The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-03-10
WASHINGTON PARAGRAPHS.


War Department, the backbone"
of the Filipino instruction has been
broken again. We suggest that the
General devote some attention to
the "neck of the revolution" just to
vary the monolony Of his reports.
rhe Advance Agent of prosperity
is not dong business in Porto Rlca
just now.
JUS. think how T. Woodruff and his
rainbow-hued waistcoats would adorn
the place of Presiding Officer of the
u. S. Senate. No we cannot think.
IL is too hard.
Congress and the Executive De-
partment are wrestling with the
question; what Is to be done with
the superannuated clerks? We have
the solution: Abolish the system
that fosters and creates them and
give each clerk certain term of
office, and clerk will never become
superannuated In public Office.
A pension bill is before congress-
to grant a gratulty TO war photo
grspher. If this passes, just think
what Teddy Roosevelt's photograph
err will get for his work.
The Republicans have discovered
that expansion liz not quite SO nice
as they expected. 1t now seems tina,
Europe is pressing for the open door
IN the Philippines return for Mr..
Hays much lauded achievements IN
China. But the open door in the
Philippines means free trade with
the United States via Manila, If the
Philippines are held to be part OF
this country and to be therefore EN-
titled 10 free trade with 1t. So the
Republicans are in the qnandary oil
having 10 deny the Constitution 10
the Filipinos- if the Supreme Court
will let them or Of lnangurating
free trade with the world. As the
Democrats Insisted long ago. expan-
slon aud protection are irreconcilable
The opposition 10 tie Nicaraguan
Canal on the part ofthe railway lines
ana ship subsidy companies is not
lad but only sleeping. When Mr..
Hepburn sought unanimous consent
TO having the House bill considered,
Mark Hanna's townsman and partic-
llar friend, objected, declaring that
Congress should wait until after the
report Of the canal commission had
been made. The shipping men will
evidently insist on their pounc Of
flesh before they let the bill 60
through.
It's by no means certain that
Brltain's difficulties will moi increase
with hertriumphs Germany, France
md Russia could staud aside as long,
as the Beers were Winning, but when
their conquest and absorption be-
comes imminent, they must enter
their protests. Almost Invariably,
for centuries, every large war has
bsen ended with the concert Of
Europe deprivlng the victor Of hls
spoils.
ls possible that til. Senate will
restore the 25 per cent and cut on,
the two years hmita.loa before It
passes the Porto Rican tariff bill, IN
the hope that the Republican confer
ence will join with It 10 forcing the
bill upon the House? Such action
would be rothiDg more nor less than
buncc.
Porto Rico " nts 10 know where
she il.
Gen Butler might have offered
Gen. Roberts capture of Cronje
20 Britain AZ Majuba Hill gift, but
he did moi, although be was almost
a. near the scene ~ Admiral Sami 4
on WAS to santiago
TIE Lord tempers the wln,l 10 th .
-horn lamb aud sends the chad season
in Lent.
The profits Of The Kimberly min |
ng company in 1899 were about
BIO. 900, 600, NICE sum. but moth
ny compared 10 the Carnegie iron
slnfant industry.
Ladvsm,th presents her GouQrAtu-