The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-04-01
Washington Letter.
(From Our Regular Correspondent

man Dingley's comprehensive and
business-like speech and the speech
made by Representative Dolliver. Mr..
Dolliver won his spurs as one of the
best orators in the House long ago,
but all previous efforts were surpass-
ed this week. Space forbids giving
all he said, but the following will give
an idea of his speech: "For the first
time since 1916 every great employ
ment of the American people is united
in common recognition OF the i'm
portance and value of a reasonable
discrimination by our laws in favor of
our own people-the farmer, because
nearly everything he has for sale
must be sold here or not at all; the
manufacturer because he has found it
impossible to sell home made goods
in a market-place that has already
bought itself poor at the bargain
counter of Europe and Asia; and
commerce, because nation like this
that goes past the closed doors and
broken window-ights of it's own fact
cries to the ends of the earth for what
it buys, is in a condition that is COM
pletely fatal to all commerce, domes-
tic and foreign I like this bill be-
cause it is neither Eastern, nor West
ern, nor Northern nor Southern. It is
American through and through, open
ing the doors of opportunity to every
section and every state. Your COM
mittee, gentlemen, without fear or
favor toward any foreign country has
conscientiously undertaken to make
this bill patriotic act of good will
toward the U. S. Of America. The
farmers of the U. S., my brethren, are
eager, not for the tabled markets of
the world. The are longing for the
music. of the old factory bell, calling
back the idle millions to deserted
workshops of the U. S. Gentlemen,
you may talk of silver and gold until
your friends, in an undertone, begin
to express their alarm. You may ar
que about bonds and mortgages and
banks and capital and labor until the
wheels in your head begin to revolve
like velocipede5, but you will never
get back prosperity in the u. 5. until
you give back to the American people
the working wages that they lost four
years ago."
Ex-senator Mitchell, of Oregon.
who is in Washington on business
before the u. S. Supreme Court, says
he will return home as soon as he gets
through and has no idea of remaining
in Washington to take any part in
the contest that Ex-senator Corbett
is making to be seated. In reply to
questions MIR. Mitchell said: ''have
nothing to say about the situation,
except that [ was the choice of
large majority of the republicans Of
my state. My successor, appointed
by the Gov, is here and it rests with
the Senate whether he shall be seated.
Ii he is recognized that ends the mat
ter; if the appointment is rejected
then it will rest with the Governor to
decide whether the legislature shat
be reconvened. [ do not know what
he will do. If nothing is done,a new
legislature will be elected year from
next June" Mr.. CoIbett still expresses
confidence that he will be seated, but
there are few men in Washing ton
who do not think his show for that
seat very slim one.
A silly story to the effect that Presi
dent Mckinley was on the verge of a
physical collapse was sent out from
Washington this week. There is not
word of truth in it. President Nc
Kinley is working very hard and has
been ever since his election, but his
health is good and he is standing up
excently under the strain. He is and
has always been man of regular hab-
its; consequently he is able to stand
an amount of hard work that would
be dangerous for most men to under
take. He was walking on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue yesterday afternoon
with the elastic step of a man of good
health, returning the bows of all he
met, even to those Of the colored boot
blacks. His callers continue to be
numerous, and he gives them all a
courteous hearing, but that is all that
he can do for the most of them. He
ana all the members of his cabinet
are devoting considerable time
to urging upon Senators the necessity
for curtailing the debate on the tariff
bill in the Senate as much as possible
by allowing the opponents of the bill
to do most of the talking.
The adoption by the Senate of a
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton into the civil service law in order
to determine whetheT'it shall be con-
tinued, amended or repealed, is the
first step in an attempt to bring about
a correction Of the abuses which have
into the administration of that law,
abuses that were more numerous and
fragrant under the last administra-
ton than ever before. The principle
of the law is all right, but the favorit
ism which has been practiced in it's
administration is all wrong. It is
hoped that the investigation will be