Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
Our Washington Letter,

ing for information on various
Philippine matters, offered by
Senator Pettigrew and others, but
the caetigation of its Philippine
policy received today at the hands
of Senator Hoar, in a speech in
favor of his resolutions declaring
against imperialism and for the
independence of the Philippines
was the worst punishment, yet
administered. Mr.. Hoaris not.aa
orator in any sense of the word,
but he has tho lawyers faculty Of
massing facts and plainly stating
his case, and he brought it into
full! play his on speech, which will
take a high place in the arguments
against the departure from the
policy of Washington and all the
early Presidents, and the substitu-
ton therefor of Imperialism, with
it's attendant evils, a large stand
ing army, extravagent public ex-
penditures, and public and private
corruption. It was warning
which deserves the attention from
the country 1T will not receive from
Mr.. Mckinley and hisimperialistic
advisters, who answer it not by
argument, but by calling Senator
Hoar" a traitor
Arguments in favor os7 the. gold
stan dard bill must be hard to get
when prominent republicans in
the Senate stand up and aay that
the bill is not unfriendly to silver;
that It's becoming q law will not
prevent continuation of
of efforts for international
bimetallism, and that sort of rot.
The object of this sort Of talk ls
obvious. There are republican
Senators who will vote for this bill
who have numerous constituents
who believe in bimetallism.
They are to be bamboozled into
the impression that the gold
standard bill is not an attack on
bimetallism. Another defense
put forth for the bill is that 1t is
not really new legislation, but
merely re-affirmation of the Act
of 70. If that be true, why pass
the bill at all? But that it Isn't
true, any more than the statement
about it's not being antagonistlc to
5imetallism is shown by the
anxiety of the money kings to get
it on the statute books. 1t requires
no gift of inspired prophecy to say
that the u. S. will never again
enjoy the blessings of the bime-
tallic currency, which distributes
prosperity among the whole people
more equally than any other
form of currency until the people
electa Congress and a president,
pledged to wipesthe gold stardard
law out Of existence, and to sub
stitute the refor a law providing
for the double standard. It is for
che people to say how soon that
shall be DONE
!. Mr.. Mckinley is getting a little
fdgety because of N~the lelsurely
manner in which the Senate is
proceeding with the gold standard
bill. He sent for Senator Allison
and asked him tcu use his influence
to push the debate along a little /
faster.
The friends of silver IN the
Senate are pleased to know that
the Kentucky Legislature will send
Hon.J. G. S. Blackburn, a rock
ribbed friend of the, white metal,
back to the Senate in time to
participate in the debate on the
gold standard bill. He will be a
valuable recruit. Senator Gull
bertson, of Texas, is urging his
friends to stop the agitation in
favor of his selection os Chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, not only because he has no
desire for the position, but because
be thinks Senator Jones fills 1T in
8 perfectly satisfactory manner.
Senator Jones says there is no
truth whatever in the public re-
ports of friction between himself
and Col. Bryan, and democrats in
Congress do not. believe that Col.
Bryan has ever in timated, even
in the most indirect manner that
he wished a change in the head of
The National Committee.
AS expected, the Senate Com
mittee on Elections decided by
a majority of one to report against
the seating of Mr.. Quay; but,
owing to the CLARK case, now going
on before that Committee, it may
be several weeks before the. report
of the Committee is submitted to
the Senate. Quay and his friends
are considerably frightened, but
disinterested observers still think
that the chances favor Quay's be-
ing seated by slim margin.
The Senate made a big cut in
the amount that the Montana