The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-03-28
Political Hypocrisy.
Some Of the Things That are
Sata and Done in Wash
lngtcn.


Hanna having failed 20 convince all
OF the republican senator's, by telling
them shat the passage cf the Porto
Rico tariff bill was necessary to get
certain big campaign contributions,
is ns " vigorously welding the party
whip en- the shoulders Of the kickers,
with able assistance on the quiet
from Mr. Mckinley. 1t was to help
him that Senator Foraker got the
senate Porto Rico bill sent back to
committee This leaves the deck
clear for the house bill, which deals
exclusively with the Porto Rico tariff
Every energy is' now to be bent to
force that through the senate without
amendment Five or six republican
senators still threaten to flibuster
against vote
Senator Cockrell, speaking for the
democratic senators, just before the
senate passed the bill authorizing the
appointment Of commission to go
to China and Japan and make q
report on commercial conditions in
those countries, said : 1.-THE republi
can party is in absolute control, and
we on this eide of the chamber are
powerless to prevent the enactment
of any Legislation coming from the
republican party and deemed neces
sary by it I will not antagonize
this bill, although do not agree
with it in principle I want it un
derstood now. and understood dis
tinctly. that hereafter. absolute re
sponsibility must rest upon the repub
lican party for the passage OF all
resolutions and bills y
Senator Tillman utilized his pitch
fork to toss few aggrayatlng ques
tions to the almost distracted repub
licao senators, which furnished con
siderable amusement to the occupants
of the galleries aud to the demcratic
senators Among the questions,
which no republican seriously at
tempted to answer, we're the follow
ing: "Has the president changed
his mind or not ? Is the president
for free trade with Porto Rico today,
or is be not Is he leading his
party or has be surrendered to the
dictates of special interest, following
the triumphal car like prisoner OF
war Will some gentleman please
tell me whether the president is for
free trade with Porto Rico, or is he
not 2" After waiting in vain for a
reply to his questions, Mr. Tillman
said with sardonic laugh : "a
dumbness falls upon US all " He
then vividly sketcbed the present
troubles of the republican party. and
predicted that the people would
sweep it from power. for not recog
niziug that the flag, the constitution
and liberty must travel together. and
charged the republican party with
indiTection hypocrisy and dirty
work Senator Spooner sought to
detract attention from Senator Till
man plain talk about Porto Rico by
shifting the debate to the suppress
sion of the negro vote in South Caro-
lima, but Mr. Tillman met him at once
by declaring that be had no apollo
gies to make for the action Of the
white people of South Carolina, add
ing: "Wben you could get nothing
more from us by law, you turned a
horde of negroes and carpet baggers
loose rpon us to steal everything we
bad left We are here to stey, and
we demand our rights We are not
to be trampled on and hammered and
pstronized any longer. say that as
South Carclinian, l am the equal of
any senator on this floor propose
to have my say here, no matter whose
feelings are hurt
After ten years. service in the
bouse, Representative Cox, of Ten
nessee, has announced that be will
not be q candidate for reelection
When asked why, he answered in
three words-"Tired of it" He
will be missed by the democrats of
the next house, as he has won a
place as an able champion of demo
cratic principles
That the government over.pays for
low grade work and under pays for
high grade wo-k has again been
emphasized by the resignation of
Hon q P Greeley, assistant com
missioner of patents, because OF hls
small salary. to engage in practice in
Washington making specially of
trade marks and foreign patents
The retirement of Mr. Greeley is 8
decided loss to the government He
has been in the patent Office for l6
years, has filled many important posi-
tions, including that of commission