Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-01-19
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

IN the wisdom of annexation and
that the wisdom will be so apparent
before the debate is closed that the
necessary two-thirds vote will be
secured and the treaty ratified. Sen
ators Thurston, of Nebraska, and
Gear, of Iowa, have been in doubt
about annexation, largely because of
their belief that it might result in in.
iuring the rapidly growing sugar beet
industry OF their respective states.
Both senators were at the White
house this week, upon other business,
and the president took advantage of
the opportunity to personally COM
bat the idea that annexation would
inJure the sugar beet industry of this
country and also to present other
arguments in favor of annexation.
Later the president expressed the
opinion that both senators would
vote for annexation.
Ex-senator Edmunds was the
spokesman of the monetary confer
ence, which was this week given
hearing On the bill it has recommend
ed, by the house committee on bank
ing and currency. Secretary Gage
was at the hearing and displayed
much interest IN the remarks Of Mr..
Edmunds, expressing his agreement
with much that was said by emphatic
mods of the head.
There IS wide Misrepresentation of
the object of the Repu bhcans in the
house who are opposed to the civil
service law and rules as now inter
preted; consequently there is g. dis
position to regard them as having
been defeated because the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, upon which there was week of
spirited civil service debate, was
passed without an attempt being
made to strike out the appropriation
for the civil service commission. No
such attempt was ever seriously con-
templated. It was suggested as an
alternative, if there was no chance
to GET the bill providing for a modi-
tlcatlon OF the civil service law voted
on, but was rejected. 1t is almost
certain that the modified civil service
bill will get hearing in the house
later In the session. There has been
no defeat yet.
speech on the immigration bill said:
1.-The bill before the senate offers a
partial cure for the evils of the pres
ent immigration system; it IS one
which is simple and just. and, honestly
administered, will 60 far toward re-
moving the disquiet prevalent
throughout the country. The new
classification which it makes will re-
suit In debarring a large per cent. of
the most objectionable elements
which now have unrestricted admis-
sion.
Boss Croker, of Tammany, aspires
to boss the Democratic party of the
entire country. 1t has been known
for some time that he was dickering
with Senator German, ex-senator
Hill and others for the purpose of
SO manipulating things that free silver
would not play the conspicuous part
in the next Democratic platform that
the Bryanites think it will Altgeld,
of Illinois, who has been a radical free
silver man, has joined hands with
Croker and German, apparently.
That is the only construction that
can be put upon the throw-down
Altgeld this week gave to Representa-
tive Buck" Hinrichsen, Of Illinois,
VINO had been agreed upon by the ex-
treme silver Democrats as chairman
Of the Democratic congressional cam
paign committee. This week greatly
to the surprise of Buck" he was in
formed by the other Democratic repre-
sentatives from Illinois that they had
changed their minds about selecting
him to be the Illinois member of the
committee. 1t was not necessary for
them to add that they acted under
orders from Altgeld; he knew it.
Croker had been oppo sing Hinrich-
sen for chairman Of the committee,
and there is little doubt he was be-
hind Altgeld's orders Representa-
tive Hunter was chosen as the Illinois
mem Der OF the committee, which put
All end to the aspirations of Hinrich-
sen 10 be chairman, although he had
received pledges OF support from q
majority of the committee.
AS a harmonizer the president has
few equals. He gave another instance
of his ability in that line this week
There was considerable dissatisfac-
ton among senators over the nomi-
nation of Charles Page Bryan, of
Illinois, to be minister to China, not
on personal ground, but because be
lacked the diplomatic experience
which those senators thought the
situation in China demanded. The
objections were overcome by nomi-
mating Mr.. Bryan to be minister to
Brazil, and ex-Congressman Conger,
of Iowa, now minister to Brazil, to
be minister to China.
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