The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-12-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our regular oorrespondent.l


increasing with rapidity that must be
appalling to the stolid occupant of the
White House. Congress had hardly got
through listening to the dreary plati.
tudes and misleading statistics with
which the Presidents message was filled
before bills and resolutions began to be
introduced in the House and Senate of
a nature calculated to be far from pleas.
ing to the administration, and facts to
be made public that falsifed statements
made in the message. Senator Hoar
started the ball on the Hawaiian ques.
ton by the introduction of resolution,
which was passed, calling on the Presi.
dent for copies of all correspondence
and instructions emanating from the
administration on that subject, and
rafting short speech criticising the re.
markable position of the administration
was made by Senator Dolph. Repre-
sentative Hit, of Illinois, introduced
similar resolution in the House. Senator
Hill also antagonized, in speech, the
position of this Hawaiian business, Bills
have been introduced in both House and
Senate, by Democrats, which carry on
their faces condemnation of the admin.
stration pension policy. Take it all in
all the indications are that the "wild
team," as Gen. Harrison SO aptly termed
the Democratic majority in Congress,
will be harder to control than it was at
the extra session.
Mr.. Cleveland stated in his usual dog.
matte style, in his message, that the
deficiency in revenue by reason of the
Cleveland tariff bill would only be $685..
100000. Now it is officially announced
by the Treasury department that it will
be at least $60,OO0,0OO. He requested
that the money question be let alone.
and Representative Bland, chairman of
the House Coinage committee, an.
nounces that his free coinage bill, one of
the first introduced at this session, is to
be reported and passed.
The Republican party is fortunate in
having political matters in the Senate
looked after by caucus committee
made up of the following Senators !:
Allison, of Iowa; Aldrich, OF Rhode
Island; Hale, OF Maine; Cullom, of
Illinois Dolph, of Oregon; Manderson,
of Nebraska Quay, of Pennsylvania !;
Washburn, of Minnesota, and Dubois,
of Idaho, the first named being chairman
and the last secretary. 1t would have
been difficult for Senator Sherman,
chairman OF the caucus, to have named
more representative committee, or one
that would have contained more polit.
ical shrewdness.
The Republicans in the Senate will
debate the Cleveland tariff bill long
enough to show up its general absurdity
and viciousness, but they will not re.
sort to dilatory tactics to prevent vote.
If, after the bill has been thoroughly
shown up, the Democrats are willing to
assume the responsibility of making it a
law, no illegitimate obstacles will be
raised by Republicans. The Republican
party has from it's birth been thoroughly
committed to the doctrine of majority
rule and it will not change because the
politics of the majority has changed.
That would be initiating the Democrats.
Petitions are already coming to Con.
gress in large numbers from old Union
soldiers asking that Secretary Hoke
Smiths high-handed method of dealing
with pensioners be Investigated, and
whether any investigation is ordered or
not there's going to be some speeches
made on the subject in both House and
Senate that will not please the admin.
stration, and some of them are going to
be made by Democrats.
1t is said that orders have been given
by the Democratic boss to shut out Okla.
homa when it comes to admitting new
states, because of the belief that it is Re.
publican. Arizona, New Mexico and
Utah are to be admitted on the pledges
made by prominent Democrats that they
will all elect Democratic legislatures.
Six administration Democratic Senators
are not to be sneezed at in the present
condition of the Senate.
The bronze statue donated by the
state Of Illinois, for statuary hall, in the
Capitol building, was formally accepted
by Congress and unveiled with impres.
sive ceremonies Wednesday afternoon,
the principal address being made by
Gov. Altgeld.
1t is stated by Democrats that the ad.
ministration has become alarmed at the
almost unanimous public sentiment
against it and fiunked on its Hawaiian
programme, and that Mr.. Cleveland will
send special message to Congress, to-
gether with all tho correspondence, &C.,
and ask Congress to relieve him of
further responsibility by deciding what