Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
G. o. P. IN CONGRESS.
SOME NEFAR,ous MEASURES
HAVE BEEN PASSED.

SOME NEFARiOUS MEASURES
HAVE BEEN PASSED.
Brief List of Things Republicans Have
Done and Other Things Which They
Failed to Do-The Administrations
Philippine Policy.
Washington correspondence:
I've have done those things which
we ought not to have done aud have
left undone the things we onght to
have done" That is the confession
which the Republicans of the Fifty
| sixth Congress should make OF the ses-
sion just brought to an end Here is Il
brief list of the things they have done:
They have passed the single gold
standard bill, which repudiates the
money of the Constitution aud the Re-
publican pledge Of 1896 to work for the
rehabilitation of bimetallism. by the
same bill the national bonded debt was
extended for thirty years and the pow
er of the national banks Indefinitely
increased. They have passed the Porto
Rican tariff bill. 1t violates the honor
and pledged faith of the United States
to the Porto Rlcans. 1t stntlfies the
declared policy of President Mckinley
and every 'eader of the Republican
party, and did violence to the senti-
inent of the people regardless of party.
Iliey forced through Congress the
armor plate grab whereby the armor
plate trust will make profit of
ST.000,000. and whereby Mark Hanna's
campaign fund will be enriched to the
extent of ten per cent. rake-oif.
They provided for the spending of
SCI. 100000 on new naval vessels in face
of declaration not successfully con-
:radicted, that one big saip-bmilling
FIRM alone gave 100000 10 the Rcpuh-
lican campaign fund with the expecta-
,iop of being reimbursed by fat naval
contracts under favorable terms. The,
hase been guilty of the most reckless
extravaganza in appropriations ID ev-
cry direction. From total of soils.
100000 for the fiscal year of 1862
the last ona affected by Democratic
administration, the appropriations have
been swollen to $7O9. 900, 900 for the cur
rent fiscal year. These enormous fig
ures do not include the usual appropri-
alton for river and harbor work, for
public buildings, or for the $4,000, 900
worth of naval work authorized, or of
any portion of the $140,00O.OOO which
will be covered by the Nicaragua canal
bill, which still rests on the Senate cal
endar. But it does carry an increase of
over $90,0OO,0O0 over ordinary army
expenditures, an increase of over $685.
DOC, 600 in ordinary naval expenditures,
and an increase of over $50, 100000 In
sundry civil expenditures; and the
reckless extravaganza in appropriation
can hardly keep pace with the reck-
less, prodigal and even criminal extrav-
agance and corruption in expenditure.
Like the daughter of the horse leech,
the huge army Of tax-eaters, corrup-
tionists, favored contractors and sopils-
men cry, More, more''
Things Left Undone.
The Republicans have left undone
nearly everything of vital Importance
to the people. They passed an anti
trust bill through the House, which,
with Democratic amendments forced
upon 1t, received the practically unani-
nous vote of all parties In that branch.
But when it reached the Senate, despite
the umost efforts of the Democrats to
secure consideration, the bill was sent
by solid Republican vote Into commit
tee, from which 1t will never emerge. !
The bill was proposed by the Republl-
cans solely for campaign purposes, and
without the slightest purpose of ever
letting 1t become law.
The Nicaragua canal bill passed the
House by an overwhelming non-parti-
san vote, but in the Senate the Pa
and 1t slumbers on the calendar. In
both House and Senate resolutions of
sympathy with the Boer republics in
their struggle for independence We're
introduced, but in each body the res
olutiOns were overwhelmed and sup
pressed under direct orders from the
White House. Efforts We're made in
i DOtH DOuiS5 W oGSdiC IhS iANSSllsuIlOu
of the numerous charges Of fraud and
misconduct of government officials in
every branch of the service during the
tpast three years, but in every instance
save one the resolutions We're either de-
feated or postponed of consideration
until too late TO be given effect.
In one instance alone was thorough
In frvn ho 'Hl,n al,
of the military In the Occur d'Alenes
to suppress organized labor was inves-
tigated by the military affairs commit
tee of the House, and the testimony
given under oath was so damnatory in
its character to the administration that
every effort was made on the part of
the majority Of the committee as well
as by the majority of the House to sup
press the testimony and prevent its
reaching the public. Representative
I.entz of Ohio made Il gallant struggle
to secure the printing of 10000 copies
of this testimony, SO that 1t could be
distributed among the labor unions and
other bodies which We're equally inter-
| ested in the investigation and had re-
| luSSiSu NOpiVo VI wv hSpOtlt Dul lis
utmost efforts were unavailing. The
Republicans have gathered in and de-
| stroyed or secreted nearly every copy
of the testimony which had to be print
ed for the use of the committee. Thou
sands of tons of trash are printed ev-
cry year by the Government to find
disposition in junk shops, but this
vitality important report to every labor
ing man In the country could not be
permitted to see the light of day.
We're on the Program.
Certain other measures stood upon
the Republican program, but failed to
pass Congress for various reasons. The
administration Sought by every means
in its power to secure the adoption of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in the SEN
ate, which would have. given to Great
Britain, with her enormous fleet. prac.