The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-03-21
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL
From Oar Orm Correspondent.


should be highly encouraging to the
Democrats, who, sticking fast to the
Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution, can afford to watch Will
complacency the struggles of their OF
pOnents to square their consciences
with their dealing and with political
expediency as well. With the House
pulling one way, the Senate pulling the
other and the President on the fence
ready to flop, it is difficult to tell just
how the matter will finally be adjust
ed. 1t now seems likely, however.
that the $2,OO0,0O0 gift bill will be
joined with the tariff bill so amended
rs to strike out duties on goods sent
from the United States to Porto Rico.
The provision for n delegate in Con-
grcss will alsO be stricken out, for what
exact purpose no one seems to know
unless it is to enforce the fact that the
Porto Ricans arc subject people,"
The combined bill as amended will
supply the Porto Rican government
with necessary money for temporary
expenses, will put it's markets at the
mercy OF American manu- facturers and
will still retain Is per cent. protection
for the United States sugar and tobac-
co trusts. Thus everybody ought to be
happy, except the Porto Rican people
who will pay the duty and be taxed
without representation. Such little
thing as this, however, should not
ii
went to war with the greatest empire
in the world because of its attempt to
enforce q similar state OF affairs against
them. How clearly all this is n matter
of expediency is shown by the fact that
the agreement was only obtained by
the threat of Senator Foraker that if
something of the kind was not decided
on, he would introduce q bill giving
full territorial rights to Porto Rico,
and force it topassage by the assistance
of the Democratic votes.
The administration continues to op-
pose the Davis amendment to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, and Secretary Hay
has gone SO far as to supply the British
with reason for rejecting it if adopt
ed, by asserting officially that q similar
provision in the Suez convention was
omitted Intentionally "beoause the
conditions were different: When
Lord Salisbury quotes his own language
back to him, Mr.. Hay will doubtless be
at IL loss to reply. The amendment,
however, in the opinion of all Demo
cratic Senators, is worse than useless,
in that it does not give us the right to
fortify. Without that right, we can
only defend" the canal by keeping
fleet of warships at each end of it, and
tits quite obvious that we are likely to
have no warships to spare after de-
Tending our enormous coastline against
any first class power. However,. the
Republicans have got to do something
to hold up their end, and not confess
defeat on every suggestion and policy
that they make, and so it is probable
that the treaty will be amended and
passed.
The publishers of the country con-
tinue to make bitter attacks on the
Loud Postal Bill. Gno Of them, John
Eiderkin, Of New York, said. recently:
"Mr. Loud does not realize tho trouble
he is making for the administration.
His bill, if it passes, will causc more
loss and embarrassment to the country
press than anything that has happened
in twenty-five years. If Mr.. Loud
wishes to know how limiting sample
copies to 900 of any one issue will affect
the country press in towns of over FIVE
thousand inhabitants, let him talk with
Perry Heath or any other we'll inform
ed newspaper man who has had exper-
fence in building up the circulation of
q newspaper in small city. The
country newspapers did an immense
service In the campaign which resulted
in the election Of Mckinley, and the
ten thousand and more newspapers
which did the work are entitled to
some consideration from Mr. Loud, al
though he seems to think that the prin-
clpal thing to lie accomplished by
the passage of his bill is his vindica-
tion.n
The hold up of General Wheclers
resignation is likely to have serious
consequences for the soldier statesman
and will probably result in his having
to be reelected before he can take his
scat in Congress, which, it is rumored,
was exactly the end which the man who
held it mp had in view. If General
Wheeler's resignation had been accept
ed before Congress convened he could
have taken his seat without . :o1a :-ooza of
but now he cannot do so. The
question is who in the War Depart
ment was able to work his spite against
the little general Otis, Corbin or some
When the general, ON his
arrival ut San Franciaco from the Phil
ippines. announced that he had resign
ed from the army last November, Ad-
jutant General Corbin stated in posi-
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