The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-12-14
ROBERTS
Is Raising Some Sharp
Points with the Ad-
ministratiOn.
GOLD STANDARD
Is the Plain Declaration Of the First
Weeks Session Of Congress-
ff Washington News. ~ M


Washington, Dec. IL, 1S99.-Rep-
resentative Richardson, of Ten
nessee., the new leader OF the
House democrats, and Representa-
tive Bailey, of Texas, the old leader
were both among the thirty-one
members who voted against the re-
solution denying Roberts, Of Utah,
the right Of being sworn in, in ad-
vance of the Investigation Of the
charges against him. These votes
were not cast in favor Of Roberts,
but as protest against the method
in which the republicans proposed
to get rid Of him. Mr.. Richardson
explicitly stated that If Roberts
were shown to be guilty he would
vote for his expulsion from the
House, adding: "If there is one
thing the American people are a
unit upon, it is that the American
home shall be preserved In all its
loveliness, sweetness and purity"
Mr.. Roberts stirred up the admin
istration menagerle, by saying that
Mormons, against whom the charges
of living in polygamy had been
brought, had been named for Fed
eral positions in Utah by Mr.. Nc
Kinley and confirmed by the Senate.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Dalzell, of
Pa, sought to defend the admins
tratlon by denying the statement of
Mr.. Roberts, but their denial could
not change facts. Senator Rawlins
made the same statement more than
week ago, and proofs of it's truth
fulness, will doubtless be forced up
on the Investigating committees at
tention by Mr.. Roberts.
Democrats have every reason to be
pleased with the outcome of the
first week of Congress. MIR. McKin-
ley and the majority in both House
and Senate have committed the re-
publican party irrevocably to the
perpetuation Of the single gold stand
ard, Mr.. Mckinley in his message
to Congress, the republican Senators
by the Gold standard bill introduced
by the chairman Of the Finance Com
mittee, and the republican Repre-
sentatives by the action Of their
caucus in endorsing the Gold stand
ard bill, prepared last summer un-
der Mr.. McKinley's orders by COM
mittee of which Speaker Henderson
was chairman, and ordering it rail-
roaded through the House. In ad-
dition, the republican Representa-
tives have gone back on all their
professions of reform and unani-
mously adopted the old Reed gag
rules, and the republican Senators
have decided upon the grab policy
of increasing their own and reducing
the democratic representation on all
the Senate Committees. These
things will all be understood by the
people, and they will all make demo-
cratic votes. That's why the demo-
Gratis in Congress are pleased with
them; they enjoy seeing the republic
cans helping along their defeat.
Knowing that he has absolute con-
troll of majority in both branches
of Congress, Mr.. Mckinley must
have chuckled to himself when he
wrote IN his message of the Philip
pines: "The future government of
the islands rests with Congress. So
far as the present Congress is con-
cerned, Mr.. Mckinley knows that it
will pass no LEGISLATION, dealing with
the Philippines. or anything else,
that is not ordered by him.
One clause in Mr.. McKinley's
mess ,ge created CONSERVATION
amorg the Senators and Represen-
tatlve from the tobacco-growing
New England States-that saying,
"Our plain duty'is to abolish all Gus
toms tariffs between the u. 8. and
Porto Rico and give her products
free access to our markets." Sever
al conferences have been held, and
Representatives Hill, of Conn., and
Lawrence, of Mass, are threatening
to lead revolt in the House against
legislation in line with that recon-
incubation, unless an exception is
made in favor of their tobacco-rais-
Ing constituents. It's the old, old
argument, "Give my products pro-
lection, but give us free trade in the
other fellows products"
Senatar Chandler has aggravated
the matter by introducing a bill pro-
viding that both Cuba and Rorto
Rico shall have absolute free trade
with the U. S., which indicates his
belief that the free Cuba spoken of
80 prettily by Mr.. Mckinley is still
a long ways off.
At caucus attended by the eight
independent Senators, as the popu-
lists and silver republicans are call
ed, it was decided to act with the
QeInOcrata nnon all partv aua.tioro