The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-06-22


:a)keI interestingly on various cub
jsc!s.
Among oiher things he said:
The best thiaS for the country con,
Srcsa has dGnc was adj ,urnmenf, as
beth Senate aud House were woefdlly
republicans, backed by president il
thorough sympathy with them.
The worst thing it did wss Tho pns
sage of the O,crstreet Financial Bal,
which es a5&i,hed gold as q single
standard, AMI rendered bimetalism
hereafter impo;sib!e, SO long as the
republicans have either the presidency,
lho Sooatc or the House, which vii!
be at lcas: foar years longer, es the
republican, will hold the Senate till
1895. The Bill also places the cur
rency OF Tie country practically under
the co1;roi Of the great moaey centres
of New York, Chicago, Boston and
Phi!adelphii.
The Pnilippins conditions remain
uachapgei /, me republicans preferrng
to leave tn, n in the possession Of the
prc:i lent AID thu army, until tac
iutnyo Gisci"ses Tie ccur>e to be Eur.
sued. II the supreme court holds that
Calhoun was right, tia: the cons,ilu
ton panie5 the htg, AMI tha;
Inhabitants ,f all territory ,f tn.
Uaitsd States are cnti;lo I to i,s
protection, then, is th.,s would mean
tree trade between the stands aud Us
they wonA open the do2r FIR Earope
to US through our tariff wall, and the
republicans will drop them like hot
iron, aud os'ab!ish a pro;ectorate over
them. II The court holds otherwise,
then they will make a colony ,f the
Archipeisgo-and we shall be in the
L npiro business along with England.
Cuba also remains in military pos
session. The republicans are hoping
that aomething will turn up which will
enable Them t. decUn,I,- --;e.i..e tho;-
pledge to secure Independence for its
to that end will continue
Lho present status as long rs possible.
But it is 4 vain hope: they will have
to succumb to the general sentiment
0. the country that our plightcd faith
is Committed to those people, and
turn the Island over to them. Ii CUBA
is ever ours, it will come G, Texas
dill.
Porto Rico hes been made colony
of III United States--to all practica!
purposcs-as the president appoints
the controlling power there. The only
decent thing the republicans did for
its people was to restore to them the
50. 900, 900 which our government took
from thom throughl the tariff. The
Nicaragua Canal will have to wait
till its friends can overcome the resis-
tauce Of the influences of the Panama
Canal Company and of the Transcon-
tinental railroad interests. The neces.
sary steps for its speedy construction
have already been taken by the house.
The trusts remain in tho saddle.
The republicans have satisfied them
selves by enscting politics insteai Of
legislation. They introduced and
advocated in the Eouse q buncombe
resolution for an amendment to the
constitution which required two
third vote and which they knew the
democrats would defeat because Of its
proposed surrender to the nationsl
government of the rights of the States;
and we did defeat It. They also irtro.
duced, aud passed through the house
bill on enlargement Of the Sherm>n
anti trust law of 1899 and providing
severer penalties. The democrats
voted with them aud helped carry it.
Il was introduced so late in the session,
however, that it went to sleep in the
senate, as they knew it would, and the
trusts will make their usual contribu>
tions to the republican campaign fund.
IRE Crampacker Bill, designed to
roduce the representation of the South
in Congress and in tho Electoral
College, was not urged this session.
The republicans considered it inadyis-
able to attempt its passage just before
tho election Of this year. Mr.. Crum-
packer says he will push it in modi.
fled shape ut the next session. We
will defeat i, and it's only effect will
be to revive sectional animosities. The
war revenue taxes continue unchanged.
Notwithstanding the revenues now
exceed Sl00,000,000 tho expenditures
and there is no earthly excnso fIr the
continuation of them, the republicans
took counsel of their fears ani pJs:.
poned the eduction till tho next sss-.
sion.
You see from the few items | have
mentioned that they have carried