The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-07

1t is regarded as SO certain that
the Senate will pass the Porto
Rico bill tomorrow, when the vote
will be taken, that public interest
is already transferred to the
House, where the result is not so
certain. The free traders are
making some pretty stiff claims
ms to their ability to strike out
the tariff clause of the bill and in
sert one providing for free trade
in the House, but, investigation
shows that those claims have no
better foundation than the talk
of a few members who voted
for the original tariff bill and then
became frightened by public
criticism. There Is no faltering on
the part of the leaders of the ma
iority in The House, and the
chances are that they will be able
to keep the grumblers in line for
the bill. The majority of the
House is always susceptible to adj
ministration influence, and the
whole inhence Of the administra-
ton is being thrownin favor OF the
Porto Rican bill. Speaker Hender-
son is also lending hand and he
says the bill Will become a law be-
fore the end Of the present week.
Secretary Root says the written
instructions to the new Philippine
Commission, the members OF which
will sail from San Francisco for
Manila on the 18th inst, will not
be made public at present. Doubt
less the really important instrnc-
lions to the Commission were
given verbally and will not be
made public at all until they have
been carried out. At least, that is
the opinion OF those who usua ~
know what il going on.
Ii had never been suspected
that the venerable Senator Pettus
the Oldest man in the Senate was
a humorist and wit, until he made
a thirty minute speech satirizing
the legal advice given the Senate
by doctor Senator Gallinger, of
N. H., land mercilessly the posi-
tion taken on the Porto Rican
question by the orator, Senator
Beveridgc, OF Indiana, WHO took
occasion, while making a speech in
favor of free trade with Porto Rico,
to state his intention to vote for a
a bill providing a tariff. It, was
the most amusing half hour
tue Senate has llad during the
present session. Senator Calm
ger laughed as heartily over
that portion Of the speech Of Sena,
Tor pettus, referring to him, rs any.
body did, but Senate Bcvsridge,
who was not present, is a much
younger man the youngest In the
Senate and consequently more
sensitive, and 10 may take Il no
tion 10 resent being held up to
ridicl,le, even IN ~ good naturcd a
manner rs il was done by Senator.
pcttlts.
The House doesn't believe that
this government slonid reimburse
the British Cable Company for tx
penses incurred in repairing the
Elie cable to Manila, which was
mt BY Dewey, and refused to pass
J bill approlriating money for
,urfose. AS a matter Of fact, in
stead Of being injured by Dewey's
lct, the British Cable Company
las made thousands of dollars.
,aid BY this government as cable
oils on occount Of the American
occupation Of Manila.
This Is the way the Kentucky
nix-up strikes a well.known Ken |
uckian Mr.. &. b. Farley, of
louisville, :, now in Washington:
rhe trouble in Kentucky will be
nuisance for a long time to come. |
( will show in All the politiciall
movements leading up the FALL
lectionS. There will not be i
istrict Or county convention
'hich will be free Of it, There
ill be street fights andconvention
,ws, which the newspapers will re.
ort as riots. There will he shoot
lg scrapes which will be called
Intact, 1t will lie bad 1