Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-17
The Politician.

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90 to a Conferences committee com. is
ed Of Senators and Representatives, !
which will decide which bill will be fl
nally be put through, or whether it
will be more advisable to make COM
postte bill, composed OF parts of each.
There are differences in the bills, but
inasmuch as they both have the same
object in view 1t will not be very diff
ficult for the conferees to reach an
agreement, and there is no doubt that
when an agreement is reached, it will
be promptly ratified by the House and
Senate
Chairman Payne,of the House Ways
and Means Committee, has given no.
tice that the Porto Rican Tariff Bill
will be called up next Monday and
kept before the House until disposed
Of. The Democrats are busy circulat-
ing rumor of Republican opposition
to this bill, but the most careful
search has failed to find a single Re-
publican member OF the House who
will say that he will vote against it.
The bill will pass.
Senator Davis, Chairman of the Sem
ate Committee on Foreign Relations,
which is still considering the Nicara-
guam Canal treaty never expresses an
opinion without knowing what he is
talking about. Therefore, when he
expressed the opinion that the treaty
would be ratified, 1t carried more
weight in Washington than the stories
circulated largely by paid lobbyists, tc
the contrary. The stories of the
strength of the opposition to the
treaty have no better foundation than
those alleging that President McKin.
treaty from the Senate, and the las
had absolutely no foundation. Presl.
dent Mckinley believes the treaty is a
good one and that it will be ratified.
Representative Grosvenor. of Ohio
Chairman Of the House committee or
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, which
has charge of the shipping bill, gave
out a statement concerning the mum.
erous fakes published about this bill
in which he said: 1T proposes to put
American vessels in the foreign trade
on an equality with the foreign vessels
now doing our carrying. When tha
is done we expect to see American
shipyards turning out the shipping
that is needed to do our foreign carry.
ing There are some people who are
so afraid that this bill will give a
chance to American ships to secure a
share of our foreign carrying that
they cant sleep nights, and these are
the ones who are Matching up the ru-
mors, false and partially false, with
which the people are being regaled in
the opposition and free trade press.
don't find ary of the American fret
trade papers denouncing the subsidie:
and bcuntles the foreign ships in com.
petition with our own receive. They
reserve their denunciations for the
suggestion that American ships be
put upon an equality of conditions. II
is the same kind of a situation that we
have confronted several times on the
tariff bill, and the country hasn't
been ruined by that. believe there
Is no bill before Congress today that
means so much of material benefit to
the nation and to the people in every
part as this shipping bill
There seems to be an almost unani-
nous sentiment in Congress in favor
of ending the session before the nat
ional conventions meet, and unless
something not now expected shall turn
up, and cause an extension the ad-
journment will probably take place
about the first Of June.
Senator Allison was paid a high
compliment when he was chosen by
the Republican caucus to be Chairman
of the Steering Committee of Seven
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ing the legislative program in the Sen
ate for the remainder of the session
and authorized to choose the other six
members of the committee; but the
Republican senators know Senator Al
lison's sterling qualities; that his ex-
perience fitted him for the place given
him and also for choosing the right
men as his associates.
The House this week took up and
passed the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation Bill AS usual
the discussion of this bill, which car
rles the money for the pay of the civil
employees of the government, provok-
ed several more or less spirited dia-
logues about the civil-service law and
its administration, as applied to the
government departments in Washing
ton.
Senator Chandler has not yet called
up the Quay case, though he may do sc
at any time. But, in view of the i'm
portance of speedy action on the Porte
Rlcan and Hawaiian bills. it is mo-
likel ythat the Senate will find time tC
dispose OF the Quay case until after
both OF these bills have been acted up
on, although SONS speeches on the
Quay case may be made from time tc
time after it is called up whenever op
portunity occurs.
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