Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-07-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, July 2. 1ss

Senator Hawley and Representa-.
tives Johnston of Indiana, Buchanan
of New Jersey, Houck Of Tennessee
and Butterworth OF Ohio, were
among the speakers at a rousinp
Harrison and Morton ratification
meeting held under the auspices of
the Republican National League Of
this city Friday evening. The great.
est enthusiasm prevailed throughout
the entire meeting, and all of the
speakers confidently predicted the
election of Harrison aud Morton.
The following letter of regret from
Senator Sherman was read: 81 re.
greet that.an engagement will not al
low me to be with you tonight
though L join most heartily in the
support of che nominees of the Chi.
cagO convention. | have known
Gen. Harrison intimately for many
years, as a gentleman of high char.
acter, an able lawyer, gallant sol,
dier, and in every respect worthy
citizen. / have also known Mr.. Nor.
ton as member of Congress, a bust.
ness man OF rare sagacity, ability,
and integrity, and q true republican.
These candidates will worthily rep.
resent the great cause in which We
are engaged. The battle will be for
principle, not for men, protection to
American labor, security for equal
rights. 1 will, no doubt, at some
future time, have an opportunity to
express more at length my earnest
desire for the success of the repnbli.
can party, and confidence in the
triumph over party which, in its
composition and acts, is reproaeh
to the patriotism of our country
This letter was received with cheer
after cheer for Harrison and Morton.
and three cheers and tiger for Sher.
man.
1t is now week since the ticket
was nominated, and everybody has
had an opportunity of calmly con
sidering the work Of the Chicago
convention, and the unanimous yer.
dict of the republicans is "G0od,r
with the biggest kind of G. 1t is
generally conceded by every rcpub.
lican, with whom l have talked, that
the nomination of Harrison and
Morton was not only the very hest
that could have been made under
the circumstances, but that it is, all
things considered, the strongest com.
bination that conld possibly have
been made. / have never seen a
nomination received with such gen.
eral Satisfactorily all classes of the
party as this one has been, and IN.
less all the signs fail, Harrison and
Morton, with our glorious platform,
proclaimiug protection to American
labor aud industry, and equal rights
to all, will surely sweep every north,
ern state and probably three in the
solid South, Virginia, West Virginia,
and Tennessee.
The fight over the Mills tariff hill
has been resumed with greater vim
than ever. The republicans are de.
termined to thoroughly discuss the
many absurdities of the bill item by
item, in order that the wage earnerS
of the country may see which party
it is that is striking down its wages.
1t is probable that the endorsement
of the bill by the democratic cOnven.
ton will have the result of bringing
enough of the kickiDgo democrats
to its support to secure its passage
when it gets to q final vote in the
House, which the democrats expect
will be early in August. 1t will
then 90 to the Senate, where it is
sure to be defeated.
The most hopeful member of Con
gress does not predict an adjourn.
ment before September, and there
are quite a number who think the
session will continue right along to
the fourth of March.
General Sheridan left this city
Saturday in the U. s. Steamer Swat.
ara, bound for Nonquit on Buzzards'
Bay, Massachusetts,, where he has a
summer cottage. He has been get
ting along quite well for some time,
but the fact that he was accom-
panied by all four of the regular
physicians who have attended him
from the first, shows that he is not
considered out of danger.
The Senate committee on pen.
sions has submitted a report upon
eight vetoed pension bills, which
recommends their passage over the
vetoes. The report says: "Since
the 9Th day of May, 1886, 1876 special
acts granting pensions to individuals
have been disapproved by the Pres.
ident. These disapprovals were bias.
ed in great majority of cases, upon
the expressed opinion of the Presis
dent that Congress has erred in its
Judgment of mere fact. 1t is, OF
course, impossible for the President
to examine the masses of documen.
tary evidence upon which each case
depends, and which is invariably ex
afnined by the committee, and it fol
lows that when he disagrees with
Congress upon the question of fact
in these cases, his judgment must be
based, not upon the reports Of the
committee, in which the facts are al.
ways stated with sufficient fallness,
but upon the report of some subor-
dinates in the Bureau OF Pensions.
This bureau, whose action Congress
has reversed, is thus enabled to re-
view the action of Congress by the
express direction of the President.