The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-07
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON.
Items of interest ON Important L.
sues for Democratic
Readers.

Senator Mark Hanna and his ably
colleague, Congressman Dick, are
srepding a considerable portion of
.hs;r time getting ready for the COM
;ro campaign. The trusts are to fur
n;sb the backbone of the aforesaid
1ompaign, so far as finances are con-
cerned.
II is to be a campaign with plenty
of money to spend, SO far as the re-
nublicans are concerned. Hanna is
said to have lined up the various big
trusts and notified them what per-
centage each n is expected to con-
tribute to the campaign.
Hanna in the senate and Dick in
the house have labored faithfully and
directed their colleagues skillfully
that the trust interests might be
served. There are a number of house
members who voted for the Porto
Rican tariff bill against their own
convictions. but were whipped into
line by the argument that if they
failed to do so the trust finance fund
for the campaign would not be forth
coming.
It does not sound very patriotic
when put into cold type, and there
are plenty of Disguised republicans
now in congress who wish that the
administration was not SO thoroughly
committed to trust dictation that
they must accept it too, either direct
" or indirectly, or else be entirely
out of line with the party.
The democrats propose to fight the
campaign on principle. They will not
have a dollar of trust money in their
fund. 1T is conceded hat the repub-
licans will have to put up a defensive
fight. 1t will take plenty of money to
conduct that kind of campaign, and
il has never been a lucky one for
the republicans. Even Hanna. with
his faith in the ability of money to
insure political success. is reported to
be spending anxious hours trying to
plan some scheme for interesting the
thousands of republican voters who
are already announcing their inten-
ton to keep out of the campaign alto
gether.
1t is said that the administration
expects the sugar trust alone to con-
tribute something like 81. 200. 0OO. the
Standard Oil $1,000. 900 and the steel
and iron combine another SO. 900. 1000.
The trusts seem not to be in a thank
full or generous mood toward the
party which protects them from adj
verse legislation and even disgraces
itself trying to give them extra adj
vantages&
The representatives of the sugar
= trust are complaining that it has
been losing money and should be let
off easy when it comes to a campaign
contribution. 1t is admitted on all
hands that the Standard Oil ought to
do something handsome when it n
siders hat it is responsible for Sec
rotary Gage being in bad odor on ac-
count of his transactions with the
Standard Oil bank in New York. and
the same trust is credited with hav-
ing brought about the trouble with
the Idaho miners.
1t is common report that Carnegie
refused to contribute a dollar and
said his interests did not need repub-
lican protection or assistance. 1t Is
even limited about the capitol that
Hanna's hand was visible in the dis
closures which Frick made of the
enormou profits of the Carnegie com
pany.
At any rate the republican man.
ayers have made up their minds to
get congress off their hands as quick
~ as possible and then go to work
in good earnest TO gather up a fund
which will dazzle the people into for
g%etsulness of the republican record
in favor of Imperialism and against
the constitution. In favor of the
trusts and against the people. The
republican managers say openly that
democratic success is certain in the
coming campaign unless a different
face car be put upon matters. Theil
hope OF explaining things" may bt
quite as delnsive as their belief that
the people would not see through
their Porto Rican tariff scheme.
The administration is said to b'
heartily sick of the Philippines ant
TO be begging for advice as to how
get rid of them in some way that viii
not prejudice its chances for reelec
ton.
1t has a difficult problem. TIL
Fiiipinos are no more conquered thai
they were the day Dewey sailed int
Manila bay. President Schurman, O
the former peace commission to VI
Philippines. openly regrets that tn
administration has allowed the con
sideration of a tariff bill for Port
Rico. He says it will give color t.
the suspicion that the Filipinos en-
tertain-namely. that we are no bet
ter or more just oil generous tina
Spain.
The Porto Ricans feel that for
= certainty. 1t will take a long tRn
to regain their confidence. Thei
representatives here who are watch
ing the action OF congress have sal
over and over again that Porto Ric