The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-28

DuC LnlS DelnS congressional ol6cClOn
year the fear that the voters might ask
questions about such an illegal act
caused that to be abandoned. Prince
Henry talks and looks like a fellow
who would gladly have escaped the
flubdubbery of the toadies. His real
opinion of his visit to Washington and
the men and women he met would
make delightful reading for those who
do not belong to the snObOcracy, and
we may get it some day, too. If print
ed in book it would outsell any Of
the things made in Germany" now on
the market.
Senator Tillman's speech against the
Philippine tariff bill, which was passed
today by the Republican votes, was full
of strong assertions. For instance, he
said: ''The first thing which the car
petbag Vermin in the Philippines would
dO-as they did in Cuba-would be to
get their hands into the pockets of the
people and steal all they could. l ex-
pect Gov. Taft has already caught some
of the scoundrels, but that would not
be good thing to ventilate in the
] United States just now" Another one
of his cutting sentences was, "The Fill
pinOs are now being pacif1ed off the
face of the earth
Statehood for New Mexico, Arizona,
and Oklahoma has been endorsed by
! the House committee on territories and
| the bills providing therefor will doubt
less be passed by the House at this
session, but it is we'll known that the
Republican bosses of the Senate have
decided that no Statehood bill shall
pass that body at this session.
When it comes to self-advertising
John Barrett, at present holding a sin
ecure in connection with the govern
ment branch of the ST. Louis EXpOSi-
tiOn, belongs in the front rank; ditto
of experts in the art or drawing a gov
ernment salary. He has just made pub
lie letter from the late Gen. LawtOn,
eXtolling him for his jOllying of the
administration policy in the Philip
pines, and saying what was doubtless
an echo of Mr.. Barrett's own Thoughts,
Il think the President made a mistake
in not naming you member of the
Philippine Commission" Even since
Mr.. Barrett succeeded, some years ago.
in getting himself appointed minister
to Siam, about as obscure a position
as there is in the diplomatic service
he has posed as an expert on Oriental
affairs, while as matter Of fact he is
only an expert salary grabber.
Democrats in Congress will be very
glad if Mr.. ROOSevelt's bluff at legal
proceedings against the big Weste": ::
railroad trust turns out to be the real
thing, but they are eXcusable for enter
tanning doubts until there is a show
down. At present they regard it as q
political play.
Representative Wheeler, of Ken.
lucky, is inclined to think that the Re.
publicans will change their minds long
before the campaign opens about using
his speech arraigning the administra'
ton for its truculency toward EURO
pean mOnarchies for a campaign dOcu
ment. He said of it: "The speech wa;
like a bird before the feathers art
pIucked. 1t is only the plumage tha
the Republicans have been pecking
away at. In spite of all that has beer
said the body of the speech is still
there, and the Republicans cannot ge
around it..
That Mr.. ROosevelt's refusal to Civ
hin the justice to which he was eli
titled has not in the slightest degre,
lessened Rear Admiral Schley's hDlC
upon the esteem of the country ha
been shown cOnclUsiveiy by telegram
he has received since Mr.. Roosevelt
decision on his appeal was made public
Among the kilograms was one inviting
him to be the guest of the city of Bos
ton on March 17th-EvacuatiOn Day
He is also receiving many subStantia
testimonials Of esteem from all section
of the country, showing that the pe1pI
do not intend to accept the advice q
Mr.. Roosevelt and consider the cas-
closed. Among these is an engrOSSe
COPY of the resolution adopted by II,
Legislature of Colorado, thanking hiI
for his gallant conduct at Santiag
s when the fleet under his command de
strOyed the Spanish fleet. Schley's cas-
is like everything else unsettled unit
C it is settled right.
70 At a meeung of the National COunc
;: of Women, Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis,
e the w. C. T. ", charged that our Off
J. cials and soldiers are dragging hun
). Qr0uS Ol FllIplHO SIilo AtkCO AA'C0
N shame. To back the charge she e1
q hibited Il book containing the pOrtra
,s of a Filipino maiden and said, Her
n is the portrait of girl of sixteen year
n and her signature. who in this wor
> charges her downfall to an America
le inspector in an American governmcr
D. department. This girl ard hundreds {
r. others are set apart f2r the greed IN
F. lust of American soldiers. They AZ
" held in bondage worse tnan death an
IF for PURPOSES torg'e canrot describ'
h God pitv us-we, the highest type &
,e civil!zatior-for dragging down th
IS Filipino women. Shame! Shamei"
l. The bad blood that has existed EC
: tween Senators Tillman and McLauri
of South Carolina for several year
eliminated in a fist fight between th
two men on the floor of the Senate o
Saturday afternoon. 1t was at the clos
of Mr.. lillman's speech on the PhiliT
mre tariff hill, when Mr.. McI4auri
said scme of the statements therei
were malicious and deliberate lies. H
boJ M coOror cajd If than Mr. Tillna