Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-06-08
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.

lIE WHOHiNO UN LIZ In
tFrom Our Regular Corrcspondentl
WASHINGTON, d. c., JUNE 4, 1900
All aboard for adjournment
Congress has completed its work ex-
cept the fhg ends consisting of dis
agreements between House and SEN
ate on The several items in two ap-
preparation bills which are now in
course of settlement, and adjourn
ment this week is certainty, al
though the Senate has not vet adopt
ed the House resolution, which pro-
vides for adjournment Wednesday.
While there are several measures
unacted upon which many Republi-
cans would like to have seen passed
at this session, taken as whole,
the work of the session has been
satisfactory to the Republicans, and
the record made is one upon which
they will be proud to stand during
the coming campaign.
The Senate by unanimous consent
agreed that the Nicaragua Canal bill
should be taken up December 10
and remain the unfinished business
until disposed of. That shows how
far out of the way are those who
have been saying that the Republ-
can leaders in the Senate did not in
tend to allow that bill to pass. The
bill would have been passed before
adjournment, if it could have been
done without an extended debate
which would have dragged the ses-
sion into midsummer. 1t was dis
covered some time ago that there
was an agreement among Democra-
tic Senators opposed to the Nicura-
qua canal, who are more numerous
than is generally known. to prolong
the session indefinitely, if an attempt
was made to bring it to a vote
That and other good reasons made
the Republicans willing to allow the
bill to go over
If the Democratic party had the
slightest regard for consistency, it
would, after the Democratic mem
bers of the House defeated the joint
resolution proposing a constitution
al amendment giving Congress pow
er to regulate truots The Republi-
cans did not keep mum ON the sub
ject of trusts. The Republicans did
have votes enough to adopt the res
olution, two-tbirds being required
for that class of legislation, and only
five Democrats had the nerve to defy
their party caucus ana vote with
the Republicans for the resolution,
which left the vote 80 short of the
requisite two-thirds. Representa-
tive Littlefield, of Maine, made
another great speech on this ques-
tion in which he scored the Demo-
cratic party for the record of its
leaders, including Mr. Bryan, on
trusts and trust legislation, closing
with these words: 1--WE are ready
to go the people in November and
to submit their candid common
sense judgement whether the Dem
ocratic party that has proved itself
Incompetent to deal with this ques-
ton. shall be trusted, or the Repub-
lican party If tine people of this
country shall register their verdict
in accordance with the proposition
that you can fool some of the people
all the time and all of the people
some of the time, but You cannot
fool all of the people all of the time,
then, when the sun sun rises upon
the morning that sees William Nc
Kinley's denomination in Philadel-
phia, it will be as the sun of Auster-
litz, illumined by the honor of the
Republican party" Everytime a
democratic demagogue howls against
trusts, he should be confronted
with the vote on this resolution,
the most practical antitrust legis-
lation that has been before Congress,
and asked why the Democrats de-
feated it.
In the Equity branch of the Sup
RENE Court of the District of Co.
lumbia, Justice Barnard imposed a
fine cf 500, and costs upon Mr..
E. G Siggers. for contempt, in fail
ing TO obey an order of Court for
bidding him TO advertise himself as
successor to or in any way connect.
ed with G. A. Snow and Co., Patent
Lawyers, Of Washington, d. c.
Senator Hanna surprised both his
enemies and his friends when he
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