The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-06-21
G. o. P. IN CONGRESS.
SOME NEFARIOUS MEASURES
HAVE BEEN PASSED.
Brief List of Things Republicans Have
Done and Other Things Which They
Failed to DO-The Administrative
Philippine Policy.

Philippine Policy.
Washington correspondence:
we have done those things whicl
we ought not to have done u,.d have
left undOne the things we ought Il
have done" That is the confession
which the Republicans of the Fifty.
sixth Congress should make OF the ses
sion just brought to an end Here is Il
brief list of the things they have done
They have passed the single gold
standard bill. which repudiares the
money of the Constitution and the Re.
publican pledge of 1896 to work for the
rehabilitation of bimetallisD. BY the
same bill the national bonded debt was
extended for thirty years and the pow
er of the national banks indefinitely
increased. They have passed the Porto
Rican tariff bill. 1t violates the honor
and pledged faith of the United States
to the Porto Ricans. 1t stI:tifies the
declared policy of President Mckinley
and every 'eader Of the Republican
purity, and did violence to the senti-
m"nt of the people regardless Of party
ILey forced through Congress the
armor plate grab whereby the armor
plate rust will make profit of
$i.0OO,OO0. and whereby Mark Hanna's g
campaign fund will be cur.chcd to the
extent of u ten per cent rake-off.
They provided for :he spending OF
SSO.OOO,OOO on new naval vessels in face
Of declaration not successfully con-
:radicted, that one big saip-bullding
firm alone gave 100000 to the Repub-
lican campaign fund with the expectu-
,iop of being reimbursed by fat naval
contracts under favorable tarms. The, ;,
haze been guilty Of the most reckless
extravaganza in appropriations - ev-
cry direction. From a total Of Sjli,
100000 for the fiscal year Of 1Sy6'91,
the last Ona affected by a Democratic
administration, the appropriations have
been swollen to 7O9,OOO.O 900 for the cur
rent fiscal year. These enormous fig
| ures do not include the usual appropri-
| alton for river and harbOr work, for
public buildings, or for the $50, ,OOO, 600
worth of naval work authorized, or Of
any portion Of the S14O.OOO.OOO which
will be covered by the Nicaragua canal
bill, which still rests on the Senate cal
endar. But it does carry an increase Of
| over $0OOOO,OOO over ordinary army
expenditures, an increase Of over $685.
OOO.0 in ordinary naval expenditures,
and an increase Of over $50, 100000 in
sundry civil expenditures; and the
reckless extravaganza in appropriation
can hardly keep pace with the reck-
less, prOdigal and even criminal extrav-
agance and corruption in expenditure.
Like the daughter Of the horse leech,
the huge army of tax-eaters, cOrrup-
tionists, favored contractors and sopils-
men cry. More. more"
Things Left Undone.
The Republicans have left undone
nearly everything Of vital importance
to the people. They passed an anti
trust bill through the House, which,
with Democratic amendments forced
upon it, received the practically unani-
nous vote of all parties in that branch.
But when 1t reached the Senate. despite
the umOst efforts Of the Democrats to
secure consideration. the bill was sent
by a solid Republican vote into commit
tee from which it will never emerge.
The bill was proposed by the Republi-
cans solely for campaign purposes. and
without the slightest purpose OF ever
letting it become a law.
The Nicaragua canal bill passed the
House by an overwhelming nOn-parti-
san vote, but in the Senate the Pa
cific railroad lobby tied up the measure
and it slumbers on the calendar. In
both House and Senate resolutions OF
sympathy with the BOer republics in
their struggle for independence We're
introduced. but in each body the res
OiutiOns were overwhelmed and sup
pressed under direct orders from the
White House. Efforts We're made in
both bodies to secure the investigation
of the numerous charges Of fraud and
misconduct of government officials in
every branch of the service during the
past three years, but in every instance
save one the resolutions were either de
feated or postponed Of consideration
until too late TO be given effect.
In one instance alone was a thorough
investigation had. The arbitrary use
of the military in the COeur dAlenes
to suppress organized labor was inves-
tigated by the military affairs commit
tee of the House, and the testimony
given under oath was so damnatOry in
its character to the administration that
every effort was made on the part of
the majority of the committee as well
as by the majority of the House to sup
press the testimony and prevent its
reaching the public. Representative
LentZ of Ohio made gallant struggle |
to secure the printing of 10000 copies |
of this testimony. so that Ii could be !
distributed among the labor unicns and |
other bodies which We're equally inter- |
ested in the investigation and had re-
quested copies of the report, but his |
utmost efforts We're unavailing. The |
Republicans have gathered In and de- |
strOyed or secreted nearly every copy |
OF the testimony which had to be print |
ed for the use of the committee. Thou
sands of tons of trash are printed ev
cry year by the Government To find
disposition in junk shops. but this
vitality important report to every labor
ing man in the country could not be
permitted to see the light of day.
We're on the Program.
Certain other measures stood upon
the Republican program. but failed to
pass Congress for various reasons. The
sought by every means
in its power 10 secure the adoption of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty In the Sen
ate. which would have given To Great
Britain, with her enormous fleet, prac-
teal naval control of the Nicaragua
canal. But public sentiment came out
SO strongly against the surrender that