The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-06-12

From our regular Correspondents ]

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While no republican in Congress.
contends that the River and Harbol
Bill which Mr.. Cleveland has vetoed
and which will this week almost Ger
tainly be passed over his veto is per.
feet measure, or that any previous bill
of its kind was, every republican in
both branches of Congress will vote to
pass the bill over the veto, because
they believe it is, taken as a whole, a
good measure and that the improve
ments provided for will mostly, if not
all, be COED commercial Improvements.
The bill is in line with the system of
internal improvements which the re-
publican party has always fostered
and believed in. Besides these reasons,
the failure of the bill to become law
would result in large losses by reason
of the stoppage of many improvements
now under way.
1t is now regarded as certain that
Congress will not be in session later
than next Monday or Tuesday, and
there is strong probability that ad-
journment will take place during the
latter part of the present week.
Although the President, Vice-Presi-
dent, and every member of the Cabinet
except Secretary Morton was in Wash
ington the only member of the admin
istration who attended any of the
Memorial day exercises was Secretary
Herbert, who is an ex-Confederate.
This has been commented upon to a
considerable extent, as there was no
excuse other than want of inclination
why these official should not have paid
their respects to the memory of the
men who gave up their lives to make
it possible for them to hold their pres
ent Offices.
A majority of Congress feel reluctant
to adjourn without doing something
definite for Cuba, but any attempt to
do anything would start an indefinite
debate which might do more harm
than good, with no certainty than
anything could be done, anyway.
Senator Squire, as the first step to-
wards the erection of suitable MEM
orial to Gen. Grant, has introduced q
bill providing for the creation of q
Commission, composed of the Secre-
tary Of War, the Chairman of the
House and Senate joint Committee on
the Library, and the Architect Of the
Capitol. The duties of this commits
sion will be to secure from leading
artists and architects, plans and esti-
mates for a monument, each artist or
architect being at liberty to make his
own, and the estimated cost of the
same. All of there plans are to be re-
ported to Congress. After considera-
ton, Senator Squire concluded that
this was better plan than that of his
original bill, providing outright for
monument to Gen. Grant. He wishes
the monument to be the best that can
be suggested, and believes the creation
of this commission is the best way to
get it,
The silver democrats are considera-
bly, stirred up over a consultation
which Mr.. Harrity, the Chairman of
the democratic National Committee,
had with Mr.. Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle while he was in Washington.
The consultation would not have wor-
ried the silver men much, as they
knew that all the parties present had
been doing all they knew how to do to
down them for many months, had it
not deem for Harrity's announcement
afterward, that he intended to support
the ticket and platform made by the
Chicago convention. They don't be-
lieve that Harrity would support q
silver candidate, and they fear that
his announcement means that some
trick has been concocted by which
Harrity feels certain of defeating the
silver men at the Convention.
The Treasury deficit for the month
of May exceeds $4,000, 900 and for the
eleven months of the present fiscal
year is pushing $27, ,O00, 600. and these
figures are made rs favorable as possi-
BILE by democratic Treasury officials.
If you wish to make Senator Brice
mad you have only to mention Mr..
Cleveland's name to him. He thinks
of Mr.. G. what the late VIM. III. Van
derbilt once said of his sons-in-law.-
The trouble all came about through
the fight between the silver and anti
silver democrats in Ohio. Although
Senator Brice has had no love for Mr..
Cleveland since the tariff fight which
resulted in the substitution of the
German tariff bill for the original
Wilson bill, he sometime ago called on
him and told him that he would help
to prevent the silver men getting the
Ohio delegation to the Chicago con-
ventiou. According to his friend, Mr..
Cleveland gladly welcomed his offered
assistance. It vas not long, however,