The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-06-08
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent.

FROM our regular GORE SpOndenC.
WASHINGTON. June I.-Members of the aG-
ministrsiibu arr breathing freer now that the
| end of the session of Congress is in sght-ad-
juurnnent will take place this week-with no
more investigations of official crookeduess
provided for. Senator Jones, of Ark, threw
administration circles into conniption fits
several days ago by his speech demanding an
| investigation of bow the S50,0oO,000 voted by
| Congress to prepare for the war with Spain
WAS spent, and expressing the opinion that
Mr.. Mckinley should be pleased TO have an
| opportunity 10 crc4r himself of the fearful
stYries in circulation. Mr.. Mckinley was
| pleased to SC lpe that opportunity,
| Senator Morgan got the Senate to agree to
| take up the Nicaragua Canal bill Dec. 10, and
| give it the riSGt of way until disposed of. That
| was thc best he Hould do.
| The only vote in the House against the
Littlefield bill to amend the Sherman anti
! trust law, was cast by Republican. Repre-
sentative Mann, of Ill.
| Representative De Almond, of Mo-, tod the
| Republicans some disagreeabe truths in his
/ speech against their make believe proposition
| for a constitutional amendment authorizing
| Congress to control trusts, which was defeated
| by Democratic votes. After telling them that
Z the proposed amendment bore upon its face
| irrefutabie evidence that il was not intended
| TO bc placed in the campaign to delude voters,
\ Mr.. Da Almond said: ITO what chapter of
| your Republican performances can you turn
\ and hope for approval from the people? / do
not ehde you for trying Il last desperate effort
\ as fipal resource to get something out of this
| amendment. If you get anything out of it, it
viii be- bee luse the American people are fur
| more stupid than think they are, and because
| deuson is much more attractive to them than
| plain conduct and honest acts. Can there be
anything in the pre- position that because you
| label this antitrust, we shall not look beyond
| the label? You have labeled many things
| OF her than they There ia noe a package
| of your political nostrums that will bear in
! sDeC;iOn. 1t may be taken by label, but it
cannot BE- by sample, much less by tests OF
| reasonable quantities. The power of the peo-
| pie TO meet and overcome trusts would be less
| il this amendment were III the Constitution,
| than il is today. | aIn willing to amend it so as
| t. take from lurty-tve States The power they
| now possess to create and control corporations
| You propose to take control of these corpora
l lions. Y on prop Sc to say which one of them
| you vii! derounco and destroy. if you destroy
any of them. and which you will shelter and
protect. am opposed 10 that kind of legisla-
| ton. Trusts have grown within the last three
| years as they have never grown before. They
| are mightier. they have invaded new fields,
| conquered new provinces, made new slaves
| and are mighticr today than ever before. And
| yet you say to the people wait until we get
! constitutional amendment.andsuc such constitu-
| tional amendment,
| Judges have way of emphasizing their dis
approval of those who fail to pay proper re-
/ A tsNak, rran frty -nn
when Justice Barnard. of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, added a fine of
| 800 and costs to his rebuke of Mr.. E. G..
Siggers for his failure TO obey an order of the
court not to represent himself as successor to
| or az connected with the firm of C. A. Snow u
| Co., the well-known Washington Patent Law
yers.
To drop into slang, it may be said that see-
| rotary Hay got the "hoarse hoct" from the
Senate when lie asked in the name of Mr.. Nc.
| Kiuiey, that the Spooner Philippine bill be
| passed before adjournment. The Republican
| leaders knew that the Democratic Senators
| meant business when they served them with
| notice th9t the Spooner bill would not be
| be voted upon ut this session, and abandoned
| their att.mpt to get the bill through, more
| than week ago.
In allowing the claim of Mr.. Clark and Mr..
| Maginnis from seat in the Senate. to go over
| to the next session, the Senate Committee on
| Elections really turned the matter over to the
| people of Montana for settlement, asthe legis-
lature which will fill the vacancy will be elect
ed this year, excepting twelve hold-oyer sena-
tors, and will meet next January, only few
| weeks after the reassemolipg of Congress.
| Notwithstanding the promotion of Gen.
Otis for ending the war in the Philippines, and
numerous denials that more troops were
needed over there, Secretary Root now ac-
l,nowledges that regular troops are to be sent
to reinforce Gen Macarthur, who has been
asking for them ever since he succeeded Otis.
BY pooling their issues, those two personal
enemies, Gen. Miles and Gen. Corbin, won
their long fight for promotion. That is, they
will win. if the House doesn't kick on the Sen.
ate amendment to the Military Academy Ap-
preparation bin. providing for the promotion,