Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-02
WASHINGTON LETTER,
(Frcm onr Regular Correspohde

Senate by Mr.. Harrison with
drawn by M. Cleveland, but@'
"a formal application from fhe
government OF Hawaii for the adj
mission of the island republic} into
the United States, either az a
state. This application wili,i there
a g reasons to believe, beA very
shortly made to President M9Kin-
ley who will send it 10 Congress
with his recommendation as TO
what shall be done with it. 81
dent Mckinley has not cOmff y 8
himself, and nobody vent res y
positive assertion as TO whether
he will favor or oppose. 1t he IA
vored the appllcltlDnit would be
granted by Congr ass in short or.
der, but should he oppose 1t, the
outcome would be ia doubt, az
there are a considerable number
OF men in both House and Senate
who would hesitate to vote 10 adj
MT Hawaii against his wishes,
although themselves In favor OF it,.
tits to be regretted that the
debate on the Dingley tariff bill.
which good or bad had Is to be
passed 10y the House this week,
could not have been conducted on
the actual merits or dement's OF
the duties which are to be imposed
" that measure, instead OF drgen-
Grating into a partisan wrangle IN
which both democrats and repnbli
cans tried to show that the 'otber
party'ls responsible for the exis
tence and encouragement of trusts
as it has done. Partisan accnSa
lions seldom Influence he intelli
gent citlz ms, who may often be
made to change his opinion by
calm argument backed with proofs
Some day perhaps we may have
that sort OF tariff debate in Con
gress, but truth cOmpels the state
ment there hasn't been one of tina
kind up to this time.
The committee vacancies in thu
S.uate are still unified and they
are beginning to make trouble
S-natOr Allen called attention to
The lact that the democrats have
no representative left on the com
mitlee on Post Offices and Post
Il ads, although that committee
Vas going light ahead acting Oh
nominations, exc. A mot on is now
prrding to discharge thecomnlttee
from further 60 sllcrItlOn OF moan
inaliOns until the vacancies have
b EN- filed.Irhe various parties and
elements IN tie Senate are ap
psren;ly as wide apart as e'er in
their ideas of how the vacancies
ought to be filled. A majority OF
the Senate must vOt- together
b,fore they can lie filed.
A committee from the Indianap-
oils monetary convention of last
ear called upon Speaker Re !
several days ago in the interests
of the talked.Of Till for thu ap-
pOlntment of a monetary cOmmlss.
ion by the President, which it will
be Iemem bered was indOTSed 10y
that convention. Mr.. Reed did no.
Commit himself, but he left bis
callers under the Impression that
he did not think the country was
especially hankeTing after a Cur
rency Commission, and that Con
gress did not as rule act upon
such questions until the sentiment
of The county had unmlstsBabl'
made itself known. He told them
that the tariff was the first aud
principal work set out by this Con
gress aud they left Washington
without much hope for their bill,
at this session anyway.
The Post office Department
threw a bomb among the polite
ians when 1t announced that 'oflen
slve craftsmanship Wosid not be
sufficient cause for the removal OF
a postmaster, unless shown to
have been detrimental to the bust
ness of the Postal s rvice. This
is continuation of the policy o
the last administration. like the
four year term FIR all pOstm Ister'.
# President Mckinley lives up
10 his announced intention not TO
appoint those who held office I'M
der Harrison and who are now ap
plic4nts for the same positions, ht
has made a big cut in the roll OF
applicants. but those who have
strong pull are still In the field and
some of them will doubtless get
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