The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-05-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
iFrom Our Regular correspondent.


handful of adverse votes. He fully
realizes the difficulties of the task,
but is confident that there are
enough republicans in the Senate
who believe with the democrats in
an American Canal, to bring success.
Time will soon tell, but as Senator
Tillman said short time ago, the
republican party has the best organ
ization any party has ever had in
Congress, and although there are at
times spluttering and kicking, in the
end the orders of the boss are usually
carried out to the letter In this
case, the order is to hang up the Mic
araugua Canal bill A Senator who
wishes Senator Morgan success, but
whose name is not given, is quoted
by local paper, as having said 81
am aware, and so Is eyerybQtTgr,;sa.
who has given the subject close az
tention, that the administration is
opposed to an American Inter Ocean
ic Canal, and in the hope of prevent
ing the contamination of the enter
prise, the Hay-Paunceforte treaty
was framed. This cannot be. shown
conclusive to the. people until d bill
ignoring altogether Great Britain's
claim to consideration in the matter
is passed by Congress and sent to
the President for approval | am
satisfied that. Mr.. Mckinley will
have to veto it, much as he. would
fear the result of such an act; then he
and his party could no Longer claim
that they were not committed to a
partnership with England in this
Canal proposition" Senator ALI
son very frankly states that the adj
ministration Senator's intend to de-
feat Senator Morgan and prevent
the taking up of the Canal bill by
the Senate at this session of Con-
eress.
Another play was made in the ad-
ministration's game with England,
when Secretary Hay and the British
Ambassador signed a new agree
ment extending the time within
which the two governments may ex-
change ratification of the Canal
treaty, now hung up in the Senate,
seven months from the 9th of next
August, which was the limit set by
the last agreement. Unless Senator's
eat their words, that treaty will not
be ratified by the Senate, as at pres
ent made up,
Tho Porto Risau ia " alf-Hus- ilsr-r
to be remedied by additional Con-
gressional legislation, and the Ha-
waiian law will have to be. The
latter failed to provide for Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue, or for an
extension of the U. S. Postal laws,
and Secretary Gage has informed the
Cabinet that he does not consider
the authority given by the law sufi-
Gent to justify the payment of the
Hawaiian public debt. The country
will not forget that the republicans
are responsible for this and other
slip-shod legislation, forced through
Congress under the party whip and
spur.
Senator Butler, of n. C., Chairman
of the Pepulist National Committee,
before leaving Washington to attend
the Sioux Falls Convention, declared
that the Convention would nomi-
nate Col. Bryan for President by ac-
climation, and would adopt the plat
form of 90, with new declarations
to meet our foreign problems and
the trust question. Of trusts, Sena-
tor Butler said: 1.-The peoples party
has always been against trusts, and
we believe that the three greatest
trusts relate to money, transporta-
ton and the transmission of intelli-
gence. People who control these
trusts can control the government,
and we will, therefore suggest that
these three great factors in the ma
TONS development should be under
governmental control"
Democrats you'd ask nnthing-het- !
ter than that Secretary Long, who
seems just now to be the favorite
should be nominated on
the Mckinley ticket for Vice-Presi-
dent Mr.. Longs attitude in the
Schley-Sampson controversy has
been such that he would materially
weaken the ticket.
The decision ofU. S. Judge Lochren,
at st. Paul, Mimi, that the U. S.
Constitution was extended to Porto
Rico on the day that the terms of