The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-01-10
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WA>uIHGToN, ID. C., January OH.
MIR. EDITok:-CnpgreSs is again in sts
sion and democrats and republicans APP
pear gel t. srapple with the kn"tty prob
lens with which they are confronted The
news that the Panama Canal Company :
lIul tr,y can lie bought fo' $40,0D,lm
which. ~ the way, bears out the liedIc
ton | mace some time ago in these letters,
| that the prompt action Of the canal com
mittces in both the Senate and Hose was
taken with Il vi.w to bringing the French
com, AIRY to reasonable terms, was extern
sively discussed by the members in the
Hobbies but it seems probable that the lead
ers will press for action the Hepburn bill
N the House and leave for the Senate the
final discussion and decision. There is
an evident, growing inclination, always
disc ,rna5.e when the republicans are in
control Of Congress, to treat the House of
Repre- sc natives as a more or less irrespon-
sible body which must be given its own
way Ike a spoiled child and with reliance
on the fact that the Senate hes the power
to reverse all its decisions and render flu
tile its actions.
The persistence of Senator Cuilom. whH
has the moral support of the Junior Sen;.-
tor from Illinois, in his intention to drag
to light the reciprocity treaties negotiated
by Commissioner kasson and which were
supposed to be safely buried in the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, is causing
no little annoyance to the leaders of his
party. As Chairman of the committee
Senator Cullom has power to report the
treaties and Senator Mason has spent S
holiday recess in preparing brilliant, or
atorical digest on the subject of reciproci-
ty, but there is no harmony among the
republicans on the subject and the men,
bers of Cullom's party are deploring his
persistence in a course which they regard
as bound to eveal that fact to the coun-
try.
Senator Cullom's attitude is that these
treaties should be thoroughly discussed.
their Objectionable features emphasized,
if necessary, and that they should be
MI Ike room for others and this is precise
ly what the protection wing objects to,
So long as the lr>cnt treaties remain
with Senate Committee tie plea can be
made that the Senate is considering II e
subject and the way is blocked to all SINH
lar legislation. By this means the repub
licaus had hoped To hoodwink the advo
Gates of reciprocity without forfeiting the
support of the trusts, whose interests
would suffer from any reciprocal treaty
worthy of the same. Senator Cullom re-
fuses to see the logic of this argument an d
his colleagues are at Il loss to attribute his
density to Il guilessness which is child
like and bland,' or to a wiley attempt to
curry favor with the advocates of tariff
reduction in the West.
Illinois promises to contribute her full
Quota to the difficulties of the party this
session Senator Mason, who is prone to
be little unruly, told me yesterday that
he was hartily in fovor of reciprocity with
Cuba. ITO hat extent l asked. ITO
whatever extent is necessary to insure
Cuba's prosperity, he replied. Il voted
against the Platt amendment he cnntin-
ued, land | warned the Senate that by its
adoption we were laying ourselves open
to embarrassments which would surely fol-
low We adopted the amendment ard
now we are face to face 18th the re- ults
predicted We have tied Cuba hand and
foot and by ST. doing we have made our
selves responsible for her prosperity.
That is What propose 10 tell my friends
in the Senate as soCn as the opportunity
presents itself and further intend to vote
and work for reciprocity with Cuba"
That the position taken by Senator Mason
is logical no one can deny, but it is not at
all the one favored by the leaders of his
party who would even be glad to vote
for any kind of junket that would take
the Illinois senators eff their hands.
s. greatly interested is the President
in the success of his policy of reciprocal
relations with Cuba. that, notwithstand
ing the multtudinous duties of his office,
he is continually accommodating facts and
statistics in support of his contentious
and whenever IA member of Congress who
is opposed to him calls at the White House
Mr.. Roosevelt has some new data on tie
subject which he hands to his caller, with
the injunction, Read tn 1t while | speak
to Mr.. SO and So and off he goes, leav-
ing his guest to peruse the facts until he
returns in the course of five or ten min
utcs.
The Presidents latest ammunition is
made up from some figures on Cuban i'm
ports. A caller who was just leaving the
White House permitted me to copy some
figures, of which he had made note and
which are as follows. During the last
fiscal year Cuba bought from the United
States cotton goods to the amount of
S464 900 and from other countries cotton
goods to the amount OF $1,000, 600 She
imported a total of $S,:}00000 worth of
livestock and live stock products of which
but s., OO0, 900 worth was sold her by the
United States. She imported $6S6,00O
worth of wooden goods of which but $22
600 worth came from the United States.