Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-05-31


public meetings, the first Of which will
be held in Baltimore, this week, with
others to follow in other cities.
"DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the fin
est pills ever used"-D.J. Moore, Millbrook
Ala. They quickly cure all liver and bowel
troubles.
Delegations from the Creek and Cher
okee Indians ale in Washington pro-
testing against the proposed allotment
of their lends IN Indian Territory, which
they claim will be a violation of old
treaties Their protests have been SUBJ
mitted to the Indian Committees OF
Congress, but there is no probability OF
interference by Congress with the allot
ment programme.
The House has adopted resolutions,
calling on the Postmaster General for
copies of reports made by E. G. Rath-
bone while he held the Office of Director
of Posts in Cuba, and upon the Secre-
tary of War for information as to allow
ances made army officers in Cuba and
Porto Rico, for quarters, horses, vehicles,
&c. Secretary Root has just sent to the
Senate an official report made by Gen.
Davis, which is reply to the resolution
60 far as Porto Rico is concerned
Senators are, if possible, more anx-
ious for Congress to adjourn, than mem
bers of the House are, but there is much
work yet to be done upon regular ap-
preparation bills, which must all be
disposed Of before adjournment, Cen
sequently, it is almost certain that the
date set by the House resolutlon-June
6th-for adjournment, will have to be
pushed little further along by the
Senate; but there is no doubt that ad-
iournment will take place about the
middle of June, which is unusually
early for the long session, even in pres
idential years.
So much opposition to The Spooner
bill, authorizing the President to gov
ern the Philippines Id his discretion
until further legislation by Congress,
has developed that there is little prob
ability that the bill will reach vote at
this session. As matter of fact, the
President is now exercising all the su-
tlority that the Spooner bill would
confer on him, and will continue to do
SO until Congress legislates for the gov
ernment of the Philippines. The only
apparent object Of the Spooner bill is
to show that Congress endorses the ex-
ercise of that power by the President.
Senator Plat, of Conn, is chairman
of the committee on Relations with Gu
ba, which is directed by the Bacon res
olution, adopted by the Senate without
dissenting vote, to investigate all re-
ceipts and expenditures in the Island of
Cuba, by, through and under the Off
cials and representatives of the Q. s
both civil and military, from the date
of the occupation of Cuba, by our mill,
tary forces to April 80, 1900. No man
in the Senate is better fitted to conduct
such an investigation thoroughly than
Senator Platt. Although strong par
tisan, he never allows partisanship to
make him unfair or to prejudice his
Judgment, and his integrity is of the
old-tashloned, middlt-of- the road sort,
which never confuses right ana wrong,
and never condones dishonesty in any
form. In addition to those qualifica-
tons Mr.. Plat has the judicial temper.
ament and is tireless worker. The
investigation will be made during the
Congressional recess and the committee
has the authority to sit where it pleaseF,
either as a full committee or to divide
into sub committees, and to send for
persons and papers.
Senator Morgan's sensational speech
in which he charged that the continen.
tai railroad combine and the half dozen
canal syndicates organized under New
Jersey laws, to control canal routes on
the Isthmus of Darien, were engaged IN
holding up the Nicaragua canal bill has
caused much talk in Washington, not
30 much because the charge is new as
because it was made by such conser-
vative Senator as Mr., Morgan. He hit
the bull's-eye when he said that in
presidential years the politicians We're
always afraid of corporations that had
or professed to have great power. MIR.
Morgan said in his speech: "The Sen
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