinlry's nom-
ination certainty. of course his support
ers insist thsa his nomination is already
assured, ana some Of them are even saving
that they Wouldn't be surprised to see the
I thing made unanimous rs the withdrawal
OF ali other candidates. The supporters If
the other candidates say thai Coy Nc
| hinley's greatest danger arises from hi
great strength that he is strong enough u
lead the field, but not strong enough to be
nominated on the hrst ballot
The House added an amendment to the
sundry cigil appropriation bin providing for
the purchase 81 the Washington house ia
which Lincoln died and for the placing OF
the house under the care of the Memorial
society. o., anlzed several years ago under a
special act Of Congress
Owing 70 a disagreement a. 10 mich Of
the two competing companies should be Civ
en- the concession for laying and maintain
ing cable from California 10 Hawaii the
Senate committee on Foreign Relations vot-
ed against reporting the bin providing for
that cable. As tits kuown that seven out Of
eleven members Of the committee favor the
cable II is believed that a bill viii yet be
reported. The trouble was that lie seven
members who favored the cable dis reed
as % which Of the two companies 81 Ia
lay it and the four democrats VINO oppos
the cable took advantage OF the disagree
ment to vote 50 as to hang the whole bust
ness up, for a time anyway.
senator CulIom, who Is the author 81 the
Interstate commerce law will endeavor to
overcome the effect OF the supreme court
decision that no authority was confer1 ID
upon the Interstate commerce commissi m
By That law to compel railroads to regulate
their prices for freight SO as not To charge
more for short haul than for a long one.
by Introducing bill 70 amend the law by
specifically providing that railroads shan
not carry foreign goods cheaper than the
carry domestic goods.
The third quarter It the fiscal year ended |
this week, and the footings Of the treasury
figures for the past nine months adds the
very strongest confirmation to the lack Of
which republicans. in ana out of Congress !
have been so long impressing upon the
country and which the house tried to rem
edy by passing a revenue tariff bill The
deficit for the nine months ending March 81
was SlS,sl9.70s. The increase in revenues
which Secretary Carlisle predicted in his
annual report to Congress has not come and
viii not come solong as the present tariff |
law continues in force
The sugar growers Of the country present
ed strong appeal-they claim an appeal |
for the lie OF the industry-to the House |
Ways and Means committee this week Tor |
Legislation to enable them to compete with /
the German producers who are paid an ex-
port bounty by their government. and who
are taking advantage of the war in Cuba
which has virtually shut off the supply of
Cuban sugar, to crus the sugar growing
industry of the United States and to aid
them in that task bill is now pending in
the German Reichstag to increase the
bounty on sugar Representatives of the
sugar growers said they would be glad to be
at least put upon the same footing as the
Germans, by having Congress pass a bill
putting duty upon German sugar of the
same amount that was paid by Germany as
an export duty. They also complained of
money appropriated by Congress to pay
sugar bounties The republican members
Of the committee sympathize with the sugar
growers, and if they had the power would ;
gladly do something for them. but their in '
ability to do anything was made plain by
the suggestion of Chairman Dingley that
The delegation should try to persuade the
Senate to recede from its attitude of opposi-
lion to tariff legis lation
noticeable feature of the debate on the
-eport of the election committee in favor Of
5ol. Duponts right to a seat in the Senate
las been the absence of partisanship 1t
las been so far strictly legal discussion
conducted in much the same manner as if it
we're in court room. instead Of the Senate
,hamber Up to this time no republican has
declared against Co. Dupont and no Demo-
rat for him. The only populist who has
spoken opposed him.