The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-01

preparing and circulating the best anti
trust and anti-imperialist matter that is
| being sent out. This is one of the incl
! dents which indicates the way in which
changing issues are bringing back TO the
| Democratic party men who ip 1896 were
forced, perhaps unwillingly, into a position
| of antagonism to II.
The gaiety of political circles has been
somewhat enhanced by the determination
of Mr. ~&ugene " Brewster of Brooklyn
to aband0rR Mr. Bryan TO a cruel fate and
to elect Mr. Eugene " Debs-note the
curious similarity of names-to the presi-
dency. Mr. BrewsfeSr is young gentle
man whose sense of humor is not COM
mensurate with his lively Nrecognition of
his personal Importance. H& vas one of
the first men appointed by "Cpin" Harvey
as solicitor of funds for th9% Ways and
Means Committee. "A that tinl(l the Ways
and Means Committee was an (organiza-
| lion distinct from, though undet the au-
thority of, the National Committ 7e. But
Mr.. Brewster regarded the appointment
as making him literally member of the
National Committee, and proceeded to get
out interviews, to write letters and de-
| liver speeches with a most alarming
| fecundity. 1 have heard that the chair
man of the Democratic National Commit
tee found it wise to return Mr.. Brewster
a letter which that young gentleman had
! sent in, containing advice, which no doubt
| was valuable, but had not been asked for,
| and which was couched as though writ
| ten by a fellow-member of the commit
| tee. And / know that not very many
weeks before Mr. Brewster's determina-
! ton to abandon Democracy for the Social
! Democracy, the present head of the Ways
| and Means Committee was compelled to
| suggest to the young gentleman that his
| commission had expired and that he must
not attempt to commit the National Com
| nltlee TO the advocacy of his
| political schemes Mr.. Brewster in the
| course or his political life to date had
one brilliant idea. He originated the dol
lar dinner, and as it grew upon him and
| assumed great proportions, ii became
| necessary Tor stronger men to take up its
management MIR. Brewster bitterly pro-
| tested against having any one put over
! his head, but finally volunteered to step
aside gracefully upon one condition The
| committee TO whom he communicated his
! views passed in apprehension 90 hear
| what the condition would be. He finally
stated ii: IF you will arrange matters
so that Mr.. Bryan shall enter the banquet
haI and walk down the center aisle lean
ing upon my arm. then 1 will yield the
position of president and POSTMASTER" 1t
was so arranged-then Mr.. Brewster re-
! tired conlented.
| have been going over in the last week
! the printed reports of the work of the
! congressional committee in the Occur
| q Alene affair. These reports | have re-
! ceived through the courtesy of one of the
| members of the committee for the Re-
! publican majority have determined that
nothing shall be given to the public ex-
cept after careful editing" This means
! that the published report will be of little
! or no value. The striking features of the
) minutes day by day is the constant en-
| deaVor of the chairman, Congressman
! HUI, and the Republican members of the
| committee 10 suppress as far as possible
| evidence which goes to show the respon-
| sibility of the federal administration for
! the use of the troops and tes .imony which
| proved the brutality perpe trated by the
! federal soldiers in the name of the law.
! 1t is very curious that the Republicans
| should appear as the defenders of a Gov
| ernor supposed to be Democratic, and a
1 county auditor labeled Silver RepubIi-
! can" Il shows that the deyotees of des-
| potism and militarism stand together,
| whatever their party affiliations may be-
! And more than that In another case
| now pending, in Congress, in the case
| Of the contest of the scat of Senator
! Clark, we find Clark relying wholly upon
| Republican aid 20 secure his seat in the
! face Of the overwhelming evidence that
| he was elected through wholesale and I'M
| blushing bribery He calls himself a
| Democrat bur the Democrats, almost
| without exception, have manflIlly opposed
! him. One could cite instances of this
! sort by the score that go 20 show there
| is certain definite element in politics.
| You may call ii corrupt, plutocraic des-
potic, mperalist.c or doubtful, but an
element is to be found in both parties
which co-operatcs at all times, though
party lines be thrown down. Such men
! as Monnett, The Attorney Cen
| eral of Ohio, whom the Re
/ DubIicans refused to nominate be-
ha fntrpht he ri
Company: Golden Rule" jones, Pngree
Baumgartner, the Republican nominee
for Mayor of Milwaukee. and others of
their type. are not Republicans if Hanna
and II. c. Payne are. And such men
as Whitney. Lamont and w. A. Clark
are not Democrats if Bryan, Altgeld and
George Fred Williams are. 1t is a pity
that the men VINO represent advanced
bought liberal opinion and devotion to
the public cause cannot all get into the
! same party.
I had occasion the other day 10 attend
| the meeting of one of Mr. MCKinleys
Justly celebrated commissions. This being
| tho subcommittee of the Industrial Com
f.. ion sent to Chicago TO Investigate he
great strike in the building Grades, which
has absolutely paraiyzed all building OPP
eratons in this city. l went with Attorney
Clarence S. barrow, the man who con-
ducied the defense of Debs when he was
accused of contempt of court at the time
of the American Railway Union strike
We found a workingman named Biznau
on the stand, a man who has made very
thorough study of the labor question, and
who has intelligenhy observed the condi-
lions about him, and part Of which chat
he is. The chairman of the sub-commit-
tee. Col. Clark, who is president of that
rabidIy partisan organization. the Boston
Home Market Club, was putting Biznau
through a cross-examination very much
Of the sort which the presiding judge in
France used 10 submit the Dreyfus wit
nesses to, and for the half or three-quar-
tiers of an hour thai ] listened to it the
evidence was perfectly clear that this COM
mission existed less for the purpose of Sc
curing any really valuable testimony bear
ing on the labor troubles than to browbeat
the labor witnesses to enable the distin-
guished commissioners TO make speeches
on law and order which would get into
the record. 1t Is literally true that dur