Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-04-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFron orr Reqular Correspondent.l


After spending four days in the
consideration of the anti-oleomar-
garine bill the Senate adjourned ON
Thursday to meet again this after
noon. In explanation of the long
adjournment a Republican senator
said Friday, GAS you know, the
majority of the senators are men of
affairs and, in addition to the vast
amount of committee work which
devolves upon them, they are
obliged to devote some time to their
private business. United States
senators are more regular in their
attendance during the sessions than
any other legislative body in the
world and it is only right and
proper that, at times during the
session, there should be recesses of
sufficient length to permit them to
give to their private affairs such at
tention as becomes imperative"
To-day the oleomargarine bill will
still be the order of business but
Senator Proctor will press for an
early vote. The debate, so far,
has been the occasion of practically
the maiden speech of Senator
Dolliver, of Iowa, who made an
eloquent appeal for the protection
of the farmers interests, and of
notice from Senator Harris of Kan
sas to the effect that he would offer
in amendment providing for the
control of "process," or renovated
butter along similar lines to those
provided for the control of oleo-
margarine.
On Thursday the House of Re-
personalities passed the Army APP
preparation bill; Friday was devot-
ed to the consideration Of pension
bill; Saturday, to the Revenue
Cutter Service, and to-day Chair
man Cannon will call up the Sun
Civil bill which was reported by
his committee on Friday. This bill
includes, among many others, pro-
visions for $50, 900 for the Chicka-
mauga ana Chattanooga Park,
$50, 900 for the purchase of a por-
trait of the late President, $780,
600 for the Vicksburg Military
Park, and appropriations for num-
erous public buildings.
The sensation of the week in
Congress was the introduction by
Representative Richardson, the
Democratic leader, Of a series of
resolutions calling for the investi-
cation of alleged charges based
upon what purports to be the secret
report of one Captain Christmas,
an alleged agent of the Danish
government, in which Christmas
maintains that he has made provi-
sion for the payment in bribes of 10
per cent of the purchase price of
the Danish West Indies. The
The resolutions produced a great
sensation in the House, as they
were evidently intended to do, and
they were unanimously adopted.
SpeakerHenderson Immediately APP
pointed an investigating committee.
A Republican senator who stands
very close to the administration
expressed himself as follows when
l asked him for his opinion: II am
glad that NJ. Richardson has taken
this action. / have no doubt but
that he intended to make political
capital out of it and in that he will
fail. Nevertheless, with such a
document as this report of Captain
Christmas in the possession of the
press there were sure to be numer-
Gus finges at the acti on
of the Senate in ratifyin
the Danish treaty. This investiga-
ton will clear up the thing and
leave no ground on which to base
such insinuations. presume some
of the Senators whose names are
mentioned in the report will ask
that a Senate investigating COM
mittee be also appointed. The
whole story will be sifted to the
bottom. 1t is my opinion that this
Christmas was an adventurer who,
having been dismissed from the
Danish army, sought to make capi.
tai with his government and secure
his reinstatement by promoting
what the United States has for some
time desired, the purchase of the
Danish islands. He came to thi:
country with the preconceived idea
that political conditions were cor
rupt, and he found plenty of peo
pie who we're very ready to coincide
with his views as long as he woulC
pay their expenses. They were
not, Of course, members of Con
gress but, as you will see by his re
port, claimed to be able tointiuenc'
Congressional votes. In the slang
of the day the Captain was a small
caliber tenderfoot. "He fell anon,