The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-01-13
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in Gen
eral About Washington.
Communicated.
WASHINGTON, Jan. OH, 1899.

bOmb-shell Into to the ranks oft the Phil
his resolution. starting with a quota
tlon from tie Drclaia alton of Independ-
Whereas, al just powers Of gov
eminent are derived from the consent
of the guverned' and declaring that
The United States will not attempt to
govern the p, ople of any other country
without tie con.ent ufthe people them
: selves or subject them 10y force to our
= dominion against their will Unless
The attitude of AguinaIdo aud his fol-
lowers changes widely from what the
. latest uflic al advices stale it to be, we
f have got to govern them 10y force or
not at all.
Represe NATIVE Bailey won his con-
ituIoua fight without a report from
the House judiciary Committee, al
though the members OF the Committee
are understood To he unanIm0us in the
bt eI that the acceptance OF cummlS.
slun ia the volunteer army, 10y Rep
Ie-entatIve, vacltts his seat in the
House. Gar Reed won Btiley's fight
for him, by refusing to certify the
vouchers for the pay If the three mem
bers Of the House who hold commits
slunS.
4 lie mail of Southern Senators and
Representatives Is full of protests from
/ ext oniederate soldiers against the pro-
po-al of Senator Butler, of North Car
DINA, Ia give them Pensions. Senator
Pascal presented formal memorial to
the S,na Z against the Butler idea,
from theC Moderate veterans OF Ocala,
Flurda.
The House has administered its
annual scare to the Civil Serl ice Com
mission, atd it was more real than
usual. THIS TIME, the House sitting as
IA committee OF the whole actually
voted To strike out the appropriation
fer the Civil Service COMMISSIONS, III
The EX,cuive, Legislative and judicial
BIZ. W hen the yea aud lay vote was
taken, how ever, the appropriation got
Il small maj rlty, and this years scare
was over.
Senator Caflray, of Louisiana, and
r. presenlative Swanson, of Virginia,
made speeches IN support of Senator
Vests resolution, declaring colonial
system To be prohlbi, ed toy The United
States Cons tuition. Mr.. swanson,
after pointing out that, III his opini, II,
The trade advantages We would secure
by the annexation of the Philippines,
would not begin to balance the expense
OF Keeping them, stated his belief that
the main support Of the mptralistic
policy came from those who are work
log To bring bout an offensive ana de-
] tt4n ~ al ~ TT,,t
states and Great Britain. Senator
Caiffey's speech was ii reply to that
made uefure the holiday Recess by SEN
ator Plattt, of Connecticut. He SAID:
Here the bold proposition is advanced
mat the rlght To govern is broad al d
imperial and without limitation by our
Constitution. Ii the argument advauc.
ed by the Senator from Connecticut be
true aud sound, then the individual
li-hts of mau ale to be held 10y the
United States ud'r Il Congressional
despotlsm. Our Constitution krows
no despotism; 1t sedu!ousIy provides
agdln-t deslOtlsm; Uut right here is Il
u' spotl>m of the most fragrant chaIac-
ter possible"
No one doubts that the Treaty of
Peace, when went to the S.lale last
essary humber of votes to ratify it with
number to spare, tut 1t does mol nee
essarlly fellow that the Senate will, in
the meautime CONSENT to lie muZzled.
This was lully demonstrated WHEN the
Senate adopted, over the vigorous pro-
test OF Senator Davis, Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Rratious, and
late Peace Comm ssianer, Senator
Hears Resolution calling upon the
President, If not incompatible with
pubic interest, 70 send IT, the Senate
: copies OF all instructions gwen to the
Peace Commissioners, aud of all cor
rep ndence With The commissioners
during their stay in Paris. The Senate
. took the ground that ii ought to have
thls Information before voting on the
treaty.
The boys who tried to eat "embaIm-
ed" beef issued to them in Cuba ami
Porto Rico will have to read the testi-
money of Alger-cOntrolled army officers
! in order TO find out what elegant beef
that was, and how mistaken they were
in finding fault with 1T. A man who
was IN both places and who knew what
he was talking about remarked: The
testimony OF some of Il csc off rs is
uulte as ldusedlliS 10 ne AS JnaJ EN-
banned beef was"
There are reasons for the belief that
: his dickeriug with Aguinaldo cost E.
Spencer Pratt, the position of United
: States Consul at Singapore, to which
Robt. A. MosIey, Jr., OF Alabama, has
been nominated. Pratt was largely re-
spon>ible for Aguinaldo's being taken
| to Manila by Admiral Dewey, fact of
which he Euasted IN recently publ he'd
official correspondence. 1t is stated
that Pratt resigned his position, but he
was probably ot1i rially invited t. do 20.
As rule, Democrats in Congress de-
cline To discuss, Tor publication, the
: statement against silver and in favor of
: expansion, made 10y Mr. Richard Crok-
} er, head of the Tamnany Organization,
further than to say that they accept
Mr.. Croker's assertion that the state
. ment was made as his individual opiu-
! ion, and that as such II is worth no
more than the opinion of any other in
: dividual Democrat OF equal prominence.
[ Privately. number of them have eX-
, pressed the opinion, that 30 far as any
e thing he can accomplish toy going To
the Democratic National Convention,
is concerned, Mr. Croker might Just as
well stay at home.
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