The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-12-18
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our O,on Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 18; 1901.
That Mr.. Roosevelt has an eye OH his
possible rivals before the next Repub-
licap national convention is becoming
visible to all except those who refuse
to see. He gave Senator Fairbanks q
throwdown in connection with the ap-
polntment of Judge Francis E. Baker
to succeed the late Judge Woods, of
the United States Circuit Court, that
he will remember for sometime us re-
minder that things have changed; that
he no longer wields undisputed power
at the White House in consideration
OF his posing as the Mckinley candi-
date for 1904, and keeping the firing
from being conferred on Hanna. The
Baker appointment is given out as
triumph for Senator Beveridge, but
those On the inside know that he had
very little to do with it; that MIR.
Roosevelt appointed Baker to impress
upon the Indiana Republicans that
Fairbanks has no preatige with him.
incidentally Senator Beveridge will
get some credit for the appointment,
which Mr. Roosevelt at one time de-
clared in the most positive terms he
would not make, but he has paid for it
by committing himself to Mr.. Roose-
velt: Senator Foraker also, this week,
publicly committed himself to Mr..
Roosevelt. He did it as a side swipe
at Senator Hanna, but that does not
D-event it's counting for Mr.. Roose-
velt, who is surprising the politicians
with his knowledge of tho game.
| The Philippine tariff bill reported to
the House to-day from the Ways and
Means Committee, which Is to be rail
roaded through before the Christmas
recess-frOm December19tht to January
6th-should have been entitled "An
Act to dodge n decision of the United
States Supreme Court" as that is pre-
,isely what it is intended to do. The
Supreme Court decision declared that
the Philippines were not foreign terri
tory, but the new tariff bill says in
effect that they are, by imposing t. le
Dingley tariff duties upon all goods
shipped to the United States by con-
tinuing the tariff arranged by the
Philippine Commission for the islands,
and by imposing the same tonnage
taxes upon vessels from the Philip
pines to the United States that we col
ieot from vessels from foreign coun-
tries. This is done, it is claimed, un-
der the clause Of the Supreme Court
decision that says Congress has the
right to legissate as ii sees 1T for the
Philippines. 9FJ4a9
Senator Morgan has introduced d bill
for the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal by this government. that differs
esOniewhat from the Hepburn bill, in
troduced in the House. It names
S1s0, 900, 900 as the cost Of the Canal and
appropriates $4,000, 600 for Immediate
use, and invests the control of the
Canal In q board of eight citizens of
the United States in addition to the
Secretary of War, who shall be presi-
dent of the board, and whe shall be
appointed without regard TO politics,
and be paid $4,000 year each. .'-'
While there are some Democratic
Senators who would like to see that
clause of the Isthmian Canal treaty
with England that binds the United
States to make the Canal neutral and
open to the chips Of ali nations at all
times, even though we should be at
war with one of them, changed 30 as to
assure US the control that will certainly
be taken IL the necessity arises, treaty
or no treaty, they realize that it cannot
be done and are not disposed TO place
any obstructions In the wey OF carry
ing out the programme for the ratifica-
tion of the treaty before adjournment
for the holidays.
Mr.. II. Clay Evans, Commissioner of
Pensions, must be feeling pretty solid,
as he has just paid S25. 900 for house
to live In. 1t is In the swell west end
Of Washington.
Itseems that tie schemers have an
idea that the United States is bound to
be buncoed in some way before it
builds an Isthmian Canal. No sooner
were the Panama schemers gison to
understand that there was ''noihing
doing" 'nr them, than up bobbed a
bran new set Of schemers claiming to
own the right of way over which the
Nicaragua Canal must be constructed
and demanding that their property be
bought if Congress is to authorize the
construction Of the Canal over that
route. These new schemersnre Ameri-
cans, organized under the name of
"The Maritime Canal Company, of
Nicaragua" In fact, they are well
known Wall street spectators, who
went into the thing solely on the chance
that they would at come time be able.
to squeeze the United States govern
ment out of a lot of money. The Sem
ate Isthmian Canal Committee is now
looking into the claims of this Com
pany. The government of Nicaragua
has shown. that it did not seriously re-
gard this company by entering into an