The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-06-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
slSsoa Our Regular Corrsspondent.l

WAsHrNaroN, D. O., June 5, '96.
3ongYss made short work Of Mr..
|DVoland's veto OF the River and Har.
hill. There was no excitement, no
aperation, and no hesitation. More
~ three.fourths of the Senators and
presentatives believed the bill to be
fthe interests Of better commercial
bilities for the whole country and it
~ passed over the veto, and is today
y law Of the land.
tUnless Speaker Reed changes his
|ind, and he isn't in the habit of doing
knt, he will under no circumstances
5oOpt the nomination for Vice Presi.
>nk This does not mean that he is
3lkinR because Gov. Mckinley will get
~ honor he sought-he has yet to
nm how to sulk-but that he hasn't
y slightest desire to fill the Office of
3ce President. To any one at all
miliar with public affairs in Washing
a It is needless to say that there is no
mparison from any point of view, be-
feen the Vice Presidency, which car.
y neither influence nor power, and
- Speakership OF the House, which
ries more power and influence than
~ Office, except the Presidency. under
b government. And Mr.. Reed can be
teaker as long as he wants to, and the
bpublicans retain control of the House.
congress is making good progress
yards finishing up the appropriation
He and adjournment will certainly
ne next week, as nothing else of i'm.
ftance is likely to be taken up at this
mon. 1t may be early in the week or
nay be late, but it will be before it's
Re.
Ehe House committee on Library has
3de q favorable report on the bill,
badly passed by the Senate, for the
iation of q permanent art commission,
pass upon all works OF art before their
fchase by the government.
Btrong reports were this week sub.
tted to both house and Senate in
ior of the Nicaragua Canal bill. 1t is
III the idea of the friends of this bill to
Il to push it through at the present
lion of Congress, but an effort will be
1e to pass it at the short session.
4 ere is no doubt of favorable action on
bill by the Senate, and it's friends
Il nk it can pass the House.
here is strong suspicion that Gen.
r. Lee was acting under orders when
lelsyed his departure for Cuba until
~ Congress is out of the way. That
Eeland intends to spring some kind
surprise on the country in connec.
with Cuba is believed by some Of
shrewdest men in Washington, but
has kept his secret well, and its
nre can only be guessed at. 1t is
|IHnght to have been indicated when
ator Morgan recently pointed out the
|ger to this country of the President
Inning the authority to decide ques.
Ss which may lead to war without
rring them to Congress, and also in
Cleveland's interview with a sub.
mittee of the Senate committee on
bign Relations, when he intimsted
he would rather recognize the
blute independence of Cuba than to
gnize the insurgents as belligerents.
htever Mr.. Cleveland intends doing
probable he will wait until just be.
the Chicago convention to do it.
certainty that the silver Democrats
control that convention has not
ken his third.term aspirations, nor
belief that he can 90 manipulate
= - to capture them for himself.
y nomination of pronounced sil.
nan to be postmaster at Rome, Ga,
ken to mean that Mr.. Cleveland re-.
Hoke Smiths fight against the
ocrats in that state as already as
= lost. The nomination was on
Presidents desk for several weeks
y being sent to the Senate, and it
reported that Mr.. Cleveland told
3eorgis Senators that he would not
Inate Q silver man for the place,
hat he was informed that the nom.
On of man who was opposed to sill.
souldn't be confirmed by the Senate.
aps Mr.. Cleveland has made up hi g
70 try to come to terms with the
y Democrats, since Hoke Smith got
and told him that Georgia was 60.
y silver.
y Butler bill prohibiting further
Of bonds without the sanction OF
Dreas passed the Senate by vote OF
rs. 10 Republicans voted for and
ainst it, and II Democrats for and
Inst it. That will be the last of the
~ the House committee on Ways
Means made an adverse report
e and the House promptly voted
u npon the table and there it will
ROLA0M.