The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-07-07
wAsH1yeToS LETTER.
[From our regular correspondent

W. EocVCiS VI AhuiohuS w pO OCSiOeoiy OA i
State was his unanimous confirmation
by the Senate, without the usual formal.
ity of referring the nomination to com.
mittee, within an hour of the time the
nomination was received. This is an
honor that is ordinarily reserved for
Senators and ex.Senators, but the emf.
nent fitness of Mr.. Foster for the posi-.
ton was so generally recognized that
every Senator was willing to accord it to
him.
The only possible objection that could
have been raised to the appointment OF
Secretary Foster was that Indiana al.
ready has one representative in the Cab
met, and under the circumstances that
does not hold good. 1t was absolutely
necessary that the new Secretary OF
State should be man thoroughly post
ed upon the numerous unsettled foreign
complications with which the admins
tratior will have to deal between now
and the 18th of March, as well as with
the reciprocity policy, and as Mr.. Foster
has been for more than two years acting
as sort of general assistant to Mr..
Blaine, besides having almost exclusive
control of all reciprocity matters, he
was, perhaps, the only man in the coun.
try, with the possible exception Of AS.
sistant Secretary Wharton, who was pre-.
pared to take hold OF the State Depart
ment with thorough knowledge OF all
its business. new man, no matter
how able he might be, would have been
compelled to have devoted months TO
study up the various important matters
with which he would have to deal, and
in the meantime the President would
have had to do much extra work.
Representative Meredith, of Virginia,
should hang his head in shame every
time he meets a man who fought on
either side during the late war and
knows the part played in that conflict
by the noble women who left comforta-
BILE homes to 60 to 'the front" to nurse
0 the sick and wounded soldiers. Mr..
Meredith in his efforts to defeat the bill
8 pensioning army nurses, which was
9 finally passed in spite of him by vote
4 of 144 to 2G, used language concerning
2 men now on the pension rolls OF the
Q Government, some OF whom he called
5 "bounty jumpers" scamp followers
q and "bummers," and the army nurses,
8 whom he accus-A of having entered the
g service solely for the pay they received,
8 which came with bad grace from man
: who fought against the Union. Mr.
z Meredith at one point in the debate
9 dramatically exclaimed, 81 thank God
: that no woman south of Mason and
s Dixon's line who served as nurse has
4 come here asking for pension" The
9 answer was prompt and pointed, when
Representative Caruth, of Kentucky,
another Democrat, said, "My friend is
3 mistaken. have two bills on the cal.
0 endar now" Then the House laughed,
I and Mr.. Meredith looked sheepish.
Judging from the disgust the Demo.
2 Gratis have already expressed, the selec.
1 ton of Mr.. W. j. Campbell, of Chicago.
2 by the President and his election to be
q Chairman by the National Committee
l was an excellent thing for the Republi.
can party. For many years it has been
l part policy OF the Democratic party to
abuse personally the man who becomes
Chairman OF the Republican National
Committee. Mr.. Campbell, who left a
most excellent impression upon those
| nh M hs,o for ha E,ok ~, A.:
week, only smiles at the Democratic
abuse, and he expects to continue smil.
ing until he has the pleasure of know.
ing that Harrison and Reid have been
8 selected, pleasure which is very con-
! 6dent of enjoying next November. Mr..
q Campbell has gone home for few days,
8 and the announcement of the member.
q ship of the Executive Committee, which
will have charge of the campaign, will
= not be made until his return to Wash.
, ington, which will be shortly.
Senator Hale sounded the keynote Of
q the campaign in brilliant speech in
!. favor of his resolution setting forth the
! difference between the Republican poll.
cy OF protection and the Democratic pol,
icy of "tariff for revenue only" other.
wise free trade. he notified the Demo
Gratis that the fight would be fought by
the Republicans as an American fight,
the policy of the Democratic party, az
, shown by its tariff plank, being British
= and not American. "Tarif for revenue
! only" said Mr.. Hale, "with protection
q denounced as robbery is British doc
trine." Senator Vest attempted to re
!, ply, but the only important thing in his
a speech was his acceptance for mis- party
. of the issue-protection against free
). trade.
The anti Cleveland Democrats arc