The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-10-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. G., Sept. 80, '93.

against the President of the United
States by his personal and political
of having nominated j. j.
Van Allen to be Ambassador to Italy,
knowing that the said nomination had
been sold to the said Van Allen by ex.
Secretary Whitney for the sum of $780,
0O0, which was turned into the Demo-
cratic campaign fund last year. 1t is
stated by those who enjoy the closest
personal relations with Mr.. Cleveland
that he was cognizant of the $4,000
contribution and the terms upon which
it was made and that the nomination OF
Van Allen was not sent to the Senate
until he had refused to relinquish his
claim thereto for the return of $4,000,
which certain friends of Mr. Cleveland
offered to contribute in order to prevent
the consummation of the scandalous
bargain, and had threatened to make
public the transaction. AS might be |
supposed this charge has created SEN
sation in Congress. The nomination OF
Van Allen is now before the Senate COM
mittee on Foreign Relations, which
may make an investigation of the
charge, although the chances are that
an attempt will be made to hush the
matter up by getting Mr.. Cleveland to
withdraw his nomination. To judge
from remarks made by Senators it would
be next to impossible to get favorable
report. If it were secured the Senate
would probably reject the nomination
by considers bic majority.
To listen to the arguments put for
ward by the Democrats of the House in
favor OF the bill for the repeal of all laws
providing for Federal supervision of
elections carries one back to Calhoun
and notification. The Democrats are
ignoring the fact that the blood of mil
that this was Nation, and are trotting
lion Americans was shed in determining
out all of the old threadbare States
rights ideas that were used in Congress
for decade previous to the rebellion.
The tariff mystery has been incresed
by the official announcement that no
information concerning the new tariff
bill would be given out before the bill
was reported to the House, and that it
was altogether uncertain when that
would be. 1t is evident to all close OBJ
servers that hitch in the tariff pro-
gramme has been reached. 1t was only
few days ago that chairman Wilson
stated positively that the work of pre-
pairing the bill would be hastened by as
signing the preparation of the various
schedules to subcommittee, state.
ment that was not in accordance with
the power behind the committee, as
Mr.. Wilson now announces without a
blush that no work will be done by SUBJ
committees. The my stery surrounding
the preparation of this bill is daily ad.
ding to the number of those who believe
that the Democratic members of the
House Ways and Means committee will
have little or nothing to do with max
ing tariff bill, and all that will be re-
quired of them will be to accept with
out question and report to the House
the bill which will be submitted to them
by the administration. That being the
programme, it became absolutely nee
cessary to announce that no informa.
ton would be given out until the bill is
reported. By saying nothing members
of the committe will give away nothing
Secretary Hoke Smith may find him.
self hard pushed to explain some queer
things about his management of the
opening of the Cherokee strip; likewise
Secretary Dan Lamont. Some of the
odd capers OF the U. S. soldiers, such as
shooting down citizens, if the presen,
plans for Congressional investigation
. OF the whole business does not miscarry
Representative Springer, chairman o.
the House committee on Banking and
Currency, has heard from the boss, and
, notwithstanding his positive announce
| ment weeks ago that his committee was
opposed to the repeal of the ten pei
, cent tax on State bank currency anC
. would not report a bill for that purpose
! to the House, the committe today begar
, an elaborate series of hearings on the
5 subject. Wise Democrats in the House
do not announce their intentions unit
. they ascertain what the House intends
shall be taken they thus avoid humili
alton.
The situation in the Senate remains
! much the same, except that the person
alities which have crept into the debat'
!, during the last few days have raised new
obstacles to anything like satisfactor.
! compromise. Still, compromise SEEM
/ to the most unprejudiced observers thu
9 only possible way to get any Legislation
8 dealing with silver, but the more th'
Senators quarrel the more difficult com