The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-06-14
Washington, ID. C., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.

"Once we get this Philippine bill
out of the way [ will be able to give
YOU some definite information," re
marked Senator Allison some time
ago when 1 asked him of the prob.
able date of adjournment, but the
Senator isrmore at sea than ever
now and 30 is everyone else at the
Capitol. : Representative Payne,
who, iWhis capacity of Chairman Of
the Ways and Means Committee,
SHOULD introduce the adjournment
resolgI Ition, assured m~royesterday
that (}le had not even given the mat
ter hny thought, and Representa-
We Cannon stated that ''no one
had the slightest idea when they
would get through" The fact is
that the republicans are badly
divided and there is almost no pros
pect of harmony. The considera-
ton of the Philippine bill in the
House is a source of grave concern
TO the party leaders, but the Cuban
reciprocity bill is causing even more
anxiety.
Daily conferences are being held
between the administration Sena-
tors and the "Elkins BOXERS" as
Senator Platt calls the beet sugar
Senators, but nothing is accom-
plished, and the "boxers' assert
that they will be successful in the
end. The President has had nearly
all of the recalcitrant Senators at
the White House and has used his
most strenuous arguments on them
without avail. Now he talks of
sending d special message to Con-
gress urging concessions to Cuba.
He claracterizes his opponents as
"obstinate to the last degree" and
they say that the President will
learn that they ''are not to be bull
dozed." What the end will be no
man can say, but one result is GER
tain, and that is that Mr.. Roose-
velt is rapidly losing any influence
he may have had as party leader
in Congress, and the Democrats are
going to gain by his persistence
and by the subservient allegiance
to Mr.. Oxnard which his opponents
are displaying.
During the final hours of the
Philippine debate in the Senate,
Senator Culberson presented some
official papers, the most important
being the letter of a private soldier,
Andrew X. Weir, formulating char
ges against one Lieutenant Arnold.
This letter had reached the War
Department a year ago, and there
had followed an investigation which
resulted in report from Captain
P. w. West, who stated that ga
thorough investigation would sub
stantiate Weir's charges" that Ar
mold had at least condoned cruel
and inhuman treatment OF prison
ers. On receipt of Captain Vests
report, General Miles recommended
that Arnold be court-martialed, but
evidently his recommendation was
ignored, for nothing further trans
pired until the 22d of May, when
Senator Culberson introduced a
resolution calling on the Secretary
of War for a copy of Weir's charges
This resolution resulted in the an.
nouncement that Arnold had been
ordered before court-martial, after
having continued in the exercise
of his official authority for q full
year after the filing Of Weir's char
ges. Why Secretary Root had
! failed to act on General Miles
recommendation and court-martia'
Arnold is not disclosed.
There is, however, sequel to the
tale. Senator Culberson, by some
unknown means, secured a copy O.
Weir's charges, Vests report anG
Miles recommendation and rea(
them in the Senate on June I'd
Root is, Of course, intensely angry
at this exposure of the workings O.
his department, and is conducting
an investigation to ascertain how
copies Of these papers were OBJ
tanned, and Senator Beveridge, BY
remark which he considered h
had best have eliminated from th'
Congressional Record, directly i'm
plicated General Miles by asking
Culberson if he obtained the paper
from Miles. Culberson denied tina
he had done so, but it is know
that every effort is being made b,
Root to implicate Miles, and if b
succeeds the President will doubt
less Immediately retire the Genera
1t may be that such star-chambe
proceedings are necessary concom
! itants of an imperialistic policy, bu
the suppression of the facts, th
ignoring of the General command
ing the army and the failure to &C
on the confirmed charges Of bruta
ity and inhumanity against an arm
T officer will inevitably incense til
! people and disgust them with th
3 present administration of the Wa
Department.
/ sell more Of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy than of all simils
preparations put together and
g gives the best satisfaction of an
. medicine I ever sold. | guaral
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