The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-19

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the Senate ,tes5as.i Ter, he, votl
! whereby, il declared .Mr.-pllPon
not entiNe1to a seat underestimate
This. schen4e never would haVj
sprung"h had it not Becopi,
certain that tho .Depocrats ;woul'
elect q Senator TO tlJLthe Delaware
vacancy; Those who are behind;i
do not expccrt6 scpe DI Pont, BIZ
they. hope BY: gss.t:tih,s .tis clpip be
fore. the$enate, aSaln."to.r proven
the seating aGthc, Denocrat VIII
will he elected Try the epresout Dgla
ware legislatufd:: 'Nyt'tfrouc. yacan.
cy in the Senate Is will, b,,a. ma
jority, but if that. vaca.!n:e;y.~is filled
by q. DeHocrat, the. .Repablicaus
must. havei4G. votes to@coatfol tltt
|enaiei see p .sEhe petition was re-
ferrcd;.tdthe' nftt!ee. on privi
leSesa aid e!ectl9pS,. WHICH ,eaasi+t,
If five Republicans and spariDAmo:
rats, ihut;as Schiitor Palmer, OF
Ttinois, is0ne t}f the tier. the Re;
pnhlicaus may. be safli to haye two,
thirds of the committee. :.s -
Senator Vest. %ha has just re-
turned from triumphant raDlcc-
;ion, nesivett the dropping 'spirits
ofthose wh0serieve'lfist 80 n;ethiiY.
'dsht to.'be d5ns for;.. CUBA before.
thiS session Of. Congress, clas"s' 10y
declaring, .hisSintentioH'rtor devote
his time exclusively"'to getling
something done for Cuba, because
ne believes tfratto be the most, i'm.
portint Question before this Con.
Eress, When Senator Vest devoteig
his exclusive time tu anything, thc
rountry'ts pr6tfy', certain t6 hear,
about it: So, ToQk., Qpt! ,,speeche>
we're made this week by Senators
Mills and Bacon in.alvOeaEy;of tHi
Nils Cuban. eSobatina,a which
provides for recognition or Cuban
and the appoinl meni
If U: s. MinlsteS.to CubiG,-,, !.
AT last. Speaker vRse4 has filed
the ,Dsmoeratie vrc,niries ON th''
House o: con,ihftttts: sRapTesenSa !,
tive Bailey, of Texas, got the plael +.
IN the Committee on Rules, Rep
reseptatiyee. Boatper, Of In, .goe,
IN the committee on Ways anh
Means; Representative "Stokes o. \
5. q. on-tire com nfftteeop Agriculi.,. :.
ireland Rcpresehtatfve Crisp, al
Ga; s6h of the late ex|SpaAI.er, who
is known as the "boy member,"wa~
given the vacancy, on the Post
Office cpmmittse..r.,- .,..,..' -
One episode occurred in con
rertion vim tie. ,'ihafiqc ,Rai'road
Funding bi4l, that ..thi4r ~eek
defeated by the House, that in the
id days would, have rns,tlted in T.
lue!, or. .perhaps'two. ReprG5entii;
i've senjofSar,iSrfa 6hfyfneni
Der ffdtn 'tifat state Who snpported
he fun'iing bill, ua!4e an .unprlnt
sHlr speech in which he made un-
printable charges against W..R.
Hearst, whose New, York and San
Franrjsco paRers'hnt'matte' hot
ight against The M'l:"'FGf inis he.I
vas called a coward BY Repre-
entatlve Gooper,;of WIS.,. and in
'dditi6n to being ,cqIlaa .a.,coward
" Representative AFaguire, ofCal., /
Johnson was @mindei'of his haV-
ng' been indicted in Syracuse, NJ
/. some years ago, for rcfgery.
Mis- last speeclt was ton. MUCH for1
he House ahl it WAS 6rGered 10 be. |,
truck. out. oc. the Record. instead
I challenging one or both of the1
nen who had called. him y coward,
s I'll O. old-timer w'ouls have deheyf
ohnson merelylaned them to dol
againjou.side,'in these words,:-
If either the gentleman from
Wisconsin or the gepllrman from
california thipks l am cowardly,
It ei:her repeat tome outside this l.
hamber what he hNs said inside, !
nd his curiosityWfltDe iirpea ied."
Representative. Dockery,r'of Mo,
no spent the Congressional recess
t home, says: "".rle, samples ,otI
rosperity we have out there are
ct satisfactory. The .qGyance
gent is. too .fpr al.ead Of his show.p'I;'
There y.be honest differences
opiniou as 10 whether iSectetaty1
'ney is great statesman, not
ith5tanding the'qn'i1Iffed 'end6rse,
hin ASA, statesmap and,aL,
ty;d% President Harrison,
It'np Senator will deny that he
IS a great gall. !, lie. has,rset- the :,
hole county, laughing at the p
mate, and the Senate has no 'wayJ
get even with Efm;s&ctptt totRresl /;
,nt ratification Of the arbitration
faty between, cherG. \. aSd .Grestl .
ritain which he was .instrpinen bal !