Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-05-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, May 5, 1900.

Washington, May b. 1900.
The broad streak of yellow down the
backbone of the Mckinley administration.
the exhibition Of which disguised 30
many Americans during the weeks which
Immediately preceded the war with Spain,
is again in full view OF the world. The
present exhibition is connected with our
relations with Turkey. Only a few days
ago, all Of the we'll known dissemnators
OF semi.ofticlai news, in Washington,
were singing song OF jingoism and iiIl'
ing the newspaper men with thrilling
stories of the red hot demand the admin
istration had made upon the Sultan oil
Turkey, IT, settle those long-standing
missionary claims at once, and lntimating
that if the spondulixs was not at once
forthcoming, an American fleet would be
sent into Turkish waters to forclbly col
let IT. These stories were duly sent out,
but they didn't fire the country even
little tiny bit, the people not being IN Il
lingo humor. But they did something
else. They brought an intimatlon IRON
Russia, in the politcst diplomatic Ian
yuayc, that there were reasons winch
made it incumbent upon Russia to object
to any forcble collection OF claims from
the Sultan. That threw Secretary Hay
into blue funk, almost as bad as would
have followed a snubbing by an English
lord, and straiglltway the yellow streak
in the administration backbone was un'
covered, to add to the gaiety OF nations
and to the humiliation OF Americans, ana
the official announcement made that his
government had at no time Intended to
20 beyond diplomatic insistance in trying
to make the sultan ray that claim.
famous American Wit once commented
upon an exhibition OF yellow streak by
a public man, by saying: God Almighty
hates 1uitter," and it is we'll known to
every observing man that the American
people also hate Il quitter.
Senator Allen rebuked Senator Chan.
dler for his apparent anxiety to railroad
the resolution reported from the elections
committee, declaring Senator Clark, OF
Montana, not ent tied to his seat, through
the senate wien lie said: "Every man
must realize that it is asking a good deal
of anyone who occupies place in this
chamber to take the mere conclusions Vi
a committee, without an opportunity Of
reading the evidence upon which those
conclusions are based. am not inter-
tsted in this case one way or the other,
but the senate cannot expect to dispose
of it in two or three days when it has
taken the committee three months to hear
witnesses and reach judgment. That
would be ridiculous in any tribunal" 1t
is strongly believed that the resignation
OF Senator CLARK will make vote nm.
necessary on this resolution, although he
still declines to talk for publication.
Democratic senators have decided that
the army reorganization bill contains so
manJ objec ionable features that they
will no. allow it to go through the senate,
and notice to that effect has been served
on the republicans. Among the striking
features Of the army bill are provision for
making Gen. Miles lieutenant general
(put in to catch democratic votes) and
Gen. Corbin major general; for the in
crease OF the regular army and for
doubling the number OF cadets to West
Point. Senator Jones. OF Ark, the demo.
cratic leader, who never minces words
when lie has anything to say, declared
the army bill to be lull Of rs.scality.
The republican leaders allowed the
canal bill to pass the house,
simply because they saw that they could
not prevent it, but their present pro-
gramme is to hang it up in the senate,
for fear that its passage would not be
pleasing to England, which is already
displeased because the Nicar-
aqua Canal Treaty has not been ratified. |
Still, the country is expected to believe |
the repeated assertions OF administration !!
m m that there is no secret understanding
between the Mckinley administration
and the English government.
Whatever the administration NAV be
able to do in the house with the ship
subsidy job, the scheme will not get
through the senate at this session. The
democratic senators who opposed this
scheme have received unexpected support
N their fight against it, from Quay's re.
publican friends, who intend to let Han
IA, who is the most active pusher OF the
OBJ, see that they resent the successful
leal by which he kept Quay out Of the
senate. These republican senators would
not vote against the subsidy bill
{ put to the test, but they will probably
quietly help the democratic senators to
prevent its reaching a vote, which will
'e practically the same thing.