The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-06-16
WASHINGTON AEFFER.


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There are no outward indications at
the White House that anything unusual
is going on. The President meets his
callers as usual, and no one would sus-
pect, II he did not already know it, that
his political future was trembling in the
balance. There is, however, one room
in the White House that tells different
story. In it are two telegraph operators
who are kept constantly busy receiving
messages over two private wires from
the Presidents supporters at Minneapo-
lis, keeping him as much in touch with
the situation as ii ne were personally on
the ground.
The President has given no consider.
alton to the question: of selecting a sue
cessor to Secretary Blaine, nor is itprob.
able that he will until the excitement
consequent upon the meeting of the
National Convention is all over. His
choice Of Secretary of State will proba
bly, depend largely upon the choice of
the convention for President.
There will be no lack of flags to deco.
rate the streets and buildings OF Wash
ington during the q. A. r. encampment.
rs the President has approved the joint
resolution authorizing the loan of gov
ernment flags for that purpose.
The Senate broke the record in the
matter of disposing of general appropr.
alton bills when it passed the consular
and diplomatic bill within thirty min.
.utes from the time it was called up by
Senator Hale. This was most remark
able piece of legislative work, as the
amendments to the bill as passed by the
House were numerous and important,
and each of them had to be read and
agreed to by the Senate before the entire
bill could be passed. Nearly all OF these
amendments were made to check the
silly attempt of the Democrats in the
House to cripple our consular and dip.
lomatic service just at the time when
our increasing foreign commerce makes
it advisable to strengthen both. OF
course there will be a fight in conference
over these amendments, but the proba-
bilities are that the Senators will insist
upon them, and the House will have to
give in.
An attempt is being made by South.
ern Democrats to persuade the House
Committee on Appropriations to, favor.
ably report bill making an appropria-
ton for the relief of the Minneapolis
flood sufferers, but there is little chance
of success, as Mr.. Holman, the autocrat
of that committee, has already made the
committee turn down a similar bill.
Senator Morrill, confounded the Demo-
cratic anti protection members of the
Senate committee on Finance the other
day when his report on the effect OF the
tariff laws upon trade relations with
Canada was under discussion, by show
ing that the statistics presented by Sea.
ator Mcpherson in minority report,
claiming to prove that producers Of
American farm products are not bene-
tited by the Mckinley tariff law, were
unreliable and utterly worthless, and to
clinch bis argument he quoted recent
atterances of Lord Salisbury and Sir
Charles Upper in favor of protection.
These reports have not yet been submit
ted to the Senate.
In carrying out their programme of
using the alleged third garty to throw
the election of President into the House,
the Democratic bosses OF the House have
become very gracious towards the
Alliance Representatives. They assisted
them in getting the resolution adopted
by the House instructing the Ways and
Means committee to report the sub.
treasury bill, and Speaker Crisp has
promised them that the committee on
Rules will be set aside three days for de-
bate thereon, as soon as the appropIi.
alton bills are all disposed of.
Quite number Of Washington vster.
ans will attend the twenty.third annual
reunion of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac to be held at Scranton,
Pennsylvania, on Wednesday and Thurs.
day of next week.
The Hill canvass for the Democratic
nomination seems to have degenerxted
into an anybody.to.beat Cleveland affair.
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