Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-03-31
The Politician.

end of the Porto Rican wrangle Is in
sight-the Senate has agreed to vote
on the bill next Tuesday and it's pass
age is assured The bill, which has
been revised in accordance with the
sentiment of the Republican caucus,
retains the principle OF the original
House bill, and the principle is after
all the only important thing about the
whole business. Although the Demo-
Gratis are predicting all sorts of trou-
BILE for the amended bill when It is
passed by the Senate and returned to
the House, the Republican leaders of
the House are not at all alarmed; they
have no idea that sufficient number
of Republicans in the House will allow
cratic campaign thunder to endanger
the prompt passage of the bill. The
whole thing has been sort of tempest
in a tea pot, anyway, utilized by DEM
ocrats and assistant Democrats to
howl over
Chairman Hull, of the House Mill
tary Committee, which is conducting
the investigation Of the use ofUnited
States troops in the Idaho mining
troubles, is one of the most pleasant
men in Congress, but the antics of
Representative Lentz,o Ohio, who has
made a scene at almost every sitting
of the committee. has at last exhausted
his patience. After Lentz had made
an unusually disgusting exhibition of
himself in which he charged Mr.. Hull
with net having treated him fairly,
Mr. Hull said to him: II want to tell
you right now that this committee
room won't hold us both If you ever
talk to me that way again. You have
gone as far with me as any man can
go, and won't stand your insults any
longer | give you fair warning"
The investigation of Mr.. Macrum's
charge, that while he was United
States Consul at Pretoria his mail was
opend by British military authority,
died aborning. Almost as soon as the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
put Mr.. Macrum on the stand it be-
came apparent that there was nothing
to investigate. Mr.. Macrum got rat
tied. in Pretoria, and his imagination
did the rest.
No one man has done more to raise
the practice before the United States
Patent Office to it's present high stand
ard that Hon. A. P. Greeley, who has
just resigned the office of Assistant
Commissioner of Patents, to engage il
ington. The government loses the
services of this valuable man, whose
ability and sixteen years in the Patent
Office have made him an authority on
Patent Law, and whose courage and
probity have made him a terror to
swindlng patent attorneys, because
Congress has not provided for the pay
ment of salary commensurate with
the ability needed to properly fill the
position he held.
Representative Marsh, of Illinois,
fairly flayed Representative Lentz, OF
Ohio, for making a speech full of mis-
statements about our army in the
Philippines When Lentz concluded,
Mr.. Marsh said: 81 desire to charac-
terize his speech, from beginning to
end as disgrace to the American
Congress and a violation of all the de-
cencies of this House He has misrep-
sented his country, misquoted history,
and misstated the position of this side
of the House He has exhausted his
whole vocabulary in unjust and false
accusations against his country. And
make these statements upon my re-
sponsiblity as a member here and as
gentleman outside of the House. One
of the most beautiful things about the
Constitution continued Mr.. Marsh
with sarcastic infection, sis that no
man can be punished under the law
for words spoken in debate here. So
the gentleman from Ohio goes scott
free notwithstanding the false charges
he has made" Further along in his
speech Mr.. Marsh said that the Dem
ocratic party in time CT peace was
hell for war" and in time of war was
hell for peace"
Democratic resolutions, willingly
voted for by Republicans in both
branches of Congress, brought out
evidence highly credible
to the Administration in connection
with its Philippine policy and with its
diplomatic triumph in securing from
the great commercial nations written
pledges of the perpetual maintenance
Of the commercial open docr" in
China. Copies of those pledges were
this week sent to Congress. Official
Filipino documents captured by Amer
can troops were also sent to Congress,
and they show most positively that
revolt against American
was planned in Hong Kong,
before he went to Manila with Dewey.
Representative Parker, Of New Jer-
sey, in speech on the Army Appro-
oriation Bill said the Republican pol
cy in the Philippines was to shoot
pack as long as we are shot at, and it
IS good enough policy for all pat