The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-12-11
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our O.cn Correspondent.

~ sASaANNAONs ~. VI, OcC. u, 1SUl.
With nil its cutting of red tape,
smashing OF precedents and verbosity
Mr.. Rooscvelt's message to Congress
squarely lodged the important oues-
tion of whether the reciprocity treaties
sent to. the Senate by Mr. Mckinley
during :iio last Congress Should be
ratified or not. He said lot about re-
ciprccity, which lie declared must be
the "handlnaiden Of protection" what
ever that may mean, but all he said
a5oat the sort Of reciprocity represent
ed by those leftover NJ clLinley treaties
was, Il ask tho attention of the Senate
TO the reciprocity treaties laid before it
by my predecessor and neither Con-
gress nor the public know to-day
whether Mr. Roosevelt favors or op-
poses those treaties. 1t Mr. Roosevelt
makes few more lodges as open as
this one, the claim that he is afraid of
nothing, 30 frequently made by his
friends, will have to be dropped. It
shows that he is afraid Of the Senate,
which has during two sessions of Con-
gress refused to ratify those treaties.
it be fair to judge from the num-
Der of visits Mr.. Low has made to Mr..
Roosevelt to ask advice about tho
municipal affairs Of New York-his
last one was this week-Mr. Roosevelt
is expected to be deputy mayor of New
York, as we'll as President of the U. s.,
although if the signs Of early and hard
factional fighting among the Republi-
cans in Congress are not deceptive the
latter job is likely to keep him quite
busy.
Whether Mr.. Rooseyelts treatment
OF the railroad question in his r,essage
had anything to do with the announce
! ment that the Interstate Commerce
Commission is now willing for the law
TO be- amended SO as to make pooling
of freight rates legal is q question that
would be answered both ways, accord
ing to the man who spoke, but the fact
remains TINT the commission which has
fought railroad pooling for years is
now willing to sanction 1t. 1t is, of
| course, no crime for men to change
their minds, but the causes for such
changes have been known to approach
dangerously near to tho criminal line.
! Senator Hoar evidently believes that
Mr.. Roosevelt indulged in little
word-juggling in his message. He said
of that portion of it relating to the
Philippines: "When he says that we
are extremely anxious that the natives
i Of the Philippine Islands should govern
themselves for their sake, and because
it relieves us of a great burden, and
that there is not the slightest fear Of
our not giving them all the liberty for
which they are fit, and that we stull
help to make them fit for self govern
ment after the fashion Of really free
nations-I think he should state clearly
and emphatically that he means by
elf-gcvernment. what the people of
the United States have always mo- at
by self government-the right to ma
tional independence, if they desire it.
think he should say in terms that
when they have government fairly
representing their people, able to
maintain itself, and that government
expresses it's desires for absolute na-
tional independence, the United States
will not be in their way.''
Booker Washington was at tho White
House again this week. He wasn't in
vited to dinner, bue it is said on good
authority that he did considerable
talking about the appointment of a
U. 8. District Attorney for the North.
ern District of Alabama, and that as a
consequences several of the applicants
would save time and humiliation by
withdrawing their papers. Booker was
asked whether he had O candidate for
the Office. after he left Mr.. Roosevelt,
but he declined to say O word about it.
Representative Williams, Of Miss,
has introduced q resolution for the in
vestigation by House committee of
the claims of Maclay that the proof
sheets of his naval history, which calls
Schley liar and coward, were read
and approved by Sampson and Crown
inshield. and several similar bills and
resolutions have been prepared. Tho
friends of Schley are trying to arrange
things tosecure general Investigation
of the entire naval conductof the war
with Spain, which would bring out
every thing, instead of investigation of
any special phases of it.
The gentlemen who are drawing
$4,000 year and expenses as members
Of the Industrial Commission are 10th
to turn loose the public teat ut the be-
ginning Of ysintev. The time of the
Colnmission has aiiesdp ben,: once ex-
tended and will expire December is, if
not again extended. I'sse Commission
has asked Congress for ali extension Of
two months, and as many Representa-
tives and Senators have q fellow-feel-
ing of sympathy for all lame ducke in
the pc itical pond, The chancet are that