Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-14

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half to have brought Canada TO
her knees at any time, hut he has
declined to use it. The dill
giving him the additional power
asked for has been passed 10y the
House without serious opposition,
only four votes against it and will
in due time pass the Senate, so that
Cleveland has failed entirely TO
take the attention of the voters
from his free trade message. After
the election it will be Cleveland's
"bad luck" that will take the place
of the "good luck" with which the
country has been surfeited.
Representative Bayne, Of Penn
sylvania, ia enthusiastic over Re.
publican prospects, as indeed are
most Republicans here, particular
ly those who, like Mr.. Bayne, are
warm personal friends Of Chair
man Quay and are thus enabled to
keep posted on the inside work OF
the campaign. MIR. Bayne gives
good solid reasons for the expected
victory in New York. He says :
ain the first place, Mr.. Harrison
will get the votes OF many Repub-
licans who voted against Mr.. Blaine
or did not vote at all IN 1884 he
will hold all the Irish votes that
Blaine got, they are opposed to
opening our markets to England.
Another important element, the
prohibition vote is going to be very
small this year, not Ouly in New
York, but throughout the country.
In 1884 il was said that there was
no difference between the two great
parties that there was no issue
This led many earnest temperance
people to declare what they thought
the great issue should be, and they
voted for prohibition. But these
people have other interests. There
is an issue IA very clear issue-this
year, and most of them are deeply
interested in it. AS Republicans
they will vote with us, and the loss
to the prohibition vote will be gain
for Harrison. l feel perfectly sure
that we will carry New York, In.
diana. and Connecticut, and | be-
lieve that we will carry New Jersey
and one or two southern states
Representative Rowell, who has
Just returned from the West, says
that the expressed hopes OF the
eastern and southern Democrats to
carry Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, or
Michigan will not be realized. On
the contrary, Mr.. Rowell thinks
the Republican vote in those states
will this year be a gain on that of
1884, He also thinks ;he party
will make congressional gains in
the states mentioned.
Eight private pension bills were
vetoed by Cleveland Friday.
1t is believed here that the no.
torious Eugene Higgins has been
employed by the National Demo
cratic committee for crooked work
in Indiana. Ii Higgins tries any
of his Baltimore tricks in Indiana
he should be promptly swung up
to the nearest tree.
The Chinese restriction bill was
rallroaded through the House at
Lightning speed, and it also passed
the Senate in the face of a telegram
from the United States minister to
China, saying that the treaty had
not been rejected, but only post
poned for further information
Afterward Senator Blair moved for
reconsideration OF the vote by
which the bill passed for the pur-
pose of offering an amendment
making 1t 60 days before the bill
goes into effect. Owing to the alb
sence of a quorum, this motion was
not decided, but it will be to-day if
there is a quorum present.
The Republican substitute for the
Mills tariff bill will be reported to
the Senate about the 18th instant,
says Senator Allison.
Senator HOar has called the at
tention of the Senate to the fact
that this resolution which was pass
ed August %, requesting the Pres
ident to send copies of any remon-
strances that had even been made
by his direction to England OH ac-
count of Canadian mistreatment of
American fishermen has never been
complied with.
Many bills have been intro duced
to break trusts, but unfortunately
tor the people none of them have
become laws and 10 trusts have
been broken mp.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, told
a friend that he regarded Cleye-
land as already defeated, unless be |
would come out squarely for pro.
lection in his letter of acceptance,
and be had no idea that he (Cleye.
Iand) would do that.
Cleveland's long delayed letter
Of acceptance has just made its ap-
and a hurried reading
fails to show any good reason for
The long time taken to prepare It.
Il IL rather the plea Of the dema-
yogue than the argument Of the
statesman. 1t will not help the