The herald., 1897-02-14

| session Of congress summoned by him.
! Now, Mr.. Mckinley, who posed as
sound money candidate par excellence,
| will ignore the currency question and
nese wall protection. He will be the
rankest kind of repudiationist
CAN'T BULLDOzE BUSHNELL.
Mark Hanna will not be appointed
senator by Gov. Bushnell, and the latter
| is to be congratulated on the stand he
| has taken. Mark has habit of fixing
things to suit himself, and then making
| every one get in and work for MN,
! whether he likes it or not. Gov. Bushnell
cannot see it that way; does not intend
| to be frightened into appointing some
| one he does not like, an dhence the ru-
! NOR that Hanna will enter the cabinet
after ALL 1t May be that Hanna will yet
convince some people that the place for
| him is in the senate. but he Will not con-
vince Bushnell. The fight two years from
! this date will be between Foraker ami
Hanna, and, in the judgment of good
| many, this row will result in the Dem
| ocrats' carrying the state and electing a
| Democratic senator as the successor of
whoever is appointed in Senator Sher-
| mans place. 1t is said that Hanna has
T, already made arrangements to pass a
| tariff bill in the extra session, and some
take it for granted if Hanna says it viii
be done. He wanted Pritchard, and he
got him. and at other times he wanted
to make arrangements in many states
and completed them; otherwise he would
not be outlining what the next congress
is going to do at such and such a time
There is no doubt that Hanna had to
promise tariff legislation in order to
raise his campaign fund. 1T is said he
took the first draft of McKinley's letter
of acceptance to New York in order to
make it suit the wishes of ]. Pierpont
Morgan and others, for these gentlemen
knew their business and did not propose
to pay for anything without knowing ex-
actly what it was.
HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN.
The selection by Mr.. Mckinley of Mr..
]. Addison Porter of Connecticut as his
private secretary is a triumph for So
ciety. In commenting upon the appoint
ment, or selection, rather, one of the
evening papers in this city states that
'he is a polished and kindly gentleman,
who is thought by Connecticut politi.
clans to be rather unfamiliar with publ,
people and public affairs though it is
supposed that the Porters will shine in
Washington society," 1t would seem
that secretary would have been Sc
lected who is familiar with the business
connected with the office, or at least one
who is not total stranger to the art of
sidetracking office hunters and telling
political lies. He may turn out to be a
maker of presidents, and it may be re-
ceptlons will prove good hiding place
to which to flee in order to give the pa
triot" the slip.
HILL AND LIQUOR LAWS.
Senator Hill is having nice time fill
bustering against the anti-liquor bill
now before the senate. AS governor of
New York he vetoed.two such measures
and he intends to kill the present bill
before finally putting on his hat and
leaving the chamber March 4th. 1t
will go hard with some of our friends in
the capital If the bill becomes a law. and
it may seriously interfere with debates,
for dry throat, even at this season of
the year, is very uncomfortable thing
to possess. A great many in the house
voted for the measure in order to make
a record, firmly believing that the senate
would refuse to pass 1t, and now some
congressman are wishing they had not
added that plank to their record.
Hill is teetotaller in practice, an
anti-Prohibitionist in the senate. If
the bill gets to vote in the senate it will
pass, and it is well known that many of
the very men who will vote for it do not
believe in it. The senator gave very
interesting account of the manner in
which the same question arose and was
disposed of at Albany during his admin
istration. He said: THE busybodies
who spent their time interfering with
the business of other people" made a
great clamor about the disgrace of hav-
ing what they called a saloon in the
state capitol. The legislat ture passed a
bill prohibiting the sale of liquor in any
state building. Then the bill came to
Gov. Hill, and 1t had some Slight trou-
BILE" getting past him. He vetoed it on
the ground that it interfered with the
rights of individuals. This veto was
sustained. Then the legislature passed
law applying only to the state capitol
and as passed it prohibited the sale of
any liquor containing alcohol. When
it reached me in this FORM" said Sen
ator Hill, II sent it to the state chemist
for an official report as to what were al
coholic liquors. He reported that those
familiar drinks, ginger ale, lemonade,
pop and soda water, all contained more
or less alcohol; and then, in the interest
of temperance, vetoed it again!"
INAUGURATION WEATHER.
The river steamers have commenced
running again after more than a weeks
tie-up owing to the ice. The weather has
moderated a great deal and the snow has
vanished. 1t is believed that we will
have very pleasant weather until March
4th, when the snow will fall thick and
fast, as it always does on Inauguration
day, and the ice will play an important
part in the ups and downs of Washing
ton life.
If we only have faith, however things
may be different from the ordinary, and
Mckinley may have a bright, sunny day
on which to commence his task of bring
ing peace and contentment to the Amer
lean people. That it is a hard one all
must admit, and l am sure each of us is
desirous of seeing the next president
most successful in his administration.
Speaking about faith recalls the follow
ing story which, though it does not make
use of the name of place like which this
city is not at this time of the year, is,
nevertheless, one which shows that the
colored citizen of Washington possesses
a good deal of unadulterated faith that
the day will be auspicious: Two old col
ored men were sweeping the streets, and
amid the swish of their brooms and the
Hole up dab, old hoss," one of them
could be heard in a most solemn manner
trying to impress the other with relig-
ious fervor in these words: EFF yo' only
believes, eff yo' only hab faith! Dab
amt no use en- er prayin' eff yo' doan'
believe. But eff yer prays cherry day, eff
yo' prays mornin an night, and eff yo'
believes in Mckinley and de Lawd Jesus,
yoll be sabed, sho's h-l!"
r. WOODLAND GATES.
Havana Cigars That Cost So Apiece
1t may interest that who are bewailing
the forthcoming scarcity of fine Havana
cigars to know that one retail dealer
in New York now sells and has sold for