Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-04-19
Effect of Hills Speech-Crisp's Inten-
tions-The Nicaragua Canal-Get-
ting Ready to Receive Coxey.

garded Mr.. Hill as statesman. No one
now regards him as a politician. This
speech is only subject of congratula
tions among his political opponents, or a
few of his old time servants. Republic
ans may we'll congratulate themselves on
another proof of the weakness of the par
ty now in control of the Government 1t
can hardly be possible that Hill can ever
expect any thing in the future, after the
reckless speech he made. After, as usual,
he had made an attack upon the Mug
wumps of the Administration, paying
his respects to the Administration itself,
he struck blow that will kill him in the
South in what he said on the silver ques-
ton, and then aroused the ire of the
Western Democrats by his attack OH the
income feature of the tariff bill 1t hard
ly seems conceivable that man of any
ability, who had even the slightest de-
sire, or political ambition for the future,
would so give way to his deep personal
resentment, and offend all the elements
or wings of the party of which he pre-
tends to be a Democrat of Democrats.
Not Democratic Senator reached him
hand at the conclusion of his speech
Bot one member of Congress spoke to
him-I mean one Democratic member
as he left the Chamber. The New York
Legislature has thanked him for his
speech, but the resolution was offered
by gentleman who has always been his
political enemy, and is as much so to day
as ever, and it was passed by the com
bined votes of his political opponents
aud his own political serfs, who will new
er admit that Hill can make mistake
| am not denying that Mr.. Hill presented
some plain facts in a concise manner, but
there has never been greater mistake
made by any United States Senator
since Roscoe COnkling resigned his seat
in the Senate because President Gar
field would not allow him to dictate all
the appointments for the State of New
Y York-e--
Whateffect Hills speech will have upon
the tariff bill 10 ole seems to know.
Hill can Garry Mr.. Murphy's vote, of
course, as ConkliDg did q Me Too Platt,"
but as to any one else no one knoweth as
to the future. There are other Demo
cratic Senators opposing the bill, but fer
more statesmanlike reasons than Mr.
Hill produced. The general feeling here
is that Hill, despairing of ever reaching
the Presidency through his party, has de
cided to sit as Coroner upon its dead
body. This being the case. it is no won
der that Republicans are feeling rather
good over the speech.
Senator Walsh has arrived and been
sworn in as Georgia's new Senator He
is a fine looking man, and wears his
hOnors meekly, as all newspaper men do
The report comes from the South that
Speaker Crisp will be a candidate for the
Senate next winter, if the next House is
Republican. Well, from the present in
dications, Mr. Crisp can commence his
canvass almost any time. 1t seems he
prefers to stay In the House if the next
Speaker is to be Democrat
Senator Lodge and Senator Hale have
delivered speeches against the tariff bill,
and a good many more speeches are
ready to be placed where the public can
reach them by reading the Record The
debate will will probably run six or eight
weeks yet. and we shall have the flood
gates as wide open as in the silver debate
The Nicaragua Canal question still
hangs fire, and it does not look as though
this Congress would take hold of the
subject in manner that will settle the
question 1t is high time the Govern
ment took some position upon this ques
lion, and decided whether we shall build
the Canal or let England do it. 1t is one
of the strangest things in our politics
that the whole country can be warmed
up over the question as to whether
ninety thousand people, three fourths OF
whom can neither read nor write, and
who are called the Hiwaiian nation, shall
be annexed to our country or nOt-while
this great International question, that
involves so much concerning our future
commerce and foreign trade, arOuses no
interest whatever. England will build
the canal if we do not proceed soon, and
if England builds that canal, We shall
pay tax in the way of tolls to England. |
that in less than forty years would be
large enough to pay for building the
canal itself. And, if war ever should
come, we would be under an immense
disadvantage, rs our navy, as long as the |
enemy had the canal. would be forced to
go around by Cape Horn to reach our
Pacific coast, while England, with one
fleet, could ravage our southeastern and |
our western coast. Perhaps in those |
times, if they ever come, our Congress |
will be doing something more energetic |
than calling the roll, time after time, for |
a quorum, or acting the dummy when |
they hear their names called by the
clerk. Surely American craftsmanship |
can yet be arrested from its onward
march toward absurdity.
The Police Department is beginning to
get ready for the Coxey army. Major
Moore is looking up the law, and made
test case ON car load of forty unem
ployed men, who came in the other da. |
from Cincinnati. They were arrested
on the charge of vagrancy, but the Po
lice Judge discharged them. There is
an old law, which makes it an offense to
bring into the District of Columbia any
destitute people who are likely to become
public charges. with penalty of from