The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-03

cause secrelafy Alscr has urgently re-
quested his support Of lie project.
congressman Crur.p Of West Bay
City is delighted with the recent reports
showing that the best beet sugar In
dustry Is developing in his district. He
has peen Informed by the secretary Ct
agriculture that all Michigan is a beet
sugar country. and that the Pay City
district Is bonarza Ter that industry.
CONGRESSMAN Sheldon of Houghton is
oolns 10 make an effort to emulate the
exaHirle or his predecessor Stephenson.
Tor river and harbor appropriations.
What win Congress Do?
What VIII congress do during the
coming long session." This has been
asked again and again In all corners
ana corridors Of the national capital
during the last few days. 1t Is a ques-
ton easier to ask than to answer.
In the house of representatives all
Legislation will depend upon the COM
mittee on rules. the smallest and most
powerful committee of the house. 1t
consists OF Tom Reed, Colonel Hender-
son OF Iowa, and Congressman Dalzell
or pennsylvania, Republicans; and Joe
Bailey or Texas, and Benton McMillin
OF tennessee, Democrats. The Demo-
cratic members of the committee have
practically nothing to say, because they
are In minority. Consequently all
legislation depends upon the will of
Reed, Henderson and Dalzell No bill
can receive recognition which does not
have the sanction Of those men. 1t is a
dangerous power to commit to a few
men.
Congressman Dalzell Of Pennsylvania,
being member of the committee on
rules, knows pretty well what is likely
to be done, and hence his views are
valuable. He today said:
There will be no radical legislation,
not even on the currency question.
There may be something done In the
way OF enacting remedial propositions,
but nothing that will go to the root Of
the matter. presume that the little
remedies to be applied will be called
pop-gun bills, the nickname which was
applied to the Springer tariff bills dur
ing the Fifty-second congress.
Too Many Theorists.
1T would be impossible to pass any
radical legislation through the senate,
and / doubt IL we could secure an
agreement in the house to any well de-
fined currency Legislation. There are
too many theorists in congress, and
every one of them would want to air
his ideas, so that we should have lots
of talk, but no action. 1t Is impossible
to argue and reason with a man who
has pet theory.
VERY little will be done beyond the
passage of the appropriation bills. I
believe that Hawaii will be annexed.
but the house will not take up the Gu
ban question. 1 apprehend that the
president will give the congress full In
formation concerning existing affairs in
Cuba, and his message will show that
the situation there has been greatly
improved and that nearly all of the
Objectionable features of the war have
been removed.
1.-THE house will pass a bankruptcy
bill and also a bill for the restriction
of immigration The senate is not like
ly to accept the kind Of bankruptcy
bill which will pass the house, and
hence bill will ultimately be agreed
upon in conference
The reader must understand that
Congressman Dalzell, who gave the
above interview, knows more about
what the congress is likely to do than
any other man in the house Of repre-
sentatives. excepting Tom Reed and
Colonel Henderson. who are his col
leagues on the committee on rules
VIII Recommend Annexation.
You must understand that Congress
man Dalzell reaches his conclusions aft
err talking with the president, Speaker
Reed and Colonel Henderson, as well
as with a number of senators. There
fore, from his conversation, we reach
the conclusion that President Mckinley
will recommend the annexation of Ha-
wall and will recommend that the Gu
ban patriots be left to their fate, wheth-
err 1t be murder, starvation, rape or
torture. Conditions have improved"
and since the new administration at
Havana will not starve SO many thou
sands Of women and children we will
leave them to their fate. Would Abra-
ham Lincoln or Andrew Jackson, or
James Monroe have reached such a
conclusion?
Senator Morgan of Alabama, for four
years chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, says: 1.-The senate
has done its duty by passing joint res
olution looking to the recognition of the
Cuban patriots Speaker, Reed has not
allowed that resolution to receive con-
sideration. The president seems to
have gone over to the Spanish side of
the question. can see no relief for
the Cubans from this country in the
near future. am very sorry, for /
regard national indifference on our part
as little less than an international crime
The only ray of light in the immediate
future is the annexation Of Hawaii.
n To-
IT have long been anxious to have
those islands become an integral part of
our country in order that future COM
plicatons might be avoided. So long as
the islands were maintaining their own
they were liable to seizure
by Great Britain upon any slight pre-
text, and the Japanese have been seek
ing to secure them. The sooner we
take our own the better for all con-
cerned."
1t is quite likely that the president
will hear from Senator Morgan on the
floor of the senate concerning the Gu
ban question, but not until after Ha-
waiian annexation has been accom-
plished The senator will not attempt
to bring about two things at time
In the dilatory senate. But Hawaiian