Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-02-16
WASHINGTON LETTER


Washington. Feb l3. ls9]
Senator German kne" when he brgAn
, his ;i.ht against the treaty that the secUr-
10, 81 thifty-olI votes against the rati!i-
AXIOM u the treaty would not p rmanentiy
r, Jet TIE treaty, t+cau-e 81 the certainty
Il IL commanding more than the neces-
-ary tHo-tiiil- IN the senate Of tie next
congress therefore it vas unimp ortant
whether he secured them or not. But he
has ompl!-he,i the principal object fJr
Nhrf he bought. The speeches made in
the senate have aroused the people Of
the country 10 The danger that lies IN our
Permanent possession uf the Philippines
and made it certain that public opinion
will prevent the carrying out Of the i'm
l,.riai policy that a. been buzzing in the
head, Of Mr. Mckinley and some OF his
chief advisers. Mr.. German thinks that
public opinion could not have been so
speedily or 50 thoroughly aroused in any
other way, a. il has been by the fight he
and those who acted with him, have
made. They we're not strong enough in
votes to amend the treaty, but the result
shows that there are more ways than
hanging to kill dog. Ii imperialism
hasn't been killed, it has been badly
crippled.
Mr.. keegan. a representative Of the In
,ernational Mechanics Union, who vas
among those heard by the senate con-.
mittee on education and labor, on the
eight hour bill. made some startling
charges. He charged that the Crarnp
>hipAuilding Company and the Maxim
N1rdrnieldt Gnn Company. being Unable
t. till az HE price specified contract for
gus and gun carriages, awarded them
bv the government, had iIah the work
performed 10y government employees at
the Washington navy yard, and received
~ ca-h the difference between the cost Of
making and the contract price. He
charged that under the arrangement sp e.
fled the Cramp Company had received
81 900 az the difference between the cost
81 making the gun carriages and the con-
/ tract price, and that the Maxim Norden-
ieldt Co. had received $2400 each for
guns which we're made by government
etnulove-. at eos. Of $1,000 each, thus
iocketins profit Of sl4J0 on each gun
without engaging in the work Of making
them. senator Kyle was directed to per,
.onally Investigate these charges.
The house judiciary committee has re-
ported resolution declaring that Gen.
Wheeler, Con. Car pbell, Col. Colson and
Major Robbins vacated their seats in the
house when they accepted commissions
in tine army. The attempt to have the
committee take the same action in the
cases Of ieEi esentatiyes who are members
ii several existing government commits
aions, was failure. The committee de.
cided that congressman may serve on
civil commissions without FORGETTING
their seats.
Although the republican house caucu:
decided not to try to push any tinancia
legislation al tbs session, the extreme
gold standard men are trying to force &C
ton on the Hill financial bin. A resolu
ton has been offered. fixing Feb. 14tf
Tor voting on that bin, and pressure i:
being brought to bear on the committee
on rules TO have that resolution reported
back 10 the house
Commissions in the cavalry branch 0
the regular army are vainly sought ate
by many West Pointers, but James Fuller
Mckinley, son Of Abner, and nephew y
the president. whose only military ex
pcrlcncc consisted Vi few weeks service
~ a private in the 9Th Ohio Volunteers
has been nominated 20 be 2nd ieuten
ant in the cavalry branch Of the regula
army. The nomination is likely TO b,
confirmed, simply because there is moth
ing against the young man personally
but all the same it ought not to be.
Senator Daniels speech against impe
rialism and expansion, which occupied
three hoi rs and half, was a masterl,
argument for continuing in the steps 0
the founders OF this government, and q