The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-08
Washington Letter.
(From orr Regular CorrespondentA

al IlIuClloItC NOhliUuotAoll VI lllC III
DO d y-knows-what-w going-to
policy towards the Philippines, which
has been making rapid headway
among prominent members of his
own party and which is practically
held by all Democrats in Congress.
Heretofore he has acted as though it
were treason to even hint that the
whole business should not be left TO
his discretion. This week he took
another tack and talked OF the neces-
sity for Congressional action on the
Philippine question and intinlated,
although lie took particular pains not
to definitely promise that an extra
session of the tifty-sixth Congress
would be called to deal with it soon
after the treaty Of peace goes into Of
ticiul effect. OF course he may have
been talking COR fear that Congress
sional sentiment would force al i'm
mediate extra session, in order to
settle the matter quickly.
Gar Reed didn't succeed in his
effort to kill the Nicaragua canal
amendment to the lv:r and harbor
bill, bat he Scutched it.
Tie new army bill, with winch the
Democratic Senators called the extra
session bluff of Mr. Mckinley, which
gives the administration the number
OF men asked for, but limits their
service 10 Two Years from the first of
next July, was :, bitter pill to many
of the ilnperialists i'll Congress, but
they had 10 obey orders FROM the
White House and swallow it.
Mr. Mckinley still lacks the nerve
to follow tie advice of some of his
best frienGs and demand the resigna-
ton of Secretary AlSer, bat he had
enough to compel Alger to announce
the Abandonment of his intended
junket to Cuba and Porto Rico at
public expense. 1t is creditable to
the Democratic members of the
House and Senate military commit
tees that almost without exception
they declined Alger's invitation to
themselves and family to accompany
him on the junket before they kuew
that it had been called of. He bad
figured that Democratic criticism
could be silenced if hc could carry a
few prominent Democrats with lin,
but they were not to be caught in
such a palpable trap.
Secretary Allen didn't throw any
bouquets at the Senate in little
farewell speech he made. He told
the Senators that any single State in
the Union could easily produce ninety
men who were their peers in ability.
The impression in Congressional
circles is that the administration did
much more hurrahing than there was
any occasion for over the action OF
the German government in announc-
ing that it had ordered the single
warship it had ct Manila away and
it's request that this government take
all German citizens in the Philip
pines under its protection. It is
good guess that this move on the
part of Germany was actuated by q
desire to make it easy for its citizens
in the Philippines to collect money
from the United States for damage
done to their property by the Fill
pinos.
Representatives Champ Clark OF
Missouri, J. Hamilton Lewis oi
Washington, Jerry Simpson of Kan
sas, and James G. Mcguire OF Cali.
fornia, were among the speakers at
public meeting held under the aus
pices of the Washington Single Tax
CLUB. 1t was sort of farewell SC
far as Simpson and Lewis were Goa
cerned, as they will retire from pub,
lie life at noon tomorrow.
The Democratic members of the
Senate committee on privileges and
elections-Turley, Pettus and CAT
ferey-declined to join in the Scotch
verdict of mot proven" rendered by
the majority of the committee on the
charge of bribery brought against
Senator Hanna and submitted mi
nority report, taking the ground that
further investigation should be made,
as one attempted case of bribery had
been fully proven. OF that case the
report says: "$l, $50 was paid in cash
to Boyce Campbell as attorney fol
Otis. Boyce agreed to pay s1.75C
more when Otis reached Columbus
and balance of s6,500 if Hanna was
elected
The situation was very near to be-
ing presented in sentence when
Senator Caferey asked in the course
OF a speech against allowing the
President to govern the Philippines
under military despotism after the
formal proclamation OF peace With
Spain has been made, care the Amer
ican people going to tolerate for any
length of time the usurpation of civil
authority ca the part of the President
Of tue Unite! Staes?" Mr.. Catferey
contends that as soon as the treaty OF
peace goes into effect the Filipinos
will become American citizens and
that the President will have no more
authority TO keep them under mill
tary control than he would have tc
put Oklahoma or New Mexico under
military rule.
Most of the testimony taken by the
military court of inquiry this week
has supported the charge OF Gen
Miles that beef ul6t TO eat was ls'
sued to the soldiers.
The auti-e1pansion res QUITO Z
adopted by the Democratic House
caucus was offered in the House and