The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-10

It was idle for Republicans to de-
ny that this Administration is nm
friendly TO the rich corporations. in
veiw of the donation now openly
accepted from them. The McKin-
ley excursion train will cost not a
cent less than s50,000--proDabiy
considerably more-and it is being
accepted as a gift by Mr.. McKin-
ley aud his fellow travellers. Yet,
officers in the Philippines are being
tried by court-martial for exacting
few thousand dollars from army
contractors. There is not even a
pretense that any person in the Nc
Kinley train is paying a cent for
the trip. The Pullman monopoly
furnishes the cars, and each rail-
road over which it passes furnishes
the eatables, drinkables. etc, dur
ing its transit over its lines, and
the bill of fare is as good as that
furnished by the most expensive
hotels. Norman of ordinary intelli-
gence believes that corporations
give away money without exacting
its return in favors of some sort.
Mr.. Mckinley knew that when he
accepted this donation that he in-
Cured an obligation to the donors
that would sooner or later have to
be met, and the intelligent people
of this country know it, too, and
will doubtless express their oPin-
ion of the transaction at the polls,
when their next opportunity comes.
Has the Supreme Court agreed to
decide Porto Rico to be part OF
the United States that the Con-
stitution follows the flag and that
the Porto Rican tariff bill was I'M
constitutional? Many lawyers be-
lieve it has, and that the decision
will not be handed down until next
December when Congress will be
in session, because to hand it
down before would make an ex-
ira session of Congress necessary.
1t is thought that this is fully
known to the Administration, as
Solicitor-General Richards, WHO
knew the rule of the United States
Supreme Court that only citizens OF
the United States could become
members Of its bar made the motion
to admit FREDERICK Degtau, resident
Porto Rican Commissioner, to
practice before that court. The
motion was granted. Previously
the president of the Civil Service
Commission had decided that citi-
zens of Porto Rico were citizens of
the Uuited States.
Mr.. Montague White, Boer agent
in the United States, has been in
Washington for some days. While
he does not publicly admit that his
object was to sound the Admins
tration to ascertain how it would re-
ceive President Kruger, it he paid
the United States visit, there are
reasons to believe this to have been
his object. Mr.. White said that
Mr.. Kruger had a strong desire to
visit America and intimated that he
would do so next fall. English in
fiuence is to great with the admin
istratlon for any more official rec
ognition, # he comes, than was
given to his ENJOYS last year.
The first claim to be filed with
the Spanish Claims Consaission, in
which damages we're asked for
other than property losses, is that
of Mrs. A. It. de Gown for the
death of her son, Charles Gown, an
American citizen, who accompanied |
one of the fillibuster expeditions on
the Steamer Three Friends to Gu
ba, as correspondent for Key
West paper, was captured and exc
cuted by order of the commander of |
a body OF Spanish troops, notwith-
standing his American citizenship
and that as newspaper correspond
emit, he was a non-combatent. She
asks 500, 900 damages.
Admiral Dewey occupied the seat
Of honor at dinner given in WASH
ington to celebrate Dewey day, and
among the guests were twenty-five
officers who participated in the bat
tie Of Manila Bay; including Capt.
who commanded the Bos-
ton; Capt. Walker, Of the Concord;
and Capt. Lambertson, Of the Olym-
pia. The dinner was informal, with
out set speeches, the intention be-
ing to make il merely social jolli-
6cation.
A Congressional party, largely
made of Democrats, have arranged
to 60 to the Philippines on the Unit
ed States Transport, Engless,
which will start from New York in
a few weeks, to be gone about four
The party will consist of
Senator'S Bacon,of Georgia; Harris,
IF Kansas;and Turner,of Washing