The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-04-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D. G., Apr. 90, 1897.
The foolkiller might have found con.
genial work among the originators of the
story that there was even a remote prob.
ability that any number Of Republican
members of the House would Join with
Jerry Simpson and the kicking Demo
Gratis in an effort to compel Speaker Reed
to appoint the committees and to have
the House meet daily and take up gen.
eral legislation. The story once started
was widely exploited by lobbyists and
their newspaper organs, they being nat.
urally opposed to continuation OF the
present policy which leaves them with.
out occupation or remuneration, and
probably found some believers. 1t is
well known to every intelligent man
around the Capitol that the adoption of
the policy to confine the legislation of
the House to acting upon the appropri.
alton bills that failed at the last session,
and the Dingley tariff bill was the result
of numerous conferences participated in
by every prominent Republican who
was at the time in Washington, and that
the policy is today approved by at least
nine OF every ten Republican Senators
and Representatives and by President
Mckinley and his entire cabinet. When
a majority of the Republicans in the
House desire change it can easily be
had. Speaker Reed has publicly an
nounced his willingness to obey the or.
ders of Republican caucus at any time,
but he will pay no attention to attacks
made by a combination of Populists,
Democrats and handful of disgruntled
Republicans. 1t isn't his policy that is
being carried out, but that of the Repub.
licans of the House.
The indications are that the Dingley
tariff bill will be reported to the Senate
about the first week in May, The sub.
committee which has been carefully 60.
ing over the bill, working night and day,
has nearly completed its work.
Senator Mason, of ILL.,, made charac.
teristic short speech in favor Of his reso.
luton to amend the Senate rules 80 as to
limit debate. The resolution was referr.
ed to the Committee on Rules.
Don Dickinson got a straight knock.
down this week that he will not forget
for some time to come. Postmaster Gen.
eral Gary asked for the resignation of
Bernard Goode, of Mich, Superinten.
dent of the Dead Letter Office, because
he considered him incompetent Goode
was protege of Don Dickinson, who
put him in the Office during the Cleve.
land administration, and Dickinson tried
to get him kept by putting in the claim
that he was, like himself, gold Demo.
crat. Some OF the Michigan Republicans
knocked that from under Don by telling
him that they knew all about how good
a gold Democrat had claimed to be al.
so all about his secretly working to carry
the State for Bryan. Don threw up the
sponge, and his incompetent protege
made way for Mr.. D. P. Liebhardt, who
had been pushed out of the same office
to make room for him.
The Senate passed the leftover Agri.
cultural appropriation bill without
amendment and it is now in the hands
of the President. The Senate made sew.
eral amendments to the Indian appro.
priation bill. which sends that measure
back to the House.
Unless President Mckinley decides to
to pardon him, E. R. Chapman, the New
York broker, who refused to answer
questions put to him by the Senate com.
mittee that investigated the charges that
Senators had speculated in sugar while
the Democratic tariff bill was before the
Senate, will have to serve thirty days in
the U. s. Jail at Washington. A deci.
sion of the U. s. Supreme Court has
closed all other methods OF escaping i'm.
prisonment. Three other men, two
newspaper correspondents and one bro.
ker, are under indictment for the same
offense. If President Mckinley declines
to interfere in Chapman's case, the 9th.
ers will be speedily tried, but if Chap,
man is pardoned it is expected that the
other cases will be noll pressed.
Pension Commissioner Evans is being
warmly congratulated on the selection
of his first and second duputies from
among those who are thoroughly famil
lar with the practice of the Office. The
First Deputy Commissioner is Mr.. James
L Davenport, of N. H., who has an hon
orable war record and has been employ
ed in the Pension Bureau for sixteer
years; the Second Deputy is Capt. Lev
erett M. Kelly, of ILL.,, who has a splen
did war record and who was Chief OF thu
Certificate Division during the Harrison
administration. Commissioner Evanl
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