The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-16
HOW 1T LOOKS AT WASHINGTON
tBY G. &. EpwARDs.)

Washington. February 13.--(Stafi Spe.
ciaD .-Congressman Sam Bronson Cooper
OF the Second Texas district Is very mod.
est man and seldom gets on his feet OF
the floor OF tho American house OF repre-.
sontatives. but when he does he usually
accomplishes something. He then tries tc
hide the fact that he has done some.
thing.
The other day Mr.. often reported q
batch OF claims from the committee on
war claims and asked as a simple matter
Of justice that they be referred to the
court OF claims for adjudication.
Joe Cannon, who is doing the watchdog
of-the-treasury act, except when he or his
district is interested. was on his feet In
minute and proceeded to hammer the life
out of those claims. They were all war
claims of Southern people, and old Joe
objects to anybody who lives south of that
vanishing shadow known as Mason and
Dixon's line getting anything out of Uncle
Sans pocket. He threw chunks OF all
kinds in the way of the resolution, which
required a two-thrds majority to pass,
because 1t suspended the rules, and would
have knocked Mr.. Often and others off
the legislative Christmas tree IL Cooper,
who is on the committee on war claims
had not come to Otiens rescue. He took
hold of old Joe Cannon and with his
knowledge of the facts surrounding these
claims, trimmed him up to suit me and
made Cannon hunt cover He turned the
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sary two-thirds vote.
II any of those people ever get cent
out of these claims from Uncle Sam, who
is VIGOROUSLY the worst paymastor on
earth, they will owe 1t to the manner in
which Sam Bronson Cooper knows his
business.
merely state these facts that the peo-
pie of the Second district and OF Texas
generally may know of some of the things
this quiet congressman does up here,
which do not affect their interests per-
sonally and which cause his brother mem
bers on the floor of the house to say
complimentary things of their intelligence
for keeping such representative here
Senator Cockrell of Missouri told me
today that the senate would not pass the
Hull army bill and that unless Mckinley
would accept the kind of compromise
they wero willing to give him,
which will probably be an extension of
time on the present basis of the regular
army. then he could call his old extra ses-
sion. He said the democrats were very
we'll satisfied to go to the country on the
issue that Mckinley would thereby raise,
viz, that of forcing large standing army
In order to carry out the new expan-
sion policy.
There is no doubt la tho minds VI old
democratic war horses in the senate like
Senator CoSkrel. that the democracy is
now in the rocking chair and that the re-
are every day piling up large
punches of campaign material for demo-
ratio use If the democracy makes no
mistakes 1t will have the republican par
y climbing trees this time next year to |
Escape the food of Indignation that will |
,ome from the people.
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The howl that is now going up from
ome republicans for eleventh hour econ
my may have the effect of defeating sew
raj appropriation bills, and 1t may also
70 another reason for calling an extra
ession so as to divide the responsibility
or extravaganza between the two con-
resses and not allow it to be SO glaring
nd so apparent to the people.
Old Joe Cannon says there will be a
i79, 100000 hole in the treasury and shakes
bond issue as bogie man at the heads
( his party leaders. There would be no
ccasion for a bond issue and the United
tates could raise all this money and plen-
! more besides by honest taxation. That.
owever is exactly what the republicans
rehend an income tax and the laying on
burdens upon the wealth of the coun-
".
II will not be done.
If there is any more taxing to be done
will be placed upon the shoulders of the
oor the same ones that have toted the
lrden always.
WYNN Wall thS people see tnlS tning. |
hen will they make an attempt to throw
4 the load they have been made to carry 4
, the republican party? L
1t rests with them They can demand !
] income tax in such unmistakahie terms
lat they viii get ii. but never so long I
they vote republican congresses and d
into power. They can !
ifeiy bet on that. They are standing q
their own sunlight and in the shadow
'us thrown grows the deadly upag tree, /
Tho democrats here are beginning to y
'ueo crokers frequent Nominations c
'alnst silver, They know what it means =
simply means that they have got to sit t
New York in one more National con =
ntion
Mr.. Croker simply voices the general .
ntlment of New York City. The people -
ere don't see anything but prosperity
Wall street Mr.. Croker doesn't herr q
ything from the country. He doesn't .
INT to- He insists that the country =,
esn't care for the silver Issue. Those
ople over there who think that Broad
y is the world are not yet cured Of the