The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-20
OF Work Being Accomplished
by the Present Congress
and the President Is
Greatly Pleased.
The Nicaragua Route Favored in
the Report Of the Isthmian
Canal C0mmission--Nebras-
ka Will Stay in Republi-
can Ranks.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80, 1900.

sion to express his pleasure in busi-
ness-like manner in which Congress
has got down to work, to Senators and
Representatives who have called on
him. The House has been especially
active. One Of the big appropriation
bills-Legislative, Judicial and Exec
utive-has been reported; the army
reorganization bill, providing for a
regular army of from $500 to 100000
men in the discretion of the President,
has been reported and passed the
oleomargarine bill has been passed,
and the Revenue reduction bill has
been reported from the Ways and
Means Committee. In the Senate the
ship subsidy bill, which was taken up
by vote of 30 to 20, the affirmative
votes being all Republican, is being
considered, and unless the Democrats
resort to tilibustering tactics, will
shortly be passed; progress has been
made in executive session, toward the
ratification of the Hay-Pauncefort
treaty, and the army bill has been in
troduced and referred to the Military
Committee. These are only the out
ward accomplishments. There has,
in addition, been an enormous amount
of work by the committee of both
House and Senate toward preparing
measures. All in all it is remarka-
BILE beginning for the session, and re-
fleets credit upon both branhces of
Congress.
The men who are directing the
work of Congress are thoroughly in
accord with the advice in the Presi-
dents message concerning the dam
ger of being tempted into making ex-
travagant appropriations by the pros
porous condition of the national
treasury. The tempters are on hand
in the persons of those who are asking
: for extravagant. appropriations for
all sorts of things, but there will be
4 no extravaganza. The country is rich
enough and prosperous enough for IL
ability, but the Republicans do not
believe that any country is ever rich
enough or prosperous enough tn justi-
fly extravaganza, and no extravaganza
will be authorized by Congress.
Senator wellington declares that
he is still a Republican, but in every
vote taken since the Senate reassem-
bled in which party lines were drawn
he has voted with the Democrats, con-
sequently he is judged by his acts and
not by his words. While Mr.. Yelling
ton has not been exactly cut by the
Republican Senators, it must be clear
ly evident to him that they shun him.
No stranger observing the ease of
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, would be-
lieve that he only became a member
of that dignified and august body dur
ing the present week. Mr.. Delivers
long and conspicuous service in the
House and his close friendship with
many Senators made him feel at home
where most new Senators feel re-
strained and awed for time.
Senator Fairbanks has introduced
a bill for the admission to the Union
as State of Oklahoma, and provid-
ing for two Representatives in Con-
gress.
The report of the Isthmian Canal
commission favors the Nicaragua
route, as expected, and there is no
doubt that the bill for the construc-
tion of the Nicaragua Canal will be-
come law at this session of Congress,
although the Hepburn bill which
passed the House at the last session
and is now pending in the Senate may
be amended before it is passed. Owing
to the number of Senators who be-
lieve that the treaty negotiated with
England by Secretary Hay during the
last session of Congress, providing for
the abrogation of that portion of the
Clayton-Bawler treaty which pledges
the United States and England not to
construct an Isthmian Canal without
the consent of both, should be ratified
before the canal bill is PASSED Senator
Lodge, who has charge of the treaty,
is pushing it so as to clear the way
for the canal bill.
The Nebraska Republican Club, of
Washington, held joliication meet
ing tonight that was a corker. Among
the prominent speakers who assisted
the Nebraskans to rejoice over the re-
turn of their State to the Republican
column, where it is likely to stay, were
Senators Hanna, Burrows and Dolli-
yer, and Representative Grosvenor.
President Mckinley sent letter, the
reading of which aroused the enthu-
siasm of the meeting to the highest
pitch.
A section of the army bill gives the
President authority to satisfactorily
dispose of the Eagan case by placing
him on the retired list. The section
in question empowers the President
to retire any officer who is suspended
by a court-martial for period to or
within one year of the date of his
compulsory retirement for age. 1t is
understood that this clause was put
in the bill because Gen. Eagan de-
clined to apply for retirement under
the voluntary law.
We will have another DC and lOc
counter for the children this Christ
mas rOuta iuiu0 cuns and sauCerS min