Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-20
III AsIs NfsToN. Dec. ~, 1900.

II AS41IHGI0Rs Lee. ! 81 lifvV.
10 administration has ever received 81
more humiliating defeat at the hands Of q
Senate controlled by majority Of its own
Marty. than has been administered to the
nresent one by the amendments added To-
the Hav-pauneefofe treaty within the last
few DAYS. Instead Of cringing to England,
as the treaty. as originally drawn by Lord
Pauncefote, and accepted By Secretary hay
and Mr.. Mckinley did and begging the
consent Of England and all the other Euro
mean powers to our constructing the Near
aqua Canal with our own money ana then
giving to all other countries equal rlgltS
therein with us, the amended treaty serves
on England notice that the Clayt0n-Bulwer
freatyis thereby abrogated ;that we are gong
to dig the canal and control and protectit Ii
our own way and without asking the con-
sent of any other power in the world In
short. when the Senate ratitles that treaty
II will be a thoroughly American document,
as the public sentiment of the country has
from the first demanded that 1t should be.
When these amendments were first talked
about. the administration tooters INDUCED
! in considerable blHffing concerning the
! fight. the administration would have 70
have the treaty ratified without amend
mept. When the time came for show
down. did the administration fight Not
even ffe tiniest little bit On the contrary
Mr.. Mckinley even gave his consent to the
amendment and promised to forward the
treaty to England after its ratification, but
4 he told the Senators who went to inform
/ him that the amendments would be added
I whether he liked them or not that he was
afraid that England would never, never
accent the amended tTeaty-that Hay was
positively certain it would not But that
dosanit seem to be worrying the Senators.
They say that il England rejects the treaty
as amended, Congress viii adopt joint
resolution declaring the Clayton Bulwer
treaty abrogated, and that the construction
of the canal will 20 right along just the
same as though England had accepted the
treaty.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, has pro-
posed an amendment to the Ship Subsidy
bill. authorizing payments Of bounties on
agricultural products exported. The
amounts named being, ten cents bushel
on wheat; fifty cents a barrel on wheat
flour: ten cents a bushel on rye; fifty cents
a barrel on rye flour; FIVE cents bashel on
corn. seven cents per GENITAL on ground
!
cents n pound on hops and two cents a
pound on tobacco. There is, of course nc
probability that Senator Aliens amend
ment viii be adopted, but he, and many
Others regard the proposition as on the
I same footing with the object aimed at by
the ship-subsidy bin, SO far as principle Is
concerned, and being much better way
to give away public money, because il
would be more widely distributed.
The Republicans of the Ways and Means
! Committee received two defeats while the
House was sitting as a committee of thu
4 whole to consider amendments to the
Revenue Reduction Bill The House by {
vote Of CT to S. defeated the Committee
amendment, abolishing one-siXth and one
3 eighth beer barrels, on the ground that il
was a discrimination against the small
brewers Of the country, and by vote Of 10I
"a 50. adopted an amendment, proposed by
Representative IL. c. Smith, OF Miehigfn
requiring all railroad and express compaaie
to make sworn statements monthly OF thei
business and to pay o1e-cent tax for eaci
bill Of lading and receipt issued. Later TIL
) committee assisted by Senator Platt, 0
Z New York, who IS president Of one Of tn
bin express companies, rallied its forces ans
got the latter amendment struck out jus
before the final vote was taken passing til
BILL
: From being the Car Of the House t
being unknown to a member of the Hous
is quite plunge for man to take insid
Of two years, but the drop has been mad
5 by Hon. Thomas Bracl1ett Reed, whose lay
5 practice now includes a little Congressiona
i]ohhvinp Mr. Reed was lust coming on
of the House when Representative CromeT
Of Indiana, asked one of the door-keepers
2 who that fast man was. Such is fame
E Secretary Root wants to do all the lobby
ing himself that IS done by the War Dc
lpartinent, consequently he has sent a circu
lar letter 10 the army officers who are at til
t head of bureaus in that department, calm
their attention TO an army regulation
Efforts to influence legislation effectin
the army should never be made excep
through regular military channels, an
e directing that all communications tina
E army .fsfdcers Gsire sent to Con- !. silal