The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-27

vote.
Senator Hanna isn't worrying
even a little bit over the alleged in.
tention of those who failed in their
etforte 10 prevent his election to
the senate by the Ohio legislature
to investigate the matter. On the
contrary, he is willing to render
all the assistance in his power in
any investigation that may be
made, and to appear before the
Legislative committee whenever he
is wanted. Mr.. Hanna's Ohio en-
emies failed in, their effort to make
Senator Jones, of Ark, chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, their agent on the floor of
the senate to the extent of offering
and pressing resolution against
Mr.. Hanna's right to his seat.
When Senator Jones asked for
evidence to support such a resolu-
ton and none was produced, he
declined having anything to do
with it.
The resolution offered by Sena-
tor Teller declaring U. S. bonds
to be payable III silver dollars, at
the option of the government, has
been favorably reported to the SEN
ate, and will in due time be adopt
ed by the votes of silver senators,
but it will play no more important
part in the financial policy of the
government than did it's exact dup
licate, which was about twenty
years ago adopted by both house
aud senate. This time it will not
even get favorably reported to the
house. In fact, the only Object
sought by forcing this resolution
to the front at this time is the com.
polling Of Senator Murphy, Of N.
Y, and Smith, of N. j., both or
whom are willing to b. reelected,
to come out for or against silver,
and the embarrassing of those IT,
publican candidates for Congress
from districts in which the repub-
Leans are more or less favorable
to silver. In other words, it is
a political trick intended to help
the silver democrats.
Regardless of opinion on the
Cuban question. the rennkIicans
of the House earned the praise of
all true patriots when they refused
to be stampeded by buncomb talk
and voted solid to sustain the de-
cision of Representative Hepburn
of Iowa, who was temporarily in
the chair, declaring a proposed
amendment to the Consular and
Diplomatic appropriation bill,pro-
vidiug for the recognition of Cub
an belligerency, to be out of order
under the rules of the House. The
democrats of the House care very
little about Cuba, but they will at
tempt almost anything that they
think might help them get votes
at the Congressional elections this
fall. AS everybody knows, the re-
publican leaders of the House con-
cluded at tho extra session that
President Mckinley was amply
able to take care of the Cuban
question and that 80 far as the
House was concerned he should be
allowed to do it. That conclusion
has been generally endorsed by
by the republ cans of the country,
and by the should r-to-shoulder at
titude of the republican members
of the House whom the democrats
sought use Cuba as an excuse for
reducing the house to a state of
disorder, by overthrowing it's rules
Representative Henderson, of Iowa
who is member of the committee
on rules, truly said in his r emarks
to t h Q clustering democrats
There is no committee in this
House so mighty as to act, or re-
tard action, unless the House is be
hind it. An there is no man so
mighty as to retard action, unless
the House is behind him." The
Democrats continued their efforts
by Offering Cuban amendments
which they knew to be out of ord
or for several days, but the solid
ranks of the republicans, ever
ready to back up the firmness of
Speaker Reed, made them all fall
ures, as they deserved to be. Right
honor, and patriotism were all on
the side Of those who voted to
maintain the rules of the House.
The President, the Vice-Presi-
dent, the Speaker of the House,
every member of the Cabinet, ex-
cept Secretary Alger, who is still
confined to his house by sickness,
and nearly every government Off
cial of prominence attended the
foneral services over the remains
of the late Benjamin Butterworth,
Commissioner of Patents, which
were held in Washington Wednes-
day afterno',n. No man in public
life for the last generation had
more personal friends than Ben.
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