The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-06-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, June 10th, 1898.
From our regular correspondent.l

Garfield has Washington passed through
such a week of sensational excitement
as that lust ended. The awful calamity
in Ford's old theater, where President
Lincoln was killed, by which 21 men
lost their lives and So were wounded
sent thrill of chilling horror through
every one, which has since been inten.
sifed by the belief that it was directly
caused by the carelessness and negli,
gence of one man, and that mans actions
have increased rather than diminished
that belief. The man referred to is Col.
Ainsworth, who is in charge OF the Rec
ords and Pensions office of the War De;
partment, which occupied the wrecked
building. Owing TO his appearing at the
coroner's inquest accompanied by law
yer and attempting to intimidate his
clerks who had been summoned to testi.
fly he made very narrow escape from
being lynched. He next caused new
sensation by appealing to the courts for
a mandamus, which was refused him, to
compel the coroner to allow him and his
lawyer to cross. question the witnesses,
thus acknowledging his fear OF the evil
dence to be given before the jury. ow'
ing to legal technicality, brought out
by his application the action OF the cor.
oner's Jury during it's first four days sit-
ting was declared void by the court, and
yesterday the inquiry had to be started
fresh. An army court of inquiry will
also investigate, but not until after the
coroner's inquest is concluded.
The intense excitement has been
beneficial in a pecuniary sense to the
families of the victims. 1t has kept the
matter before the public constantly,
thus adding largely to the subscriptions
to the popular fund for their assistance,
which now amounts to $4,000 and is
still growing. Nearly every one OF the
killed left dependent families.
1t is remarkable how prone the Dem.
ocrats are to do things for which they
have for many years abused the Repub-
licans. For instance, it is stated at the
Navy Department that the .. S. s. Dol.
phin has been dry.docked at the New
York navy yard, in order that she may
be put in thorough order, as che is to be
placed at Mr.. Cleveland's personal dis
posal during the time he spends at his
Buzzard's Bay cottage this summer.
Personally your correspondent believes
it to be perfectly right that the Presi.
dent Of the United States should have a
government vessel place 4 at his disposal
whenever he travels by water, it adds a
dignity to his movements that is in keep
ing with the exalted Office he holds and
really costs nothing extra to the govern
ment, as the vessel and crew have to be
maintained anyway, but the Democrats
have as rule taken, or pretended to
take, an opposite view.
An ante. election pledge made by
Chairman Harrity OF the National Dem
ocratic Committee was cancelled wher
Mr.. Cleveland this week appointed
Daniel r. Murphy U. S. District Attor
ney for Oregon, in spite of hundreds o
Democratic protests from that State
Murphy was chairman OF the Democrati
State Committee of Oregon during tn
last campaign and the work he did wa
to throw the Democratic vote to tn
Weaver electors, although the entir
Democratic State ticket had to be be
trayed and sacrificed to do it.
Col. A. L. Conger, for some year
Ohio's member of the Republican
National Committee, brings good new
from that State. He says: "All differ
ences among Ohio Republicans hav
been forgotten and every element of tn
party is united on Mckinley, and be
lieve he will be again elected"
Secretary Morton isn't inclined to Civ
the cabinet of which he is a membe
any credit for the slight improvement il
the financial outlook, which is this wee
preceptiole. He thinks it is all OWN
to the fall in the price of wheat, an
says: SIT would seem that we hav
reached the price at which foreig
markets will purchase our wheat, and
is now going abroad. Instead, therefore
of gold shipments there will be exchang
for cereals and the financial problem wi
be easier"
Congressman Wilson, of West Virgins
who is credited by many with being NJ
Cleveland's mouthpiece whenever b
wishes to sound public sentiment, ha
just given, while pretending to speak i
its favor, state bank currency a blac
eye, and now thequestion is being asket
"did he do it purposely and at M
Cleveland's request?" 1t certainly lool
that way. He was speaking of the prol
ability of a repeal of the 10 per cent ia
on state bank currency when he said
II do not believe that it would be
dangerous experiment. Their nott