The Weekly Tallahasseean. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 18??-1905, 1901-12-20
Indignation Felt aad
pressed BY COnSrsssmt
PHILIPPINE lGR.TF BILL
Mr.. Roosevelt Is MakIag Enrmie,
Among the Republicans.

Indignation is very - 1 word to USE
to describe the general COngressiona
opinion of the Schley verdict yer
dict forced upon two members ct 'ht
court by the power Of the naval Clique
but which could not be force1 upon
brave George Dewey, who gave S"'' =:
everything that was coming to hin ~
a separate report over Ia. own slg2a'
ture. Whether CoIs'ere will 90 any
thing is not yet Crl ein. although1t l.
difficult to see now &Ct;o can DC ':"'
vented. Friends Of the naval cIiQ:.'
are Boosting that they control ma
jOrity of the naval committees OF DO
the House and the Senate and will b
able to smother in, those cOmmitte :!
any legislation proposing a searching
investigation. Schley isn't worrying
He knows that the country will accen
Dewey's word in preference to the Wort
of two clique-ridden officers and tina
Dewey's verdict is the same as tina
rendered by public opinion on the eYl
dence taken by the court. Schley de
clines to say anything for publication
yet,~but he is comforting with Mr.. Ray
ner, his chief counsel, who insists tina
justice shall be done, either by the
Navy Department, Congress or tn,
courts, and will soon show his position
by acts rather than talk.
Democrats are unable under TIT
House rules to prevent the railroadiri
of Tie Philippine tariff bill through ChI
House, which the Republicans have ar
ranged to do before Congress adjourns
on Thursday for the Christmas 1Dlj
days, but Representative Richardson
the Democratic leader in the House
who prepared the minority repol
against the bill, has ably set forth thl
attituue of the Democratic Jarty TO
ward this bill. After quoting from OF
fetal statistics to show that our trad
with the Philippines last year was On
Sc, APT, 706, the report said: This paf
try sum is insignificant when we cor
slider the other side of the account.
has cost us more than $85,000,OO0
maintain our army in the Philippine
for the past year. Other nations, Will
out mourning the expense OF a dollS
toward that end, are getting S,OOGf
900 worth of Philippine trade. We
have already expended and will ha's'
expended when the next year closes, Z
the very lowst estimate, for the malS
tenance of our army in the Philippine
and our operations in the Orient n !
less than $3.50, 100000. And this dog
not include the immense increase
naval expenditures and the 10000 ,0<
paid to Spain under the treaty OF 18;
The casualties which nave occurred
the effort to enforce the policies of. t
majority on the islands are OF such q
paling magnitude that it should shos
the public mind. And such list of Gag
uaIties would in no wise refer to, or d
clude those of our soldiers whOk
health has been permanently broSf
down, and of many others whose re
son and intellects have been shatte'T
and ruined by protracted service INF
torrid zone"
Representative Robertson, Of Lous
lana, is after the governor Of IndiSF
for having refused to honor the reqkj
sftiOn of the governor of Kentucky -
Ex-Governor Taylor, accused Of ccBl
plicity in the assassination Of Goet$
He offered a resolution in the HnIS
providing for an investigation as 4
whether any governors of States Sr
denying full faith and credit to u
public acts, records, and judicial pc
-ceedings of any other State and WheFn
er the provision of the Federal cong
tuition regarding the extraditiOn OF Eu
gitives is being violated or Ignore
With this resolution Mr.. Robertson bn
troduced a bill amending existing p
so that when a governor of StateSC
Territory refuses the demaCd of ago
Their for the surrender Of fugitive q
latter may issue warrant of arrestk t
any U. S. marshal or deputy marsE "a
commanding that the fugitive be tai eI
wherever found and brought before III
court having jurisdiction over Sh
crime he is charged with.
The Antitrust League and represk IN
tatives of several labor OrganiZatiSn
have filed proof of their ella E s aga Is
Atorney-General Knox with the SIR
ate Judiciary Committee, which f.
promised to consider them before tx
ing final action on his nomination tdp
encouragement of the United STATES
The men who make these Oh ,rgeS Bic
lleve they are ample to warrant an Ad
verse report on the nomination of 81.
Knox, but owing to the f,iendshiIA o
Republicans for trusts, with which 1t
torney-General Knox We s. long Ga
nected and through which 10 .nade th,
money to enable him . nay mhr,
money than-he now s ~ a year'
salary for pair of trGtting hO$e
which he drives around TT3eshingOn
they are not sanguine of letting ia
action from the committee
Mr.. Roosevelt and the Republic
leaders are in doubbt about whethe1 t:
allow the United States governments Il
become a bondholder in the big sIee
trust, as It would II it accepted Nj
Andrew Carnegie's donation Of 80,
100000 in those bonds, with the coSii
ton that the bonds shall he held TO
fifty years and the income be devdeC
to a national university. Mr.. Carn4gf,
has been asked II he wouldn't sell kh.
honds and donate the cash. but a /,
doubtful whether he will do so. asa Ii
the opinion Of may, that would defea
one of his main ob1ects-to make In,
government partner of the aee
trust.
There are several Senator's. anSSnf
them Hanna and Fairbanks. who hrt
greatly enjoying the number of me.
mics Mr.. Roosevelt is making anAbne
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