The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-03-15
Better Than That of Any Other
Nation on the Face Of the
Wide Earth.
General Political Gossip of the
National Capital--Projected
Cable to Hawaii and the
Philippines.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 12. 1900.

House having this week passed the
bill as reported from the Conference
Committee. The promptness in pass
ing this important bill, which makes
our money as good as the worlds best,
and which will prove to the world
when the 2 per cent bonds which it
provides for issuing in exchange for
the 3, and five per cent bonds now
outstanding are issued, that the credit
of the United States is higher than
that of any other nation on earth.
This is another creditable accomplish.
m ent to be added to the long list of
those achieved by the Republican,
party.
The Senate is still considering the
Porto Rico bill, and the Democrats
are still engaged in circulating false
stories in their effort to make it ap-
pear that there is a lack of agreement
between President Mckinley and the
Republicans in Congress. There is
no gang law in the Republican party
When measures are under considera-
tion in Congress, individuals never
hesitate to express their opinions, but
in the end, the opinion of the majori-
ty is always accepted. So it is with
the Porto Rico bill. 1t may be amend
ed to meet the opinions of the ajor-
ity of Republicans, but that it will
pass and be signed by the President is
as certain as that day follows night.
Neither it, nor any other measures
that will come before Congress, can
be successfully used by the Democrats
to create split in the Republican
party, no matter how many misrep-
resentations are made. The rights
of the Porto Ricans as well as of our
own people are perfectly safe in the
hands of the Republicans in Congress
and President McKinlay.
Representative Gamble, of South
Dakota, who is a candidate for the
Senate, said of the outlook in his
State: ''The State has been solidly
Republican in the last two elections,
and it seems as though, with the ex-
ercise of good Judgment, the Republi-
can majority ought to be large next
fall. The Democrats have some ad-
vantage in the Legislature in the ap-
portionment, but the last legislature
was Republican almost two to one.
Ex-Gov. Altgeld, Gov. Lind, of Mime
sofa, and Mr.. Bryan are going into
the State soon to talk politics, but l
do not expect that the Republicans
will begin stumping just yet. We are
going to try to build up good organ
ization and to prepare for an agres-
sive campaign"
Senator Aldrich, during the debate
on the Conference report on the FL
nancial bill, created little amuse-
ment by forcing Senator Butler,
Chairman of the Populist National
Committee, to practically acknowl-
edge that he and his party had aban-
doned the advocacy of the free coin
age of silver. Mr.. Butler denied hav-
ing made that acknowledgment, but
declined to answer straight question
when Mr.. Aldrich asked him if he and
the party he represented favored the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of
16 to l.
Senator Hoar has given notice of
his intention to offer an amendment
to the Diplomatic Appropriation bill
providing for the payment to ex-Queen
Lilioukelani of $25O0O0. There has
been more or less talk about providing
in some way for the ex-Queen, who
now resides in Washington, but this
is the first time that any actual STEP
has been taken in that direction, al.
though she has made claim for an
mount much larger than $3.50, 900, as
compensation for the Grown lands
of Hawaii, which she says were her
personal property.
The Senate Naval Committee has
reported bill providing for gov
ernment cable across the Pacific,
from San Francisco to the Philippines,
via Hawaii, and the House Commit
tee on Commerce has reported the
Sherman Pacific Gable bill, which pro.
vides that the government shall con-
tract with a cable company, which is
authorized to lay the cable, to pay
100000 annually for twenty years,
which amount shall pay for all gov
ernment messages sent over the cable.
Senator Lodge, Chairman of the
Committee on the Philippines, made
a notable speech in favor of the bill
giving the President power to act in
his discretion in regulating affairs in
the Philippines. Of the bill Mr..
Lodge said: "This bill is simple but
all-sufficient. 1t makes no declara-
tions and offers no promises as to a
future we cannot yet predict. Itmeets
the need of the present and stops
there. The resident, under the mil
itary power, which still controls and
must for some time control the
islands, could do all have this bill pro-
vides. But it is well that he should
the direct authorization of Congress-
To undertake any further or more far
reaching legislation at this time
would be, in my judgment, a great
mistake. But believe it to be OF
great importance to define our posi-