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Show Washington Letter. (Prom ouriKtgular Comipondent; It should not require any argument to convince a patriotic American that matters dealing with the foreign policy of, tho government should neicr be made partisan political question in Congrcnr. But hot-headed men on both sides did that very thing with the Hawaiian question In tho House and the result, ns might have been expected, was a rigid drawing of party lines and tho adoption of a resolution that can hardly be satisfactory satis-factory to anybody, although soma people peo-ple consider it an endorsement of l'rcsl-dent l'rcsl-dent Cleveland's policy. It is not propablo that Mr. Clovcland feels proud of such an cudortcmont. It condemns Minister Htcvcns in unmeasured terms for his alleged interference of Minister Willis with another friendly govornment. In fact, U was the opinion of conservative people that it would havo been better for tho House to havo allowed the Senate to have taken tho Inlative step, as its For; clgn committeo will in a few days make a report on its investigation, now completed. com-pleted. If there were no hot-heads in Congress tho proceedings would not bo so lively, but the legislation would be wiser. |