The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-06-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular Correspondent !
WASHINGTON, D. G., June. 4, 1897.

w ASHINGTON, u. W, June. 4, 1891.
President Mckinley greatly enjoyed
the break made in his arduous official
duties by his visit 10 Philadelphia this
week. Where he participated in the
exercises attending the opening of the
Comercial Museum and the anual meet.
ings of the National Manufactures Asso.
citation and the American Medical Asso.
citation. He was accompanied by dis
tinguished party including two members
of the Cabinet and large delegation
from both branches of Congress and the
diplomatic csops, together with the ladies
of their families
The tariff debate as far as it has gone
has been particularly pleasing to the re
publicans of the House, because most
OF the schedules which have been adop.
ted are nearer what they were in the
Dingely bill as it passed the House, than
they expected them to be when the
amended bill was reported to the Senate.
There is report that Senator German
is at the head of scheme to delay the
final passage of the tariff bill until Sep
tember, because he prefers making his
campaign in Maryland before the people
have an opportunity to see the good ef.
feet that the new tariff will have upon
business. However, the democrats have
not yet shown any disposition to delay
the bill.
Speaker Reed was amused at the ex.
posure OF the sensation manufactured
by an addle pated fellow who imagines
himself detective and newspaper man.
This fellow wrote letters threatening
the speakers life if he did not do as he
directed and signed ga Cuban" and
and after mailing copies of them to Mr..
Reed peddled other copies of them
among the Washington correspondents,
and actually succeeded in selling them
to the representatives of several motor.
iously sensational papers Speaker Reed
knows that the policy of the House which
he is carrying out so we'll is endorsed by
the best interests of the country and that
is all he wants to know about it.
Representative Henderson, is not
profane man as rule and he probably
did not intend to be profane, when after
Jerry Simpson had delivered one of his
usual abusive TRADES against the Speaker
because he had not appointed the House
committees and several democrats had
repeated for the hundredth time some.
thing idiotic about the majority of the
House having been bucked and gagged
by Speaked Reed, he Indignantly said:
"Why this hell in teapot; this boiling
over from the realms of Kansas" After
calling attention to the fact that the
policy is now being carried out was the
will of majority of the House, as re
peatedly shown by the vote when at
tempts have been made to set it aside,
he declared that the abuse howled at
the Speaker was neither honorable nor
honest. Gen. Henderson concluded
with this lashing for Jerry Simpson !;
at takes times to ascertain the pred
Elections and capabilities of members
Take the gentleman from Kansas I'm
agine trying to pick out place where
he could be useful to his country, when
every time he opens his mouth he makes
the problem more difficult
Representative Grosvenor put the
House in glorious good humor with
his description of changes in democratic
leadership and his remarks were inter.
spersed with shouts of laughter. He
said in part: "Every now and then
they spring something new on us in the
shape of new leader. When the tai.
ented young Texan Bailey, who in
herited his leadership rather than earn.
ed it; was in command, little flattery
and few kind words suficed, and we
got along very we'll. OF course We had
some trouble with the disappointed
leader from Tennessee (McMillin), Who
grumbled good deal. We got used to
that. But when the great leader from
Kansas (Simpson) suddenly flashed up.
on the horizon and swung the minority
into a solid phalanx, thought, perhaps,
God Almighty has decided to wreck the
democratic party under his leadership.
But he dropped out ! never knew ex.
actly how. Perhaps his time was out.
Then came the gentleman from Wash
iugton Lewis. l have not examined
his credentials yet, and don't know who
he represents in this contest. l don't
know whether he will be supported as
his leadership has not progressed far
enough to get vote" Mr.. Grossvenor
also had few words to say about Sen.
ator Morgan's assertion that the House
was not legally in session, which he de
clared to be "will, senseless, imbecile"
talk that ought to be rahuked