The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-06-15
WASHINGTON, June 9, 1899.

WASHINGTON, June 9, 1899.
President Mckinley attended the en-.
campment OF the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, held at Glen Echo,
near Washington, on Wednesday and
Thursday. The encampment would
have been dead failure in point Of at.
tendance had not fair crowd of WASH
ingtonians turned out. The first day,
which was on the program as "Virginia
Day." was a failure anyway. "Mary-
land Day." the second, which was at
tended by the President and a number
of prominent men, was little better,
but neither was successful enough to
warrant the holding of another encamp.
ment in the vicinity of the National
Capital.
If Col Henderson could have heard
all the goodIwords that have been said
of him since it became certain that he
would be unanimously nominated by
the Republican caucus for Speaker of
House, he WOULD have realized how very
popular he is. 1t is no disparagement
of the other gentlemen who were candi.
dates before)the sentiment of the Re-
publicans OF the House was overwhelm-
ingly expressed for COL. Henderson, to
say that no better choice could have
been made. He has every qualification
needed to make good Speaker, and he
is 80 we'll acquainted with the merits of
all the old members of the House that
he can arrange all the committee assign.
ments before Congress meets, or nearly
all of them, and being entirely free from
pledges to anyone he can make his SO.
lections strictly upon merit, something
that every Speaker has not been able to
do.
Senator Hanna, whose physician has
ordered him to Europe on account Of
of his health, expressed the wish that
he would not be asked to remain at the
head of the Republican National Com
mittee, in the Presidential campaign.
He says that President Mckinley is
bound to be triumphantly reelected,
even if there we're no National Commit
tee in existence. But, unless Mr.. Han.
mas health gets great deal worse than
some rheumatic pains, he is likely to be
chairman of the committee again, as he
admits he will accept if insisted upon,
and with the same ticket and the same
issue, it will be natural enough to insist
on having the same manager who won
the first fight.
1t doesn't take much to build rumor
in the atmosphere of Washington. Just
because ex.Speaker Reed did not send
his resignation as Representative to
the Governor of Maine before leaving
for Europe, the Washington rumor.
mongers built up long story alleging
Mr.. Reeds intention to retain his seat
in the House in addition to his member.
ship in that New York law firm. One
of Mrs. Reeds strongest points is his
thoroughness, and thorougbness and
that story do not gee at all.
An influential delegation Of Missouri
Republicans came to Washington this
week to protest against the intention of
Superintendent Merriam, of the Census
Bureau, to:give half the Census Super
visors for the State to the Democrats.
Ex.Representative Frank, one of the
delegation, handled the subject without
gloves when he said: Imagine Dem
ocratic Census Superintendent giving
half of the best offices at his disposal to
Republicans The thing is absurd. We
have not yet reached the political Mil
lenium, and when that golden era dawns
there will beIno further use of opposing
parties. Until then it is but natural and
right for the party in power to admins
ter the government, and it can do so
most effectually through the agency of
its partisans. Missouri is State that
needs encouragement from the Nation
q administration. In it's total of Repub.
lican ballots it comes next after Penn.
sylvania and Ohio. Under such condi.
tions we do not believe that Democrats
are entitled to share in the offices, which,
if given them, will be used for party
purposes in the campaign of 1900 1t is
chivalrous not to exterminate foe, but
fail to see the wisdom Of giving your
enemy club which he may use for your
own destruction" A number of pro.
tests have been received from Republi-
cans OF other States against the division
policy, but 80 far as known that policy
has not been changed, but the President
has it under consideration.
Col. George R. Peck, prominent
Western railroader, said OF sentiment in
his section "The almost universal sen.
timent of the Western country is in
favor of sustaining the policy of Presi-
dent Mckinley. Even those who are
opposed to the idea of colonial posses
siors are patriotic enough to say that