Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26
Things Left Undone.

| The Republicans have left undone
nearly everything of vital Importance
to the people. They passed an anti
trust bill through the House, which,
with Democratic amendments forced
upon it, received the practically unani-
nous vote of all parties in that branch.
But when it reached the Senate, despite
J the umost efforts of the Democrats to
secure consideration, the bill was sent
by solid Republican vote into commit
| tee, from which it will never emerge.
The bill was proposed by the Republic
cans solely for campaign purposes, and
without the slightest purpose of ever
| letting it become a law.
The Nicaragua canal bill passed the
House by an overwhelming non-parti-
san vote, but in the Senate the Pa
cific railroad lobby tied up the measure
and it slumbers on the calendar. In
| both House and Senate resolutions of
sympathy with the Boer republics in
their struggle for independence We're
| introduced, but in each body the res
olutions were overwhelmed and sup
| pressed under direct orders from the
| White House. Efforts were made in
! both bodies to secure the investigation
of the numerous charges of fraud and
| misconduct of government officials in
every branch of the service during the
past three years, but in every instance
save one the resolutions We're either de
feated or postponed of consideration
until too late to be given effect.
In one instance alone was n thorough
investigation had. The arbitrary use
of the military in the Occur d'AleIfes
to suppress organized labor was inyes-
tigated by the military affairs commit
tee of the House, and the testimony
given under oath was so damnatory in
its character to the administration that
every effort was made on the part of
the majority of the committee as well
as by the majority of the House to sup
press the testimony and prevent its
reaching the public. Representative
I.entz of Ohio made a gallant struggle
to secure the printing of 10000 copies
of this testimony, so that it could be
distributed among the labor unions and
other bodies which were equally inter-
ested in the investigation and had re-
quested copies of the report, but his
utmost efforts We're unavailing. The
Republicans have gathered in and de-
stroyed or secreted nearly every copy
of the testimony which had to be print
ed for the use of the committee. Thou
sands of tons of trash are printed ev-
cry year by the Government to find
disposition in junk shops. but this
vitality important report to every labor
ing man in the country could not be
permitted to see the light of day.
We're on the Program.
Certain other measures stood upon
the Republican program, but failed to
pass Congress for various reasons. The
administration sought by every means
In its power to secure the adoption Of
the Hay Pauncefote treaty in the Sen
ate. which would have given to Great
Britain. with her enormous fleet. prac-
teal naval control OF the Nicaragua
canal But public sentiment came out
so strongly against the surrender that
the treaty was permitted 10 sleep. The
ship subsidy bin failed for similar
reason. Its purpose was plain enough
to enable few wealthy ShipbuilderS
and steamship owners to further in
crease their already enormous profits.
and at the same time contribute the
usual ten per cent rake-off 10 Mark
Hanna's corruption fund. But the
growl from the public was TOO ominous
and consideration was postponed until
next winter. The army reorganization
bin was also abandoned. although the
administration urged its adoption to
the last. because Speaker Henderson
bluntiy told the President that its
adoption would lose the Republicans
twenty congressional seats in the mid
die West alone. the country not yet be
ing prepared for militarism.
1t is safe 10 assert that every nefari-
GUS proposition which has been post
poned uatil next winter viii be then
adopted If Mckinley wins at the polls
IN November. Should Bryan win tssy