Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-01-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Sherman has the Key to the Presi-
dents Cabinet, and May
Accept a Portfolio,

| But Does Not Talk.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11th, Senator
Sherman will probably settle the
question of whether he is to be
Secretary Of State in the coming
administration, during the present
week, as he will, by special invita-
tion, have a personal conference
with President-elect Mckinley at
Canton. Mr. Shermans personal
inclinations are not towards the
Cabinet, but he is prepared to do his
duty as good Republican and pa
triotic citizen, and if it be the wish
of President Mckinley and of the
Ohio Republicans, who have given
him such great political honors in
the past that he should accept
cabinet portfolio, he will not allow
his personal inclinations to stand in
the way. That he would make a
good Secretary of State is as certain
as that he has made good Senator
and good Secretary of the Trea-
sury, and while his colleagues
would miss his experience and wis
dom in the Senate, the knowledge
that President Mckinley and the
country would have the benefit of
them would go far towards consoling
them for the loss.
Having heard what the parties
directly. interested had to say about
the new tariff bill, the Republicans
of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee will this week begin the
actual construction of the bill. The
Democratic members of the commit
tee had the privilege of attending the
hearings, and some of them availed
themselves of it, but the construction
of the bill will only be participated
in by the Republican members.
Chairman Dingley has pointed out.
the difference in this task and the
construction of the Mckinley bill in
1890, and it should not be lost sight
of by those who are interested in
seeing the arduous task successfully
performed. In 1890 the Treasury
had surplus which was growing
larger all the time, and the tariff
bill was intended to protect Ameri-
can products and manufactures, and
at the same time, to reduce the re-
ceipts of the government. Now,
again referring to Chairman Ding
ley's words, the new tariff bill must
protect American products and
manufactures and at the same time
add from $50, ,000,O to SIS, 100000
a year to the Government receipts,
in order to provide for the deficit
made by the insufficiency of revenue
produced by the Democratic tariff
bill, which Mr.. Cleveland denounced
as an outrage and refused to sign,
and which he now declares to be
good thing, Notwithstanding all the
trouble it has brought to the coun-
try.
The Loud bill depriving sample
copies of newspapers and books of
the right to be sent through the
mail at pound rates was passed by
the House, and has now gone to the
Senate, whore its prospect of being
acted upon is far from bright. 1t
will be fought hard and time is get
ting scarce.
The speech of Representati i've
johnson, of California, ON the Paci-
fic Railroad Funding bill, which was
to-day disposed of by the House, in
which he made vicious personal
attack upon Mr.. w. R. Hearst, pro-
prietor of the San Francisco Exami-
ner and the New York Journal, is
much regretted by all who heard it..
Some of the language of Mr.. John
son was so vulgar and indecent that
itcould not be printed in newspapers
WllNA ~ OAlAONle5h bAAC hAAAA MAbAACAt
a violation of law-such language
as should never be heard IN a gather
' ing of gentlemen and which no pro-
vocation can excuse. Disgusting
people never brings them to your
way of thinking.
- It remained for Senator Mills to
introduce a humorous phase to the
a Cuban question. His resolution,
upon which he made a speech to-day
. in his usual style-he works harder
d than a blacksmith when he makes
. a speech, after reciting that Cuba
g ought to be free and declaring that
this Country recognizes its independ-
ence, and that the President must
,e act in harmony with Congress, pro-
! vides for the appointment of q
n United States Minister to Cuba and
- appropriates $40, 900 to pay his salary
> and expenses. The idea of appoint
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