Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-04-24
THE NATION'S CAPITOL.
Current Comment from the Ma
tion's Headquarters.
From our regular correspondent j

as speedily as possible. He believes
that when the bill has passed and the
amendments adopted by the Senate
have been acted upon by conference
committee that the bill will be as good
a measure as it possibly can be made
under existing circumstances.
The much talked about amendments
to the Dingley tariff bill, which West
ern Senators haye asked for, turn out
to be very different from the predic-
tions made by those who have been
hoping for breach in the republican
ranks in the Senate wide enough to
defeat the tariff bill. The amendments
deal mostly with the wool schedule,
and are largely devoted to so classify
ing wool that some of the frauds known
| to have been perpetrated under the
classification of the Mckinley tariff,
| will be avoided. 1t is also claimed by
the Western Senators that these amend
ments are intended to equalize the pro-
! lection given to the wool manufacturer
and the wool grower.
The regular semi-weekly row between
the followers of Representative Bailey,
| OF Texas, and those of Representative
McMillen, OF Tenn, the rival would-be
democratic leaders, has become feat
ure OF the short meetings of the House,
which draws full galleries and which
has crowded Jerry Simpsons little Popu-
| list circus to the wall. In this rivalry
local paper, which poses as Bryan's
mouth-piece, has sought to convey the
impression in its daily diatribes against
Bailey that McMIllen was the personal
representative of Mr.. Bryan. One of
these editorials was denounced on the
| floor of the House, as ''an infamous and
malicious lie' by Mr.. Bailey, who added
by way of emphasis: II denounce
every man who has helped to circulate
it as an Infamous and malicious liar"
The editorial in question said in effect
that the leadership of Mr.. Bailey was
the leadership of Mr.. Reed.
Not wishing to keep the new Senators
out of the privileges belonging to men,
bers of the committees any longer, the
Republican Caucus Committee charged
with comforting with the democratic
committee on the subject, reported to
the caucus in favor of accepting the
last democratic proposition for filing
the committee vacancies. The pro-
gramme gives the republicans all va
cancies, including chairmanships, that
were made by the retirement of repub-
licans, and gives one place on the Ap,
preparation Committee that was filled
by democrat to a republican, while
the Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads will get one additional democrat
This arrangement is not altogether
desirable but it is the best the Iepubli.
cans can do until they get a majority
i / the Senate. 1t allows them to retain
the Chairmanship of all the most i'm,
portant committees, but on some o
these committees they will be in tht
minority.
The opinion OF gentleman, who has
recently spent long period in Japan
on the intentions of that country
towards Hawaii, is interesting. In view
of recent rumors concerning the send
ing of worshlps to Hawaii by Japan
and of the statement of the japanese
minister to the U. S. that his country
has no improper designs on Hawaii
This gentleman is Mr.. w. B. Edmin
ster, now in Washington, and he say S
A'It is my opinion, based upon long III
tercourse with the Japanese, that 1t il
t cir ultimate aim TO swoop down upor
Hawaii, capture the island, and TIN ougf
force of arms set up q government O
their own. 1t is the common talk il
the streets OF Japan capital, that Japar
is entitled to plant her flag in Hawai-
Tor The reason that the japanese out
nu nber any other nationality on the
islands," 1t will be remembered that
Congress has explicitly declared tha
the U. S. would not countenance any in
terterence with the government O
Hawaii by any foreign government, ant
many believe that it Is that declaration
alone which has caused Japan to keeI
her hands off Hawaii up TO this time.
Judge Day, of Canton, Ohio, who il
going 10 Cuba as special U. S. Consu
to cooperate with Consul-Geueral Let
in making an investigation of the
charges concerning the cause of the
I death of DR.. Ruiz, Is in Washington
for the purpose OF conferring with Pres
, ident Mckinley and making study o
; all documents In the Department o
, State that are likely to assist him il
the investigation. While Judge Day
official mission TO Cuba will be confine,
to the Ruiz investigation, he will no
close his eyes to what goes on aroun,
him, and it is certain that Preslden
Mckinley will get the benefit of every
, thing he learns over there