The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-05-17
WASHINGTON. Nav I, 1900.

and Porto Rico which the laws make
1t incumbent upon him to appoint.
He is exercising even more than his
usual care in order that no mistaks
may be made. He has about six
weeks in which to make the Hawaii
appointments. 1t is probable that
most of the Porto Rican appointments,
which can be made any time within
six months from May 1st, will be made
on the recommendation of Governor
Allen, as the President has no inten-
tion of putting an American into any
position that Porto Rican can be
found capable of filing.
Unless present plans are changed it
is not likely that the Hepburn Mica
ragua Canal bill, which passed the
House this week, will be taken up by
the Senate at this session, owing to
the determination to bring about aid
journment early in June.
During the debate in the House on
the Nicaragua Canal bill, which was
passed, Representative Burton, of
Ohio, Chairman of the Comittee on
Rivers and Harbors, presented the
following argument in favor of the
perpetual neutrilization of the canal,
as proposed by the treaty now await
ing the action of the Senate: "Shall
this canal be neutral canal? On
this subject say emphatically, yes.
Nothing else is in accordance with
the spirit of this age. Nothing else is
in accord with our convenience and
benefit in managing it. Nothing else
is in accordance with the safety with
which it can be maintained. Nothing
else is in accordance with our own
record in this matter. We insisted
on the removal of the sound dues and
the naturalization of the channels
near Denmark, although they were
within a cannon shot of the shore.
We insisted on the naturalization of
the st. Lawrence river in that part
where it flows exclusively through
Canadian territory. We granted and
received the neutral and equal use of
the great canal on the Canadian bor-
der, which is maintained to this time.
We have fought for this principle.
The triumph of Decatur and Balm
bridge against the Barbary pirates
did not inure to our benefit alone, but
to the benefit and commerce of the
whole world. We cannot afford to lie
down upon this record. The admin
istration has asked and obtained from
the powers of Europe assurance of an
open door in China, diplomatic tri-
umph. Does no one see the humOr
that appears in asking those conces-
sions there and yet proposing to close
the waterway between the oceans to
the other nations of the world?
Senator Stewart said in a speech in
the Senate that there were good and
bad trusts, the line of demarcation
between which it was difficult to fin d,
and added. "But leave competition
untrammeled and the people will rid
themselves of all bad trusts. Oh
course, we cannot in any way stop the
over produced industry of bowling
against trusts simply to win votes tC
get into Office" That last sentence
was hard whack at Mr.. Bryan, who
was supported by Senator Stewart in
1896.
Secretary Hay this week authorized
a statement declaring that no out.
slider has at any time been recognized
in the negotiation conducted by the
Department of State with Denmark
for the purchase of the Danish West
Indies: also that this government
has no knowledge of any attempt bv
Denmark to sell the islands to any
other power than the United States,
or of any connection between Secre-
tary Roots recent speech on the
maintenance of the Monroe Doctrine
and the contemplated purchase of
those islands by a European power.
Thus endeth another batch of fairy
tales.
Hon. John Sherman spent half an
hour on the floor of the Senate one
day this week, during which he was
the center of an interesting group
of men who had been his colleague
in both Senate and House, among
them Representative Grow, of Penn
sylvania, who was Speaker of the
House when Mr.. Sherman was
just beginning to be prominent as a
Republican leader. Later, on the
same day, Mr.. Sherman was in the
House for few minutes. He looked
well for man of his years.
After Senator Carter had withdrawn
his amendment relating to mining
laws, the Senate passed the Alaskan
code bill without a division.
The United States Supreme Court
has taken recess until the l4th inst,
upon which date the decision in the
Kentucky case will probably be an
nounced. The impression among law.
yers who heard the arguments made
this week, seems to be that Governor
Taylor has the law on his side.
That such men as German, HILL
Pattison, Carlisle and Lamont are ac.
lively working to keep Mr.. Bryan out
of the Democratic nomination indi.
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