The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-01-26
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Washington Letter,

Col. Bryan's visit to Washington brought
| about general interch ange of Democratic
opinions, which resulted in showing, beyond
| question, that silver, trusts and imperialism
will be the foremost issues in this years COM
paign. While willing to talk freely OIL most
subjects, Col. Bryan will not express an opinion
on where the Democratic Convention should
be held, or who should be the candidate for
Vice-Presdent. He said of Imperialism: 81
am opposed to imperialism. l am opposed to
the permanent retention of the Philippines. /
believe that this government should at once
declare its intention to give independence to
the Filipinos, on the same terms that indepen-
dence has been promised to the Cubans. l am
not opposed to all expansion. Each proposed
annexation should be settled on its own me rts.
have tried to distinguish between the peace
full extension of Il republic and the change of
a republic into an empire" OF his attitude
toward trusts, Col. Bryan said: ~ propose
that a Federal license shall be required of
every corporation organized in any State, be-
fore it Is allowed to do business outside of that
State. While this license would permit Il cor
poration, SO far as the Federal government is
concerned, to do business outside of the State
in which 1t Is organized, it should not impair
the right of any State to impose any restriction,
even to the point of prohibition. as the people
deem necessary for their protection. The State
and Federal remedies should be concurrent.
1t would not be safe to take from the State any
power which it now has to protect its people
from outside corporations. even though State
protection is not complete, because if the State
remedy were taken away, the people of the
State would be entirely helpless in case the
monopolies were able to exert controlling in.
fluence ov,r the action of Congress. These
remedies could be exerted without a constitu-
tional amendent." Republican mschier-mak-
ers, or rather wou'd -be mischief makers, were
responsible for the sensational stories sent out
from Washington, alleging that Col. Bryan and
Chairman Jones had quarreled over what
should be thu policy of the Democratic party.
There was absolutely no foundation for the
stories. The two men are in perfect accord
politically, and on the most friendly personal
terms. While In Washington, Col. Bryan took
family dinner with Senator Jones, and Senator
Jones " as one of the party of prominent DEM
Gratis who accompanied Col. Bryan to BaIt-
more Saturday night and listened to his able
speech on the attitude of the Democratic party
towards the public questions of the hour.
Now that the administration has declared
for free trade with Porto Rico, and Repre-
sentative Payne, of New York. has introduced
bill, drawn under Mr.. McKinley's i'll
structions, providing therefor, ell of the wear
ers Of the Mckinley collar will have to fall in
line and support it. regardless of their records
as protec.ionists This will be a bitter pill for
many Republicans, but there is nothing in
sight to indicate that any considerable number
of them will have the sand to vote against the
Ia hav hon Dft,,r IN III
Mckinley programme includes free trade with
the Philippines.
Representative Ball, of Texas, took occasion
while the Pension Appropriation Bill, which
was passed. was under discussion in the
House. to give the imperali,ts, who are try
ing to make it appear that any opponent to
the war in the Philippines is a traitor to the
U. S. government, some sharp raps by quoting
the language of Abraham Lincoln, who was IL
member Of the House at the beginning of the
Mexican war, and who made speech demand
information of the President about the begin
ming of that war, compared with which most
of the speeches made by Democrats against
the Philippine war are extremely mild.
Mr. Norman E. Mack, the Buffalo Democratic
editor who is now visiting Washington, is
credited with knowing New York politics
thoroughly. He gays that with the exception
of few corporation and trust lawyers, the
party in that State is in line with Col. Bryan,
and expresses the belief that the recent finan-
cial transactions of the Treasury Department,
have materially aided the Democratic cause,
and that tho State will elect a Democratic
Governor and presidential electors, next No.
vember.
The administrations rather too pronounced
sympathy with Great Britain's war on the
Beers, is getting it into hot water. Senator
Hale declared in a speech in the Senate, that
he believed nine Americans out of every ten
sympat hized with the Beers in their struggle
for liberty, and the Senate adopted Senator
Aliens resolution, asking why the State De-
partment refused recognition to a properly
accredited Representative Of the Transvaal
republic. And the trouble is just beginning.
AT a big meeting last night, at which there
| was some scorching talk, which must have
made Mr.. Mckinley squirm, If he read today's
| Washington papers, the principal speakers
| were Senators Hale, Allen and Mason, and
Representatives Bailey, DeArmond, Sulzer,
Lentz, Lamb, Champ Clark and Gordon.