The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-01-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.

From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Dec. 2S, 1896.
The Inauguration preparations are
going merrily along and an enormous
quantity of work has already been done.
The executive committee asked that
guarantee fund of $50, 600 be contributed
by citizens of Washington. and without
doing any personal soliciting, checks
aggregating $4,000 are already in the
hands of the Treasurer of the Commit
tee. 1t has practically been decided
that the Inaugural ball shall be held in
the Court of the Pension Building. al!
though the official statement to that
effect will not be made until the end of
the red tape necessary to be unwound
in securing the consent of Secretary
Francis shall have been reached. Some
striking novelties in the way Of ilumin-
alton are promised by the sub-commit-
tee in charge of that branch of the GER
emcnies. Among the latest applications
for accommodations are those of fifty
members Of the K. b. Hayes Club, all
of VI HON were members of Major Nc
kinley's old regiment, the 23-d Ohio.
1t is daily becoming more certain
that the Republican ma jority of the
House, regardless of the individual
opinion of the members as to Cuba, will
not allow any action to be taken at this
session that is considered likely TO make
al,
feel that it would not be just either to
President Mckinley or to the fifty-ffth
Congress, which will so soon be in ses-
sion, to take any such action, even were
there much stronger reasons therefor
than have yet been brought forward;
that nothing but good can come of leav-
ing the matter where President Mex in
ley, whose patriotism and courage have
both beer tested, can have some say
about it, while nothing but harm could
come of precipitating action that might
give the new administration a foreign
war to handle, instead of being able to
devote all ITS ability and energy to the
restoration of domestic prosperity
Speaking Of Cuba, not a little amusc-
ment has beer the result of the an
nouncenlent of What is Cftenest referred
to as moneys fool trip" Represent
alive Money, who ID also Senatorelect
from Miss, has gone to Cuba with the
avowcd intention of telling Gen. Wey-
Ter that he is there as Il rsember of the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
and asking to he put in a position
where he can obtain personal know
ledge of the whole sittation. Money
made his living "a a lobbyist too long to
be called Il fool, but he ought to know
that any information he obtains through
the assistance of Gen. Weyler will be
just as one-sidcd as il he had remained
IN Washington and asked the Spanish
minister TO give 1t to him. Ssch visit
by a member OF Congress ~ho is also 4
member of the House Committee which
must deal with any Cuban legislation,
while not exactly Illegal, can hardly fail
to strike most people as lacking in good
taste. \ copy of the first dispatch sent
to Consul General Lee bv Secretary OIL
new, after he heard about Moneys visit,
would make interesting reading, or |
miss my guess. Moneys applying TO
Gen. Weyler for Information, in his
official capacity. will at once cause the
Spaniard 10 understand that Congress
doesn't trust the information the State
Department has received through its
Consular officers in Cuba. and that the
same Inference will be drawn by others
is certain.
Very few Senators and Representa-
tives are now in Washington, but the
state of business in both house and
Senate makes il likely that most of
them will be on hand wnen Congress.
rcassembles. The Loud bill shutting
on; books and sample copies of news
papers from pound rates in the mail
VIII be tie first business IN the House
and vii, be voted on Jan. 9th Then
comes four days for the Pacific Rail-
road Bill. 1t is supposed that the Cam
eron Cuban resolution will be at once
taken up In the Senate sat it is not