Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-03
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

| w ASH1HGION, january ~, lS9(.-
Senator Sherman has been noted
throughout his long public career for
a disinclination to allow himself 10 be
placed in a false position. He showed
this when he stated in open senate
that there was no truth in the numer-
Gus rumOrs about his having made an
agreement with Secretary Olney con-
corning the Cuban policy to be main
talned during the remainder of his
administration and that to be adopted
| by President McKinley's administra-
ton. He showed it again by this
fiat-footed announcement concerning
the stories of his having accepted the
secretaryship of state as a part of a
bargain: my acceptance of the port
! folio of secretary of state was without
! any reservations or conditions. Gov
Bushnell has about six weeks vet be-
fore it will be necessary to appoint
my successor in the senate. There
seems to be general desire that Mr..
Hanna should be selected for the seat,
and, while [ have no assurance on that
point, | believe that Gov. Bushnell
will appoint him" The Ohio Repub-
licanS in the house are unit in saving
that there is no truth in the printed
stories of disagreements among the
Republicans of that state over who
shall succeed Senator Sherman. They
say that the Ohio Republicans were
never more harmonious than they are
| now.
The senate committee on foreign
relations has not yet arrived at de
cisiOn as to the nature of the report
| that will be made on the arbitration
treaty. Amendments have been pro-
posed which will make it clear that
neither the Monroe doctrine nor our
right to control the Nicaragua canal,
when 1T is constructed, shall ever be
submitted to arbitration; also, one
/ striking out that clause of the treaty
which authorizes the king of Sweden
to choose the umpire when the Eng
lish and American Representatives
cannot agree upon one. Although
none OF these amendments have been
formally accepted by the committees,
it is probable that some if not all Of
them will be.
Representative Hartman, of Mon
tana, gave the New York papers
which are constantly speering at the
West "a sharp rap, which was fully APP
preciated by the house, when he Of
Tered an amendment to the regular
Indian appropriation bill providing
for an appropriation of 81, 900, 900, 900
''for the education and civilization of
the Seeley savages of the Manhattan
reservation Mr.. Hartman made no
remarks on his amendment. None
were needed. Everybody saw the
point at once, and the amendment
had done its work before it was ruled
out on point of order.
Senator Lodge exposed the source
of most of the opposition to the immi-
grafton bill by reading a copy of
telegram sent broadcast through the
West by the Chicago agents of theNor
German Lloyd Steamship company,
requesting those who received it to
go agents expense, to vote against the
immigration bill. Mr.. Lodge allowed
the kilograms to do their own talking,
contenting himself with saying: I
am very glad to have this opportuni-
| ty OF proving the truth of what | said
IN the senate, that the opposition of
the restriction emanates entirely from
the steamship companies that bring
them. The same kilograms read in
the senate by Mr.. Lodge were read in
the house by Representative Stone. of
Pennsylvania. The house showed its
appreciation of this method Of fighting
legislation by agreeing to the report
OF the conference committee on the
immigration bill. The bill would
| probably have been passed anyhow,
but the North German Lloyd Steam
ship company probably gained it
votes.
Representative Grosvenor, Brom
well and Van Voorhis were appointed
committee by the Ohio Republicans
In the house, at meeting held this
week, to make arrangements for a
dinner to be given Senator Sherman
on the first day OF March by his COL
leagues in congress.
The election of Hon. John G.
Spooner to succeed Senator Villas, of
Wisconsin, whose term expires March
3, brought a great deal of pleasure to
Washington. both in and out of con-
gress, and it must have given equal
pleasure in Wisconsin. Col. John
Hicks, of Oshkosh, who was United
States minister to Peru under the
Harrison administration, and who is
now in Washington, said: sIt is re-
markable what unanimity of opinion
there was in the party for Spooner's
return to the senate. When it was
known that the Republicans had con-
troll OF the legislature scarcely another
name wos mentioned, and in the eau
Gus l1o out of the 119 members voted
for him. He made a most satisfac-
tory senator before and the party is
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