The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-02-02
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondents

President Mckinley will use his dis
cfetion about giving the information
asked for by the Allen resolution as to
the application Of representative OF
the Transvaal Republic for recognition
by this government, and why recogni-
tlon was refused, as on motion of Sem
ator -Spooner, the resolution was
amended SO as to request the Presi-
dent, "if not incompatible with the
public interests" to furnish the infor-
nation. This resolution has no other
object than to embarrass the admins
.tratlon. 1t is part Of the game
which has been so uusuccessfully play
ed by the authors of the numerous
resolutions, asking for all sorts of in
formation 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 no better
reason than for the making of politl-
cal capital among the Irish voters.
At least worepublican Senators seems
to have been trapped in this game, as
Senator Hale and Mason were among
the speakers at a public meeting last
night, which was advertised "Boer
demonstration"
The House will devote three days,
beginning Tuesday, to discussion of
the Roberts report and will then pro-
ceed to fire Roberts either by declaring
his seat vacant, in accordance with
the majority report, or by swearing
him in and expelling him, in accord
ance with minority report.
The House Elections Committee
No. | has reported in favor of Hon.
w. L. Aldrich, who is contesting the
seat held by G. A. Robbins, democrat,
from the 4th Alabama district, and
there is no doubt of the seating of Mr..
Aldrich
| That Mr.. Bryan is beginning to
realize that his party has got on the
wrong side Of the expansion question
was shown, while he was in Washing
ton, day of two ago, by his advising
the democratic Senators and Repre-
sentatives to be very particular in
their language when discussing the
question publicly, and by his saying
in an authorized interview: "I am
not opposed to all expansion; each
proposed annexation must be settled
Iupon its own merits" 1t is the old,
old democratic story. In every Presi-
dental campaign for years, that party
has favored, or pretended to favor, any
old thing that promised to catch
voters, and has not hesitated to favor
a thing in one locality and oppose it
in another, Before the campaign gets
fairly started, democratic speakers and
editors are likely to be declaring that
they have never opposed expansion at
all; that it is only the bugaboo they
have themselves manufactured and
labeled "imperialism" which they op-
pose. That sort of game isn't likely
to fool anybody. There are no imper-
ialists IN this country, and are not
likely to be.
! The Naval Board of Construction
has, by vote of to /, turned down
the recommendation OF the Naval Off
GERS who Holland, thought the govern
ment ought to buy the boat, which is
now at the Washington Navy Yard.
The reason given for the action of the
Board was that this class of boat is
still in the experimental stage. In
fact, the government is itself expert
menting, as it is having built, by the
columbia Iron Works, of submarine
torpedo boat.
The House adopted an important
amendment to the regular Pension
Appropriation Bill, before passing it.
1t authorizes the Commissioner of Pen
sions to withhold the fee OF any attor-
|ney has not discharged his full duty
to the claimant. It is said to have
been the practice of some attorneys to
do nothing toward getting a case al
lowed, after they filed it, trusting the
claimant getting some member of
Congress to push it through, knowing
that being the attorney Of record in
the case, they could not be kept out
of their fee when 1T was allowed.
1 Secretary Wilson was one of the
most pleased men in Washington
when President Nc Kinley declined to
pardon the Philadelphia merchants,
who are serving term in prison for
violating the oleomargarine laws, as
he had fought the application for q
pardon from the first, claiming that
to pardon them would encourage vio-
llations Of those laws, which were en-
Iacted for the protection Of the dairy
Interests of the country as we'll as
that Of che consumers Of butter.