The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-04-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D. O., Mar. go, 1897.
The most striking features Of the tariff |
debate in the House were Chairman |
Dingley's comprehensive and business. |
like speech and the speech made by |
Representative Dolliver. Mr.. Dolliver |
won his spurs as one of the best orators
in the House long ago, but all previous
efforts were surpassed this week. Space
forbids giving all he said, but the follow.
ing will give an idea of the speech !:
"For the first time since 1916 every great
employment of the American people is
united in common recognition of the
importance and value of reasonable
discrimination by our laws in favor of
our people-the farmer, because nearly
everything he has for sale must be sold
here or not at all; the manufacturer be.
cause he has found it impossible to sell
homemade goods in marketplace that
has already bought itself poor at the
bargain counters of Europe and As ia
and commerce, because nation like
this that goes past the closed doors and
broken window.lights of it's own factor.
les to the ends of the earth for what it
buys is in condition that is completely
fatal to all commence, domestic and
foreign. n y. like this bill because it
is neither Eastern, nor Western, nor
Northern nor Southern. 1t is American
through and through, opening the doors
of opportunity to every section and to
every state. ". Your committee,
gentlemen, without fear or favor toward
any foreign country, has conscientiously
undertaken to make this bill patriotic
act of good will toward the U. S. of
America. The farmers of the U. s my
brethren, are eagar, not for the tabled
markets of the world. They are longing
for the music of the old factory bell,
calling back the idle millions to desert.
ed workshops Of the U. s. -. Gentle.
men, you may talk of silver and gold
until your friends, in an undertone, be.
gin to express their alarm. You may
argue about bonds and mortgages and
banks and capital and labor until the
wheels in your head begin to revolve
like velocipedes, but you will never get
back prosperity in the q. s. until you
give back to the American people the
working wages that they lost four years
ago."
Ex-senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, VIII
is in Washington on business before the
q. 8. Supreme Court, says he will return
home as soon as he gets through and has
no idea of remaining in Washington to
take any part in the contest that ex.Sen.
ator Corbett is making to be seated. In
reply to questions Mr.. Mitchell said: 81
have nothing to say about the situation
except that was the choice of large
majority of the Republicans of my state
My successor, appointed by the Governor
is here and it rests with the Senate
whether he shall be seated. If he il
recognized that ends the matter; if the
appointment is rejected, then it viii
rest with the Governor to decide wheth
er the legislature shall be reconvened
do not know what he will do. Ifnoth
ing is done new legislature will b'
elected year from next June" Mr.
Corbett still expresses confidence tha
he will be seated, but there are few mel
in Washington who do not think hi
show for that seat very slim one.
Maj. Charles Dick, of Ohio, the nev
Secretary of the Republican Nationa
Committee, who will have persona
charge of the Washington headquarter
of the committee, needs no introduction
, to the prominent Republicans of tn
, country. He was assistant secretary Q
the committee during the last campaign
and previous to that time had made hi
reputation as an able political manage
. by three years service as Chairman Z
, the Republican State committee {
Ohio.
. The adoption by the Senate of rest
luton providing for an investigation il
; to the civil service law in order to d,
termine whether it shall be continued
! amended or repealed, is the first step
r an attemptito bring abouta correction {
, the abuses which have crept into th
Y administration of that law, abuses tn,
were more numerous and fragrant undt
the last administration than ever befor
: The principal of the law is all right, br
!, fovoritism which has been practiced
I it's administration is all wrong. 1t
Q hoped that: the investigation will /
t thorough. Senator Allen has introdu
Q ed bill for the repeal of the Civil Ser
Z ice law and all amendments thereto.
. A silly story to the effect that Pref
> dent Mckinley was on the verge of
a physical collapse was sent out fro
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