The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-01-19
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

From our regular Correspondents
Washington ID. c., Jan. Ia 1900.
The democratic attempt to play
politics with the relations between the
U. s. Treasury and those National
Banks chosen not by favorltism, but
because they put up U. S. bonds to
deposltorles for money collected for
internal revenue taxation, was one of
the fiattest failures ever seen in con-
gress. Instead of delaying action on
the resolutions calling for all the cor
respondence between these National
Banks and the secretary of the Treas
ury, as the democrats were foolish
enough to hope they would do, the re-
publicans in both House and Senate
assisted in putting the resolutions
through, and Secretary Gage promptly
put force of clerks to copying the
records, in order that no time might
be lost in putting the information be-
fore congress and the country. In
stead of being opposed to furnishing
this information, Secretary Gage was
glad of being furnished an official op-
portunity for showing exactly how
and why he had taken the necessary
steps to put the money in circulation,
without risk to the government, which
is paid for internal revenue taxes, in
stead of boarding it IN the Treasury
and cramping the business of the coun-
try. Instead of making democratic
political capital, the democrats have
added 20 the esteem in which the ad-
ministration is held by the business
interests of the country, which know
that our present prosperity isn't acci-
dental, but the result of well-defned
policies.
The house will this week begin with
the appropriation bills, the urgency
Deficiency bill, mostly made up of
items for the war department, made
necessary by the revolt in the Philip
pines, being first on the list.
Senator Hoar made a speech today
on his Philippine resolution, in which
he said much calculated to encourage
the Fihpinos to continue their revolt
against the u. S. This elected ap-
plause from the democratic Senators
and caused regret to many of Senator
Hoar's Oldest and most sincere admir-
ers. No one who knows the man
doubts the sincerity of his opinion,
but ii ever there was case of mistaken
| Judgment, it is his. He refuses to see
that it would be both dishonorable and
cowardly for the u S. to abandon the
Philippines, not to mention the COM
mercial disadvantage to America that
would follow such an abandonment;
that the whole civilized world looks to
us to give the Philippines good gov
eminent.
Secretary Wilson said of Secretary
Hays great diplomatic triumph in Sc
curing guarantees from the leading
European nations OF the perpetual
maintenance of the "open door" at all
Chinese ports, which he declared sup
plements the work done by our army
and navy and secures our trade rela-
tions with China: ga year ago no
nation would have listened to propo-
sition of this kind, but the whole world
listens to the u S. now. Some idea
of the vastness of the interests involved,
may be gained from the fact that
while ten years ago, our exports from
the Pacific Coast to all countries ag-
gregated $26,0O0,000, and five years
ago $41 ,000,0 900, the steady increase in
Pacific coast exports had raised the
aggregate to $73,000,00O year ago."
| The decision of the Senate commit
tee on elections to report against Mr..
| Quay's right to be seated, was no sur
prise, and will not affect the final dis
position OF the case. It has been
known for some time, that Senator
Burrows would vote with the demo-
Gratis, against Mr.. Quay, and his vote
was majority, as this committee was
not included in those upon which the
republican majority was recently in
creased to accord with the republican
membership of the Senate. How soon
the report will be made to the Senate
will depend upon how soon the case of
Senator Clark, of Mont, charged with
bribery, which is now being heard by
the committee, is disposed of. Mr..
Quay's friends are still confident that
he viii be. seated by the Senate.
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