Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-07-07
Washington Letter.


From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 2, 1897.-The
President and Mrs. Mckinley have
gone to Canton, Ohio, to spend sew
eral days with the presidents moth
er, but they will return to Washing
ton next Tuesday, in order that Mr..
Mckinley may be on hand to use his
influence to shorten the time that
the tariff bill remains in conference.
Before this letter is in print it is ex-
pected that the senate will have
passed the tariff bill, ard Speaker
Reed has expressed the opinion that
the bill will not be in conference
longer than a week. AS was expected
the clause stating that nothing in the
tariff bill should be construed as an
abrogation of the Hawaiian reciproc-
ity treaty was restored without OBJ
position; a general reciprocity clause
was also added to the bill.
Senator Gallinger has favorably
reported from the senate pension
committee bill which provides that
upon the consideration Of any appli-
cation for pension under any law
of the United States the fact that
the applicant was accepted and
mustered into the military or naval
service of the United States shall be
taken and held as prima facie proof
that such applicant was of sound
body and mind at the time he was
so accepted and mustered.
Hon. Benz amin Butterworth is
proving the truthfulness of my asser-
ton when he was made commissioner
o. patents, that he was just the man
to run out the sharks aud reform the
dishonorable practices of the sbyster
patent attorneys which have for sew
eral years been going from bad to
worse. Mr., Butterworth has recent
ly disbarred from practice before the
United States patent office eight at
torneys found guilty Of fraud, and
has charged John Wedderburn &
Co. with engaging in fraudulent and
deceptive methods and dlrecte ed them
to show cause why they should not
also be disbarred from practice.
Every body who gets mail in any
quantity will join in wishing that the
new departure of the postoffice de-
partment in requiring that mail
matter sent from third and fourth
class postoffices shall be legibly post
marked will be successful. 1t Is re-
form that will be especially appreci-
ated by business men, who are often
put to much trouble because or illegi-
BILE postmarks upon letters in which
the writer's fail to give their post
office.
The success Of Senator Allison in
managing the tariff bill in a senate
with an anti Republican majority
has caused the gentlemens almost
always pleasant manners to be
much talked about, but there have
been times when his urbane man
ner has caused men to make the
mistake of supposing that because
he believed in doing things the
easiest way he would allow him
self to be bulldozed rather than have
row. One Of those times came
several years ago when a senator,
who was then a new member of that
body, had bill he was anxious TO
get acted upon. lie went to Mr..
Allison, then as now chairman of the
committee on appropriations, to try
to persuade him to allow the bill to
come up. Mr.. Allison pleasantly
heard him and as pleasantly pointed
out the difficulties IN the way of tax
ing up the bill. Afterwards the man
tried to get his bill up and failed.
This angered him and he strobe over
to where Senator Allison was sitting
and said TO him: "You acted in bad
faith" Mr.. Allison rose to his feet
in an instant and looking the man
squarely in the eye said quietly:
"You lie, sir" The man was so sur
prised that he stood for moment
gulping and then walked away, con-
WINGED that Allison's urbanity did
not detract from his sand
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