Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-05-02
REPUBLICANS IN QUANDARY.
Troubles that the dominant Party Arc
Now fHciuR.

W - 49,
WASHINGTON. April 3-Dlscussion OF
the bill providing Tor civil government
for tue Philippines is givint reuewe I
emphasis to the Tact for some time APP
parsht that tie Republican party Ia
fairl, upon the defensive, without over
stepping the bounds Of parliamentary!
rroprieiy.
The speeches Of Senators Rawlins and
'armack have been simI.ly terrific IN
ar arrangement Of the Philippine policy Of
the Republican party.
Recent developments have enu' money!
st rengthened the position OF the oppon.
ents OF TINT policy. Disclos ures con.
corning ~ alter cnrr,' ,hooting Of natives
without trial and Major Waller and
orders OF General Smith to spare none
over the age Of ten years and to make
Samar IA bowling wilderness have placed
the administrations supporters at u
grave disadvantage.
As these disclosures arc official they
cannot be met by mere denials OF by
apust rophes to the flag and a broad as
sumption that American soldiers can do
no wrong.
The Republican Senators show by
their action and some OF them privately
admit that they feel the difficulty OF the
situation.
\ pa,ently truth begins to dawn
upon the that. howe ver noble may be
the natural instincts uf the American
soldier. it is impossible to carry ont Il
bad p"lic! 10y good mcthods; that n War
Of sui iugatlon necessary, provokes IA
desperate and sometimes treacbernus
resistance and those in Urn lead to acts
nj retaliation or punishment TINT arc
shocking alike to humanity rnd to
Christian civilization.
l; is an open secret that many prom:i
nent Republicans are sick at heart OF
the whole Philippine business and
"onld Il" mselves gladly do the "scut,le
acr" il they could without confeesing
their party guilty Of q most gigantic
blunder. Moreover, the Cuba. recip.
rocit! tight is still ON and is hurting the
Republicans badly. The beet sugar
men openly charge TINT to reduce the
duty Oh raw sugar is solely for the bene.
iii OF the sugar trust, while tile House
leaders dctianily assert That the duty ON
sugar Is too high and that ever bod,
Knew it t" be when the DinRley Law wns
framed. Still they were holly opposed
to taking of the diiTcreptiRl on refined
sugar.
The beet sugar men insist that this
was III the interest OF the sugar trust.
Al the same time they themselves. by
their own admission, only voted to re-
move the ditIerentiaI on rcinod sugar
III order to defeat the Till.
Altogether the Il .ht is not very cred
liable To either wing Of the Republican
party. The hill ,s nov tied up in the
Senate Committee on Relations will,
Cuba and the immediate representa-.
tives ~ ti!e administration are siren.
uou-ly e~ndeavoriug to muster votes
enough to reduce the duty on the re-,
fined article.
The effect Of this will be to give the
sugar trust not only II full measure o
it' present. protection but new and
important advantages. while the sugar
beet and can growers lose u part o
their protsc'IoD and the onsume say,
nothing Oh the cost Of theiT sugar,
Meanwhile tho Democrats lo.,k OF
with anu 'ei satisfaction. To them tht
measure rs proposed is neither fish no
ti,sh aud they are pert. city wiling 1,
have Rep1hli ans indulge in charge,
and counter charges which are bringing
out INTO bold reli I snn,u ~ the wors
features Of the existing tariff and which
cannot but u jurc the dominant party il
the approaching Congressional cam.
paign.
B"lirt 10 gaming ground TINT 80 far
IL Cuba ia concerned the true solution
~ the problem will ultimately be iouud
III the annex Ition Of the i'll md 10 inc
United Stnics in accordance with the
plar proposed hy RcpreseL tativo New.
lands, which in to make it a constitu.
'ional republic with all The frecdDm O,
trade which the relation implies.
Thera is III iaot \ strong uu,iercur.
rent of feeling in both parties favorable
to n%nncxatIor; but al that apart there
seems to he plenty III power. With the
shipping 'ubsihy bill, a most unpopular
measure, passed ny the Senate md
stalled III tho ~lInnse, with the Istbn,iau
caual bill, u lughIy popular Que paasct
by the li"use md blocked In the Scnnt
with western Rcbublioans cIamoYrpv
Tor a revision Of the duties on truat
controlled products and the purly
leaders in both Houses ndmittrnp the
necessity Tor the tariff revision. Int
tearing 10 make "a move to that end
lcaat the trusts may 10 hurt and wi tI
hold their financial all ~ the nor,
campaign ycar with forty or NIFTY wrs.
ern Republican representatives. and ten
or a dozen Senator'S Of the same party IN
open revolt nm the sugar question, and
with the long cobc-aled uorrors ot the
Philippine situation now coming 10
light and staggering the moral con.
science Of the world.