Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-02


"In the Mid''-The Race Bar Cannot Be Re-
moved = Senator Turner Condemns Imperial
ISM
From our Regular CorrcspOn lent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 90, 1900.
There is open revolt in the Repub-
lican ranks against part of the Nc
kinley programme. Senator Platt, OF
Connecticut, has given notice of his
intention to offer amendments TO the
administration bill providing govern
ments for Hawaii and Porto Rico.
He will amend both bills by moving
to strike out the clauses allowing each
of the islands TO send a Delegate to
Congress, and in the case of Hawaii
his amendment will provide for strik-
ing out all that portion of the bill
dealing with customs duties and con-
tinuation of the present customs rela-
tons. Instead of free trade with
Porto Rico, as the bill provides, Mr..
Plstt's amendment provides for the
collection of n duty on all articles
from Porto Rico brought into the
United States equivalent to 80 per
ccnt. of the duty collected on similar
Articles from foreign countries, and for
duty in the same proportion to be
collected in Porto Rico on all goods
from the United States. How serious
this revolt will he is yet to be deter
mined, and it will depend largely upon
the attitude OF the Democratic and
Populist Senators, but it has greatly
alarmed the administration.
Roberts was thrown overheard yes
terday, according to programme, and,
according to the ethics Of the unco-
good, the House must be to-day
very much more moral and virtuous
body. Well, it may be that it is, but
there are serious objections to the
House, as at present constituted, set
ting itself up as a court to pass on
morals. This isn't meant as a de-
tense of Roberts, who deserved to be
kicked out for cowardice as we'll as for
polygamy, but as an advance protest
against the House going into morality
censorship as regular business.
That business is already badly over
crowded.
Secretary Gage must be disgruntled
about something. He said a day or
two ago that he believed the Beers
would lick the English and sincerely
hoped they would. Here is more
treason in the Mckinley camp, and
Gage isn't Irish, either.
Representative Champ Clark, of
Missouri, sent the following cable
gram to Webster Davis, Assistant Sec
rotary of the Interior. when the news
was received that Davis was on his
way to Pretoria, in President Kruger's
private car: webster Davis, Pre-.
toria, care of Kruger: Hearty con-
CALCULATIONS on good company in
which you find yourself. Have al.
ways admired your splendid genius,
and now that you are out OF the soci.
ETY. of Republicans and jingoes, and
fraternizing with men fighting for lib.
erty. hope, when you return to your
native shores, you will join the Demo-
Gratis. We will give you most cordi.
al welcome" Mr.. Mckinley 10 so
much afraid that the visit OF Davis to
Kruger will be misconstrued that he
has caused it to be officially given out
that Davis is travelling as an individ-
al and not as representative OF this
government.
Senator McEnery, Of Louisiana,
made speech against the Pritchard
resolution declaring the proposed suf-
rage amendment to the North Caro-
lima constitution, similar to the one
now in force in Louisiana, to be un-
constitutional, in which he declared
that his State had been greatly bene-
fited by the restriction OF suffrage;
that while Congress had the power, it
had not the right to declare any law
or constitutional provision of State
unconstitutional, that right belonging
solely to the judicial branch OF the
government. He stated the whole
race question when he said: "There
can be no admixture OF the races.
This is a law Of nature. They must
work out their destinies on parallel
lines, which cannot come together.
The Anelo.Saxon blood and brain
will always be the superior and can-
not be subordinated to the negro"
Representative Henry, of Texas,
has introduced q bill providing a gov
eminent for Porto Rico, which most
Democrats think good enough to be
made party measure. It follows the
lines OF the laws establishing Terrific
ries, which have stood the tests of
century, and places the government
az much in tire hands Of its people AZ
those of the Territories of Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma are in the
hands of their people.
Senator Turner, of Washington,
made . speech, this week, arraigning
the administration both for its Philip
pine policy and for its attitude toward
the Beers, the people of Republic
struggling for liberty against q power
ful monarchy. After asserting that
they had the sympathy of the Ameri-
can people, he said: "In other days
our sympathy would have been
expressed through governmental
channels. But now, the ghost of lib
erty murdered in the Philippines
stands in the way. We cannot even
preserve decent neutrality between
this heroic people and their assailants.
1t ia yet permitted to US, however, as
individuals, to avert our eyes, and as
those noble men 60 down to death
aud oblivion to say to them, as now
do, Thou lost survivors OF heroic
agel Hail and FAREWELL"
The Quay reports have been made
and the Senate will proceed 10 decide
the question OF whether he shall be
seated as soon ash feels so disposed.
The Quayites are showing SO much
confidence that it is believed they