El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-22
with his speech.

with his speech.
Then other amendments came along
and were beefed by the republicans one
by one; the amendment agreed to yes
terday taxing the express companies
cent a shipment was recOnsidered
anu killed; substitute bills were offer
ed and went to the abattoir, and finally
the bill passed.
All of which is offered as a sample of
the way one of the coordinate powers
does business.
Doings in the Senate
The senate has been wrestling with
the treaty all week with brief inter-
missions to talk about the ship subsi-
dies, and has been going into and
out of executive session with kaleidos-
copic rapid1ty. An executive session"
is one in which the galleries. are
cleared of spectators and reporters, the
| employees forbidden to reveal the pro-
ceedlngs and SO on, a great pretence
OF secrecy being maintained. Occasion
ally solemn pro forma Investigations
are instituted to discover how secrets
managed to leak out, but the discov-
cry is never made. Nominally, execu-
tive sessions are for the purpose of
enabling senators to talk at their ease
ABOUT nominations and treaties and
such like matters, where publication of
| omc1aI proceedings might be incOn-
venlent. Actually though, 1 suspect
| the executive session is like a veil over
| a pretty girls face, meant merely 10
add the glamor of mystery. Anyhow
executive sessions are generally better
| reported than others.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty is being
managed and wnen it comes back to
its father, it won't be recognizable.
| They say in London that Hay was the
author, England merely asserting to
language which he drew up. That is
quite likely, since it is a jughandled
business with the advantages on her
side. The British are all right; they
are our best friends and best custo-
mers among the nations, but that
doesn't preclude the possibility of fam
lily rows and is no reason for allowing
them to stick their fingers in our mud
pies. Which is a fact Mr.. Hay does
. not recognize. being an Anglomaniac
of the deepest dye. Probably he wan
dered around the London drawing
rooms talking of the wonderful things
ne could do to cement an Anglo-Amer-
lean understanding, an he would, and
J the EngIlsh merely took him at his
, word. But he won't be able to deliver
, the goods.
| The Davis amendment has already
| been adopted and there are a number
of others pending, proposed by For
aker, Tillman, Beveridge, Allen, But
, Ter, Elkins, and Mason, the general
tenor of all of which provide for for
tifying the canal. That of Mason is
the most thoroughgoing, providing
! that if our government shall con-
struct at its own expense and cost the
said canal, nothing herein contained
. shall prevent the United States from
fortifying the canal in any way it may
deem best for its own interest Amen.
AS President Hayes Said-and it is one
of the few good things he ever did say
the canal is a continuation of our
own coast line
Secretary Hay kindly assures the
public that he will not resign if the
treaty is amended-which is nice of
him.
The administration and senate lead
ers are anxious to get the treaty dis
posed of, to clear the way for the sub
2 sidy bill. That is, however, regarded
2 as practically defunct in spite of the
efforts and statements of its nominal
2 father, Senator Frye, and it's actual
father. Senator Hanna. AS Mason
says, the best way to build up our
l shipping industry is to build the canal
AS an incidental thing we have had
centennial celebration here in hon
4 or OF the hundredtn anniversary of
f a purely local affair except for the
4 drove of state governors who were in
e vited. Prospective visitors to Washing
1 ton are saving up for the Inaugural
. ton festivities when Mr.. Mckinley Will
4 ride over to the capitol sitting on both
S sides of the carriage going and coming,
= While Mr.. Bryan won't be in it.
The Chaffee-Waldersee Incident
The Chaffee- Waldersee correspond
. ence regarding the German looting in
Pekin, in which our man pointed out
the fact that the late Corners on the
:, fed of battle were doing most of the
= stealing, pleases military men here
No matter whether Chaffee apologized
> afterwards or not, he said it and we
y have put ourselves square. 1t was a
: peculiarly feIicitous occasion too The
= JeSuitS several centuries ago made
= China a present of some astronomical
instruments which were the wonder OF
:, | the wOrlO at the time and have been
= well known ever since. livery book on
: china has a picture of them. That
= France and Germany should have stol-
: en- these particular things to send to
Berlin and Paris and stolen them in
the most open and fragrant way, nails
= them to the cross in a way which
: there is no getting out Of And Chat
p fees letter puts the fact on record. 1t
= is going to be extremely convenient for
future reference. Europe has it's own
way of dealing with things and is in
! cAned to sheer at and disbelieve in the
: higher standard of morals in interna-
tional affairs which we have, where
fore the hardness of this incident. 1t