Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14th, 1896

celvlng congratulations, by mail,
from every section of the country
on the Endorsement given him and
his administration-one of the
most remarkable Endorsements ever
given to any President in the
middle of his enthusiastically
the voters of the country. The
big head is an aflliction unknown
to him, but the President is natur-
ally proud of the confidence in him,
which the reelection Of a Republi-
can majority in the House and the
election of State Legislatures,
which insure a big Republican
majority in the Senate, expressed,
and anxious that his future policy
in connection with our newly ac-
quired territory and his recon-
mendations TO Congress, shall be
of such nature as to merit a con-
tinuance of that confidence. If a
conscientious desire to do the right
thing for the country will enable
him to do it. he will succeed.
Having failed in the election,
the Democrats have returned to
their old occupation of trying to
create dissension among the vic
torious Republicans. They are
circulating stories to the effect that
friends of the President are trying
to prevent Speaker Reed being re-
elected Speaker Of the next House.
There Is not a word Of truth in the
stories, and it is as certain as any
thing in the future can be that Mr..
Reed will be Speaker Of the next
House, unless he declines to be.
At the last meeting of the Cabinet,
the American Peace Commissioners
at Paris, were instructed to notify
the Spanish Commissioners that
this government would call time
on them if they did not hurry up
and get down to business on our
demand for the Philippines-a de-
mand that is unalterable and which
must be either accepted or refused,
regardless of what any other gov
ernment may do or threaten to do.
In other words, Spain must under
stand that European interference,
even if it could be brought about,
would not change the policy of this
government one iota.
While President Mckinley will.
under no circumstances, attempt
to interfere with the selection of
Senators by any of the Republican
State Legislatures, there isn't the
slightest doubt that Representative
Babcock, of Wisconsin, who, as
Chairman of the Republican Con-
gressional Campaign Committee,
has made new record that is not
likely to be broken, by electing a
Republican majority of the House
at three consecutive Congressional
elections, will have his best wishes
in his campaign for election to the
Senate. This is not because of any
objection to either of the other able
Republicans who are candidates
for the Senate, but because Presi-
dent Mckinley thinks that Mr..
Babcock's S work for the party has
given him a claim upon the highest
honors aat the disposal of the Re
publicans of Wisconsin.
Adjutant General Corbin, in his
annual report, refers to existing
law which prevents the enlistment
in the army of persons not citizens
of the United States, and says:
''The new conditions will, how
ever, make modification Of this
statute desirable, to the end that
the enlistment of from one COM
pany to a battalion of natives for
each regiment serving in Cuba,
Porto Rico, and the Philippines
may be authorized. The advantage
OF this is too obvious for discussion.'''
According to the annual report
OF Commissioner-General T. V.
Powderly, just made public, the
total number of immigrants to the
United States, during the last
liScal year, was W. ,299, being
l,533 fewer than came during the
previous year. During the year
$3.50, who were undesirable. from
one cause or another, principally
were debarred. Mr..
Powderly recommends that the
head tax be increased from 81 to
80 fO proyi1a a fupI to ta,laru
the bureaus operations to it's full
capacity for usefulness in protect
ing American citizens from disease,
taxpayers from the imposition of
unjust burdens, and the hospitals,
charitable and penal institutions of
the country from decentralization by
the corrupt citizens of other coun-
tries"
RaprpSantat tive Sbarp,an and