Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-11-29

portsnt decisions from their talk
in Q general way 70 each other.
Whether the whole story Is correct
or not, il il absolutely certain that
Mr.. Mckinley 10 plainly showing
his anxiety for the speedy passage
By Congress Of the Army bill.
The Isthmisn Canal Commission
has handed Mr.. Mckinley ito pre-
liminary report. As expected it
fsvors the Nicaragua route for the
Canal. The Panama Company's
lobbyists are moving Heaven and
earth to preveat legislssion By Con-
gress, in favor Of the Nicaragua
Canal.
According to Representative Hull,
Chairman Of the House Committee
on Military Affairs, which is nov
trying to put together al army bill
that will be supported By all the
republicans. many Of whom have
publiclT expressed widely differing
opinions Of what the bill should
provide for, especially a. 70 the
number Of men, the volunteers in
the Philippines viii not be brought
home until regulars, enlisted under
skhe bill hot even yssssristen can
be sent to take their places. At
least, that 10 Q fair construction to
place upon Mr.. Hull's own words
1.-THE army nov in the Philip
pines win have TO be brought home
in the summer, that 10, those Of
the men who do not care to re-en.
list. The transports which 20 out
for them should depart laden With
the troops Who are TO replace them"
Representative Champ Clark, Of
No., returned to Washingtopg,
feeling as chippy as usual. He
said /: 81 sm not downcast or dis
couraged BY the licking We got.
The most unpleasant feature is it
will take us six or eight years to
get the Senate. As to the propo-
sition to re-organize the democrat
ic party, it 10 q fact in natural his
tory that the tail cannot wag the
dog; and the same 10 true IN poll
tics. The party does not need re-
organizing to begin with. Il 10
thoroughly organized, and even il
it we're to be reorganized, il would
not be from the outside We want
everybody to come in that feels like
helping rs, but We have . perfect
organization of our own" OF the
probable work of this session of
Congress Mr.. Clark said: ''I think
this will be an extremely busy ses-
sion. The main thing the republic
cans will do will be to ratify the
Hay Paunceforte treaty and pass .
Nicaragua Canal bill. in accordance
with it, and TO pass Mark HsnDa's
Ship-subsidy bill. IL the Supreme
Il
Court decides the Porto Rican act
unconstitutional, then the republi-
cans will run races With ne as to
which will drop the Philippines
frat. But il it 10 decided to be
constitutional, then this session Of
Congress will have to pass some
kind Of bill for the government
aud control Of the islands. This,
With the routine measures and the
new apportionment under the last
census will make it an exceedingly
busy session"
The reception Of the proposition
advanced By the radical republi-
cans to reduce the representation
Of the Southern states which have
restricted negro suffrage, has been
OF such general condemnation that
il has been abandoned for the pres
ent session and will not figure in
the re-apportionment bill which
will doubtless become Law in the
near future, but some Of its advo-
Gates hint their intention to try to
get the question before the long
session Of the next Congress.
In the case Of Minister Couger,
this government 10 presenting the
extraordinary spectacle Of keeping
. man at his post, which 10 sup
posed TO carry much authority and
discretion and at the same time
proposing . scheme to the powers,
20 absolutely ignore him. Because
Minister OOnger has views Of his
own, instead Of having adopted
those with which the Chinese Mn
ister at Washington has inocalated
the Mckinley administration, .