The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-27

rel dtidl Ind none was produced he
declined having anything to do with it.
The resolution offered by Senator Tel.
Ter, declaring U. s. bonds to be payable
in silver dollars, at the option of the
government, has been favorably report
ed to the Senate, and will in due time
be adopted by the votes of silver sens.
torssbYt it will play no more import.
ant pal n the financial policy of the
govern mt than did its exact duplicate,
which Was about twenty years ago
adopted by both House and Senate.
This time it will not even get favorably
reported to the House. In fact, the
only object sought by forcing this reso.
luton to the front at this time is the
compelling of Senator Murphy, of N. Y,
and Smith, of N. j., both of whom are
willing to be re elected, to come out for
or against silver, and the embarrassing
of those Republican candidates for Con.
gress from districts in which the Re.
puhlicapapare more or less favorable to
sill II der words, it is a political
tri ntendsd Zip the silver Dem.
4 eos ef lion on the Cuban
quesS - H16blicans of the House
earned (raS > of all true patriots
when they refused to be stampeded by
buncomb talk and voted solidly to sus
tain the decision of Representative Hep
burn. of Iowa, who was temporarily in
the chair, declaring proposed amend
ment to the Consular and Diplomatic
appropriation bill, providing for the rec.
ognition Of Cuban 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 attempt
almost anything that they think might
help them get votes at the Congressional
elections this fall. As everybody knows,
the Republican leaders of the House
concluded at the extra session that Pres.
ident Mckinley was amply able to take
care of the Cuban question and that so
far as the House was concerned he
should be allowed to do it. That con.
clusion has been generally endorsed by
the Republicans of the country, and by
the shoulder.to shoulder attitude of the
Republican members OF the House when
the Democrats sought to use Cuba as an
excuse for reducing the House to a state
of anarchy, by overthrowing its rules.
Representative Henderson, of Iowa, who
is member of the committee on rules,
truly said in his remarks to the bluster.
ing Democrats: "There is no committee
in this House 80 mighty as to act, or re.
tard action, unless the House is behind
it. And there is no man 80 mighty as to
retard action, unless a majority of the
House is behind him." The Democrats
continued their efforts by offering Cuban
amendments which they knew to be out
Of order for several days, but the solid
ranks of the Republicans, ever ready to
back up the frmness OF Speaker Reed.
made them all failures, 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 President. the
Speaker OF the House, every member of
the Cabinet, except Secretary Alger, who
10 still confined TO his house by sickness.
and nearly every government official OF
prominence attended the funeral services
over the remains Of the late Benjamin
ButterWorth, Commissioner Of Patents.
which were held In Washington, We'd.
needay afteFnoon. No man In public LIE
tof the lose eeneEasion had moro personal
fFisads than Ben. Buttsswosth.