The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

washington, Dec. z-.--l9etlt Lame VIII
get no public building this year, nor,
indeed, this congress. The bill will
pass the senate easily, but it is doomed
in the house. This is not due TO any
lack of diligence on the part of Con-
gresham King, but because Speaker
Reed has fully decided that all public
building bills shall be suppressed. 1t
is an integral part of the Republican
programme to hold the appropriations
down in order that the failure OF the
Dingley tariff rs a revenue producer
may not be too apparent
In conversation with different MEM
bers since the recess adjournment,
Reed has stated positively that there
would be no provision made for new
public buildings anywhere. We have
too many of them already" he said
ANY man in private business who
would proceed as extrayagantly would
soon be ruined"
Reminded that the adoption Of a rule
fOrbidding more public buildings Would~
work great hardshiDs on the westerns
states and territories. the speaker adj
mitted that there was some force in
the argument that the new states were
short of their proportion Of buildings
He instanced the case of Salt Lake as.
state capital that had no publicss
building. But" he added, I'VE can't
let any of them in, for if we do, it
will be impossible to stop"
notwithstanding this positive pur-l
pose to prevent the passage of any
building bills, the house committee on
public buildings and grounds has gone
through the farce Of appointing sub
committees to have charge of bills for
buildings in the various states The
Salt Lake bill has been referred to a.
subcommittee consisting of Hilborn of
(TsaT 10 Il Of ri
Broussard of Louisiana and Brantley
of Georgia. Into the same hopper go
all bills for Maine, Alabama, California,
Washington, Oregon, the DakOtas,
Texas and all the mountain states.
CUBA AND HAWAII.
At the caucus Of Democratic mem
bers of the house, held shortly before
the holiday adjournment, the pro-
Cuban sentiment was overwhelming,
and the friends of Hawaiian anneXa-
ton were strong enough to prevent
action on that question, although there
was a. large majority against Hawaii
Bailey of Texas, the Democratic leader,
has been vigorously at work during
the recess, trying to bring the recalci-
trants in line, but has thus far not
been very successful. Judge King is
one of those who holds out most
strongly for annexation.
On the companion questions of inter-
ventiOn in Cuba and the annexation of
Hawaii, the two official parties are
sharply divided. The Democratic party
is almost unanimously in favor of the
recognition of Cuban belligerency and
has q large -pTepOnderance OF its men,
bership hostile to the requirement of
the island republic of the Pacific. The
Republican membership of congress
has settled down, rather complaeently,
to the presidents idea of giving Spain
all the time she needs to subdue the
Cuban patriots. The same party is
nearly unanimous for the absorption
of the Hawaiian islands. There are,
OF course, some exceptions in each
party to the rule A few Republicans.
like Mason of Illinois, are bitterly OPP
posed to the presidents policy of par
TALLY for the Spanish, and there are
other Democrats of the King school
who are heartily in favor of Hawaii.
OF the last mentioned, the members
from the mountain states are most ac-
tive. There is not a representative
from any OF this group of states who
is known to be opposed to Hawaii, and
there is not Republican in their num-
Der.
WOOLCOTTs POSITION.
Senator Woleottfs now under at least
an implied pledge to tell something
about the failure of his. international
| bimetaliic commission some time in
January. This viii be interesting news
| to the limited number Of Republicans
who still profess to believe that some
| thing may come of the wretched wreck
of international bimetallism. WOlcOtt'S
statement in the senate is called out
/ as result Of the sharp r0dding ne has
/ received from Senator Allen of Ne
braska. the PO0uiist leader in the sem
ate. WolcOtt was apparently anxious
10 DrOcrasLinate even this statement.
/ When Aliens resolution, calling for a
report from the commission came up.
! Senator WolcOtt frankly said that he
was embarrassed He did not think he
ought, as g senator, to request that it
go over ''I do not think, he added,
J that the commission intends to make
any report at this time. and, of course,
such . report would not be made here
| in the senate"
| Continuing. he said he hoped to be
4 able to make a personal statement to
/ the senate about the middle Of January,
! but that he knew nothing to indicate
! that report would be made by that
/ time"
This makes it all very plain that the
most the American people are to know
/ of the details Of the idle International
/ junket that cost them q hundred thou
sand dollars, is the information that
may be Contained in d smooth speech
/ by the chairman, who is well equipped,
/ if he pleases to use language to con-
ceal ideas. AID even the statements
! that may be made by the senator will
be proclaimed by himself unofficial, be-
cause uttered II open senate, and not.
formally embodied IN report to the
1 president.
There was something very amusing
IN the way the senator spoke. in his
brief remarks made before adjourn
ment. about the English government
4 having 'of its own motion published q
resume Of the negotiations which took
place in England" From the presi-
dents message, Senator WOlcott said
ne learned that this resume was to be
laid before the senate. This was indeed
an important piece of information. This
Tnglish report, drafted by Senator
Wolcott himself at the suggestion of
the Marquis Of Salisbury, has been in
print Cor months, and has been widely
circulated throughout the country. If
the senator is equally naive and ingen-
uous il his forthcoming statement to
the senate. it viii be remarkable chiefly
for the Information which it does not
contain.
ONCE USED Being the
DAuD NlcnoLson,s A PUREST