Fair play., 1899-02-25
WASHINGTON AsttAr.

Washington, il g. r'u j.. 1893
! Qriie - srcahy ~ it, attacks 'EUU
Gen, Miles is The Utrmp, Il Tia. n'
Inini-tr.,ion ~ MAKE il .pp"nr Iha
.,c.p ..rru,i,. Senators are ,ry ing 70.
force ~ extra session of Con gre-s by
uppoAiI,y iegislsii"n tor - large .ianl
in. army I; is the duty of lemp
cratic senator. 10 act iu acc"td ni'h
the wishes ut their constituents, sni
il" resisting by every Constitutional
anil parliamentary method kn"wn &"
Them .uch vicious irgi.ls,i"n ,h"y will
he doing eascty thai. Thy hayr
nothing to 40 with calling n" e1'rn
.rssiGn of Congress that is siric,
iy - Presidential prer"gsiive.
A feature of the rcd hot debate in
The House Oh the Offering "f the Hey
burn Nicaragua Canal bill "a MI
x'nendmen, to III. S'.ndry Civil bill
WAS n short bn, strong speech in favor
Of The bill ~ Represent n'is- Bnii'y
Of T-x~s, Who aid he .upp"rred the
amendment bscause il provided for
direct ownership "t the Canal hy the
government. Instead "i q rar'ner>hip
,s,in Ir..s.c corpOrntiun. som.
hitter personalities were thrown
around iuriug the debre, Czsr
Reei and his henchmeu in the House
oppose.l the amendment, aud most OF
the delnocrxts favored it, |, Wa
ruie'l on, on = point of order, ami
the iI"usn under the lash of Czar
Reed sasr. aimed the ruling bI q vote "i
l27 10 !O9
The diaposi',on OF tue McEnrr,
joint resolution, which wa- lhis week
saa"ptfh i'y the Senate, b, a vote Of
70 10 Z2, by The House committee Oh
Foreiy" Aif.irs, will speedily show
whether the resolution WA. adopted
~ - par, Of ;he game by which u
-utiicien, number OF votes were oh.
tanned to ra.ify the treaty, or Not.
tn" vote in the Senate iHdirs;cs thai
in ~a.. The Bacon substitute, which
Hxs defeated by the vote OF The Vice
Pre.i1enf, the Senate being a tie,
reaiI. hsd meaning; it pledged the L
5. 10 treat the Philippines iu-' as II j.
already pledged to treat CubA Tie
Philippines cou,i lie held forever and
a DAY, as the ss, ing is, under tn"
McEncry resolution, il u were law
representative Lewis IF Washing
ton, IN the cnurse Of short running
C,yil hil! which nppropriaies S2o ,Oo0
OUu 10 iay Spsiu i"r the Philippines, :,
pointed un, the important and inte--
es'ing historical TAG, tha, Spain i. the
Jnl, country on earth that has ever
rrpndisled its treaty obligations. lu
1852, after the Engli-h had taken the
Philippines, Spain made .rea,, in
which it agreed Ia p, England al,
smonnt equivalent To So, ,OUO, 900 to
regain pu-.e--.ou Of The Island.
E"g.and gave up the islnnds und,.'
that treaty bnt Spain has never paid
a cent Of the money promised.
Rep.eseniaiiv. Grosven"r of Ohi",
ch,irrntn "f the republican caucus, +,
Tins week named tie committee OF
members OF the next iiuu.e who nre,
in nbediencs lu Caucus direction, to
p,epire n fin-nciai hill IN he pre-
seufed 10 n cnurn- "f the republicans
of the House, in the next Cnrgr.--.
The Make ur ut the committee leaves
~ doubt thN The bill it will prrp,re
Will he whatever eor, ot bl!l NJ.
Mckinley 'nny wish 10 have ja"meh
through. Onc uf the >hrc" de.l IA. Ii
in puliiic,i life said Of the probable
work of this committee "My pre-
diction 10 ihst the financial bill that l.
tiIke'y to brcpIne law NJ he first
session nf the next CnngIe.s, whethe.
that he AL extra session closely fol-
lowing the close of the present SEA-
sion or the regular session mex,
winter, will no, meet the wi.Les ut
Secretary Gnx- and other extreme
single gold standard advocates. NrxI
tesr will bs Pre-iienti,i Year and Mr
Mckinley is very vii, poli,ici-u
IN my opinion he will ny To maxi
that financial bill a dOds-r, an,i he
The member. OF the House who have
Il strong silver element in their Ji--
'ric's." The svrfsge democrat III
C"ngre.s would much prefer that
Secretary Cages ideas DC f,ilnwrh
i" the financial bill, b-csu-e that
would leave no room tor hndginx the
i.sne IN the mex, campaign. But it
is Away tii" policy Of the politicians
tn prev"n, y .qrSre .faud mp fxhi on
\ plain i-.u", u there is any pos-ibi.
VA, in which il Can be prevented.
FIX Secretary John Sh"rman diIn',
! inimce words when he spoke about the
s'iernpt of the War Cnmmi-sinn'. re
! port to whiiswa-h Alger aud his
! gang AMI in il.cken Gen. Miirs, Mr.
sherman sail "lf Mrk,nle, were ny
( for election todny he would &c, in
! Ohio but MI incunsiiernble number
| uf votes. From all that | can learn
there il lii,l. enthusiasm tor him .h-rr
and but very few new-pau.r- are sup
porting him. There is no doubt iha;