The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-06-21
Congress has Adjourned.

light Of the republicans. 1t left
many things undone and did many
things which II might better have
left undone. 1t adjourned much
earlier than usual because the Re-
publicans could not afford to long
er permit the Democrats to call at
tention, on the floors OF the Capitol,
to the short. comlngs Of the q. o. p
1t leaves behind IL most unfor-
tunate record. In the first place,
II was called upon to redeem the
pledges Of the Republican party to
the London and Wall street inter.
est, In 1896, and to knock bimetall-
ism on the head for as long q per.
iod as possible. That particular
deal IL carried out successfully In
passing measure which fixed the
currency of the country upon a
single bankers credit standard for
the next five years. Next, 1t was
its duty to establish governments
for the new possessions and pre-
pare to carry out the pledges of the
country to Cuba. How II has done
this, the country knows. AS soon
as the Republicans got Off the safe
ground of eulogizing the flag, they
either split into irreconcilable fact
ions or else yielded to the demands
of the trusts and corporation. In
Difference to the wishes of the lat.
ter, they barred out Porto Rican
goods and turned the island over
to them to be looted. They plain
ly mirrored the deep distrust Of
Mckinley felt by the country at
large when they declined to pass a
bill formally giving him the power
over the Philippines which he had
already usurped. In regard to
Cuba, when they tried to act, Sen.
ator Plstt, Of Connecticut, rose up
In the Senate and informed the
county that the President consid.
cred that he was supreme In that
island and that Congress could take
no action in regard to it short OF
ordering him to abandon the island.
Consequently, the Republican ma
jority did nothing. For the rest,
they passed the Nicsraguan canal
bill through one house and held it
up In the other to await the adop-
tion Of the ship subsidy steal, whose
advocates declare that the former
shall not pass without the latter.
The expenses of the session are
large enough to warrant the belief
that this will be q billion.and-a
half Congress, without counting a
dollar expended for war purposes.
The total expenditures OF the ses.
sion were $7O9.72s, ,476, Of which the
Republicans assert that $131, ,247, ,155
wss directly chargeable to the war
Deducting this, $57s,4s2,32l re.
mains to represent the peace ex-
penditures. Next year there will
be other large expenditures which
were deferred THE year in order to
make good showing in the cam.
paign, such as a river and harbor
bill, public building bills, the Mic
araguan canal bill, and appropri-
ations for the huge navy that has
been authorized but not provided
for, to say nothing about the ship
subsidy steal, the whole making
1t evident that the total for the two
sessions will be tremendous.
Talk of the formation OF negro
party, which Is TO be headed by
prominent men Of that race, has
aroused much discussion In this
city. The Republican managers
pooh.pooh the idea, and it may be
II will end In nothing, as they say.
Yet experienced politicians dis.
Germ In it the elements of a scheme
which, II adroitly worked up in
skillful hands, might play an i'm
portant part In the Presidential
election. The emotional and senti.
mental nature OF the negro race
could, II Is said, be easily aroused
to a pitch OF wild enthusiasm over
the project to put up candidates for
President and Vice President and
electoral tickets In every state.
Thanks to Republican legislation
and Republican policy, the negroes
have lust as much right to put up
candidates of their own race as the
whites. Ifthey should come to
determination there are no difficul.
ties in the way Of carrying It out
1t Is TO be taken for granted the
Democrats would look kindly on
the proposition. Perhaps they
would not begrudge setting aside
portion Of their campaign fund to
assist, even though by 80 doing
they might risk creating q Frank
enstein that would not down.
Secretary Root appears TO have
decided to defy public opinion In