The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-02-03
Washington Letter
From Our Regular CerrssDsndent.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. 1898.

Qron Our Regular Csrrsspsndsnt.)
WARRINGTON. Jan. %: 1898.
Although it . such an old habit
of President Mckinley to say tn.
right thing at the right time and
place that nothing else 10 expected
from him, he is being commended
on all sides for the tone of tn.
speech he made Thursday night at
the banquet Of tho national asso-
citation of manufactul ers in New
York. He returned to tho White
House today.
Secretary Gage made a ton
strike when he took OCCASION.
without noticing any of tho absurd
rumors about his being Oh. tho ev~
Fof resigning because the president
was not in accord with his fnan-
cial views, to say that tho republi-
can party was the best friend of
bimetallism, which it approved in
it's national platform; that ito 20.
litical head has been active in his
efforts to secure it under the only
conditions by which it can bs
maintained-an International agree
ment; that in his efforts to inaux-
urats such method the president
heartily supports tho principles of
his party's plat form, and Las the
support Of all the members of his
official family, inuendos and dscla-
rations from various sources to the
contrary Notwithstanding. After
this plain statements of facts the
professional liars oaght to give
Secretary Gage a rest for 4 while,
but having set him up al 4 bogy
man they are not likely to lot MIN
alone.
There are few republicans in
congress or around Washington
who did not rejoice at tho election
of Hon. Louis E. MOI omas to the
senate by tho Maryland lsgisla-
,turs. It hs makes a. good 4 rec
ord in tho senate ~ he made in
tho house and upon tho bench of
the supreme court of tho District
Of Columbia he will be one of tho
grsatest senators Maryland has
ever had. His term in tho senate
will begin March 4, 1899.
Representative Brosius, of
Pennsylvania, says the defense of
Tammany by Amos Cummings re-
minded him Of the following lines
from a comic opera once popular:
There is beauty in the below Of the blast;
There Is Eraldeur in the growing Of the gale !;
IAere Is eloq9enss sutpourinE when tho lion is
And The 3:;|[ f."".n'7 tiger is .-'.'hinr Of his
The democrats in tho house fol-
lowed tho bad example of Mr..
Bryan and attempted to deny the
existencs Of prosperity in the
country. tits now probable that
they are sorrysthey wore not wiser.
The republicans simply mako
monkeys Of them for the a1nuse-
nent of tho gallaries. Secretary
Gage has a list of $50 factories
and enterprises that have started
to work during the last six months,
many of which had been idle since
1896, and advances in wages are
reported from almost every .di-
rsction in almost every industry,
except the New England cotton
mills, which are not affected by
tho tariff but by tho opposition Of
the cheap labor of the cotton mills
Of the south. Tho strikes in those
cotton mills was the only thing
the democrats had to back up
their denials of prosperity. The
country is prosperous and il rap
idly growing moro 20, and about
the only thing that could possibly
check tho growth Of prosperity
would be the election of 4 demo-
cratic majority of the next house
and the consequent fear of demo-
cratic Legislation.
The first case heard by tho u.
s. supreme court after the seating
of Mr.. Justice McKenna, which
took place Wednesday, was that
involving the constitutionality of
the Texas antitrust law, which
had been deferred until it could
be heard BY I fall bench.
Attorney General Griggs has
been confirmed by the senate, but
is not expeetsd to join the cabinet
until the FIRST Of next week.
The republicans have been the
gamers in the debate on the reso-
luton declaring United States
bonds to Be payable in silver at
the option Of the government, al.
though the resolution was adopted
by the votes Of the silver senators.
e was brought ont clearly in the
debate that tho only object Of the
esolution wass 70 ombarass repub-1
isans and The eastern aah-silver