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Show STILL HAMMERING ' GROVER CLEVELAND WASHINGTON, April at The House passed a large number of hills. Including In-cluding the Alaska delegate bill. An objection ob-jection to a request by Mr. Grosvenor for leave to print brought a mild protest from him,' which aroused Mr. Gaines of Tennessee, Ten-nessee, who charged that Mr. Grosvenor had printed everything In the record about Mr. Roosevelt which the President did no do. Mr. Hard wick of Georgia had read a totter from Thomas Watson of Georgia, repeating his charge that ex-President Cleveland had favored mixed schools; that he had appointed a negro. C. H. J. Taylor, Minister to Bolivia, and that he had Included Fred Douglass In th. list of guests at a reception closely following his wedding. Mr. Watson m his letter said be Wished it read in the Interest of fair play, "in order that it shall be known upon what I baaed my statements which Mr. Cleveland Cleve-land so Insultingly denied." To offset this. Mr. Bartlett Of Georgia put Into the record a published letter from Mr. Watson In which Mr. Watson, according accord-ing to Mr. Bartlett, admitted that he was not a Democrat. He did this, he said, so "Watson 00 longer would masquerade before be-fore the people of Georgia as a returned Democrat" A bill was passed prohibiting the selection selec-tion of Umber lands In lieu of lands In forest reservations. |