The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-01-25
Washington Letter.
FRO n our regular Correspondents

lFro n our regular Correspondent
Washington d. G., Jan. IA, 1901.
/ President Mckinley has practically
recovered from the attack of the grin,
but DIR. Rixey will not let him take
any chances OF a relapse consequently
be is, as yet, doing very little work.
Being man of robust health natur-
ally, the forced confinement to his
room has been particularly hard on
the President, and required all the
persuasion of Mrs. Mckinley to make
him obey the DOCTORS orders.
Friends of the army reorganization
bill are disappointed that the measure
has not yet reached vote in the SEN
ate, but they find some consolation in
the positive promise of leading SEN
ators that the bill will be passed this
week. The delay is particularly ag-'
gravating to Secretary Root because
it keeps all his arrangements for
bringing the volunteers home from the
Philippines up in the air 50 to speak.
When the House took up the River
and Harbor bill it was confidently
expected that it would passed after
two days debate, but the general de-
bate only came to an end today. The
debate has consisted largely of COM
plant of the leaving out of projects in
which members are interested.
Eulogies on deceased members are
usually of the perfunctory order i'll
Congress, but those on the late Sen
ator Davis we're not in that class
Mrs. Davis and party of friends oc-
cupied seats in the Executive gallery
during the delivery of the orations, Of
which veteran newspaper man said !:
"In recent years in the Senate, no
more beautiful, heartfelt and eloquent
eulogies have been pronounced upon
the memory of any Senator"
The D. B. Hill boom for 1904 reach
ed Washington forty-eight hours ago
in charge of Bird S. Coler, Comptroller
of the City of New York. That it is
not secret boom may be seen from
Mr.. Coler's very frank reply when ask
ed what brought him to Washington
"I have been seeing democratic Sena
tors and Representatives III the inter
est of David B. Hill He will be the
nominee in 1904. I think he will have
the support of democrats of every
state in the Union. His friends have
taken hold of this matter in earnest,
and are going to push his claims for
nomination with great vigor from this
time on. I have not heard single
objection to Hills nomination, and ]
have talked with many leading demo
Gratis from different parts of the coun-
try. On the contrary, what have
| heard confirms me in the belief that
Hill will be next democratic nominee
for President" The invasion of the
Hill boom seems to have taken thick
and thin Bryan democrats by surprise
Their private talk indicates that the
Hill democrats and the Bryan demo
Gratis may indulge in little igurativt
throat cutting before long.
! The Burlelgh Reapportionment bill
only needs President McKinley's sigma
ture to become law, and that it viii
| get during the present week. 1t wen,
through the House by a majority of 6:
and through the Senate without di
vision.
At single sitting the House passed
10 private pension bills, which was
the largest number disposed of in one
one day since the ffty-frst Congress
By vote of 80 to 10, the Senate
has again put itself on record in favor
of the Philippine policy of President
Mckinley. The vote was on an
amendment to the Army Re-organiza-
ton bill offered by Senator Hoar, pro-
viding that no further military force
shall be used in the Philippines, except
| such as might be necessary to keep
order iE places already in the peace
| able possession of the US. The effect
of the amendment, ii it had been
adopted, would have been toencourage
the Filipino rebels to gether q big
army in any portion of the islands not
actually garrisoned By our troops
without fear of molestation; while sup
posedly in the interest of peace, such
an attachment would actually operate
to prolong hostilities. History has
Taught that rebellions cannot be put
| down by pacific legislation that those
who appeal to arms against the powers
! that be must be whipped into snbjec-
ton. That has been true even in adj
yanced civilized nations. Any other
method Of ending the revolt Of the
semi-barbarous Filipinos would con-
vince them that the Americans were