Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-21
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President Mckinley k.u;no,;or
to take possession of er, wi, tho mo.
ment that Japan, or aneadesr nation.
makes a threatening m6o.sMb gainst the
islands, met with stron Nfndo-sement
in both House and Senal Tbere wos
no bluster in it, no 1nsationalism
about IL: just the quiet &~nouncement
that having determined to annex FIN.
wall the United States would brook
nothing like interference from any
other nation. The Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations hasJavosebly re-.
ported the treaty for the annexatiouof
Hawaii, but whether IL will be voted
upon at this session will depend on
circumstances.
The tariff bill is still in conference,
and while an agreement may be
reached at any time one may not be
reached until next week. Chairman
Dingley is authority for the statement
that all the sensational publications
%purporting to give details of the con-
test in committee over this or that
schedule of the bill have been pure
guesswork, and without any founda-
ton. Many of these publications have
evidently been made fCr speculative
puIposes' Tl ~
Quite a number of .dspiomatic and
consular nominations were sent to
the Senate this week, and it is under
stood that no more appointments of
this nature will be made until after
the adjournment of Congress, unless it
be to meet some special e~xigency. The
Sen ate will endeavor to dispose of all
the nominations on hand before ad.
journing.
Elk Gov. Morrill,, of Kansas, who is
now visiting Washington, speaks en-.
Enthusiastically of the financial future of
State, and of the political future he
said: with the restoration of good
times there can be no doubt of the ex.
tlnction of the silver agitation, and
when that's accomplished Kansas will
once more resume It's old position as
one of the strongest Republican States
in the Union"
Ex'Congressman Pierce, of Indiana,
who isnow prominently identified with
railroad interests. said to a Washing.
ton newspaper man: There is an un.
deniable improvement in the business
world. 1t is visible in Indiana aud
everywhere else that | have been. This
improvement will 20 on gradually and
In a healthy way until the country will
be as prosperous as it ever was. l have
no doubt that President Mckinley 3
administration will mark an era of
good times and great activity in all
lines of business. The country mas
been slow to recover because it was
like a man who had been enfeebled by
long Illness; the process of recuperation
with a nation, as with an individual,
lie often tedious: but once q nation gets
started on the road to co%nvalescence
there Is no fear that a complete cure
will o t.result. We are on that road
now"
1t was supposed that every imagin.
able kind of a lie had been told about
Senator Hanna, but a brand new one
was started upon its rounds when it
was telegraphed from Washington
that DIR Hanna had moved his quarters
from a hotel to the White House, in
order to escape the Office seekers, and
even the furnishings of the room al.
legged to have been assigned to him in
the White House were described under
the name of Prince of Wales room.''
1t is needless to say to- sensible people
that Senator Hanna has not moved to
the White House and has no intention
of doing so, although he reserves the
right to visit his old friends, Maj. and
Mrs. Mckinley just as often as he
pleases and they find it convenient and
pleasant to receive him. The object
of this story was to make it appear
that Senator Hanna was trying to run
away from the Republicans who wish
to see him in the interest of their ap-
plications for office. Exactly the re.
verse is true. No nan in Washington
is easier to see than Senator Hanna,
and no man in Washington regrets
more than he does the impossibiIity of
giving appointments to all the appli.
cants who are by reason of their yalu.
able campaign work entitled to con
sideration. He Doesn't dodge these
applicants. On the contrary, he often
goes out of his way both to see them
and to try to help them get places, and
it is not surprising that he should have
become mad enough to say that this