The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-11-28


Tho m \ v'ilntcd Rcc.Drocity Con.
Vchtion, tho convention which was &c
settle all the Presidents doubts, to out
line " policy and serve rs Il guide to tho
republicans in C0ngr as in their hand
ling OF the reciprocity question has come
and gone and al that it has done is to
leave behind it the mnngltd remains of
President McKinlcy's broad minded pol.
icy and and young man in the White
House Sadly disappointed and mortified
at tho sord;d narrowmindc,lncss which
made it impossible for the leading re-
public IN businessmen OF Tic country to
take any broader view of national pol
icy than that which was bounded by
their own petty interests
There IS no promise Of any following
mp OF the policy that Mr.. Mckinley out
lined at Buffalo by the next Congress.
The high protection interests have con
troll OF Il hnndsOmc minority Of the votes
and, with the usual discipline OF the re-
publican mrchinc, members who come
form IDEAS are promptly and cmphatical-
~ undcccivcd rs to tho complexion of
their views and those Of their constitu
cnts. The only cloud on the projections
l>t' horlz N IS Sngar. The Sugar Trust
wants free raw sugar and | understand
that Mr.. llavemcycr has announced that
Cuban sugar will be admitted free This
AMI similar rumors will not down and
they almost cause Mysteries among some
OF the Easton protection int, rests.
There IS not p"rfoe ct harmony on the
republican side however. Reform Club
OF New York has been unkind cnongh to
submit to the President document in
Which 1t ls shown that the IIanra FRYE
ship subsidy bill, if it had PASSED the
last Congress, would have converted
pr ctically two fifths OF the entire subsidy
INTO the Golfers Of the International
Navigation Company md most of the
bal nee would have cen y to three
other companies. Not only is this an
argument against the ship subsidy bill
rs it Was submitted to the last Congr. IS
| Int II s shaken the faith Of the Pr s:dout
aud OF Il good many of the mrmbers of
Congress in the absolute tIisntorCstcd
ness Of the promoters Of the bill. The
bill has proven dead load from it's in
ccption. Never has it been possible ly
tho most Spccions arguments to arouse
any enthusiasm in regard to it among
tho people and the repre- soutatives who
will have to go to the people for re-rlec
tion arc protesting against the party lash
which is being used to make them vot,
for the obnoxious measure.
1t is believed that Rcpresentativ,
james D. Richardson will be elected
DcmocNtic leader in the II, xt House not
withstamding the opposition that he will
incnr. In many respects he will makt
, All admirable leader but by his cpnncc
, ton with the publishing house that ht
has been publishing and selling volume.
containing the Presidents messages he
las injured his power aud laid himself
open to republican inIucndo; howcve1
, ho is good parlementalian ard at bes
his position will moi. prove IN impol tan
one, 50 large IS the republican majority
The latest Cabinet rumor is that See
rotary Of The Interior Hitchcock is YER,
angry with the President for having
turned him down in TIE Missouri con
test and yielded to the wishes of Com
mittecmnn kcrcns and til he proposes tt
resign i'll short time. There arc mum
erous hints dropped by members of Con
: gress as to how this or that serr,tay,
"enjoys" MIR. Ro scvcl,'s tire .tmcn,
but with the exception 0! G"Gc NOTHING
is positively known.
There IS likely to be an interesting con
test among the democrats for the yncauc,
, III the Committee on Rules caused b,
the election Of Mr.. Baily of Tvxas TO the
, Senate. Mr.. De Armand Of Missouri
: can have the place for tho asking as he
J would receive the undivided support of
the democrats but it is thought that he
will decline as he expects that the next
House will be democratic AID he desire:
to be speaker. If he signifies his d.sin
clnrtion 20 take the position Mr.. Under.
J wood of Alabama, formerly the democra
tic whip, will doubtless make contest
for it rs will also Mr. Swanson of Vir
GINA. This committees is the most
sought for i'll the HOUSE, its powers be
ing almost autocra!ic.
The Secretary Of the Interior has to-
day givon to the Publ his annual re-
port. 1T IS volume of some two hun
dred and slXty.scven pages and contains
much interesting matter, some of it food
for very serious thought. Some of the
pension figures arc appalling. The to.
tai number of pensioners on the rolls
June 3Oth was oil ,32l, IN increase for
the year Of 4,20G, which increase tho
Secretary declars to be "high .wtncr