The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-06-15
NO 26.
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent
Washington d. c., June IL, 1900


ments between House and Senate on
the several items in two appropriation
bills which are now in course oil settle
ment, and Adjournment this week is
certainty, although the Senate has not
yet adopted the House resolution,
which provides for adjournment We'd
nesday. While there are several
measures unacted upon which many
republicans would like to have seen
passed at this session, taken whole,
the work Of the session has been satis-
factory to the republicans, and the
record made is one upon which they
will be proud TO stand during the COM
ing campaign.
The Senate by unanimous consent
agreed that.the Nicaragua Canal bill
should he taken up December 10, and
remain the unfinished business until
disposed of That shows how far ont
of the way are those who have been
saying that the republican leaders in
the Senate did not intend to allow
that bill 10 pass. The bill would have
been passed before adjournment, if it
could have been done without all ex-
tended debate which would have drag
ged the session into midsummer. 1t
was discovered sometime ago that
there was an agreement among demo-
cratic Senators opposed to the Mica
ragua canal, who are more numerous
than is generally known, TO prolong
the session indefinitely, if an attempt
was made to bring the bill to vote.
That and other good reasons made the
republicans willing to allow the bill to
go over
il the democratic party had the
slightest regard for consistency, it
would, after the democratic members
of the House defeated the joint resolu-
ton proposing constitional amend
ment giving Congress power to regu-
late trusts, forever keep mum on the
subject of trusts. The republicans did
not have votes enough, to adopt the
resolution, two-thirds being required
for that class of legislation, and only
five democrats had the nerve to defy
their party caucus and vote with the
republicans for the resolution, which
left the vote SO short OF the requisite
two-thirds Representative Littlefeld
of Maine. made another great speech
on this question, III which he scored
democratic party for the record Of its
leaders, including Mr. Bryan, on trusts
and trust legislation, closing with
these words: "We are ready to go to
the people in November and submit
to their candid common sense iudg-
ment whether the democratic party
that has proved itself incompetent to
deal with this question, shall be trust
ed or the republican party. If the
people of this country shall register
their verdict in accordance with the
proposition that you can fool some Of
the people all of 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 rises upon
the morning that sees William Nc
Kinley's denomination in Philadelphia
it will be as the sun of Austerlitz, illu-
mined by the honor of the republican
party" Everyiime democratic
demagogue howls against trusts, he
should be confronted with the vote on
this resolution, the most practical
antitrust legislation that has been be-
fore Congress, asked why the demo-
Gratis defeated it,
In the Equity branch of the Su-
preme Court Of the District of Colum-
bia, Justice Barnard imposed fine Of
800, and costs upon Mr. E. G. Siggers,
fer contempt, in failing TO obey an
order of Court forbidding him to adj
vertise himself as successor to or in
any way connected with G. A. Snow
& Co., Patent Lawyers, of Washington,
d. G.
! Senator Hanna surprised both his
| enemies and his friends when he jum-
ped into debate on the Naval APP
/ propiation and tackled Senators Well
ington, Tillman, Allen, Pettlgrew and
Teller, and got the best of each of
them, and proved that he could take
care of himself in that most dangerous
of all Senatorial fights, running debate.
The Senate added an amendment to
the Military Academy Appropriation
! Bill that will make Gen. Miles, a Lieut..
General and Gen. Corbln a Major
General, If agreed to by the House and
| it probably will be.
! In leaving the settlement OF the
Senatorial dispute to the voters in
Montana, who will this year elect the
legislature. which Will next January
meet to fill the seat now claimed by
Mr.. Clark and Mr. Maginnis, which is
the practical effect Of . the postpon-