Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-05-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nav 26. 1902.

from Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 26, 1902.
There was a remarkable scene in the
Senate on Thursday. An old man, white
with the SHOWS of many winters and
slightly bent, stood among the Senators,
like Socrates teaching the men and youths
of Athens He appealed to them with an
eloquence seldom equalled, to remain true
to the faith of their fathers. For quarter
of century this same old man. George
Frisbie Hoar, has sat in the Senate cham
Der and no one has had occasion to ques-
tion his Republicanism, but on Thursday
he announced that his conscience would not
permit him to vote with his party ON the
Philippine question for its exponents had
forgotten the faith of their ancestors whose
lessons fell upon ears of men dazzled by
military glory aud delirious with the lust
of conquest. y Concluding powerful
the Philippines, Mr.. Hoar appealed to his
colleagues in these Words LET us, at
least, have this to say we too have kept
the faith Of the fathers. We took Cuba by
the hand. We delivered her from age-long
bondage We welcomed her TO the family
of nations. We set mankind an example
never DtioIS bcHSiu vi ihVNVAHtAVu iH
victory. We kept faith with the Philip
pine people. We kept faith with our
own history. We kept our national honor
unsullied. The flag which We received
without rent we handed down without q
STAIN"
Two Democratic speeches OF great meaega.
tion and replete with unanswerahle afgne
ments marked last weeks debate, Senator
Bacon, who has not yet concluded his no
marks, exposed the weakness Of The ms
pending measure with mercileSs loglo, and
Senator Dubois, devoting himself largely TO
the claim that the Philippines would prove
the open door 10 China, warned his oppon-
ents against arouSiag the dragon which
now sleeps peacefully, lie pointed out
that greed for commercial gain MAS likely
to result in the uphuilding of a competition
which would eventually underSell American
manufacturers in the markets ef the world
where no Chinese exclusion law would
protect the American workman from the
''yellow PERIL lie dwelt ON the fact that
the Chinese Me able imitators, and that
once they had been awakened by the efforts
of capitalists TO secure their trade, they
would endanger the commercial prosperity
of all white nations with their half-paid
labor Senator Beveridge, who attempted
TO answer Mr.. Dubois argument, presented
an alluring array of figures, but in so doing
lost all sight of the trend of Mr. Dubois
argument,
The sudden death of Lord Pauncefote,
which occurred on Saturday morning, has
caused shock to official and social life in
Washington He had been suffering from
rheumatic gout for some time, but no one
had anticipated that his illness would
terminate fatally. Lord Pauncefote was
held in high regard in Washington where
his Democratic manner and his affability
bad made him a general favorite. His
popularity at the White House during the
ineumbency of President Mckinley is we'll
known. and it will also be remembered
that, in conjunction with Secretary Olney,
he framed the general arbitration treaty
between this country and Great Britain. 1t
was through his efforts that the Clayton
Bulwer treaty was superseded by the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, and the mistakes of a
former American administration were Sc
remedied without friction between the two
nations and without the United States
suffering humiliation. 1t was the ambition
of the late Ambassador to negotiate treaty
covering the delicate questions of the
Alaskan boundary and the fur-seal fisher
les which should be agreeable to both
parties, and he had frequently said that,
that end accomplished, he would retire
from the diplomatic world with the feeling
that his career had been productive OF
lasting good and had been properly rounded
out Lord Pauncefote will be succeeded as
dean of the diplomatic corps by Herr Won
Holleben, the German Ambassador.
As no official announcement of Lord Paun-
ceforte's death reached the White Houce un-
til noon on Saturday, it did not interfere with
the ceremonies which attended the dedica-
ton of the statue of Rochambeau which
took place on that morning. On a stand
before the statue, which was draped with
the flags of the two nations, under the
flags of France and the United States, stood
the President and the French Ambassador,
the Countess de Rochambeau, the Count de
Lafayette and numerous others, while Dr.
Stafford offered the invocation. President
| Roosevelt then extended to the French
guests cordial welcome and, as the Marine
| Band struck up the "Marseillaise," the
Countess de Rochambeau stepped forward
and unveiled the statue of her distinguish
ed ancestor. The guns of the Fourth
Battalion doomed out the national salute,
the French and American marines pre-
sented arms, and the 'Old Guard" in
colonial uniform, threw up their hats, the
whole presenting scene which in many
espects must have resembled that depicted
at Hartford one hundred and twenty-five
years ago when General George Washington
welcomed the Count de Rochambeau and
the 5000 troops and the companies of
marines he had brought to assist in the
cause of American Independence. The
French visitors attended service at st.
Patrick's Church yesterday morning, and
left last evening for Niagara Falls. The
receptions which bad been planned to take
place at the residence of Mrs. Letter and at
the French embassy on Saturday evening
were omitted out of respect to the late
Lord Pauncefote.
The defeat of the Republican leaders in
the House of Representatives which took
place when the Cuban reciprosity bill was
under consideration, was repeated when the
House overruled the decision of the Chair
on an amendment to the Naval appropria-
tion bill, an amendment which provided
that three Of the ships to be constructed be
built in government navy yards and which
was adopted, and now the House has gotten
into trouble with the Senate in what
promises to be pretty fight. The House,
lobjectiDg to a Senate amendment to the
Army appropriation bill asked for con-
ference, adding that it had instructed its
conferees not to yield on certain points
This notice the Senate regards as viola
tion of its dignity, and Senator Pettus
assured me this morning that the Senate
would never yield 1t seems probable,
therefore, that the House will be compelled
to recede from its position to its own
infinite humiliation, and if it does sc
another blow to the prestige of the present
leaders will have been struck.