Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-05-21
HISTORICAL.
Washington, May, II, 1891

AT last the democrats acknowledge that
the present tariff law viii not proNiue sumo
lent revenue TO meet the needs OF the gov
eminent. The acknowledgement was open
lv made this week in both House and senate
and really amounts TO putting III plea OF
guilty of insuficieney tor the aemocratlc
party. Yet they still pretend to think that
The people can be BAN bOozled into giving
the democratic party an opportunity 70 put
the country still deeper in the mole wnen
the republican party with us unDIokeh rec
ord of good management of the govern
ment's business and prosperity Tor all class
eS of our citizens stands ready to again take
charge and put a stop 70 the increase in the
public debt which has been so great under
The Cleveland administration.
When republicans charged that Secretary
Carlisle was Withholding APPROPRIATIONS
made by Congress and refusing to pay
claims against the government upon the
fimsiest excuses democrats denied both
charges. Now comes Senator German with
statement fully substantiating both charg-
es and saving that Secretary Carlisle was
obliged to resort to such metnods because
of lack of money.
Senator Squire's bill appropriating $780,
900 for the erection of an equestrian statue
of Gen. Grant. upon government land in the
ably reported TO the Senate and Senator
Squire hopes to get il passed before Con-
gress adiourns. He thinks 1t shame that
Congress has not long ago provided Tor a
Grant statue and has done his part towards
getting one by introducing similar bill TO
the present one in several Congresses, but
circumstances OF one SORT OF dHOluCA nav
prevented any of them becoming laws.
Senator Sherman tripped up senator
German very nicely this week Mr., Cor
man had lust made a speech dealing with
the enormous and alarming deficit in gov
eminent reYenueS-his total was sos 600 600
and concluded by throwing few boquets
to himself for having lessened the deticit
some by preventing the original wilson
tariff bill from becoming law, and deCldr-
ing that he was prepared to vote tor any
measure that would add SIS 100000 year to
her ShpTm nTOnnfl Y
challenged that declaration by stating that
the house had passed non-partlSan rev.
enue tariff bill, which would have added
$1,000 COO year to the revenues. ane that Mr..
German had led the solid democratic oppo-
sitiOn to it in the senate The only answer
Mr. German could make was that the bill
was McKinleyiSm. He then tried to make a
point by asking Senator Sherman II he
would vote for duty on tea and coffee, but
Mr. sherman squelched him by replying,
No: / will not; for / would not put the
whole burden of taxation upon those who
drink tea and coffee. 1 am willing to get
the revenue from the taxation OF foreign
goods.
Senator Chambers amendment to the ma
val appropriation bill against the employ
ment OF naval officers on the retired list,
by naval contractors after June 30. 1897 was
adopted by a vote of IS toll. This amendment
is one of the results Of the recent inyestiga-
ton by the Senate committee on naval al
fairs of the making of armor plate for the
government.
The House this week passed the Picker
pension bill and is now debating the bank
ruptcy bill which Will be voted upon tomor
row afternoon. 1t is considered probable
that the bill will be passed.
Senators vest and Cockrell of Mo, were
made to realize that the administration is
in dead earnest in the fghtit is making on
the silver democrats W len Mr.. p. 3 Lyles,
one of their special proteges was forced to
resign the position of chief clerk Of the
Bureau of Animal Industry of the depart
ment OF Agriculture, into which they nad
him put in the early days of the administra-
ton.
The result of the Illinois republican state
convention was not surprising to anyone in
Washington who had been in a position to
get an unprejudiced statement of the senti-
ment of the party in that state. but the dec
laration of the republican state convention
OF Vermont for Mckinley. was so great
surprise thatit created a sensation among
republicans in Congress. what caused the
surprise was that the Vermont republi
mad never instructed for any candidate be-
tore not even when it was known that the
name OF Hon. Geo. Il EdmundS then sena-
tor was to be presented to a national con-
yentlon and that Speaker Reeds friends
mad not even asked that he be endorsed by
the convention.