The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-01-08
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Federal Election Bill
and become a law II ~
Senators Stewart, W al 7
possibly oLe or tuo"l
represents the en,ir X thli
sition t. be bill, altt IN
several others VIII" M, r't,
bill, but who will u, ,"t et
But other Republican :, '"'-
so. cunfid ut of the ii ne
disaff' c,i,n in the r, ~ rn
arises nui so much 'rne 'rt'e''
the hill a. from the dele, r'c
it. Thes, gentlemen ihi the h.t
already occupied too nci,
Senates time, while oth,i l,yi
particularly tha, aft c'lry ii a,r'
matters. has had to pai'
Just what the result vii, be j, ".n
be impossible to predict With '.Ne'
reasonable degree of certainty, butt y
Senator wi b whom l have talk,u, a,
they are numerous and represent In.
friends of all the measures waiting to
taken up as well as OF the election hi'',
agree in the belief that decisive action n..
some sort will bp taken b, the Senate
during the coming week, when aboita'l
OF the holiday absences will have re-
turned. One strange feature of the stu
alton is, that Democrats generally b-
lieve that the election hill will b,
passed.
Democratic Senators are doing all they
possibly can to encourage those Repub.
lican s. nators who are known TO be
favorable to free silver coinage to, at.
tempt to force the consideration OF one
of the bills already introduced providing
for free coinage before the election bill
or the cloture rule is disposed of; they
are not doing this because they favor
free coinage, which has some OF it's
bitterest opponents among the Demo
cratic Senators, but because they wish
to create dissention in the Republican
ranks in the hope that they may profit
thereby in the end. 1t will be discover
ed, think, by these Republicans, if lone
Of these bills ever reaches vote, that
the Democrats, with very few except
ions, will not vote for it.
The Republicans in the Senate are
stri kingly in need of leader, that is to
say q man with the daring and dash
which characterized certain periods of
Mr.. Blaine's and the late Roscoe Conk-
ing's' Senatorial careers. There are
many able and learned Republicans in
the Senate, but there seems to be no
real leader among them-no man whom
all the rest will willingly follow. If
Speaker Reed had been in the Senate ]
don't believe the present condition of
affairs, which is entirely unsatisfactory
to all classes Of Republicans, would ex
ist. Battles are not won without fight
ing, and no army can fight well with
divided leadership. Republicans all
hope for the best, but they are not in.
spired with that aggressive confidence
which has been characteristic of the
party in other great Congressional con.
tests. 4
The President has signed the com.
mission of Henry B. Brown, as Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, his nomination having been con.
firmed by the Senate. The new Juetice
will take his seat next week, and he will
have his hands full of work immediate
ly, as there are a full court to act upon
them. Justice Brown is fortunate
man not single word has been said
against bis nomination.
The President is utilizing all the ma
of the Post-ofice Department in
an investigation Of the recent
of ]. P. Matthews, postmaster
At Carrollton, Mississippi. Mr.. Harrison
is determined to get to the bottom OF
this case. Mr.. Matthews was the third
postmaster appointed at that place since
June lst, 1889. First, R. @. Hansbrough
was appointed, but hi. commission was
withheld and his son appointed. Soon
afterward his bondsmen withdrew and
not being able to obtain others he was
compelled to give up the Office. Mat
thews was appointed in August last, and
took charge of the Office in October. 1t
has been stated here that citizens of the
town had openly made threats that no
Republican should be their postmaster.
If the President becomes convinced of
the truthfulness of that statement they
may find themsel yes without either
post Office or postmaster.
The Presidents New Year reception
was one of the most brilliant ever held
in the White House, and it was followed
by one equally as brilliant held by the
Vice President and Mrs. Morton at their
elegant and capacious residence. Prom
inent among the attendants at both was
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, our Minister to
Great Britain, who is here to receive his
final instructions before returning to his
post, and Gen. w. T. Sherman, who is