The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-02-01
In Congress.

White House, voted down Senator
amendment to the
Hoar resolution of inquiry, asking
that the Senate be- furnished copy
of Mr.. McKinley's instructions to
the Commissioners who negotiat-
ed the treaty Of peace with Spain.
That information would, there are
good reasons to believe, show that
there is a contradiction In the pol
icy Mr.. Mckinley claimed to have
when he gave those instructions
and that followed by him since the
treaty was negotiated, and In order
to avoid making public exhibit
ion of himself by going back on his
word, he called on the republican
majority in the Senate to save him,
and his orders were obeyed.
The Senate has agreed to vote on
the Gold Standard bill February Is.
The Roberts Committe by a un-
animous verdict found him guilty
Of polygamy, and his seat will be
the penalty. The majority report
favors declaring his seat In the
House vacant, and the minority
report, signed by two members, IA
vors seating and then expelling
him. In either case it is goodbye
Roberts.
The administration Is trying to
bring Boss Platt around to it's way
of thinking on the vice-president-
ial question by trotting out the
western candidate bogy to fright
en- Platt into the belief that New
York will lose the place II he
doesn't accept the Hanna-McKin-
ley programme without alteration.
or course, Mr.. Mckinley, and Sen
ator Plat, know that there is lit
tie probability of the nomination
of western man for second place,
but it pleases the former to pre-
tend otherwise, and it may please
the western men, including Sena-
tors Davis and Spooner, who are
being "mentioned" as possible can
didates.
Senator Hoar says of ex-Minister
Barretts charge that a speech made
by the Senator caused the Filipin-
os to revolt; "Only a silly head
would tell such story, ana only a
silliOr head would believe 1t. Gen.
Otis report tells the story Of the
beginning of the insurrection. Mr..
Barretts statement is too absurd
to discuss" Mr.. Hoar, in speech
in the Senate specifically charged
Mr.. Mckinley with having caused
the revolt, qualifying it by express
ing the opinion that Mr.. Mckinley
was coerced into it ny the rabid
impeariallsts of his party.
Senator Vest, whose health has
not allowed him to take the active
part he once did in the business of
the Senate, made Il speech, this
week, protesting against the policy
of the inperialisis In calling every
man traitor who dares to ques-
ton the imperialistic foreign pol.
icy of the Mckinley administration
that was full of his old-time vigor,
as may be seen from this extract
theretrom: ~ disclaim now posi-
lively any intention to indulge in
any line of remark that may en-
courage opposition to the author
ity of the U. 8. anywhere. But as
Senator of the U. s., representing
in part sovereign State, I deny the
right of any man in this chamber
or out Of it to muzzle me and pre-
vent AN honest expression of opin-
ion in regard to the policy of this
country for fear that ! may be de-
nominated a traitor and a public
enemy.
l am sorry our foreign relations
are in the condition we find them
today, and yet all the world knows
that 80 far we have been most un-
fortunate. We have the bubonic
plague added to the leprOsy in
Hawaii, starvation In Porto Rico,
unrest and disquiet in Cuba, and q
war of indefinite length, 80 far as
human foresight is concerned, ia
the Philippines. Is it treason to
make this statement? Or shall we
who opposed the Paris treaty, and
predicted the di asters that have
come and will come, be so coward
ly and recreant to the trust impos-
ed in US by free people as to sit
here silent for fear of a vitrolic de-
nunciation on the other side. and
decline to discharge our duty as
the fearless representatives Of
great people? Are we to remain
silant. refraininp avan from nrdIn.