The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-06-11
" sshIBgisn Letter.

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| Washington, June 4th 1897 97.-Repub-
| licans pretend to pooh pooh Senator
| Morgan's delib 'rately made charge that
the action of the house is unconstitu
tional aud that congress is not legally
in session, but in reality it is worrying
hem no little, The matter has been
| discussed at cabinet meeting and the
attorney general is preparing an opin-
| ion on the subject to be submitted to
the cabinet.
The senate has adopted a resolution
offered by Senator Tillman, requesting
| the judiciary committee to report what
| legislation is necessary to enable the
state of South Carolina to control the
| liquor traffic within its territory. The
resolution is intended to meet the de-
cision of the federal court that the pres
ent dispensary law of S. C. is in con-
| flict with the interstate commerce law.
| 1t looks now as though there would
| be no sugar investigation. Had vote
been taken on Senator Tillman's resolu-
ton when it was first offered it would
| have been adopted, but having confer
red together the Republican senators
have recovered their nerve and it is now
announced that they will vote against
| the resolution.
The following language wasn't uttered
| by Democratic member of the house,
but by one of Washington oldest min
listers of the gospel, DIR. Byron Sunder-
( land, at mass meeting held under the
auspices of the Woman s National Cuban
League, to express the grief and indig-
nation of the American public at the
lafr DO 1E
| by the Spaniards. DIR. Sunderland said:
1.-The government of the u. 5 seems to
be recreant to its duty in this emergen
cy. Look at the conduct of this con-
gress of ours. The house of representa-
tives. called together to take action on
| questions of vital moment to the well
fare of our people, as well as of our suf
fering fellow-citizens in Cuba, adjourn
ing from day to day. All business
locked up securely and the key carried
in one mans pocket. Meanwhile,
members of this body. in cahoots with
half dozen members of the British par
| Lament, with the ministers of both pow
ers acting as umpires, regaling them
selves at a game of chess The COM
mittee rooms of the house given over to
| carrying on the sport"
| Oh AIk6DSaS,
believe in straddling any question. Two
| Democratic senators voted with the Re
publicans for duty on ONYX because of
the existence of onyx qusrries in their
states. and Senator Perkins said he was
surprised that Senator Jones did not do
so in order to help develop the large
onyx deposits known to exist in Arkan-
sas. Mr.. Jones said in reply: There
is no JUSTIFICATION for tariff taxation,
except for the purposes of revenue. and
| | will not support an excessive tax, even
for the benefit of my people. Taxation
for private benefit is robbery, pure and
simple.
Jerry Simpson may not not be able to
cope with Speaker Reed, but he made
Representative Stone sorry he interrupted
him to ask if there was any greater de-
mand for the passage of bankruptcy
bill now than there was during the last
congress, by replying: "Why certainly
there is; your promised prosperity has
not matrialized and the people now seek
relief In bankruptcy courts"
If the words of the Washington Judge
who presided over the court that tried
and acquitted Havemyer and Searles.
the president and secretary of the sugar
trust. mean anything they mean that
the senate committe had no legal author
ity to ask questions relating to the busi-
ness of the sugar trust. If this is good
.aw, the laws of the country cannot be
too soon SO amended as to give congress
the right to investigate the business of
the sugar trust. and of all other trusts,
whenever there is occasion to do so in
the interest of the public.
1t is guilty cOnsciences which have
caused Speaker Reed to be guarded by
detectives, for fear that somebody will
do him bodily injury as a result of the
public indignation at his methods of
muzzling the house. He has received
threatening letters, but they were written
by a man in Washington merely to
cause a sensation. There isn't the
slightest probability that anybody will
kill Mr.. Reed or even injure him. The
people know that their remedy lies in
the ballot box, but they will wait until
the congressional elections next year to
apply it.
Secretary Gage has let the secret out
that Mr. Mckinley expects this session
of congress to give him authority to ap-
point currency commission. The
house will, If course, do whatever Mr..
Mckinley wants 1T to do, provided that
MIR. Reeds consent be obtained, but the
silver senators haven't the slightest idea
of giving Mr.. Mckinley authority to
pick currency commission, ibut they
will insist that Its members shall be Sc
lected by the president, the senate, and
the house, in order that the silver men
may have fair representation thereon.
| NJ.