Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-01-19
WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
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Roberts Will Go Home.

| Senator beverage on the AHshPPAAss"
Roberts Will Go Home.
WASHINGTON. Jan. Ex-senator
Beverage made a big hit with MS
speech in favor Of his resolution, which
| follows: Resolved. That the PhllIpp-
! inc Islands are territory belonging 10
| the United State: that it is the lnten-
ion Of the United States To retain
them as such, and to establish and
| maintain such governmental control
| throughout the archipelago as the sit
! uatio may demand" Several things
added to the intcrcs: in the speech.
senator Beverage spent several months
ia the Philippines getting information
and making a study Of things, and 1t
was his maiden speech in the senate.
to which he had come with Il high rep
ulation as an orator for so young
man. II has placed him in the first
rank as Il senatorial orator, and it will
! doubtless be widely read. 1t certainly
ought to be. Speaking against the
proposition to abandon the empire Of
The Philippines. ne said: "lf it should
prove "A mistake to abandon it, the
! blunder once made would be irretrieve-
able. If it proves Il mistake to hold it,
the error can be corrected when we
will: every other progressive nation
stands ready TO relieve u.s." OF our
| future power he said: Most future
wars viii be conflicts for commerce.
| Tie power that rules the Pacific,
therefore, Is the power that rules the
world. And, with the PHILIPPINES,
that power is and will forever be the
| American Republic" But probably
the most striking and dramatic point
in his speech was his solemn arraign-
ment Of Agunaldo's American assist
crS. Of whom he said: SIN sorrow
rather than anger, say to those
whose voices in America have cileered
those misguided natives on to shoot
our soldiers down that the blood of
those dead and wounded boys Of ours
| is on their hands, and the flood of all
the years can never wash that stain
away. In sorrow, rather than anger
say these words, for | earnestly be-
lleve that our brothers knew not what
They did," On the business side of
the question, Senator Beyeridge said !.
That Statesman commits a crime
against American trade against the
American grower OF cotton and wheat
and tobacco, the American manufact-
urer Of machinery and clothing who
fails to put America where she may
command that trade This was re-
fcrring especially to the trade of
| China, which was in 1897, $3.50, 73S, 300,
OF which we had only Is per cent and
OF which we ought to have, and Mr.
Bcveridge says will get, at least 80
per cent.
i The Importance Of the work to be
done at this session by the house ma va |
committee, and the continued illness
OF Chairman Boutelle, has resulted in
he unanimous election by the com
mittee of representative Foss of uli-
nois, To be chairman pro tempore.
This was a high and deserved compli-
ment To Mr.. Toss.
Secretary Cages answer to the reso-
tuition which the democrats offered
hoping to embarrass him and the adj
mlnistfation, was full and free, show
ing that only law and custom had
been followed in depositing internal
revenue collections in such national
banks ITS chose to deposit United
states bonds as security. and that no
tayoritiSm had been shown and not n
single bank turned down that applied
Tor the deposits BESIDES furnishing
copies of all orders of the treasury de-
partment and correspondence with
the national banks, Secretary Gaze
wrote long reply, explaining that TIE
custom OF depositng public money in
national banks when the revenues If
the government were in excess Of Tia
expenditures, us they have been for
some months and are likely to con-
tinue definitely, was necessary 10
prevent embarrassment in business,
circles, caused by the scarcity of
money, and concluding with this en-.
phatie statement: Under my adj
mlnistration OF the treasury depart
ment no discrimination in favor of
one bank against another has been
made. Generally speaking, when an
increase IN depositary banks was de-
sired all have been invited to qualify
themselves for receiving such money.
ana have been equally and equitablv
considered in their respective rcla-
tons tothc treasury" Instead of be
ing pleased, rs they expected Ia be.
the democrats are chargrined. because
they know that Secretary Cages replv.
While not containing one word of poIi.