The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-12-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, d. g., Dec. %, '93.-

Senator H0arS 8 arralgnmenI Oh MI.
Cleveland for his unconstitutional as.
sumption of authority in dealing with
Hawaii, as admitted in his special mes
sage to congress, was terrible, but strict.
ly in accordance with facts. The memory
of his burning words, as well as those
used by Representative Boutelle, OF
Maine, in speech in the House, will
linger long with Mr.. Cleveland, who has
already expressed himself to.a friend as
being sick of the whole business. He
will be sicker than that betoretCongress
gets through with it, as the democrats
have not shown any great. desire to
either shield or defend him.ssThe fol.
lowing extract from Mr.. Hoar's speech
is both true and pertinent "lf MIR.
Willis went out instructed 10 reinstate
the old government, absolutely or upon
conditions, could little Hawaii help her
self. if the American people had been
behind the act ? No, Mr.. President, this
administration has been hurried into
this transaction, not by any sense OF
justice to Hawaii, not by any desire to
vindicate the national honor, but for the
sake of making what has turned out to
be weak, impotent attack on its prede-
cessor. The great name and tame OF
Benjamin Harrison are source OF envy
and discomfort in some bosoms'"
Secretary Herbert has got into not
water by adopting The royal methods OF
Mr. Cleveland. Not long ago there was
a vacancy at the Naval Acadamy, which
should have properly been filed from
the fifth Congressional district of S. G.
Representative Strait, who represents
that district in the House, wrote to
Secretary Herbert concerning the vac
ancy but received no reply. When he
came to the extra session he called at
the Navy department and was cody in
formed that Secretary Herbert had filled
the vacancy by appointing youth from
his own state, Alabama. Mr. Strait has
introduced a resolution in the House
calling upon Secretary Herbert for his
authority for making the appointment.
One would suppose from the frequency
of the slaps in the face which the ad'
ministration gives the Democratic Sena'
tors that it had no need of their support.
The latest slap was the nomination OF
Wayne MacVeagh, OF Pennsylvania, to
be Ambassador to Italy. The Demo-
cratic Senators smile and try to pretend
that they like it, but it IS plain to all
that they do not There was no diff
Guilty about the confirmation OF Mr. Mac
Neagh's nomination by the Senate. lie
is thoroughly competent to credltaoly
fill the position and if Mr.; Cleveland
preferred to give one OF the hlghest
honors at his disposal to renegade
Republican rather than to a Democrat,
Republican Senators had no oblection,
SO the nomination was promptly con.
frmed
The adoption of the following amend.
ment to the urgency deficiency bill in the
House by vote 123 to 46 was practical
reprimand of Mr.. Cleveland and Hoke
Smith, for their Wholesale suspension
of pensioners: "That any pension here
tofore or that may hereafter be granted
to any applicant therefor under any law
of the United States authorizing the
granting of any payment OF pensions or
application adjudicated upon shall be
deemed and held by all officers of the
United States to be vested right in the
grantee to that extent that payment
thereof shall not be withheld or sus
pended until after due notice to the
grantee of not less than thirty days, the
all the evidence, shall decide to annul,
and modify or set aside the de-
cision upon which such pension was
granted. Such notice to grantee must
contain full aud true statement of any
charges or allegations upon which such |
decision granting ouch pension shall be
sought to be in any manner disturbed
Or modified"
The administration men are alarmed |
by the statement of Senator Murphy
the Cleveland tariff bill.
They know that if he lives up to that
will endeavor, 80 far as
lies in my power, to see that noiinjustice
Is done TO the interests of my native
city and state"-it means another Demo.
cratic vote against the Cleveland tariff
bill in the Senate, where they have few
votes to spare.
The majority report in favor of the
Cleveland tariff bill is not calculated to
make any votes for that meanure. 1t is
not much of Christmas present for the
Democratic Congressman to take home
TO their unemployed constituents its
fine talk about future prosperity twill
not INV groceries or nav hOuae rant for