The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10

Washington Letter.
(From onr Regular Correspondent
"a. !, WASHINGTON, June 9, 1897.
President Mckinley greatly en-
joyed the break made in his arduous
official duties by his visit to Phila-
delphia last week, where he partici-
pated in the exercises attending the
opening Of the Commercial Museum
and the annual meetings of the Ma
tional Manufacturers association and
the American Medical association:
He was accompanied by a distin-
guished party including two mem
bers of the cabinet and a large dele
cation from both branches of con-
gress and the diplomatic corps. to-
gether with the ladies of their fami-
lies. %c n =. Z,
: The tariff debate, as far as it has
gone, has been particularly pleasing
to the republicans of the house, be-
cause most of the schedules which
have been adopted are nearer. what
they were in the :Dingley bill as it.
passed the house than they expected
them to be when the amended bill
was reported to the senate. There is
a report that Senator German is at
the head Of scheme to delay the
final passage of the tariff bill until
September, because he prefers max
ing his campaign in Maryland before
the people have an opportunity to
see the good effect that the new tariff
will have upon business. However,
the democrats have not yet shown
any disposition to delay the bill.
Speaker Reed was amused at the
exposure of the sensation manufac-
tured by an Anticipated fellow, who
imagines himself detective and
newspaper man. This fellow wrote
letters threaening the speakers life if
he did not do as directed, and signed,
"a Cuban" and after mailing copies
of them to Mr.. Reed, peddled other
copies of them among the Washing
ton correspondents, and actually sue
ceeded in selling them to the repre-
sentatives of several notorious sensa
tional papers, Speaker Reed knows
that the policy of the house, which he
is carrying on so we'll, is endorsed by
the best inter ests of the country, and
that is all he wants to know about it.
,.*x*
Representative Henderson is not a
profane man as rule, and he prob
ably did not intend to be profane
when, after Jerry Simpson had de-
livered one of his usual abusive tt
rades against the speaker because he
had not appointed the house com
mittees and several democrats had
repeated for the hundredth time
something idiotic about the majority
Of the house having beed bucked and
gagged by Speaker Reed, he indig-
nantly said: "Why this hell in a
teapot; this boiling over from the
realms of Kansas?" After calling at
tention to the fact that the policy
now being carried out was the will of
majority of2the house, as repeatedly
shown by the vote when attempts
have been made to set it aside, he de-
clared that the abuse howled at the
speaker was neither honorable nor
honest. Gen. Henderson conc luded
with this lashing for jerry Simpson,:
lit takes time to ascertain the predi-
lections and capabilities of members.
Take the gentleman from Kansas;
imagine trying to pick out a place
where he could be Of use to his coun-
try, when every time he opens his
mouth he makes the problem more
difficult"
49, :. @.-..@>> r. 4: :,
Representative Grosvenor put the
ho Use in a glorious mood with his de-
scription of the changes in democrat
ic leadership, and bis remarks were
interspersed with shouts Of laughter.
He said in part: "Every now and
then they spring something new on
us Ill %Gu0 %SndptI VI q - new II 1OnStOA'
When the talented young Texan
(Bailey), who inherited his leadership
rather than earned it,. was in com
mand. a little fattery and a few kind
words sufficed, and we got along very
WE'LL Of course we had some trouble
with the disappointed leader from
Tennessee (McMillin), who grumbled.
a good deal. We got used to that.
But when the great leader from Kan
sas (simpson) flashed upon the hori-
ION and swt1ng the minority into a
solid phalanx, I thought. perhaps,
God Almighty had decided to wreck
the. democratic party under his lead.
ership. But he dropped out. I
never knew exactly how. Perhaps
his time was out Then came the
gentleman from Washington Lewis.
I have not examined his cred entlals
yet, and don't know whom he repre-