Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-11
CONGRESS AGAIN AT WORK.
Senator HOar on the PhiIippines--The
Roberts Case--Secretary Hays
Diplomatic Triumph--Mr.
Quay's Friends are
Confident of
Victory

Quay's Friends are
Confident of
Victory.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Sth, 190O.-The
Democratic attempt to play politics
with the relations between the U. S.
Treasury and those National Banks
chosen not by favoritism, but because
they put up U. S. bonds to secure the
government from loss, as repositories
for money collected from internal
revenue taxation, was one of the flatest
failures ever seen in Congress. Instead
of delaying action on the resolutions
calling for all the correspondence be-
tween these National Banks and the
Treasury, the Democrats were foolish
enough to hope they would do, the
Republicans in both House and Senate
assisted in putting the resolutions
through, and Secretary Gage promptly
put force of clerks to copying the
records, in order that no time might be
lost III putting the information before
Congress and the country. Instead of
being opposed to furnishing this in
formation, Secretary Gage was glad of
being furnished an official opportunity
for showing exactly how and why he
had taken the necessary steps to keep
the money in circulation without risk
to the government, which is paid for
internal revenue taxes, instead of
boarding it in the Treasury and cramp-
ing the business of the country. In
stead of making Democratic political
capital, the Democrats have added to
the esteem in which the administration
is held by the business interests of the
country, which know that our present
prosperity isn't accidental, but the re-
suit of well defined policies.
The House will this week begin with
the appropriation bills, the urgency
items for the War Department, made
necessary by the revolt in the Philip
pines, being first on the list.
Senator Hoar made speech to-day
on his Philippine resolution, IN which
he said much calculated to encourage
the Filipinos to continue their revolt
against the u. S. This elected applause
from the Democratic Senators and
caused regret to many Ex-senator Hoar's
oldest and most sincere admirers No
one who knows the man doubts the
sincerity of his opinion, but if ever
there was case of mistaken Judgment,
it is his. He refuses to see that it
would be both dishonorable and cow
ardly for the U. S. to abandon the
Philippines, not to mention the COM
mercial disadvantage to America that
would follow such an abandonment;
that the whole civilized world looks to
us to give the Philippines good gov
ernment
The greater part of the present week
will be devoted by the Roberts COM
mittee to hearing legal arguments
Ex-Secretary Carlisle, leading counsel
against Roberts, began his argument
to-day and he has until Wednesday to
finish it. Then Roberts will be given
an opportunity to reply, although he
has already consumed two days in
argument, which may be summed up
in a sentence-Jhe House has no right
to deny him the seat The Committee
may report late this week, but it is
more likely to wait until next week
Secretary Wilson said of Secretary
Hays great diplomatic triumph in
securing guarantees from the leading
European nations of the perpetual
maintenance Of the "open door, at all
Chinese ports, which he declared sup
plements the work done by our Army
and Navy and secures our trade rela-
tions with China: GA year ago no
nation would have listened to propo-
sition of this kind, but the whole world
listens to the U. S. now. Some idea of
the vastness of the interests involved,
may be gained from the fact that while
ten years ago, our exports from the
Pacific Coast to all countries aggre-
gated $26,OO0,000, and five years ago
$40, 600, 900, the steady increase in
Pacific coast exports had raised the
aggregate to S73, ,000, 900 year ago"
The decision of the Senate Committe
on elections to report against Mr..
Quay's right to be seated was no sur
prise, and will not affect the final dis
position of the case. Ithas been known
for some time, that Senator Burrows
would vote with the Democrats against
Mr.. Quay, and his vote was majority,
as this committee was not included in
those upon which the Republican
majority was recently increased to ac-
cord with the Republican membership
of the Senate. How soon the report
will be made to the Senate will depend
upon how soon the case of Senator
Clark, of Mont, charged with bribery,
which is now being heard by the COM
mittee, is disposed of Mr. Quay's
friends are still confident that he will
be seated by the Senate.