The Globe-republican., 1901-01-31
IMPORTANT MEASURES UNDER WAY.
Southern Interests Receiving Con-
adorable tion-Una a.
CnnaI-FeeIInE Subsidy to Conn
merce.
Especial Correspondence.I
Washington. D. c.. jar

senate considering and dlSposIng OF IN a
businesslike manner the great measures
which oil the machinery of government and
keep it from stopping The house shows
disposition to lag in its work, however d1-a-
tory the senate may be in emulatlng the
houses example It cannot be doubted,
however, that with the increased response
bilities of government, with its 75,00e,-
900 Americans, to say nothing of its 10000
600 $4,000, 600 other dependents in dis
tant parts of the world, the short session.
are proving quite inadequate for the proper
transaction of the public business that
crowds upon congress
The flibusters in the senate. buster
ing hard before regarding their DISPOSE
ton to "hold up important administration
measures, in order to force the president to
call extra session, the manifest purpose
of which IS to endeavor to dlscredlt the ad-
1ninistration before the country, and per-
haps lead to its defeat The people, on the
other hand, while undesirous of wasting the
public funds, equally DESTROYS of secur
ing the benefits that flow from beneficial
legislation To convene congress in extra
session in order to supply sufficient time for
the disposal of pressing and important mat
tiers which denied the proper time re-
quired for their consideration in the regular
sessions viii always meet with the peoples
approval whenever the president finds him
seif-for any reasons of congressional neg
lect studied di.atoriness-fo to safe
guard the nation 8 interests in that manner.
our more thoughtful statesmen that the
southern problem viii be solved by those in
the south who are responsible for the dis
Reimbursement of colored voters As soon
as the necessity for unity of political action
among the white voters is removed by the
elimination of the possibility of negro DOM
ination, Immediately there viii be di-
vision among the white voters upon great
national problems that not infuenc ed
by questions The development of the
resources of the south, it is beginning to be
seen by the wiser of those of that section,
has been held in check by the oligarchy exer-
cised by white voters throughout that entire
section, oiigarchy that has been con-
slant menace to representative government
and consequently deterrent to extensive
investment.
The possibilities beyond the construction
of isthnlian canal have opened the eyes
Of many of the more progressive people of
the south, quiclzened they have been by
their realization of the almost untouched
rich and all but exhaustiess resources of
their own section. This is finding express
sion in various forms, but nowhere more
polntedly than in the FESTIVE feeling shown
by advanced thinkers and real statesmen
among the congressional delegations repre-
sentlng southern const ltuenc1es- Whenever
business get together in the south to
discuss matters of pubic interest relating to
their section of the country, they find them
selves handicapped and restrained from
joining in unity for the legislation which
they deem essential to their rapid and per-
manent deveo pn1ent by finding that the
only methods a their command clash with
The economic predictions of those who
manage their political affairs
One of the most significant illustration
of this is found in the unaninity with which
southern industrial and mmcrcial organi-
cations unite in pettioning congress to en-
act legislation that shall build up the
try's mercantile marine Freed from the
shackles of racial controversies there would
be difficulty in the real wishes of south
ern business men finding Gear and cogent
expressions frequently and generally
to force upon their representatives in
congress either a change of policies, else
arbar IF tat n sub
sidy to cree involved in the con truc-
ton of isthmian canal cannot be gain
said, and the south to-day is almost unit
in its behalf, for the very fortunate reason
that, although it is not question, it has
never become partisan one
But the very course OF reasoning that sup
ports the demand for the construction of an
isthmian canal, precisely the same basic
principles being involved there are in the
without deviation to the problem of restor-
ing ships to the The latter
only be solved through a government sub
sldy, Just as the construction of an 1sthmlan
canal has on all sides been conceded to be
! a mere matter of government "undertak-
ing'-the latter word taking the place of
| the ia booed word Subsidy There be
doubt that if the ward Subsidy were
applied to isthmian canal construction,
and to river and harbor improvements, as it
has been to merca ntile marine construction
| and improvement, the prejudices against the
word would have long ago disappeared, SO
determined people to construct
4 canal and improve our rivers and harbors,
and none the less determined are they to
! build up merchant marine of our own
Clearly it Is in official circles here
especially among the more progressive and
representative men of the south, that the
sunlight of reason is beginning to pierce the
| gloom OF prejudice upon economic matters
/ that has been the greatest drawback to the
/ south's development, and, consequence,
/ to the symmetrical progress and develop
4 naent of the whole nation. Equally obvious
| is it to those rningling with those people in
official life here at the apital still influenced
! more by prejudice than by reason, that
nothing viii utterly dissipate the absurd
| and sroun dless objection to the suggestion
of subsidy to put the policy into opera
| ton in an effective manner that shall result
4 N giving US powerful merchant marine IN
which all sections take pride and which
| viii so substantially and enduringly strength
/ en- the xation's defenses and promote its in
| dustries and its commerce.