Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-17

back the check for deposit to the credit
of the government. The bank has
had the use of the money ever since
paying no interest. The payment was
never covered into the treasury, as re-
CURED by law. Moreover, as $4,000 of
the purchase price was retained, the
title to tn. property is supposed to be
still vested in the government, and the
bank has resisted state taxation on it
on this ground. Besides all this, the
government, which has not vacated
the property, pays rent for its use
amounting to $4,000 year. In
other words, the bank gets the Interest
on the money it paid to the govern
ment, gets heavy rental for the prop
erty, and pays no taxes Altogether
the transaction has netted it at least q
quarter of a million year. Possibly
Secretary Gage may be able to explain
this transaction, but until he does so,
Unjust continue to seem rather fishy.
The speech of Senator Beverage, of
Indiana, in the United States senate on
Tuesday, marks the advent into the
national arena of probably the most
forceful debater on the republican side
of the chamber. The eloquence with
which he presented the Philippine stu
alton WAS 80 str iking that it carried
away those who heard it, but he did not
touch the heart Of the controversy at
all, and when his eloquence is for
gotten, no solid substratum will remain
in the memory. He sketched with
forceful strokes the great wealth of the
islands, present and prospective; the
alleged illimitable Chinese markets
that their control opened to the United
States; argued that the Fllipinos were
not fitted for self government and de.
clared that the constitution was ex-
pansive and would not stand in the
way of the United States in govern
ing them. But he said nothing as to
the rights of the people who had bat
tied for liberty for three centuries,
nothing as to the methods by which
this country had acquired control, moth
ing as to the"consent Of the governed.
His argument was addressed wholly to
American greed and not to American
morality.
Former Senator Quay's friends are
now appealing to democratic senators
to support him on the ground that he
aided them several years ago in de-
feating the force bill If Mr.. Quay
could prove his claims he would un.
doubtedly win the sympathy If not the
support of several senators. But the
record is against him. The force
bill was fathered in the house by Mr..
Lodge, of Mass. Aided by Speaker
Reed, he pushed it through that body
under party whip and spur. In the
senate it was championed by senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts, who is now,
like Lodge, in favor of seating Quay.
Hoar by turns, stormed and threatened
pleaded snd begged, in his effort tc
reach vote. He would have succeed
ed but for the fact that certain Repub.
licans were quietly opposed to the bill
Finally, on January. %, 1891, one OF
these, Senator Wolcott, of Colorado
moved that the senate lay aside the
force bill and take up the bill to re
apportion Representatives in Congress
in accordance with the census of 1890
Dolph, of Oregon, moved to lay VOL
colts motion on the table. The yea.
and nays were ordered. The vote re
suited as follows: yeas, "a: nays, 80
The question was then on the adoption
of Wolcott's motion. The result was
yeas, 35; nays, 81. So Wolcott's motion
was carried. The effect of this was tt
displace the force bill az unfinished
business before the senate and replace
it with the reapportionment bill, the
force bill going back to its place on tn,
calendar. The long fight against tn,
force bill was won, that ubiquitous
measure not coming up again for de
bate. On both votes Mr.. Quay's nam,
appears in favor of continuing to dis
cuss the bill.