Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-12-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(FrOm Our Regular Correspondent.

tfrom Our Regular Correspondent
The President has recently been
brought face to face with the southern
republican situation by the case of S.
Ii. Wick, candidate for the postmaster
ship at Wilson, N. c. Mr.. Wick is a
colored man and is opposed by Senator
Pitchard, because of his opposition to
Senator Pitchard's organization in that
state Mr.. Wick says that he opposed
the Senator's organization because it
had for its end the elimination OF the
colored citizen as a political factor in
the state. The President has said that
in no ins tance, would he regard mere
color as bar to officeholding as the
Senator has made the additional charge
that Wick is unwelcome to the citizens
OF Wilson, charge which can be made
in the case of every colored officeholder
in the Southern states. The President
still has the matter under advisement
and the outcome is looked for with
much interest
An important rumor has its source
at the White House. 1t is to the effect
that Gov. Taft, of the Philippines, is to
be nominated to succeed Mr. Justice
Shiras on the Supreme Bench, it being
cetain that Mr.. Shiras will retire in the
near future. 1t is anticipated that the
appointment will take place before the
end Of the present session of Congress.
1t is also said that Vice Governor
Wright will be promoted to the head
of the Philippine Commission and that
w. w. Rookhill, chief of the Bureau
OF American Republics, and Arthur w.
Ferguson, secretary to the Philippine
Commission, will be added to the Co m-
mission, the latter to succeed Prof.
Dean G. Worcester, whose resignation
is expected soon 1t is further known
that should a vacancy occur in the
Chinese mission Mr.. Rockhill would be
the Presidents choice for that impor-
tant position.
One of the bitterest fights the Senate
has known for years was initiated yes
terday when the Omnibus Territorial
bill was called up. Ever since the re-
port of Senator Beverages committee
was made known the lobbies and COM
mittee rooms have been the scenes of
passages at arms and now the contest is
transferred to the floor of the Senate.
AS republicans are it is case of when
Greek meets Greek. Senator Quay is
leading the fight for the bill as passed
by the House and has let his intention,
to block all legislation until the Terri
torial bill is acted upon, be known.
"Commercialism in legislature" is a
favorite term of opprobrium with which
the opponents assail the bill and the
Senator from Pennsylvania. They al
lege profit to Senator Penrose's brother
who owns the majority of the stock in
an Arizona mine, and the Senator him
self is accused of being In terested in
railroad properties which would de en-
hanced in value by the passage of the
bill Senators Hanna and Beveridge
claim that the bill should be consider
ed in caucus but Senator Quay protests
that caucus has no right to repudiate
pledges made in republican national
platform.
The Senate has adopted the educa-
tional qualifications for immigrants in
the immigration Bill now before thai
body. BY this means tits believed thai
it will be possible to exclude that mas;
of undesirable immigrants who crowd
the cities and make the most undesira
BILE citizeus. If the bill is passed, as
now seems probable, every immigran
will have to road intelligibly not LEST
than twenty words of the constitution
such language as he may prefer There
has beon strong pressure against the
measure brought by the railroads anC
corporations who desire to command
quantities of cheap laber, bat it il
claimed the recent coal strike and tht
violence which attended it has aidec
the promoters of the educational test.