The Sauk Centre herald., 1900-01-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[FRoMTHEHERALD'SCOR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON. Jan. %, 1900.

Il
| President Mckinley will use his dis
erection about giving the information
asked for by the Allen resolution as te
the application of representative O
the Transyaal Republic for recognition
by this government, and why recognition
was refused, as on motion of Senator
Spooner, the resolution was amended
so as to request the President, "if mo-
incompatible with the public interests
to furnish the information. This resolu
tion has no other object than to EN-
barrass the administration. 1t is par
of the game which has been so un
successfully played by the authors o.
the numerous resolutions, asking fol
all sorts of information concerning the
Philippines, and deserves no answer
The sudden spasm of sympathy for the
Beers is in reality democratic attempt
to change the present friendly relations
between the U. s. and England, for nc
better reason than for the making o1
political capital among the Irish votes.
At least two republican Senators seem
to have been trapped in this game, as
Senators Hale and Mason were among
the speakers at public meeting last
night, which was advertised as a "Boer
demonstration.
Chairman Payne, of the House Ways
and Means Committee, said of his bill
proving for an extension of U. S. laws
to Porto Rico and the establishment of
customs and internal revenue collection
districts on the island, which is now
being considered by that committee:
''It is along the line suggested by Gen.
Davis, Gov. General of Porto Rico;
Gen. Roy Stone, who has had extended
experience there; the Porto Rican dele
cation, now in Washington, and those
representatives of American CONNER
cial interests who have spoken on the
subject. The bill is not the result of
any conference or agreement, but I
think it expresses the general view of
those who have followed the hearings.
The essential point is that the legisla-
tion will aid Porto Rico, without in any
way injuring American interests"
That Mr.. Bryan is beginning to re-
alize that his party has got on the
wrong side of the expansion question
was shown, while he was in Washing
ton, day or two ago, by his advising
the democratic senator's and represent
atives to be very particular in their
language when discussing the question
publicly, and by his saying in au au-
thOrized interview: 81 am not op-
posed 20 all expansion; each proposed |
annexation must be settled upon its
own merits " 1t is the old, old de mo-
cratic story. In every presidential
for years, that party has
favored, or pretended to favor, any
Did thing that promised to catch voters,
Ind has not hesitated to favor a thing
in one locality and oppose it in an
other. Before the campaign getsfairly
democratic speakers are likely
20 be declaring that they never exposed
at all; that is only bugaboo
hey have themselves manufactured and
abeled imperialism" which they op-
pose. That sort of game isn't likely
o fool anybody. There are no imper-
alists in this country, and are not
likely to be.
The House adopted an important
amendment to the regular pension ap-
bill, before passing it. 1t
authorizes the commissioner of PEN
lions to withhold the fee of any attor-
ley when he has knowledge that the
has not discharged his full
luty to the claimant. It is said to
lave been the practice of some attor-
,eys to do nothing toward getting a
,ase allowed, after they filed it, trust
ng TO the claimant getting some laen-
Der of Congress to push it through,
that being the attorney Of re-
;ord in the case, they could not be kept
put of their fee when it was allowed.
Secy. Wilson was one of the most
pleased men in w Washington when Pres
dent Mckinley declined to pardon the
Philadelphia merchants, who are SER
wing term in prison for violating the
laws, as he had fought
'he application for pardon from the
irst, claiming that to pardon them
would encourage violations OF those
laws, which were enacted for the
protection of thedairy interests of the
country as we'll as that of the eonsum-
srs of butter.
The HERALD has no sympathy to |
write uponthe immense audience which
squandered it's time and it's money to
attend the utterly worthless 'snigger"
show which held the boards at the
Grand on Monday evening. The
house was packed, the receipts being
about $4,000, and the HERALD is
pleased to know that the grand army
boys profited by their share of it. |
The SvmnhOnv v Orchestra gave q mari- |