The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-06-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Call Will be Issued for NOlun-
teers for the Philippines.
Col. Henderson, of Iowa, will be the
Next Speaker-BusiDess in
the Patent Office.
WASHINGTON, June 9, 1899.


decided to iesue call for volunteers fol
the Philippines, but it is regarded as
practically certain that he will do 80 in
a fews days, the number of volunteers
to be called for to be decided by Gen
Otis, who has been asked to state how
many more men he wants. Secretary
Alger says that Gen. Otis has understood
from the first that he could have as
many men as he considered necessary
to put down the Filipino revolt. There
will be no difficulty in getting as many
volunteers as may be called for. A
number of Governors have notified the
President of the willingness Of their
States to furnish as many as may be
wanted, and Gov. Otero, of New Mexico
called in r..son to tell President Nc
Kinley that his State is ready to furnish
a regiment at days notice; that the
four companies OF Roosevelt's Rough
Riders from that State are ready to a
man to enlist for the Philippines.
Count de ARGOS, the new Spanish Min
lister, arrived in Washington this week
and formally reestablished diplomatic
relations between the United States and
Spain.
Col Henderson's candidacy for the
Speakerehip is having big boom, and
his friends are already claiming that his
election is practically assured. Repre-.
sentative Babcock, of Wisconsin, whose
familiarity with things Congressional
and his known opposition to making
claims for effect, said of the Speakership
campaign "The action of the Wisconsin
delegation means that Col. Henderson
will be recognized as the only Western
candidate within thirty days, and practic
ally assures his election as Speaker. Mich
igan will declare for him, when its dele
cation meets, next week, as will Indiana,
and there is no doubt where Minnesota
stands. We will get Ohio also, and the
Speakership will be decided long before
Congress meets" Friends of the other
candidates do not, OF course, admit all
the claims made by the friends of Col.
Henderson, but they all admit the ex.
istence of the Henderson boom.
Another old time Democrat who sees
nothing ahead Of his party but over.
whelmiDg defeat is ex-Representative
Weadock, of Michigan, who is in Wash
ington on business. He said of the po-
litical outlook 81 do not see wherein
there is any solid ground for hope of
Democratic success as long as present
conditions continue. 1t must be evi.
dent to every well.informed student of
politics that the men who upheld the
Democracy in times past, who repre-
sented the brains, dignity and true worth
OF the party, are now in their tents.
They are going to remain in them, too,
long while, before they will join hands
with the populistic crowd that took pos
session in '96, and who have made ship
wreck of great political organization.
The talk of healing the breach between
the factions is idle, for there can be
no basis of agreement between those
who uphold the doctrines promulgated
at Chicago and those who are loyal to
the time-honored principles of the DEM
ocratic party"
The business of the United States Pat. |
ent Office is barometer of the progress
and prosperity of the country. Although |
applications for patents are more num-
erous than ever before, the business of
the Patent Office has been brought 80
nearly up to date by Commissioner
Duell that patents are often granted in
from four to six weeks. The old and
widely known patent law firm OF q. A.
Snow & Co., with record of having OBJ.
tained more than 10000 patents for in.
ventors, and with clients in every city
town and village in the country, paid
Commissioner Duell high compliment
when they said that neves in their
twenty five years practice before the
Patent Office have applications for pat.
ents been SO promptly and intelligently
acted upon as now.
Hon. Webster Davis, Assistant Secre.
tary of the Interior, is now known as
one OF the country's greatest orators, al.
though he is comparatively young
man. Following is an extract from his
Decoration Day oration at Arlington
Cemetery: "Yes, as these survivors
march on Decoration Day, by looking
closely you can see between the lines
those specter soldiers-the boys who
never came home; you can see, also,
the phantom flags and banners floating
among them-these we're born by the
boys who never came back. Truly, the
greatest product OF our nation is our
heroes This nation grows men: Some
persons will tell you that corn is king;
some that iron is king; others that coal
is king; then, again, others that cotton
10 king; but all are mistaksn-in this
country man is king. And the nation
or country that can grow men Of such
character and snch loftiness OF soul, that