Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-01-23
DoINGS AT WASHINGTON.
Washington. Jan. Il. 1896.

~ dshlngl0n. Jan. Il. 1896.
Messrs. German IIarrIty & Co. allowed The
other members Of tire democratic National
Committee which met here this week. L
imagine that they decided the time and
place for holding the democratic national
convention, but a. a matter of fact the
members Of that astute political firm had
settled the matter sometime before A gen
tleman who is usually good authority upon
matters relating to the business of the firm
says there is only one man who could ha--.
changed the result Tnat man is ex-Secre-
| tary Whitney He was. 30 this gentleman
says. informed by German. Harritv & Co.
that If he would agree TO accept the demo-
| cratic nomination he could name the time
and place for holding the convention and
write his own platform. Mr.. whitney. who
knows a thing or two about the value of
political nominations, is said to have replied
in substance that although he was a veal
thy man ne didn't care to indulge in the
| pastime Of throwing good m oney down rat
holes.
There were number Of more or less in
teresting ghost stories floating around
Washington this week about Mr.. Cleveland
having authorized the statement to certain
members of the democratic committee that
DeTOTE
the convention. and many prominent news
papers paid telegraph tolls on there stories.
but most diligent inquiry failed TO locate a
single member of the committee who wonld
! acknowledge having received any such in
formation, and some of them did not hesi-
tate to say that thew did not believe Mr.
Cleveland had authorized anyone to make
such statement. The best informed men
in Washington still believe that Mr. Cleve-
and wants the nomination again, and that
dining short of abolute proof that he can
not get the necessary number of votes in
the convention will cause him TO saw one
WORD against the presentation of his name
TO the convention, and every movement OF
the administration indicates the correctness
of this belief
Amos Cummings of New York has again
shown himself to be about the most indie
pendent democratic member of the House
Amos was gallant soldier and it riled him
when one of his Tamlaary Uolea yues charo-
ed that the amendments proposed bv the
republicans to the pension laws. intended
solely to secure justice to the old soldiers
and their widows was nothing but an at
tempt to loot the Treasury. Mr.. Cummings
started off by emphatically repudi ating the
sentiments expressed by his Tammany col
league (Mr. Sartlett) ION behalf of the peo-
pie, of the Union soldiers; on behalf of wi
dows and orphans. and finally and emphat-
ically on behalf of Tammany Hail." He
then paid his attention in cutting language
to the present administration of the pension
Office He said it was time to call halt on
the Pension ONCE. That old soldiers and
poor widows were standing in hourly ex-
pectation that something cowardly from the
a 9Th
being stabbed in the back from a quarter
from which they should expect nothing but
praise and justice. "Rah." for Amos.
Senator Mills. of Texas. who has been
webbing around ever since he made that
declaration against the free coinage of sill
yer, made speech this week in which he
tried TO square himself with the silver men
in Texas. He didn't exactly go back to his
original position in favor of free coinage
but he befogged the question and tried to
beat the devil around the stump by advocat-
ing the coinage of the silver bullion in the
Treasury, the payment of government OBJ
legations in both silver and gold, and de-
nouncing national banks and the issue Of
interest hearing bonds. 1t is evident that
Mr.. Minis is still between the devil and the
deep sea" where it will be remembered he
declared himself to be in speech made
while the bin for the repeal of the purchas-
ing clause of the so-called Sherman silver
law was before the Senate. The trouble
with Mr.. Mills is that the grey matter on
the inside of his head is altogether out of
proportion to the horse power of his lungs
In other words he talks to much and thinks
to little
Gen Walker. commander-in-chief of the
G. A. r.. was in Washington this week for
the purpose of comforting with the mem
bers of the House and Senate Pension com
mittees on the proposed pension legislation
of the session.
The Senate Finance committee has not
yet acted upon the House tariff bill, but ex-
poets to do so at it's next meeting The re-
publicans managers of the bill still hope to
geti reported to the Senate without
amendment but are not as confident of il as
they we're.
Some interesting gossip relating to pos
ition of the administration towards Cuba
has followed the statement of a personal
friend of Mr.. Clevelands that if Spain sold
Cuba to England, France or Germany.
either of which would gladly buy it. the ad-
ministration would not regard it as a viola
ton of the Monroe doctrine, and would not
protest There is much speculation as to
what Congress would do under such cir
cumstances, There should not be the
slightest doubt of its action. 1t should, in
tones that would be heard around the
world, forbid the contamination of such a |
deal and it probably would
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