The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-01-21
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tFrom Our Regular Correspondent

Senator Hawley 10 the latest member
OF that branch Of Congress to be men.
toned as probable member Of Presi.
dent McKinley's cabinet. The portfolio
OF War is that assigned by gossip to Sen.
ator Hawley. The other Senators to
whom portfolios have been tentatively
offered have declined, although there is
still a strong belief around the Capitol
that Senator Sherman will be Secretary
OF State, but it is said, not by himself,
however, that Senator Hawley would be
willing to become Secretary OF War.
At this weeks meeting of the Senate
committee on Foreign Relations nothing
was said about Senator Cameron's Cuban
resolution, and that gentleman is still
out of town. Senator Mills made
speech on his Cuban resolution and
Senator Bacon also advocated its adop.
ton in a set speech but neither attract
ed more than passing attention either
in or out OF Congress, which is good eyi.
dence that the Cuban excitement has all
died out, not from lack OF interest, but
because of the belief that nothing will
be done at this session.
Senator Allison says he doesn't know
whether the report that ex Representa-.
tive Wilson, of Iowa, would be next
Secretary Of Agriculture is true or not,
but that he hopes it is, as he thinks Mr..
Wilson especially we'll qualified for the
position and had so informed Maj. Nc.
kinley when he saw him the other day.
The most dramatic episode of the ses.
sion was the reply to an attack made by
Representative Mcguire, of California,
in "leave to print speech in the Con.
gressional Record, on Representative
johnson, of the same state. 1t was all
in connection with the Pacific Railroad
funding bill, which to the surprise of
many was so badly defeated by the
House. In speech favoring that bill
Mr.. johnson made very bitter person.
al attack upon w. h. Hearst, accusing
him of unprintable things in imprint.
able language. Representative Cooper,
of Wise, at the time accused Mr.. John.
son OF cowardice for attacking a man
who was not present, and Mr.. Mcguire
seconded the accusation in his printed
speech and added slurs about Mr.. John.
sons having criminal record at his old
Syracuse N. Y home. When Mr..
johnson arose in the House to reply to
Mcguire it was easy to see that he was
excited terribly. He began by saying !:
1t is just as we'll for me to face this
matter now as later, and meet the cow
ardly insinuations made against me at
the dictation of William K. Hearst. 1t
is true that thirty years ago l was in
trouble in New York that l was in.
dicted that went to California to rear
new home and live down the past, but
it is untrue that went under an assum.
ed name" Nothing could have been
more pathetic than the story OF his
struggles to regain good name, told in
voice shaking with emotion, but there
was ring Of triumph in his voice when
he told of the victory won and how "by
the blessings of God and the help of my
COED wife ! was last able to pay back
every dollar l owed" and the House
gave him spontaneous round of ap.
plsuse. OF his charges against Hearst
he said: Every charge made is capa.
BILE of proof. l do not shelter myself
behind my Constitutional privilege.
Everything / say as member of Con.
gress l am responsible for as citizen,
personally and financially" OF the
charge of cowardice against him he said:
IF either the.gentleman from Wisconsin
Cooper or the gentleman from Califor.
MIA (Maguire) thinks am cowardly, let
either repeat to me outside this chamber
what he has said inside, and his curios
ity will be appeased." The House show
ed where its sympathy was by ordering
Maguire's speech stricken from the
Record and by refusing to strike out
Johnson's speech.
Whether Speaker Reed intended to
stir up the Democrats OF the House by
his selections to fill vacancies on the
House committees cannot say, but that
his action has stirred them up is certain
especially his putting Bailey, OF Texas
on the Committee on Rules, and Boat
ner, Of La, on the committee ON Ways
and Means.
A very interesting question is raised
by the petition Of Col. Henry A. Dr
Pont for Senator, which was presented
by Senator Chandler and referred to the
Senate Committee on Privileges snd
Elections. The petition asks that the
Senate reconside its decision, made d
the last session. that Col. Du Pont wa
not entitled to seat in the Senate, ant
sets forth reasons why the petition il