The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-02-09

cation of the treaty Of peace at this see-
sion depends upon the votes of few
Senators who have allowed the oppo.
nents OF the treaty to believe that they
will vote against it. He belives, as does
Senatcr Davis, that enough of these
Senators will vote for the treaty to ratify
it, but he is not worrying over the mat.
ter, because he knows that even If these
Senators should vote against the treaty.
it would only defer it's ratification until
an extra session of the Senate meets, a
few DAYS after the close of the present
session.
Having about lied out concerning bis
policies, the yellow journals have con-
menced to lie about President McKin-
ley's physical condition. One of them
this week printed lot Of stuff about his
being on the verge of prostration. Pres
ident Mckinley needs rest, as would
any man not made of iron who had been
under the tremendous strain and respon-
sibility he has been under for year
past, but his general health has never
been better than it is now.
The House this week passed the River
and Harbor bill, which carries appro.
priations, new and continuing old, for q
little more than $50, 100000.
The finding of the Eagan court martial,
together with legal review of the case
BY the Judge Advocate General, has just
been handed to the President. That he
will mitigate the sentence of dismissal
from the army imposed by the court.
martial is regarded as certain, but to
what extent, or how soon he will act, it
is impossible to do more than guess at
this time.
The speeches in the Senate, both in
open and executive session, this week,
have consisted largely of restatsments of
what had already been said about the
Philippines, and have consequently been
more or less tiresome Just as the reso.
luton adopted is meaningless.
Representative Stone, OF Pennsylvania,
chairman of the committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures, this week pre-
sented the committee report on the Hill
bill, recently reported to the House.
The Hill bill follows the lines of the
recommendations of the Indianapolis
monetary Conference. 1t declares for
the gold standard; provides for the in
terchangeability of all forms of money
separation of the issuance of notes from
the fiscal branch of the Treasury Depart
ment, and gradual retirement of the
greenbacks Thereport says of the bill:
1T seeks to strengthen, solidify and for
tify our present system rather than to
build anew. Its purpose may be defined
in three words, TO remove danger. or,
perhaps better. the apprehension Of dan
ger. It especially seeks to allay at home
and abroad all doubt e to the present
and permanent quality of our money,
and to make and keep the credit Of the
nation above the reach of successful at.
tack or well grounded apprehension.
This bill can easily be put through the
House, but the leaders have not yet dc. |
cidsd TO do 10, and may not, because Of
the absolute impossibility Of getting it
or any other financial bill through the
Senate - that body now stands.
Notwithstanding all the Democratic |
shouting and the prediction of the terri. |
bic things that the mammoth standing
army Of ninety odd thousand men win
be able to do this pigmy nation Of 75,.
900 900 people, there were only six Re.
publicans who voted against the Hull
bill when it passed the House, and q an
Offset four Democrats and one Populist
voted for the bill. The total vote was
1853 to 1875. Tho bill was amended be.
fore being passed 70 - to give the Pres
ipent authority in his discretion to re.
duce the total of the Regular Army to
not les than 5O. 900; also to abolish the
army "cantsen." Leading Senators ex-
press the opinion that the Hull bill will
be passed by the Senate without sub
stantial change, but the time for action
il growing very short and the friends Of
the bill will not be easy in their minds
until the Senate has passed it. They
know how easy it d for strong minori-
ty TO hang bill mp in the Senate.
The most important diplomatic utter
ance in Washington for some time was
the authorized interview in which the
German Ambassador to the U. 8. said
"About the question of expansion,
which has become such vital one,
can say that Germany ct least 10 not in
terfsring in what il strictly the affair OF
the U. 8. The q. 8. did mot object 70
our occupation Of Kiao Chou. Why
should We object to American occupa
tion Of the Philippines? We have not
in the Philippines any more vial inter
ct than America hes In China. since
the United Statss, although urged to do
-. did not protest aeainse our satsancs
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