Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-05-02
THE MORNING APPEAL
Carson City. Nevada.
REPUBLICANS IN QUANDRY
Troubles That the Dominant
Party Are Now Facing

ing renewed emphasis 20 the fact Tor |
some time apparent that the Repub- |
lican party is fairly upon the deien
sive, without overstepping the bounds !
of parliamentary prOpriety.
The speeches of Senators Rawlins
and Carmack have been simply terri |
ffic i'll arraignment of the Philippine
policy. of the Republican party.
Recent developments have enor
mously strengthened the position OF
the opponents CT that policy. Dis
closures concerning water cure.
shooting of natives without trial and
Major Waller and orders of General
Smith to spare none over ten years
and to make Samar a bowling wilder
ness have placed the administration S
supporters at a grave disadvantage.
AS these disclosures are official they
cannot be met by mere Genials or by
apostrophes to the flag and a broad
assumption that American soldiers
can do no wrong.
ne fteDuDllCdN CeHdiOIS S!io" ny
their action and some OF them prl
vately admit that they feel the diff
Guilty OF the situation.
Apparently truth begins to dawn
upon them that however noble may be
the natural instincts of the American
soldier, it is impossible TO carry out
a bad policy by good methods; that
a war of subjurgation necessarily pro
vokes a desperate and sometimes
treacherous resistance anu those. in
turn lead to acts of retaliation or pun
ishment that are shocking alike to hui
mainly and to Christian civilization.
1t is an open secret that many prom
inent Republicans are sick at heart OF
the whole Philippine business and
would themselves gladly do the "scut-
tie act if they could without confess
ing their party guilty of a most gigan-
tic blunder. Moreover, the Cuban re-
cOprOcity fight is still on and is hurt
ing the Republican badly The beet
sugar men openly charge that to re
duce the duty on raw sugar is solely
for the benefit OF the sugar trust while
the House leaders defantly assert that
the duty on sugar is too high and that
everybody knew it to be when the
Ding!ey law was framed. Still they
were holly opposed to taking off tbs
differential on refined sugar
The beet sugar men insist that this
was in the interest of the sugar trust
AT the same time they themselves, by
their own admission. only voted to re
move the differential on refined sugar
liz order to defeat the bill.
Altogether the fight is not very cred
liable to either wing OF the Republican
party. The bin is now tied up in the
Senate Committee on Relations witt
Cuba and the immediate representa-
tlves o. the administration are siren
uously endeavoring to muster votes
enough TO reduce the duty OH raw su
gar without touching that on the re
fined article.
ht 1IC't VI ILLS Will Dc give lilt
sugar trust not only full measure
OF its present protection but new ant
important advantages, while the su
gar beet ana cane growers lose a par
of their protection and the cons,lIE
els save nothing on the cost of tnei
sugar
a. tIi n,
with amused satisfaction. To ther
the measure as proposed is neithe
fish nor flesh and they are perfect
wiling TO have Republicans indulg
in charges and counter charges whic
are bringing out into bold relief som
OF the worst features of the eyis.in
tariff and which came; but injure tn
dominant party in the approaciliE
Congressional campaign
Belief is gaining ground that so fa
as Cuba is concerned the true soil
ton of the problem viii ultimately
found in the annexation of the islam
to the United States in accordanc
with the lsians proposed by Represel
tative Newlands. which IS TO make
constitutional republic with all til
freedom of trade which the relatio
implies.
There is in fact a strong unlerc,
rent OF feeling in both parties favo
able 70 annexation: but all that aDa1
there seems to be plenty of trouble
head for the party in power Wit
the shipping subsidy bill. a most VI
popular measure. passed by the Sci
ate and stalled. in the House. with til
1sthnian canal bill. highly pOpuls
one passed by the House and blocke
in the Senate. with western Repub
cans tiamoring for a revolution of tt
duties on trust-controlled products an
the party. leaders in both Houses a
hitting the necessity for tariff reyi
ION but fearing to make move