Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-04-25
THE BABES ARE SCARED.
Silver Democrats Business of the
House Reciprocity.
from cur regular correspondent

House Reciprocity.
tFrom cur regular correspondent
| WASHINGTON, April 2o.-Mr. Cieve
lands kindergarten, called by court
esq his cabinet IS in state OF ter
ror. Hilary Herbert is in disgrace
and Hockey Smith is afraid that i
will be his turn next. Hilary's dis
grace was brought about by his hav
ing given pedagogue Cleveland falls,
reports as to the condition of affairs
at his home. He told Mr.. Cleveland
that the Free Silver Democrats of AL
bama were more noisy than numerous
and that the recent primaries would
show the State overwhelmingly fol
sound money. He's sorry now he
told that, and won't forget the hall
hour he spent with Mr.. Cleveland
after it became known that the Sill
yer Democrats had captured TIE State
bag and baggage. Hickey Smith has
brought the same report about
Georgia, and, according to ex- Speaker
Crisp and other Silver Democrats,
they will be found to be no more
trustworthy than those of Hilary Her
bert. Mr.. Cleveland is Just begin
ming to realize that the silver Demo
Gratis are much more likely to control
the Chicago convention than he is,
and the realization hasn't added to
his amiability.
The last appropriation bill is now
before the House and will probably be
passed this week. Then the House
will only have to act on the Senate
amendments to those appropriation
bills which have not yet been finally
disposed of before being ready for
adjournment. Republicans in the
House have no fear of Senator Cor
mans threat that the present Con.
gress will be arraigned on the stump
as do nothing body. In fact, they
hope the Democrats will make such
an attempt. The record OF the pres
ent House has never been excelled for
business-like procedure, and the
more the Democrats say about the
failure of Congress to relieve the
Treasury, the more creditable will
appear the action of the House in
promptly passing the revenue tariff
bill that failed in the Senate.
The conclusion ofthe House COM
mittee on Ways and Means not to re-
port bill providing for a restoration
Of the reciprocity policy originated
by the late James G. Blaine, which
was benefitting American producers
and manufacturers when repealed by
the Democratic tariff bill, is on all
tours with common sense. The hear
ings before the committee left no
doubt that public sentiment favors a
return to the reciprocity, but that re-
turn being impossible while Demo
cratic President is in Office the com
mittee wisely decided not to waste
time in preparing a bill and putting
it through the Republican House
only to have it hung up by the non
descript Senate, as the revenue tariff
bill was or vetoed ty Mr.. Cleveland
if it got through the Senate. Re-
will come along with the
other good things which will follow
the restoration of the Republicans to
the control of all branches of the gov
eminent.
No speaker Of the House ever re-
ceivei greater compliment from a
political opponent than was paid to
Reed by Representative Dock
cry, of Missouri, during a discussion
Of private bills before the House.
Mr.. Dockery said: Il want to say
here in his presence, that / honor the
present Speaker, Thomas b. Reed
He has stood like lion in the path
o. members on both sides of the po-
l1tical aisle who have been pressing
bills carrying large sums.
Representative Grosvenor, Of Ohio,
is one of the heavy hitters on the Re-
publican side of the House, and he
struck a knock out blow when he
SAID to the Democratic side OF the
House: "You are paralyzed by your
own utter inefficiency. The great
feature of the administration of Gro
yer Cleveland-the only feature that
will save him from future contumely-
is that when the bill to repeal the
great revenue-producing, industry
propagating tariff law was presented
to him, he said: My name shall
never disgrace its pages You are
attempting to place in contrast an
administration that paid $3.50. 900, :
600 of the public debt with one that
borrowed $500. ooo, 900. and now trem-
bic each day lest the telegraph brings
the news that the gold SO borrowed is
drifting across the water
Secretary Bowling, Of the National
League of Republican Clubs, whose
headquarters are at Chicago, is in
Washington on League business.
His position gives him excellent IA
cilities for knowing the trend of SEN
timent among the rank and file of Re-
publicans, and lie says that nearly all
the requests for political literature.
which are now being received from
every section Of the country, at the
League headquarters, ask for tariff
speeches and say that the most i'm
portant question Of the campaign will
be protection. He says that compara-
lively few requests are received for
financial literature. One of Mr.. Dow
ling's objects in visiting Washington