Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-03-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. c., March 8, 19C

There seems to be trouble ahead for
the administration bill providing that
the adjutant general Of the army shall
have the rank Of major general. The
senate has adopted resolution, offered
by Senator Psttigrew, directing the
secretary Of war to send the senate the
record Of the court martial OF General
Corhin who was then lieutenant
colonel, during the civil war, and a copy
of the report made about the same time
by Colonel Thomas j. Morgan, relating
to the first colored brigade, and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Corbin's relations Herewith.
Corbin was court-martialed upon the
charge OF cowardce, one of the speci-
lications being made that while under
fire he got off his horse and hid behind
tree. He was acquitted, but the re-
cord as we'll as the report of Colonel
Morgan, is said to contain matter which
will cause senators and representatives
to do some hard thinking before they
vote to make such man a major
general.
1t is very hard to forecast the fate
OF the Porto Rican bill in the senate.
There is Republican faction there
which regards the action OF the house,
in cutting down the duties and limiting
the life OF the bill, as nothing more
nor less than pure politics. Its members
desire to restore the rates to 25 per
cent or perhaps higher and to remove
the limit, with the idea that when the
bill goes to conference, the house lead
ers, already prlmed, will readily yield
and that the house will accept the con-
ference report without debating it. On
the other hand, there is another Re-
publican faction led by Mr.. Aldrich, OF
Rhode Island, which recognizes the fact
that the proposed taxation is unconsti-
situation has not yet clarified sufficient
ly to enable the strength OF these fac
tions to be properly estimated.
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The clique of real estate spectators
who are after big wad OF Uncle Sans
money in exchange for the south side OF
Pennsylvania avenue, which, notwith-
standing its being quagmre in which
no solid foundation for large building
can be had without driving piles through
Uh'i'y Vi lorOy lees Vi muu' they nave
been talking up as just the place to
locaIe iuVare puoiic oulldihgs, received
an unexpected checR wnen the wash
'hs'oh centehhlai committee came out
strong lor 'he projected Federal avenue,
from 'ne cap'toi 10 the proposed Memo
rlai oriuee 10 Arlington, over the Mall,
upoh "hich all future iederai ouildlngs
shali oe located Inc Mall is owned by
'ns so'erh"eh' ano 'here "ouio oe no
pi'hihss III INC ereceioh OF ouildlngs oy
Vne government upon its own ground.
REPRESENTATIVE hiusely' OF Kansas,
mas introduced the OIL prepared by
several aoie lawyers ior the American
heoerae'oh Oh LABOR lor the abolition
vi government oy injunction. Inc
o'i' 10 purify hesa'''e III CHARACTER
ueclarlhs 'ha' no agreement 10 DO or
hoU W oo ahythihg IN iaoor dispute
or s'r'ke shail De ueemeo criminal II
Che same actioh would not be criminal
If done by an individual This provi-
sion is so entirely in accord with Justice
and right that 1t is hard to see how any
congress, free from trust monopoly in
tiuence, can vote against it. But, nat
urally, it will be opposed by the corpo-
rations and will have hard time in
being enacted, if indeed it ever is.
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