The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-08
AS VIEWED AT WASHINGTON
fBY G. A. EDwARDs.)

iMdSnlnRtOns May O--toloh SPeNi"'''
II seems that the administration is try
ing very hard to scare up some scheme
or get the people to think of something
besides the Puerto Rican tariff matter TO
try to make them forget that piece OF
dirty work 1t is even trying to create a
schism in the cabinet. The honorable
secretary OF war wants to fight to protect
the Monroe doctrine and the secretary of
state and the president are both trying
to kill the same doctrine by forcing the
Hay Pauncefote treaty on the country.
Those little diversions Will not make the
people lose sight of the thing that will do
this administration more harm than all
the balance OF its acts combined. The
American people are prone to get mad at
thnss and then forget all their mad fit in
the course OF few weeks. but this is one
good, hard mad spell that will not sub
side until the people have had a chance
at the polls TO express their opinion OF
this administration and the people behind
It,
II was boldly stated by the trust sena-
tors ard representatives during the debate
in congress on the Puerto Rlcan infamy
that a few weeks would suffice TO make
the people forget ell about the matter AMI
that they would indcrse the plain duty
lnfamy and qualification of the admins
tration IN tie platforms of their state
conventions The truet agents have reck-
one1 without their host.
Fer once they are III against 1t, so
far every republican State convention,
with the possible exception o. the State
OF Pennsylvania, has been under the COM
plete domination OF the Hanna machine
and yet they have not dared to coma
suuarely out in a positive declaration and
approve the course Of Mckinley and his
partisan majority in the Puerto Rican
matter. In every case the thing has been
handled with gloves and the expressions
have indicated that they were scared to
death over it, This shows that the peo-
Pile have not quit thinking about the mat
ter and that they are thoroughly posted
on It.
The people know that Puerto Rico was
raped and they know that the unbroken
decisions OF the supreme court for pc
rod Of eighty years were completely ig-
administration. They also know that the
republican administration believes that
the constitution goes with the flag and
that 1t still believes it and would have
acted accordingly if 1t had not been bull
dozed by the trusts that wanted to get
in their deadly work of loot and rapine
and plumber on the island,
In view of these facts OF universal pub
lie knowledge of the whole matter, the
republican platforms of the year. State
and National, would become the objects
of ridicule by making any serious attempt
to justify the Puerto Rican iniquity or by
viewing with alarm" the growth, meth
DDS and offences Of the criminal trusts OF
the country. The republican bosses in
their eagerness to grab off that bunch OF
trust corruption funds, have made the is
sue of "the trusts against the consttu
ton and they can not now get around
1t. They must face the music.
II Is now up to the republican steering
committee of the senate to say what 1t
will do with the Nicaragua canal bill
that has come to it with almost practical
ly unanimous vote from the house. 1t
must either fish or cut bait. 1t is the evil
dent Intention OF the friends Of the bill
in the senate to make the republican
steering committee show its hand in
very short time. III Is believed that the
bill has a majority in the senate and. II
so, then that majority can make Hanna
and his myrmldons of the Hay Paunce-
tote treaty and Panama project lie down
ana stay down or else register their
treathery to the people of this country.
II seems to be consensus OF opinion
among the leading democrats here in both
ends Of the capitol that the canal bill will
be shunted off by the republican steering
committee in much the same way that the
HannaPayne good thing" has been put
to sleep for this session 1t does not
seem probable that the republicans are
yet SO badly scared that they will let a
good hing like the Hanna-Payne shin
subsidy bill sleep all through the cam
paign. with thou; ands of campaign dol
lars in sight, If it goes through, and then
let the bill go through that some of the
most powerful interests In the country
are fighting.
II they allow the canal bill to become
law at this session 1t will be proof positive
that they have heard from the country
and they are afraid to tr.fe with the peo-
pie again. 1t will be a mighty nasty dose
Tor Mckinley to swallow. when he comes
to sign the canal bill, after having worked
so hard for the ay-Pauncefote treaty,
which would have turned the whole thing
over to Great Britain, and which he said
time and again that he wanted ratified be-
fore any canal legislation was allowed to
60 through.
1t will be sign from him that he has
been playing the bootlick to the British
long enough and that he would better take
a tumble and do a good American stunt
once inea while. for the good of his poliu |
cal health. If the canal bill is smothered
IN the senate 1t Will give the democracy
another weapon with which to rap the
republicans over the head all through the
coming campaign.
HOUSTON MUST FACE THE FUTURE.
Her Citizens Must Unite to Promote