Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-08-21
SECRETARY SHERMAN ALL RIGHT
Democrats Dropping Silver The 10
per cent Discriminating Duty.
tF'rom our Regular Correspondent

per cent DISCRIMINATING Duty.
tF'rom our Regular Correspondentl
WASHINGTON, August r6.--Noth-
ing more contemplate is recorded in
the annals Of American politics than
the plot, for plot is undoubtedly is, to
attempt to force the retirement from
the Cabinet of Secretary Sherman by
misrepresenting not only his words
and acts, but his mental condition.
Secretary Sherman was never strong
er mentally than he is today, but even
If it were true that his mental facul-
ties were beginning to feel the adj
vance of age, his long aud honorable
public service would entitle him to
sympathy. in place OF the sneers aud
innuendoes which have been and are
being meted out to him in the coli
umns of the Democratic and assistant
Democratic press. OF course. every
body knows that the principal object
OF these political ghouls is to injure
the Republican party in Ohio at the
coming election, but, as the average
of intelligence among Ohio voters is
as high as that of the voters in any
State in the Union, this nasty plot
will be more likely to react upon its
concoctors than to injure the Republi-
can party or Secretary Sherman. The
Ohio voters are likely to have an OPP
portunity to judge for themselves
whether the mental faculties of Mr..
Sherman are as strong as ever, as he
intends making some speeches in the
State during the campaign, if his
health continues as good as it is now.
Comment is heard on all sides on
the marked Discrimination of all the
prominent Democrats TO talk tor free
silver. This has been specially no
, ticeable since silver commenced To de-
cline in price again. Among them
selves heretofore ardent Democratic
, silverites have not hesitated to ex-
press their admiration for the manner
; in which Boss German hedged on the
silver question in the Maryland Dem
ocratic platform, and there is very
little doubt that many of the Nation
al Democratic leaders regard free sill
yer played out as a battle cry. and
are engaged in hunting new phrase
which they can use to bamboozle the
voters. The death of the free silver
craze is also regarded as the end OF
the candidacy OF Bryan. Meanwhile
the country grows daily more pros
porous. and the people know that
they owe their returning prosperity
to the faithfulness with which Presi-
dent Mckinley and the Republicans
in Congress kept the promises made
in the last National Republican plat
form. and knowing it are not likely
to pay any serious attention to any
new experiment that may be proposed
by the beaten and demoralized Demo-
cratic party. A majority of the vot-
ers in 1892 trusted the Democratic
party to their everlasting sorrow and
-four years of distress, but they won't
do it again.
Before rendering the opinion that
Secretary Gage has requested as to
whether the 10 per cent discriminate
ing duty provided in the Dingley
tariff for goods imported from Canada
applied to goods from Japan or other
foreign countries invoiced to an Amer
lean port but received at that port
over a Canadian railroad. Attorney
General McKenna. by request, gave
verbal hearings to Ex-Secretary Car
llsle, representing the Boston & Maine
railroad; ex-Assistant Secretary Ham
lin. representing the Board OF Trade
and the Merchants Association OF
Boston, and others. who argued
against the discriminating duty being
applicable to such goods. Attorney
General McKenua announced that he
would give Messrs. Carlisle and Ham
4 lin until Wednesday 10 file briefs, af-
ter which he would render his opin-
ion as early as possible. Secretary
Gage will not make ruling on the
question until he gets the Attorney
Generals opinion.
A frightened sheep dashed into a
, church at Harrisburg, IA, and Great
, ed manic The CONGREGATION stood