Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-10-06
Washington Letter.
rom our Regular Correspondent

From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, October l, 1897
President Mckinley is back in the
White house, and with the possible
exception of short trip to Ohio the
latter part of this month he will
probably not leave Washington
again until the long session of con-
gress, which meets in December, ad-
journs. The president is enthusiasts.
tic, not only over the personal recep-
ton given him in Massachusetts, but
over the evidence of prosperity be
saw everywhere he went. He found
the same state of affairs in New
England that he found in the middle
West-everybody rejoicing over pres
ent prosperity and the prospect of
greater prosperity to come. If ever
any president had cause to rejoice
over the condition of the country,
surely President Mckinley is the man,
and what adds to his pleasure is the
knowledge that he can consistently
say, Il told you So"
This weeks cabinet meeting was a
sort of happy family affair. All had
something to say from personal
knowledge of the great wave of pros
perlty that is sweeping the country,
helping the farmers to pay off mort
cages and to purchase luxuries for
themselves and families, which they
were compelled to do without during
the dark years of Democratic control,
and giving work, where there has
been no work, to both skilled and I'M
skilled labor. The people who have
suffered know where to place the
credit for their improved condition,
and they will be certain not to make
any more disastrous experiments bv
voting the Republican party out of
power. Republican times will be
synonymous with good times for g.
long time o come in this country.
After tx Senator Edmunds, chair
man of the Monetary commission,
announced the three standing COM
mlttees on metallic currency, on
demand obligations of the govern
ment, and on banking, the commits
sion took a recess until October IL,
In order to allow the committees to
consider suggestions which have been
made and to arrange a systematic
programme. Members Of the COM
mission are emphatic in denying any
Intention to do more than suggest to
congress changes that they may be-
lieve would be beneficial.
Official news received by the depart
ment OF state from Hawaii this week
was very different from what was
expected by the sensation mongers,
who had been circulating stories of
the danger of the immediate over
throw of the Dole government by the
Japanesein Hawaii. Minister Sewall
informed Secretary Sherman that
the immigration dispute between
Japan and Hawaii was IN a fair WAY
to be amicably settled without even
the trouble OF arbitration.
First Assistant Postmaster Gener-
al Heath, who has just returned from
his home III Indiana, tells the follow
ing to illustrate the conditions he
found there: "When was in Indiana
in February | met farmer who was
IN great distress. He was an old
friend, with 200 acres of as good land
rs can be found anywhere 1t was
mOrtgaged for several thousand dol
lars, and he offered to sell his equity
at an almost nominal figure. Last
week | saw the farmer again, and
ssked him if he still wanted to sell.
He told me the farm was not for
sale; that he had made enough out of
il to settle his interest account, pay
off a part of his debt, and to build a
new house, and had renewed his
mortgage at 2 per cent. lower inter
est than he had been paying"