The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-20


When the republican party wants to vote
on the treaty or any other measure that
happens TO be pet Of the administration,
and needs all its votes It may be COM
PEELED to ask the courts Of Ohio. Pennsyl.
vania and Delaware to suspend operations
long enough to allow the senators OF the
United States under Indictment in those
States and possibly at that time under trial
TO come to Washington and do the aforesaid
voting.
4 Now isn't that pretty spectacle! Isn't
that conducive to the love Of liberty and
a constitutional governmentf
Three senator's Of the United States un-
der Indictment for criminal offenses against
the peace and dignity OF great common
wealth that each represents, in part. in the
senate OF this country. Isn't that inspir-
ing? Doesn't that set valuable lesson
for the youth OF the country? In the ex-
pressive language of the street, doesn't
that scald your"
| Senator Kennoy OF Delaware, now under
going trial for assisting a cashier to loot
a bank In stock gambling Senator Quay
of Pennsylvania, who will be tried III
few days for similar offense and perhaps
reelected to the United States senate be-
fore he is proven innocent OF the charges
against him. Senator Mark Hanna of Ohio.
charged by the State senate OF his own
State as bride giver and OF buying the
seat he now occupies! Ye gods, what q
picture! Is 1t not the acme of rottenness
In political life? Is 1t not sad common
tary on tho political honor Of the closing
days Of the Nineteenth century?
Is 1t not the apotheosis OF trust methods
and outrageous political robbery? And
every man Of them Is republican and
shining light In that great party of high
moral ideas! If, when the people know
that and condone 1t and still vote to per-
petuatc such a crowd in office and as ad-
ministrators OF a government of. by and
Tor the people. then can only say: o
tompora, o mores, o hades!
| ~
A number Of the democratic leaders hero
feel that Colonel Bryan is doing too much
talking at present, both for his own good
and that of the party. They also resent
4 the idea that Bryan had to come here and
help them map out a policy in regard to the
army reorganization bill aud the question
of annexation OF the Philippines. The
democratic line OF policy on the army
bill was mapped out before Colonel Bryan
resigned from the army and it was simply
Endorsed by Bryan. The democrats will
i agree to larger standing army II the
soldiers arc used simply to police and look
after our new possessions as long as they
are needed there and do duty there ex-
4 clusivcly and never in this country, but
they will fight any other kind OF measure
into the last ditch. Colonel Bryan's ad-
vocacy OF the ratification OF the treaty and
then fight annexation afterwards, is also
looked on with disfavor among some DEM
pcrats. Some seem to think 1t smacks too
much of locking the stable door after the
horse Is stolen II the treaty is ratified the
Philippines then become ours. Sovereignty
can not swing in the air 1t must rest
somewhere. The sovereignty of the Phil
ppines is still vested in Spain until the
treaty Is ratified and they then become
ours by treaty. 1t is true, we can then
cede them to the Philippines as an inde-
pendent government by treaty, but they
are ours until that Is done nevertheless,
and many expansionists or imperialists
who are now begging for democratic votes
to ratfy the treaty are using the final
cession to tho PHILIPPINES and an independ-
cnt PHILIPPINE republic as bait to catch
those votes. After they get them they
VIII give our democratic senators the
horse laugh.
The speeches recently made by Senator's
TIoar and Mason are strong, and, 1t Is be-
lieyed, unanswerable arguments against
this government annexing the Philippine
islands, and coming, as they do, from two
OF the strongest republicans on tho floor
Of the senate. they routed the administra-
| tion considerable 1t proves to Mr., Nc
Kinley that he has fight on his hands
OF no mean proportions.
The probability is that the treaty will
be ratified, but there is going to be some
hard scrapping. II Colonel Bryan and
other leading democrats had not taken the
stand they did, it is believed by many that
| the treaty could have been defeated, in
asmuch as 1t requires a two-thirds ma
jority. Unless 1t is ratified at this ses-
| sion OF congress, an extra session ia i'm
perative, because under the terms OF the
|
time. II the new congress gets hold of it.
lit Will have some hard shedding, 1t is
| known that the entire New England dele
cation in the house is opposed TO the treaty
or rather to annexation. which the ratih
cation OF 1t means. aud that those members
viii therefore oppose tho appropriation OF
| $40, 600 900 which goes With the treaty and
which appropriation must originate in the
house. No wonder tho administration is
anxious to ratify ut this session
The republicans are now at work oil a
sotAme to obtain a Encouragement of the
representation In the house and electoral
college after the census OF 1900 is taken.
After every National census, every ten
years, thsre is a new npportionment of the
representatives in the popular branch OF
congress. The rule has been In the past
TO base the representation on the popula-
lion and Increase or decrease In repre-
sentation came from States showing the