Gloucester County Democrat., 1900-03-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. 1901

WASHINGTON, Feb. 70, 1900.
The Democrats of the house haYe right
to claim the amendment of the Porto Riean
tariff b II, which the Republicans were com
PEELED to make at The eleventh hour in order
to get the Republican votes needed to pass
the bill, as party triumph. TIE firm and
united attitude of the Democrats was what
enabled the Republican ohj>clors to force
the amendment of the bill
As predicted, the gold standard bill. re-
ported from the conference committee is a
little bit worse than was either the House
or the Senate bill. 1t contains every OBJ
jectionable feature that was in both, and
has made most of them more Objectionable
As the Republicans have the votes the
conference bill will probably be rushed
through this week. 1t has already beer
agreed that the Senate shall vote upon il
Thursday.
Quay is in sight of success test VOTE
has made it sure that he will get the seat
when the final vote is taken. A number
of Democrats will vote to seat him.
Senator Butler, Chairman of the Populisi
National Committee, Expresses the opinion
that the attempt TO create friction between
the Democrats and Populists, will fail
Speaking of the nomination of Col Bryan
Senator Butler said: "Bryau will be the
choice of three elements, the Democrats
the Populist and the silver Republicans.
The two latter will meet on the same day.
If present arrangements are carried out,
and will, in all probability unite upon the
same candidate for Vice President"
Representative Richardson the Demo-
cratic leader in the House, has, by new
resolution, added the steel trust to the
sugar trust, the paper trust, the tin trust
aud the oil trust, the products of which
previous resolutions authorize the Inter.
state Commerce Commission to prohibit
the transportation of on Interstate Trans
portation lines whenever they have knowl-
edge that the prices asked for the goods
produce profit IN excess OF per cent. on
the actual capital invested in the trust
which controls them.
Mr.. Mckinley has rendered places on
the new Philippine Commission, to two
gold Democrats Gen L1ke E Wright. of
Tenn, and Mr.. Henry c. Ide, of Vermont.
1nasmuch as botn of these gentlemen are
supposed to endorse the financial as well as
the foreign policy of the Republican ad
mlnistratioD, it is farcical for Mr.. Mckinley
to expect the Democratic party to recog-
nIze them as Its representatives on the
Commission. II is equally farcical TO label
the new Commission, non p ;rtisan, Wheu
everybody knows it to be thoroughly i'm
perialistic.
Although the Wisconsin Democrats
made strong ard almost a winning fight
for Milwaukee, none OF them have shown
the slightest disgruntlement over the
choice of Kansas City, for the
National Convention, by the Democratic
National Committee. Like all other good
Democrats, they believe in ending the CON
troyersy. 1t is the same with those Demo
Gratis who advocated holding the conyen-
tion ahead of that of the Republicans
Upon second thought, every Democrat
recognizes how fitting it is that the party
which stands for the true American con-
struction of the Declaration of Indepen.
dence, and of the Constitution. should
hold its National CcnYention on Indepen-
dence Day.
Indianapolis has been named as the
place and Sept. 3, as the time for holding
the National Convention of the Association
Of Democratic Clubs, by the Executive
Committee Of the Association. At the
same meeting the resignation of Hon
Chauncey F Black, of Pa, as President of
the Association, and of Representative
Sibley, Of Pa, as member of the execu
tive committee, were accepted The new
President will not be announced until
April 18Th, Jefferson Day, when the Asso.
citation will give big banquet in Wash
ington. Gov. Benton McMiIlIn, of Tenn.
Chairman of the Executive Committee
will act as President until then.
The clique of real estate speculators
who are after big wad OF Uncle Sam 3
money, in exchange for the south eide of
Pennsylvania Avenue, which, notwith
standing its being quagmire in which no
soiid foundation for large building can
be had without driving piles through
thirty or forty feet of mud, they have been
talking up as just the place TO locate future
public buildings, received an unexpected
check when the Washington Centennial
Committee came out strong for Memorial
bridge to Arlington, over the Mall, upon
which all future Federal buildings shall
be located. The Mall is owned by the
government and there will be no pickIngs
in the erection of buildings by the govern
ment upon its own ground
Senator Vest thus sized up the RepubIi-
can policy, 10 short speech: "The propo-
siti0n that the u. S. can hold territory as a
colonial possession and its people as vas
sails, is the most preposterous and danger
ous that has ever been advanced in the
course of my public life.