The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-16
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY &c. 1899.
MR. BAILEY AND THE TIMES
AGREE.


II IS not often that The Times agrees
about anything with the Hon. Joseph W.
Bailey. The young gentleman who repre-
sents one OF the districts 70 the State OF
Texas 81 the House Of Representatives.
That gentleman has some symptoms Of
natural parts. and If he had been con-
tent % follow the beaten track by which
men OF ordinary capacity rise 20 position
and influence. It is quite possible that i'm
;imo he might have attained a respectable
position IN public life that would have
inclined sensible and conservative men 10
listen 10 him when advocating PROPOSE
ton. But when he first come into public
life he missed his way. and instead OF
going through the usual and useful pro-
stationary period. as noviuates ordinarily
DO. be leaped at once into the arena Of
constitutional and financial debate, and
would have nothing less than the part Of
an instructor In learning. Of which he had
not yet learned the A, r, C. The result
IS. Bailey as we see him-the leader of
that part OF the Democratic party which
will follow him. as Mr. DOlliver of Iowa,
wittily said a Few days back.
The Times has thought this preface ne
cessary TO its present announcement that
1t agrees with Mr. Bailey in the position
he took In the House on Tuesday in regard
10 paying Spain the SEQ 100000 the treaty
provides we are 20 give her for the
Philippines and the Filipinos. ar. Wheel
cr (not the glorious old Confed but Of
Kentucky. had announced that when tho
appropriation came before the House De
should vote against 10, whoreuuon Mr..
Bailey. in an access OF reason. which has
not been explained, said that the Consti-
tuition clothed the Senate and President
with the treaty making power, and that
tho House Was thereby committed 20 vot-
ing the money that the President and
Senate provided Tor in treaty duly
made. Il is not clear how Mr.. Bailey fell
upon this idea, but he no doubt. met
with that provision OF the Constitution.
constituting The President and the Senate
the sole treaty making power that time. he
read the clause in the Constitution that
provides for money being coined out OF
silver as well as gold But whether ho
discovered the idea himself or picked it
up when listening 10 some one who really
knew something Of the Constitution. he
has got hold of the right end of the
thing now. and ~ be holds on 20 it with
no change whatever in the ratio. Waen
the business is an over GOOD many
people WIN admit that ho understands
ono provision OF the Constitution IL he
Sc absolutely ignorant OF every other one.
So we commend 20 Mr. Bailey 10 hold
On hard now that be has got this grip.
because even o. he loses people viii think
no worse OF him than they DO now
Neither Mr. Wheeler nor any one else
could have been m0re opposed 10 tho
United States acquiring the Philippine
Islands than The Tines was. Iut they
have oeen duly acquired by the machin-
cry established 10 the Constitution. and IL
IS now the duty OF an iaw-abidlng ciu-
zens 20 accept tho result and loyalty
ABIDE by a. We were put at war with
spain by this regularly constituted au-
thorites having jurisdiction Of the sub
joctcd. our War was ended by other au-
thorlues clothed by The Constitution
with jurisdiction 81 that matter, the treaty
they framed provided for the payment OF
this so 10000. and when II was ratified
By tho Senate IL became as much a part
Of the law Of the land as tho Consutu-
ton itself. and all loyal citizens OF the
United States were placed under an obll-
CATION. moral az well as legal. to give
81 their heartfelt allegiance. Il IS true
tia, appropriations OF money must have
their or.gin in the House of Representa-
tlves. by which Il IS supposed the people
have "a more direct control over the
pure strings than II appropriations
should start elsewhere. But when the
people constituted the Senate and Presi-
dent. the whole treaty making power.
they thereby commanded their represen-
tativcs Ia the other House 70 appropri-
ate whatever money was necessary 20
mako enectUal a treaty that the Presi-
dent and Senate Nigh; determine that
the interests Of the country required