Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-02
GAKsETIR
Republican Big Iajuns''
Get Into a Scrap.
Fun EOR TEE DEMOCRATS
Harm0zy Among the Majority
Only Skin Deep.
FzEDluEIOE rOR NETT CONGRESS.


RrpuAlisAAs WIN Have Aut rhartseu
Majority ana Ne Dtsunitea. while
she oppssitisn WIN pc sonia ass
Asay Lsa-asve We outsrswn IN.
COMMUNICATIONS ts Gee Enhrys
o<sars-cess st IzpsrtaftsH.
Especial wazksnstsa Isttsrl
The cold weather AppeArs 70 sngender
eAluric in the house. The lower ths
nsrczEy sinks the higher rises the tenn
Psr Of msnbsrS The other day thoss
two Republican big InjunA Uncls
Joe Cannon q illinois, chairman q ths
great committee IN appropriations and
cclonsl Pete Hepburu Of Iowa. ehAiE-
Hsn Of the great committee on intsr-
Bt4se and foreign commsscs fen afozl
q each Other ever the Nicaragua canal
project and made thinss % siuiing hot
that the great snow nsw snrsioping
the s4rth vas in danger q being melted
instantly. thereby redpitating . hood
second 70 Noah's food alons In sire and
Importance The boyS especially the
Democratic boys urged them On en-
Enthusiastically some Of them going 50
far e. to vel. Seek him. seer himi''
Is ne used TO encourage car long cared
hounds when engaged IN a coca fght
in the sweet. hAleyon days Of long ago
Evsa General Grosrenor. who possesses
9 striking resemblance 10 Santa Claus.
misehievcuzly IL not nalciouzly con
tribzted fuel to the sAmss. instead Of
turning On the hose, BY furnishing some
shrapnel and slugs for Colonel Hepburn's
guns with which to rake Uncle ices
flank In the midst Of the Kilkenny cat
fight some yoang Democrat began whis-
Ting softly "A Hot Time In the Old
Town Tonight"
Tps truth il As / have stated before
In these letters that the harmony
among the Republicans is only skin
deep on the surface bogus make BE-
hsva unreal. unsubstantisl as the fab
re Of q vision, while their differences
are liable 70 break out at any time On
sny subiect-fnzRos tariff. isthmiAn
canal. expansion. imperialism or what
not
In the next congress the Republicans
win have only 13-fatsl 13-majority,
and their incurable differences will de-
liver theIa into our hands one half the
time ! am neither . prophet nor the
son Of a prophet but ! make bold to
predict that in the Fifty-sixth congress
the Republicans in the house win Be
wailoped ohNner than they wallop uA
We viii BE- compact, enthusiastic,
splendidly led, ard win force the fight
ing from start TO Sniah Republicans
cannot now be baited driven or coaxed
into declaring their policy on any great
question
Returning 10 the constitutional phase
Of the Philippine bE==ess, let rs see
where we are 81.
An Era Of Jinsois@.
While Grover Cleveland was serylsg
bis second term CongresSman Tim
Campbell Of New York city was en-
10 indues him to DO some
thing. Cleveland said. ssBut. Tim. that
is Unconstitutional ~whsrsupop Time
thy replied. with his most fetching
'tMr. Prisidint. what Il the con
stitution bstwixt hndsf' Everybody
at what was considered . char
acteristic sally by the witty Irishman.
But General Merritt's declaration is no
laughing matter. Il sounds like q Are
bell at midnight II I'VE have outgrown
the constitution. viii some lingo pray
tel Us under what form Of government
we are living L il . government BY
the swordi II surely must be, for II the
constitution made by the fathers Is
abolished 'the government Of the peo-
pie, BY the people and for the people"
goes with il and IL buried in the same
grave. If we have outgrown the eonsti-
tuition, by what right does William Nc
Kinley sit in the White Honse OF Gar
ret A Hobart in the vice presidents
CHART II we have outgrown the oonsti-
BY what authority do Melville
". Fuller and his eight associates pre-
sumo to pass on the important questions
daily presented TO thsmt If we have
ozsgTovn the constitution. how comes
il that 90 men in the north end Of the
capitol and $50 in the south end persist
in the mummery Of leeislsting for u.s.
000. 900 peoplei Let It be remember
ed that every employee Of the govern
ment Of the United States from the
president down 10 the janitor. execu-
tive, Judicial, legislative. civil or mill
tary, holds commission and draws pay
under and by reason Of that constitu-
ton which ne are hippantly told we
have outgrown But, at the risk Of b.
ing foutsd as Constitution mongers.
there are men who still dare maintain
that we have not outgruwn the consti-
tuition and who r unwilling to admit
that chaos has come again.
In these latter days We have had an
sorts Of revivals in hternture-a Eapo-
revival. a Washington revival, a
WebteTisn revival etc What We most
need IN this sra Of wild. reckless sense
les jingoism isa constitutional revival
have gone on the hsitudinarian
tack too long. The constitution has been
stretched until certain i~mperialists have
that Il has no binding force.
is high time that these embrya
C9sars have gags put into theis