The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-05-04
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I FROM oir regular G. rI:'SlniiG''h
| WAsuISGroN, April 3O.-The broad streak
| of yellow down the backbone of the MCi y
| ley administration, the exhibition of which
disguised SD many Americans during the
weeks which Immediately preceded the wal
| with Spain, is again in full view of the world
| The present exhibition is connected with our
| relations with Turkey. Only few days ago
| all oil tic WCll.luoTn di.sc.niLa.OIs Of semi
cfficisi news, in Washington, were singing a
| song I irg0ism and filing the newspaper
| men With thrilling stories Of tue red hot &c
| rIa,Id the adiGinistr alton HAD made urol the
| Sultan of Turkey, 10 settle these long stand-
| ing missionary claims at once, and intimating
| that if the spcnduics was not at once forth
| coming, an American fleet would be sent into
| Turkish waters to forcihly collect it. These
stories were duly sent out, but they didn't fire
| the country even a little tiny bit, the people
not being in jngo humor. But they did
| something else. They brought intimation
| from Russia, in the poiitest diplomatic
| language that there were reasons which made
| it incumbent upon Russia to object 10 any
| torcb,e collection of claims from the Sultan.
| That threw Secretary Hay into blue funk,
| almost us bad as would have followed snub-
| bing by English lord, and etraightway the
| yellow streak in the administration backbone
| was uncovered, 10 add to the gaiety of nations
| and to the humiliation Of Americans, and the
| official announcement made that this govern
ment had at no time intended TO go beyond
| diplomatic inSistance in try ing to make the
Sultan pay that claim. A famous American
wit once commented upon an exhibition of a
| yellow streak by public nan, by saying,
God Almighty hates a gutter" and it id we'll
| known to ever observing man that the Ameri-
| can people also hates gutter.
The Senate seems to be pretty nearly unani-
NOUS in one thing at lsast-that the United
States Senate has no authority to investigate a
State Legislature qualification to elect U. S.
Senator. Although the temptation to go be-
hind the action OF the West Virginia legisa-
ture which elected Nathan b. Scott, to the
Senate WAS great, there being plenty OF evil
dence of crookedness, only three Senators
Pettus and Morgan, of Ala. and Turner, of
WASH, voted for the motion of Senator Pettus
to send the resolution declaring Scott entitled
to his seat back to Committee with instructions
to further investigate his election.
Senator Allen rebuked Senator Chandler for
his apparent anxiety to railroad the resolution
reported from the election committee, de-
caring Seuator Clark, of Montana, not en-
titled to his seat through the Senate when he
said: Every man must realize that 1t is ask
ing good deal Of anyone who occupies
place in this chamber to take the mere con-
illusions of Committee, without an oppor.
runity CT reading the evidence upon which
those conclusions arc based. L am not inter
ested in this case one way or the other, but the
Senate cannot expect to dispose Of it in two or
three days when 1t has taken the Committee
three months to hear the witnesses and reach
a Judgment. That would be ridiculous in any
tribunal"
1t is strongly believed that the resignation of
Senator Clark will make vote unnecessary
on this resolution, although he still declines 10
talk for publication.
Democratic Senators have decided that the
army reorganization bill contains SO many OF
jectional features that they will net allow it to
go through the Senate, and notice to that
effect has been served on the Republicans.
Among the striking features of the army bill
are provision for making Gen. Miles Lieuten-
ant: General (put in to catch Democratic votes
and Gen. Corbin, Major General; for the it,
crease of the regular army and for doubling
the number of cadets to West Point. Senator
Jones' of Ark, the Democratic leader, who
never minces words when he has anything to
say, declared the Army bill to be full of raj
caity.
The Republican leaders will allow the Mic
aragua Canal bill to pass tie House this week,
simply because they saw that they could not
prevent it, but their present programme is to
hang it up in the Senate, for fear that its pass
age would not be pleasing TO England, which
is already somewhat displeased because tic
Nicaragua Canal Treaty has not been ratified.
Still, TIE country is expected to believe the re-
peated assertions of administration men that
these is no secret understanding between the
Mckinley administration and the Epglis b
government.
do in the House with the ship-subSidy job, the
scheme will not get through the Senate ut this
session. The Democratic Senators who OPP
posed this scheme have received unexpecti
support in their fight against 1t, from Quay s
epubiican friends, who intend to let Hanna,
who is the most active pusher of the job, see
that tney resent the successful deal by which
to keep Quay out of the Senate. These RI
publican senators would probably not vote
against the subsidy bill if put to the test. but
Ihey will probably quietly help the Demo-
cratic Senators to prevent its reaching vote.
which will be practically the same thing.