Milford chronicle., 1896-05-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, May II, Is

WASHINGTON, May II. 1896
The administration cannot extract either
pleasure or satisfaction from the bond ques'
ton. It had scarcely recovered from the
chagrin caused by the adoption of that res
olution directing the Senate Finance Com
mittee to Investigate everything connected
with all the bond issues by this admins
tratlon, with only six adverse votes, when
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, threw fresh
bomb shell by offering joint resolution
providing that hereafter no bonds shall be
issued by any officer of the government
until the President has explained to Con-
gress the necessity for the bonds the amount
of the proposed issue, and Congress shall
have authorized their issue There is little
probability that this resolution will ever
reach the dignity of law. as it would Ger.
tainly meet a Presidential veto should it be
adopted by both branches of Congress. and
it could not get a two-thirds vote in the
Senate. STILL it added to the unpleasant
sensations of Mr. CLEVELAND and his Cabi.
net.
Speaking of vetoes, the friends of the
River and Harbor bill are so certain that
Mr.. Cleveland will veto it that they have
already made a careful canvass of both
House and Senate with view to passing
it over his veto, and they express confidence
of being able to do so
It is now certain that Congress will not
adjourn on the date-May ISth-set by the
Joint resolution which was adopted by the
House last week land not probable that ad.
journment will come until after June Ist
although the Senate could materially shorten
the session if so disposed; but owing to no
party having majority in the Senate, no
man can say that It will or will not do with
any degree of certainty of the correctness
of his assertion There have been vague
rumors of deliberate intention to prolong
the session until after the National Con-
Ventlons have been held, by starting up a
financial discussion, but none of the leaders
on either side take any stock in such
scheme. and Senators as wide apart in their
general ideas as Mr.. Allison, of Iowa, and
Mr. German, of Maryland, agree in ex-
pressing the opinion that Congress will
adjourn before the meeting of the St. Louis
Considerable criticism has been aroused |
by the action of the House in following the
example Of the Senate and voting to allow
500 a month during the entire
year for the hire of clerk instead of only
turing the time that Congress is actually
n session. The vote was 1870 to Io8.
All inquiries at the State Department to
ascertain what, if any, steps have been
aiken in behalf of the American citizens
Who were captured on the alleged flbuster
Competitor" and who have after So
allied trial been sentenced to death by the
spanish authorities, are met with the reti.
ence usual to that department. From other
ources it is understood that Secretary 4
)lney has made protest against the SEN
snces being carried out until an Investlga-
On has been made by u S officials. A
emand, backed by warship, would have !
cen much more fitting than protest.
'hese cases are exciting much interest in
congress
The prospects Of the erection of a suita-
le monument at the National Capital, in t
Iemory of General Grant, are now very C
-omising. Senator Squier's resolution, h
$4,000 for the monument,
be erected on ground owned DO the gov al
nment, is in fair way to become law
fore the expiration of the fifty fourth Con "
-ess, and a Grant monument association u
IS been formed for the purpose of raising W
lditlonal money by private subscription to "
expended on the monument. Senator
luier, who has been elected President Of p
is association has received a letter from a;
rs. Grant thanking him for his efforts :,
d indorsing his resolution. The ball is "
w rolling, and II will not be allowed to al
,p until that monument has been secured. m
lie people of the United States never meant tr
neglect to pay suitable tribute to the D
.mory of Gen. Grant; It has merely
IN deferred. -
Senator Hill is a Democratic statesman
high degree, as statesmen 90 in that party. H.
S term as Senator will close next March, j..
d during his nearly six years in the Sem w
he has been responsible for but one II.
, and that has no! yet become a law, ia
rough it has passed the Senate and has I'M
n favoFably reported from the House
mmittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
rec And what think you is this great tic
momentous piece of legislation that is IN,
,e the only reminder to posterity-that
4 it becomes a law-that David B. Hill ref
red six years in the Senator It author tio
the Secretary Of the Treasury to detail
venue cutter TO control excursion and
4 boats which attend yacht races Now wa
sn't that prove the craftsmanship Of -