The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-12-21
THE FINANCIAL BILL.
A Few Extracts From Gen.
GrusvenOr's Speech.
Secretary Root May Head the Ticket
With President McKinley-WOOd's
Appointment.
WASHINGTON, December i5, 1899.

the debate which has occu pied the en-
tire week in the House. Following are
its closing sentences: "The Republican
party does not need oral argument in
rhe halls Of Congress nor dissertations
in the press of the country upon these
vital questions. There are voices which
proclaim the triumph OF Rcpublicanism
that do not depend upon human organs
for their effectiveness. From the pine.
clad hills OF Maine to the utmost south.
ern extent OF New England the whirl
Of the spindle, the ring of the hammer,
and the shout of the happy, well.paid
operatives is constant and most vocif-
erous proclamation of Republican tri
umph. From New York to San Francis
CO, all along tn. mighty avenues OF
travel and traffic, the voices of commen-
dation and exultation because of Repub
fican legislation and Republican intelli.
gence and Republican craftsmanship
goes up in the breezes of the morning
and are sung as vespers at the hour of
evening twilight The mighty volumes
of flame and smoke pouring from the
chimneys of enormous industrial estab.
lishments wave beacon light to heaven
= announcing the triumph of protective
tariff and sound money, mingled with
the click OF the pick in the coal mines
of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and
West Virginia is the voice of our work
ingmen, we'll paid, where starvation
wages in force, we'll fed, where starva
tion stalked with gsunt horror, we'll
clothed, well educated, satisfied, con-
tented, happy. Their voices sing tprais-
es for Republican intelligence and Re-
publican patriotism On every railroad
from the Pacific shore to the Atlantic
coast tens OF thousands of laden cars
mingle the voice of machinery
with the endorsement of Republican
action. The happy husbandman upon
millions of acres of fertile soil, as he re-
turns from bis labor. bringing his sheaves
with him, realizes in advancing market
wider demand for his product, the enter
ing of jubilee, and his voice is heard
In perpetual argument in favor of sound
money and protection. The scratch of
the pen upon the record in the north
west and south west as it cancels the
millions OF mortgages placed there in
the hour of Democratic distress and
starvation, now cancelled by the pay
ment of money that has come to the
owners OF these splendid farms through |
the intelligence and patriotism of Re-
publican administration, joins in the
glad cry of endorsement all along the |
line"
Hon. Henry G. Payne, of Wisconsin,
Vice Chairman of the Republican Nation
al Committee, now in session at Wash
ington to name the time and place for |
holding the next National Convention,
was asked who he thought would be |
nominated on the ticket with President |
Mckinley, and he said in reply: "f I |
were prophesying on the ticket, would |
say it would be Mckinley and Root. |
Although am western man, can0see |
reasons which admit OF no argument, for
the Vice Presidential nomination going |
to an eastern man. 1t seems to be con.
ceded generally that New York ought to
produce him. Mr. Root would give the
strength, frmness and prestige to the
ticket which another man would not do,
and which are needed. He has made a
splendid record for himself as the head
of the Wa. Department, and is in every
way fitted for the place which Mr.. Ho-
bart grsced"
The executive committee of the Ma
tional League met 10 Washington this
week with forty-four OF its ffty-six
members present. 1t named the third
Tuesday of next July as the date and St.
Paul, Minn., as the place for holding the
League convention. The committee, in
accordance with resolution unanimous
ly adopted, called upon President Nc
Kinley and expressed its hearty endorse
ment of his wise and patriotic admins
tration the committee also adopted q
resolution condeming the disfranchise
amendment proposed to the constitution
OF North Carolina, as violation of the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to
the constitution Of the United States.
Senator Pitchsrd has introduced
resolution declaring the proposed amend.
ment of the State constitution of North !
Carolina, to be violation OF the consti.
tuition OF the United States.
The Roberts committee is trying to
get a, the facts, and Chairman Taylor
still hopes to avoid having to 60 to Utah
to hear witnesses. Two acts OF Roberts,
this week, are regarded ss little short OF
a confession of his guilt. The first was
his refusal to appear before the commit.
tee as sworn witness and the second
was his brief submitted to the commit
tee in which he denied the right of the
committee to investigate the charges
aRsinet him. But his uuibbles will avail |