The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-04-11
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Ow Opn Correspondent.

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day afternoon. and the only hope now
remaining to the island is in the House.
This, ho wevcr, is very faint indeed. as
the Republicans, vino were ut first
frighten cd by the upheaval in their
districts, seem to have settled down to
the belief that they will hurt them
selves more by changing now than by
sticking to their positions. 1t is be-
licved that not more than two Rcpub-
lican votes will be gained OH the next
vote in the House as compared with
the first one month ago. Adhering
to their characteristic policy of delay,
it is probable that the House will take
no action on the bill for ut least week,
when the Committee having the matter
i'll charge ia expected to report and
move that the Senate amendments be
cOncurred in. If this carries, it of
course ends the matter and the Presi-
dent Will have n chance to discharge
his 'plain duty" by vetoing the bill-a
duty which, it is scarcely necessary to
say, he will not discharge. If the COM
mittee should, on the other hand, move
to nOn-cOncur and ask conference,
and this is agreed to, the result will be
practically the same, as the conference
will speedily arrive ut an agreement.
Ii either motion, however, is voted
down, the House will have charge of
the matter, and unless some outrageous
new construction of the rules is devils
ed by the Republicans, the Democrats
can offer any sort of modification, ex-
tending even to free trade substitute.
There is little doubt, however, that
Speaker Henderson will go to any
lengths in his determination to get the
bill through. The vote by which the
Senate passed the bill had been pretty
we'll discounted in advance. Seven
Republicans voted against it on it's final
passage. One (Senator Bcveridge)
voted for free trade amendment and
then turned around and voted for tho
bill itself. McEnery, of Louisiana,
ono of the sugar Senators, was the only
Democrat to vote for the bill.
One result of the annexation Of the
Philippines has come to light wi h un-
expected rapidity. 1t has been de-
monstrated beyond any possibility of
doubt that the Philippine Islanu> will
become formidable competitors with
the United States in the raising Of cot
ton, and especially so as the Chinese
! labor in the Philippines can be secured
for very much less than any labor can
be made available in the United States.
Realizing this, En- ngiish capitalists are,
according to the report of Consul
Frankenthall, now completing a G.00O
spindle cotton mill, with 5000, 900 capi-
tal, for the purpose of manufacturing
the native cotton. According to q
statement Of the Department OF Agri-
culture, the average importation Of
cotton manufactures into the Philip
pine Islands since 1886 has been q little
less than $G.OOO,0OO. With the intro
duction of the cotton mills now build
ing and in project, this importation will
cease. The developments of the cot
ton industries in the Philippines means
direct loss to the cotton men Of the
United States of $6,0OO,00O q year.
There seems, therefore, to be some
doubt Of the enormous market for cot
tons of which the imDerinlists tel!
us.
Tho Democrats are enjoying the pre-
dicament of the Republicans in regard
to the report of Judge hagoon, law
officer Of the War Department. For
the past month, the Republicans have
been quoting from the 'masterly,
scholarly and learned" opinion sub
mitted by Judge Magoon, declaring
that Congress possesses plenary power
over the new possessions, the Consti-
tuition to the contrary notwithstanding.
Now it appears that Judge. Magoon
had prepared an earlier opinion (Which
was accepted by the War Department
and by the President when he wrote
his ''plain duty" message,) alleging in
equally learned, equally scholarly,
equally mastery language, that the
Constitution extends by it's own vigor
to the islands and that they werc parts
of the United States. The democrats
will print the two opinions side by
side to show just how the Republican
administration has changed sides.
Webster Davis has resigned his post
as Assistant Secretary of the Interior
and will lecture in behalf of the Beers.
Mr. Davis has just returned from trip
to the Transvaal, where his sympathies
as well as his judgment were all awak-
ened in favor Of the two gallant repub-
lies, and he has decided that he cannot
remain q member of an administration
which 30 strongly shows it's partiality
for Great Britain. Mr.. Davis has been
u conspicuous figure In Republican
politics. He is one of the best and
most forcible campaign orators Of his
party. He resigns q very prominent
position in order 60 speak speak & 20 tine coun-
try without restraint touching. o strug-
gle ia which the country's sympathies
are as unmistakable as they are right
ebua. It iB q startling proposition that