The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-03-17
WASHINGTON LETTER
(From Our Regular Correspondent.
YashIngtou Mar. 3. 1880.

liest dying thing ever seen anywhere.
The last legislative day is now on; it will
be practically contionuous session of
both House and Senate for twenty-five
hours, ending at noon tomorrow. things
have been in a grind all the week and an
enormous lot of work has been done. Much
Legislation will fail, but all OF the appro-
priation bills and everything else that is
absolutely necessary will get through.
This avoids an extra session Of the next
Congress, at once, but the President and
most Of the leading men in Congress be-
lieve that one will have to be called in
sine OF five or six months. The action of !
the Senate in reducing the number of !
war-ships authorized to be built By the
Naval appropriation bill is not popular,
but the reasons given by the Senators are |
logical and sound They say that il
would be impossible to even begin work |
upon more vessels than are provided for
within three or four years and that it was
needless TO appropriate money to build
them SO far ahead Of when they can DC
built
The mouths Of the politicians are fairly
watering over the new Census bill now |
law. II makes the Census Bureau part
of the Interior Department, but gives its
Superintendent exclusive control over all |
appointments.
The Nicaragua Canal is provided for in
the River and Harbor bill. although there
WAS danger for sevcrel days that the en-
tire River and Harbor bill would fail.
The Canal amendment does not appro-
pirate the entire amount to construct the
canal as il did when frs; adopted by the
Senate. but only provides for the begin
ming Of the work. but as it virtually COM
mis the government to building the canal
there are few objections heard from those
who have been advocating the canal for
years. If the administration ever was ia
q Murray to close this matter. recent ex-
pressions Of Congressional OpniOn have
caused il TO see the drSireabilty of delay
Opinions have been expressed by mem
hers OF all parties that the President will
have no authority to continue mil
itary government in the Philippines any
longer after pracc with Spain has offIc-
tally proclaimed than would be necns-
a@y to get Congress together and submit
to it the question Of providing COVER
ment Although it coutended by the mem
beis Of the administration that ii would
Be proper for the President to continue
the military control OF the Philippines az
ter the treaty Of peace takes effect, until
Congress meets in regular session and de-
sides what sort of government shall be
given the islands, the President may de-
eide to avoid the charge of usurping aut-
hority not properly his in the easiest way
which would be by simply postponing
the time for the treaty to take effect, or
lcalling an extra session as soon rs he al
lows the treaty to go into effect. Tie tre-
ATTY has not yet been ratified by Spain.
After it has been ratified both countries
will appoint Commissioners to make the
exchange Of ratified treaties President
Mckinley can delay appointing Ameri
can commissioners as long as he may see
fit to do ST.
here is class of men who never give
anybody credit for doing any thing with
out an expectation Of gain, aud it is quite
numerous in Washington. Those men
say that the German government has or
dered its warShips away fIom the Phil
ippnes and placed the Germans on the
islands, and their intreStS under Ameri-
can protection 81 as to be sure Of making
the government financially responsible for
damage done to property ownrd by the
Germans, eiiher by the Filpions or our
Tioops Even supposing that 10 be true
the action OF Germany is still good thing
it removes the danger Of a conflict be-
: tween Germans and Americans which
tmight have been precipii;t.d at any
time during the last ten months by fool
iSh minor officer on either side, and
winch everybody knows would have led
TO costly and bloody war, which nei-
Their country desires. And this gov
erment was probably responsible. any WAY
, for all damage done TO the property OF
S foreigners, in the Philippines, although
some think that the responsibility lie,
with Spain until after the treaty Of peace
corS into effect
, The general tendency oftle eevidence Civ
, en- before the Miles Court OF Inquiry
This week, has been to cuudemu the can
/ ned beef issued in Cuba. Beef Geu tcsti.
> fled that only coid air was usrd ou re-
, ffigeralrd beef. The carmy bill rs adopted
p isn't satisfactory 10 anybody, but il,
, failure would have made an extra session
p and members Of all parties displayed rrar
, of beius responsible for an extra session
f. Although the till provides for an army
+ of almost lC0.011 men !or twoy,ars from
next July. il is certain that there will D.,
. Sew army Dill at ihe next session o
Congress; il will be necessary, regardless
oi The uumber Of men needed, Ia correc
. lie known faults Ia this measure.