The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-06-07
President Mckinley and the
Entire Cabinet Spent Me-
mortal Day.
Senator Hanna Denies the Story
That He Will Not Continue at
the Head of the Republican
Committee--Congress
Will Adjourn
Soon.
WASHINGTON, June 1. 1900.

WASHINGTON, June 1. lYOO.
An object lesson showing the real
attitude of the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties towards trusts is now
being given in the House. The Re-
publicans are solidly supporting the
resolution reported from Judiciary
Committee, which they will pass, pro-
viding for an amendment to the con-
stitution giving Congress the author
ity to control the trusts of the coun-
try, while the Democrats, with the
exceptions of few who are defying
the mandate of the Democratic Cau-
Gus, are opposing the resolution. The
Democrats are fond of hurling denun-
Citations at the trusts from the stumps,
but when given an opportunity to do
something practical towards curbing
the power of trusts they define to ac-
cept it. The Democratic party is to-
day what it has always been, simply
an opposition party. 1t can howl to
beat forty brass bands against any
and everything, but when anything
has to be done for the betternent of
the country the people have to look
to the Republican party to do it, and
they never look in vain.
Senator Hanna says the story sent
from Washington this week that he
would not continue at the head of the
Republican National Committee was
entirely without authorization. He
added that the chairman of that Com
mittee would not be chosen until af-
ter the new Committee was selected
by the Philadelphia Convention.
President Mckinley and the entire
Cabinet, except Secretary Hay and
Postmaster-General Smith, went to
Antietam Memorial Day to witness
the dedication of a monument erected
to the dead of both armies which par
ticipated in that battle.
President Mckinley showed his ap-
probation of the services of Gen. +.
S. Otis in the Philippines by nomina-
ting him to succeed Gen. Merritt, who
will retire June 16, as major-general
in the regular army. Gen. Otis, who
is on his way home, on leave, now
holds a volunteer major-general's
commission.
The Republicans of the Senate
have found it necessary to squelch
another Boer resolution, and by a vote
of 40 to 26 the Teller resolution was
referred to the committee on Foreign
Relations.
1t isn't safe to monkey with an or,
der of court. This week Justice Ber'
nard, of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, fined E. G.. Sig
gers 800 and costs and administered
singing public rebuke for his fail
ure to obey an order of the court di
recting him not to represent himself
in any way as successor to or connect
ed with the patent law firm of c. A
Snow & Co., of Washington.
The dairy interests won their lone
fight before the House Committee OF
Agriculture, which by vote of 10 tt
I decided to favorably report thu
Grout bill, which puts almost prohib
tive tax on oleomargarine and othe
limitations of butter. The fight is nov
being waged on whether the bill shall
be voted upon before the adjournmen
of Congress.
Senator Platt, of Connecticut
chairman of the Committee on Rela
tions with Cuba, which will make tn
investigation of all Cuban receipt
and expenditures, under the Baco
resolution recently adopted by th
Senate, said: "The committee wi
: 60 to work at once and probe the ma
, ter to the bottom. We shall recei,
/ at once a definite statement of all r
'ceipts and expenditures in come