The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-12-12
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
" ASHINGTON.
(Communicated).

There is much satisfaction
among the Democrats In wash
ington over the failure of Repre-
sentative Taylor of Michigan to
promote a contest of the election
of Representative Garter Glass OF
the Sixth Virginia district In
connection with he failure. there
is considerably unwritten history.
The contest was intended to IN
VolVe he constitutions of all those
States which have adopted laws
which virtually exclude the negro
vote. Mr.. Tayler, who has TO rely
largely on the negro vote Tor his
support at home, saw an oppor
tunity to further his own ends
and the cause of the Crumpacker
resolution and seized it, His
resolution was referred to Com
nlittee on Elections No. ! and
there met its Waterloo. There Is
a growing sentiment among those
mort hcrn Republican who are not
dependent on negro votes for elec-
tion To Congress, that the south
ern States had better be left to
work out their own salvation and
the other members of the com
mittee refused to champion the
cause Of Mr.. TaNler. The action
is of national significance, for the
reason that it is a forerunncr of
the defeat that awaits any at
tempt OF Judge Crumpacker to
call up his resolution. 1t Is also
known thar Representative Can
non Is hostile to interference with
the southern States. He has SAID
that "the Republican party never
attempted to interfere with the
southern voting laws without go
ing down to defeat" and it is be-
lieved that there is little likell
hood of interference while he Is
Speaker.
With a singular unanimity the
Democrats and Republicans OF
the House are working on an anti.
trust bill. Representative Rich
ardSon states that the Democrats
will cheerfully support any sen
Sible anti trust measure on the
floor of the House, sinking party
advantage in the cause OF the
whole people. Representative
Littlefeld's bill is being made the
foundation for the measure which
the Judiciary Committee will re
port to the House ana there Is
some prospect of favorable re-
port before the holiday recess.
The bill provides for that pub
LEFTY which the President has
pronounced so essential and i'm
poses tax If | per cent on all
stock of corporations having a
capital stock IN excess OF 5000, 600
which is not actually paid up.
Whether the Republicans are
actually awakened to the neceS
Sity Of anti trust legislation, or
whether they regard 1t as one OF
two evils, the other of which is
tariff revision which the leaders
so strenuously oppose, or whether
there is merely an understanding
by which the House will pass
anti trust Legislation and the
Senate bury the bill, the Demo
cratic leaders have not Yet de
termiued. but whatever may be
he intention of the Republicans,
the Democrats will do all i'll their
power to promote legislation so
essential to the welfare of the
people.
AS might have been expected,
Senator Beveridge, after his ter
ritorial .iunket, reported a substi
tute for the Omnibus Territorial
bill which provides for the admiS
sion of Oklahoma alone, it being
acitly admitted that the reason
Tor refusing admission to the
other two applicants is not their
but the fear that
hey may add Democratic strength
in the Senate. Senator Quay,
" no is the champion of the ter
on the Republican side of
the chamber, is being attacked
from all quarters and it Is doubt
less true that IA brother of Senator
Penrose who OWNS the major pOr-
ion of the stock i'll the Common
wealth in Arizona, would be most
materially benefited by the ad-
mission OF that territory to state
hood. Senator Quay admits hav-
ing written a letter stating that
it would be better for the terri
tories to return Republican ma
ioritieS at the last election i'll or
der that the support of the Dem
ocratic Senators might be insured
in the present fight. a further
provision of the Substitute bill
adds Indian Territory to Okla
homa which will certainly make
a Democratic State if that feature
of the measure is retained. The
fight promises to be sharp all this
week, but the friends of the terri
tories are much discouraged.