The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-11-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom Our Regular Oorrespondent.I

WASHINGTON, d. O., November 16, 1897.
Owing to the nearness of the assem-.
bling Of Congress President Mckinley
has been compelled to announce his in.
ability to see any callers, except those
with whom he wishes to confer, until
he finishes his annual message to Con.
gress. In order to show that this would
give no advantage to any particular seek.
ers after appointments it was at the same
time announced that no more import.
ant appointments would be made until
after Congress convenes. The Presi.
dent has his message we'll under way
and hopes to get it finished in about two
weeks.
Secretary Wilson is much pleased at
the action of Attorney General McKen.
ma in refusing to compromise number
of cases against firm for violating the
law against selling oleomargarine as
butter. Speaking of the case he said !:
Il am gratified that the government is
| giving evidence that it will strictly en-
force the law. The scientists in the
Agricultural colleges are teaching the
people the best way to make fine butter
and the buyer should know whether he
is buying butter or eleomagarine. There
must be some means of distinguishing
the two do not say that it is wrong
to sell oleomargarine, but that it is
wrong to sell it as butter, and every
means should be taken to enforce the
law in this regard. There is no question
but that oleomargarine is injurious. The
more that is used of it the more is the
public harmed"
The Senators and Representatives who
will have the most to do with shaping
the programme of the coming session of
Congress are having the least in the
newspapers about what that programme
is likely to be. That the recommends.
tions OF President McKinley's message
will be followed to as great an extent as
the Republican leaders can bring about,
in the legislation of the session of Con.
gress, is reasonably certain. There isn't
likely to be any marked division in the
Republican ranks.
A Washington sculptor-Mr. F. Lei,
mer-has secured commission to make
four bronze busts of President Mckinley,
one for the White House, one for Secre.
tary Alger, one for the City of Canton,
and one for the Ohio State House, and
the sittings began this week in the
billiard room, in the basement of the
White House, the President having
kindly agreed to give the artist little
time every morning, while working on
his message, until the clay bust, from
which the bronze casts are to made, is
completed.
Official red tape can always be brushed
asi le when the need for official action is
really urgent. This was shown the speedy
action of the government in ordering the
revenue cutter Bear to proceed to the re.
lief of the eight American whaling yes
sells believed to be icebound in the Arc
tic Ocean. AS soon as the President and
Cabinet were notified that relief was
needed they directed that the Bear
should be got ready for the expedition
as early as possible, and Treasury Off.
cials familiar with the region drafted the
instructions for the commander of the
Bear, which include an overland trip
from point Barrow, in sleds drawn by
government reindeer. The promptness
of the whole business reflects great cred
it upon the administration.
The coming to Washington of Sir |
Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian Premier,
and other Canadian officials was social |
success, but viewed from the statesman's
standpoint it was at best partial failure.
1t seems that Sir Wilfrio ought to have
known in advance that he could not |
succeed in bluffing the U. s. into buy.
ing Cannada's 3 consent to the negotiation |
of treaty that would result in stopping |
open sea sealing for time, with a Can
reciprocity treaty and the
concession of other things that are in
dispute between the two governments.
II he didn't he must have been much |
surprised man at the promptness with |
which he was enlightened when he
made his bluff. Ex Secretary Foster,
who has been in charge of the interests
of the U. S. in these sealing negotiations,
says we gained material victory in the
agreement which was reached by seal
and that the negotiations with
the Canadian government will be con.
tinued, and that he believes the conten.
tions OF the U. s. will sooner or later be
Pimples on the Face.
81 was troubled with pimples all over