The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-12
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 1901.

AShlNtION, DCC' U, iVVA'
History has been made very rapidly
in Washington in the last week. On
Saturday the President gave the
country an edifying example OF his
determination to secure absolutely
honest and disinterested administra-
tion to the Offices which 1t is his privi-
lege and duty to fill. In appointing
Thomas B. Ferguson, governor OF Ok
lahoma, he gave his reasons for refus-
ing to appoint Governor Jenkins In
terms which,cannot but make far bet
ter services throughout the country.
Governor Jenkins, whose duty 1t
was to award to some person or COR
poration contract for the care of
the insane of the territory has, by his
own admission, accepted from the
Oklahoma Sanitarium Company, to
whom he had assigned the contract,
block of stock with face value of
$4,000. Commenting on his action
Mr.. Roosevelt said he had disclosed
''such an entire lack of appr eciation
of the high fduciary nature of the
duties of his Office as to unfit him for
their further discharge"
On Saturday afternoon the Repub-
lican members of the House of Rep
resentatives held a caucus which
demontrated the subordination of In
dividual interest to the party's good
and a unity of party purpose which,
while not unusual, must prove a
source of qualification to Republic ans
throughout the country.
In pitiable contrast we're the pro-
ceedings of the Democratic caucus,
which selected Mr.. Richardson of
Tennessee, as the party leader and
which favored such variety of con-
flicting interests and policies and ad-
hered to each so tenaciously that the
only method of avoiding open rupture
was the reference of all resolutions
to committee, which in all probably
ity, will never report.
On Monday morning both Senate
and House convened. amid scenes of
exceptional brilliancy. Senator Frye
president of the Senate, In the abb
sence of vice-president, called that
body to order, but almost immediate
adjournment was taken out of respect
to the memory of Senator Kyle.
Amid thei abundance Of flowers
which we're heaped in profusion on al
most every desk good humor.. seemed
to prevail, but there were two instan-
ces In which gloom seemed to have
settled on thes wearers of senatorial
togas. Senator Wellington sat on
the Republican side but no one seeem-
ed to realize his existence and as an
onlooker remarked melancholy seem.
ed to have marked him for its own"
On theiDemocratic side .sat Senator
McLaurin.and.while he received some
cordial!greetings from the Republi-
can Senators hewas practically sent
to Coventry by the members OF his
own party. The warmth with which
his colleagues greeted Senator Lodge
was noticeable, as indicating that the
honor of standing nearest the Presi'
dent, which formerly belonged to
Senator Hanna, had passed to the jun
ior Senator..from Massachusetts,.
The House was" called to order by
Mr.. Alexander Mcdowell, of Pennsyl
vania, who had been renominated and
later elected Clerk. Among the not
able \ CURES on the floor were the
swathy representative from Hawaii
Mr.. Wilcox, Mr.. Dagatau, delegate
from Porto Rico, and Justice McKen'
ma, of the Supreme Court, who, how
ever, left as soon as the house was
called to order. AS soon as the invo
cation of the Chaplin, Rev. Henry
Couden, was completed the House
proceeded to elect its officers Gen
eral Henderson was, of course, elect
ed Speaker, Mr.. Mcdowell, Clerk
Henry A. Casson, of Wisconsin, Ser
geant-at-arms, etc. General Bin
Chem, "the father of the House,, ad
ministered the oath to Speaker Hen
derson and he in turn swore in the
other members. After little fenc
ing by the Democrats the Reed rules
were adopted, seats balloted for and
the House adjourned.
By curious coiucident the first bill
passed the House was introduced by
Democrat, Mr.. Elliot, of South Caro-
lima. 1t provided for the introduct
ion, free of duty, of goods intended Il
be used as exhibits at the st. Loui'
Exposition and was passed by unani
nous consent.
y On Tuesday the first business II
both Senate and House was the re
ception of the Presidents message
the reading of which occupied abou
two hours and quarter. Contrar!
to the custom Mr.. Roosevelt who hat
caused his message to be set up ant
prir ted, instead of submitting 1t II
manuscript as had been the custom II
the past. The formal copies wer'
printed on fine white paper and boun'
. In morocco covered boards. As sooi
Al they had been formally presented
paper covered copies were distributed
to the individual members.
Several times during the reading o
the message its sentiments calle'