The herald., 1898-01-05
THE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS
PArp By THE COUNTRY, WORK
ING FOR HANNA
sThe Presidents Lack of Vertebrae
Will Cause Prolonged Session.
Johnson Showing

are now being ordered into Ohio. For
several days past that state has peen
fbe rendezvous for all the agents OF this
service who could possibly be spareo
from the government work, and they
are not there on government lapors.
either. These men have been called
from their legitimate duties at the Or
ders of Hanna and sent into Ohio for the
sole purpose of logging the footsteps OF
Senator Foraker, Governor BUSHNELL
Charles Kurtz and other anti-Hanna
leaders, and of shadowing the dolngs
and incomings and outgoings of those
members Of the Legislature who are sup
posed to be not intensely jealous in the
Hanna cause. This is one of the bril-
liant ideas of Major Dick. The Hanna
men are crying bribery, and saying that
brides are being. offered to prevent the
men who love Hanna from voting their
sentiments.
If there is to be bribery in the Ohio
senatorial campaign, the people OF that
state know quite well on which side OF
the fight to look for the briber. These
secret service agents are being used to
prevent hearty cooperation on the
part of the opponents of Hanna, and 1t
would not be at all surprising If, towards
the time for the holding of the joint
ballot. a few arrests should be made just
for the purpose of carrying out the bluff
that has hitherto been put up. Never
before have federal employees been SO
frequently called upon to neglect their
legitimate duties as in the present cam
paign of Hanna for reelection. They
were summoned into the state at the
time of the convention; again during
the closing days of the election cam
paign, and now, when Hanna is so sorely
pressed in his contest with the members
of the legislature. Mr.. Hanna is cost
ing the people of this country money.
A PROLONGED SESSION
Unless the president settles some of
the foreign complications that are
staring the United States in the face, in
a way satisfactory to the American SEN
timent, he will probably have congress
on his hands for a much longer period
than he may desire. There is grow
ing feeling among senators that con-
eress should not adjourn until some
positive steps have been taken in the
matters now pending, in which this
government has vital interest. In
other words, congress is afraid that the
president will not deal with the subjects
in that American manner promised for
him before election, but of which, since
election, there has been no evidence.
The lack of vertebrate on the part of the
president is causing severe criticism,
and these criticisms are growing in in
tensity every day.
A prominent member Of the senate
committee on foreign relations said yes
terday that it would be unsafe for con-
gress to adjourn until the skies had
cleared off very materially. There are
so many things stirring now in which
we are interested" said he, that it
would be most unwise for congress to
adjourn until the situation has made
itself plain. I arm quite confident the
senate will not agree to an adjournment,
whatever the house may do, until we
know what the future has in store. The
complications in China are of the most
vital Importance to us. True, we do
not care to cooperate in the cutting up
of that empire, nor do we look for
slice Of that country. Still we have in
terests there that cannot be jeopardized.
Our trade relations with China are large.
and our trade is growing yearly. If we
run up against new conditions that will
be enforced against us by the European
powers that take possession We will lose
all that we have gained during the years
that we have been building up our COM
merce with that country"
MI ITO
will also prolong the session, for the re-
suit will not be reached without much
delay, and only after long debate.
CONGRESS AND CUBA
The Cuban question is also one in
which congress will not lose interest.
The time seems to be almost at hand
when congress will throw aside the ex-
ecutive shackles and deal with this ques-
ton after it's own fashion. The presi-
dent may be given few more weeks in
which to see what the policy of Spain
may bring forth, and if, in the meantime,
there has not been a Spanish outbreak
to precipitate matters, or the Cubans
have not settled the question in their
own way, by whipping the Spaniards of
the island, congress will take action
that will notify the world what it be-
lieves should be done, and that action
will be of the most decided character
The president as it now appears, will be
unable to keep the house of representa-
tives much longer in check. The SEN
ate is, of course. ever ready to act as it
has acted in the past
THE SEALING COMPLICATION
Another foreign complication that
congress wishes to see disposed of be-
fore it leaves the city is the entangle-
nent with Great Britain growing out of
the seal question. Great Britain has
backed and filled on this matter so long
that the American people are fast losing
patience. That government is charged
with acting in bad faith. The United
States has done everything in its power
to stop the killing Of SEALS and now it is
compelled, under the terms of an arbi-
tration treaty, to pay the Canadians a
round sum of money for protecting the
property Of the United States.
A PETTY BUSINESS
The AK is soon to fall upon the head
OF q widow Of O. former United States