Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-02-02
WITH PUBLIC MEN IN WASHINGTON


WASHI NIION. Jan. -. wv PIC
ident ever received higher or more
deserved compliment than was paid 10
President Mckinley by Ex-Governor.
Stannard, in speech In behalf Of the
National Board Of Trade, a non-partl-
san body representing great business
interests in all sections OF the country,
which recently held its annual session
In Washington, closing with these
words: 1--WE congratulate you, Mr.
President, upon the prosperity Of the
country and the success OF your adj
ministration. The president replied:
II can not conceal the pleasure 1t
gives me and the honor l feel in this
call on he part of the National Board
OF Trade, representing as 1t does great
and varied and important interests Of
our country. | rejoice with you all
upon our universal prosperity, and |
trust that that prosperity may be long
continued to the American people"
Now that Brigham II. Roberts, the
polygamist, is out Of the house for
good and all, he probably hasa greater
respect for the moral sense Of the
country which he outraged by becom-
ing candidate for election to con-
gress, and the people Of Utah have
been taught that the men they send
to congress must be free from the faint
Of polygamy.
Representative Littletield OF Maine,
who fills the seat SO long held with
distinguished honor by the late Nelson
Dingley, by his speech in the Roberts
case, which was his maiden effort in
congress, placed himself in the front
rank Of the ablest lawyers in the house,
and it was all the more creditabe to
him, as a lawyer, that he spoke in ia
vor Of the minority report Of the COM
mittee, of which he wAs.a member.
Senators Pettigrew and Allen ha1-e
seemingly by the tacit consent Of the
democrats, assumed the democratic
leadership Of the senate-perhaps it is
because the democratic senators are
ashamed to do such dirty work-and
are still Offering new resolutions, which
they know to be both useless and
meaningless, and the senate is still
fooing them by adopting them with
out opposition.
That any man should dare to stand
up on the floor Of the United States
senate and advocate the doctfine of
might makes right is astonishing, but
Senator McEnery of Louisiana, did
that very thing in a speech against
Senator Pritchards resolution dcclar-
ing the proposed DISTINGUISHING amend
ment to the constitution of North
Carolina to bea violation of the United
States constitution And he added to
the astonishment by acknowledging in
reply to questions that he had declared
a similar amendment to the Louisiana
constitution to be unconstitutional,
and SAYING that the amendment hay-
ing been adopted he felt it to be a
duty to hiss constituents to support it
and to defend 1t in the senate. II thu
people of Louisiana are not ashamed
OF McEnery and his defense, they
ought to be.
Montague White, formerly diplo-
matte agent for the Transvaal in Lon
don, and who was credited with being
IN this country on ii diplomatic mis-
sion, called on Secretary Hay last week
and Informed hiAl that he had no Off
clal credentials of any sort from the
Roer government. but was in the
United States for the purpose of doing
all that he could legitimatelv do to
work up public sympathy for the Beers.
Secretary Hay courteously listened to
Mf. White, as he would to any other
intelligent foreigner who might call
on him as private individual. but he
SAID very little, beyond emphasizing
the neutrality of this government.
The reports for and against the seat
lts Oh uss.Ss NJ. ). Quay We're last week
submitted to The senate. and an early
vote Is expected on the case. Mr..
quay : supporters display more conf
dence in their ability to seat him than
MS opponents do in their claim that
they will be able to keep him out.
Agninaldo's latest dodge-the re.
quest, through New York paper ia
send commission Of Filipinos to the
ni1ed States ta cypress. the desires
OF Their people was thus effeetually
disposed OF by Postmaster General
smith, whose relations with President
Mckinley are close enough to enable
htm 10 speak for him. ..lt is MI in
AguinaldosS> hands He knows nor.
sectly we'll tlss terms Of peace. which
means surren Ar, Acknowledgements of
American sovereignty and the fullest
measure of Self-government. which
viii he framed after fully ascertaininr
the desires aaNi ,,ppHb,1t,;. :, -,