Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-05-05
The Politician.

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and judicial officers for the new gov
ernment of Hawaii ard Porto Rice
which the laws make II incumbent up
on him to appoint He is exercising
even more than his usual care in or
der that no mistakes may be made
He has about six weeks in which to
make the Hawaii appointments. Ii is
probable that most of the Porto Rican
appointments, which can be made any
time within six mcnths from May l.
will be made on the recommendation
OF Governor Allen, as the President
has no intention of putting an Amer
lean into any position that a Porto
Rican can be found capable of filling.
Unless present plans are changed ii
| Is not likely that the Hepburn Mic
aragua Canal bill, which passed the
House this week, will be taken up by
the Senate at this session, owing to
the determination to bring about ad-
journment early in June
| DuTIus, lHt utDdlt III bilt IlOuSt Oi
| the Nicaragua Canal bill, which was
passed, Representative Burton, of
Ohio. Chairman Of the committee on
Rivers and Harbors, presented the
following argument in favor of the
perpetual naturalization of the canal,
as proposed by the treaty now await
ing the action of the Senate: "Shall
! this canal be neutral canal? On this
subject | say emphatically, yes. Moth
| ing else is in accordance with the
spirit of this age. Nothing else is in
accord with our convenience and ben
| eft in managing 1t. Nothing else is in
accordance with the safety with which
| II can be maintained Nothing else is
! in accordance with cur own record In
this matter. We insisted on the re-
tralization of the channels near Den
mark, although they were within q
cannon shot of the shore. We insist
| ed on the naturalization of the st.
Lawrence river in that part where it
! flows exclusively through Canadian
territory. We granted and received
the neutral and equal use of the great
canals on the Canadian border, which
is maintaintd to this time. We have
fought for this principle. The tri-
umph of Decatur and Brainbridge
against the Barbary pirates did not
inure to our benefit alone, but to the
benefit and commerce of the whole
world. We cannot afford to lie dowr
upon this record. The administration
has asked and obtained from the pow.
ers Of Europe assurance of an oper
door in China, diplomatic triumph
| Does no one see the humor that ap.
pears in asking these concessions
there and yet proposing to close the
waterway between the two oceans tc
the other nations of the world?"
Senator Stewart said in a speech ir
he Senate that there were good and
bad trusts, the line of demarcation be
tween which it was difficult to find
and added: But leave competition
untrammeled and the people will riG
thmeselves of all bad trusts. o!
course, We cannot in any way stop the
over produced industry of bowling
against trusts simply to win votes tc
get into Office That last sentence
was hard whack at Mr.. Bryan, who
was supported by Mr.. Stewart in '96.
Secretary Hay this week authorized
4 statement declaring that no outsid-
er has at any time been recognized ir
the negotiation conducted by the De.
partment Of State with Denmark foI
the purchase of the Danish West In
dies; also that this government has NJ
knowledge OF any attempt by Den
mark to sell the islands to any Other
power than the United States, or o
any connection between Secretary
Roots recent speech on the main
tenance of the Monroe Doctrine anC
the contemplated purchase of those is
lands by a European power. Thu:
andeth another batch of fairy tales
Hon. John Sherman spent half ar
hour on the floor Of the Senate ont
day this week during which he was thc
center of an interesting group of me:
who had been his colleagues in both
SApata and HOnpn hnp
sentative Grow of Pennsylvania, who
was Speaker of the House when Mr..
Sherman was just beginning to b.
prominen- as a Republican leader
Later, on the same day, Mr.. Sherman
was on the floor of the House for
few minutes. He iooked we'll for 4
man of his years.
After Senator Carter had withdrawn
his amendment relating to mining
laws, the Senate passed the Alaskan
code bill without a division.
The United States Supreme Court
has taken a recess until the 14th inst |
upon which date the decision in the |
Kentucky case will probably be an
nounced. The impression among law
yers who heard the arguments, made
This week, seems to be that Gov. Tay- |
or has the law on his side.
That such men as German, Hill, Pat-
ison, Carlisle and Lamont are active
y working to keep Mr.. Bryan out OF
he Democratic nomination indinata-