The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-08-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent

If Mr.. Cleveland had ever been
member of the Senate he would hay
avoided at least one the more or les
humiliating defeats that he will receiv
at the hands of Congress, for then h
would have known that all of the olde
Senators, regardless of politics, stand to
gether in favor of one of the oldest rule
OF the Senate-the free and unlimite,
Debate of all measures-and he woul,
not have made the mistake OF askin,
Senators of his party to vote for tn,
adoption of a cloture rule in the Senate
a request never made by any othel
President, and which has served t.
widen the breach already existing be
tween Mr.. Cleveland and a number O
the Democratic Senators. No President
ever more earnestly desired the adoption
OF some particular bit of legislation than
Gen. Harrison did when the Federal
Election bill, having been passed by the
House, was before the Senate; but, hav.
Ing served term as Senator, he did not
make the mistake of asking Republican
Senators to vote for the adoption of a
cloture rule, preferring to see the bill
talked to death, as it actually was, rather
than to propose violation of one of the
most sacred traditions of the Senate. It
will not be long before Mr.. Cleveland
regrets, if he has not already done 80,
that he made such a proposition, be.
cause it has not even one chance out of
a possible one hundred of being adopted.
Opinion seems to be very much divid.
ed, among the Congressman now in
washington. as to the result of the an.
nounced intention of the Democratic
leaders to force the House to adopt a
cloture rule. 1t will be no violation of
precedent for the House to adopt such
'ule, but the opposition to it will be
'turdy and determined and while the
probabilities seem to favor it's ultimate
'doption it will not be adopted without
hard and bitter fight being made
gainst it. The men who will make this
lght are those known as silver men, and
ts result will indicate almost to a Ger.
ainty how the House will vote on the
liver question.
The number of pensioners suspended
nee the 4th of last March is between
200 and 5000, and if there is no inter.
'rence by Congress it is estimated by
ension Office officials that rs, 900 out of
'e $4,000 pensions granted under the
W OF 1890, generally known as "the
'pendent pension" act will be suspend.
before the examination now going on /
concluded. Whether Congress as a
10Y will take this matter up is some.
hat doubtful, but individual Congress. I
en- have taken it up and are making a I
fuss about it, saying that gross in a
stice is being done their constituents
the examining board. The protest. \
9 Congressman represent all shades of a
litical opinion. a
A sensation followed the publication d
is week, in a local paper. which al. d
ough claiming to be independent is O
nerally known as an administration a
eet, OF a New York special, charging
cretary Lamont with betrayinp the
tl-snappers and courting Tammany for
purpose OF protecting the Whitney
eet railway interests, of which he was
charge before he entered the cabinet
OF furthering his own lately de.
oped ambition to become governor of IN
W York. was understood here to III
very broad hint to Mr.. Cleveland Il
It he must choose between Tammanv &C
the anti,snappers. h'
When Col. Ainsworth, who "a in m
Irge of the Record and Pension tn
ision OF the War department, which OF
upied Ford's old Theatre at the time ha
he collapse of its floors and the kill. a.
OF score OF clerks, was found guilty or
the coroner's jury Of criminal nepli. iel
ce in connection with those deaths 70
'as supposed that he would be sus. oe
ded from duty. but he was not, nor ne
ne been suspended since the grand OF
formally indicted him and three or
ers Tor manslaughter. Everybody is sh
ing about the pull" he must have is
etain his position uner the circum. CIV
ces.