Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-07-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
TFrom our Regular Correspondent

important measures VIII be pefmltteo 10
await action until the short session. In
anticipation of the passage OF the Philip
pine bill before July Fourth, the President
has drawn up general proclamation OF
amnesty for all the political offenders
among the Filipinos and, if his expecta-
tions are realized, the proclamation will be
issued on Independence Day.
Proceedings in the Senate on Friday
were marked by most able presentation,
made by Senator Teller, of the position OF
the Republican party in regard to Cuban
reciprocity. The effort made by the ma
jority of the Republicans to effect recipro-
cal treaty with Cuba, he characterized as
the most stupendous effort to deceive the
American people that occurred in all his
public experience. Mr.. Teller confirmed
the prediction, made in these letters, that a
treaty would be negotiated and presented
at the next Congress and declared that the
whole reciprocity agitation had been an
attempt to take advantage OF the we'll
known disposition of the American people
to relieve people in distress, to the ma
terial advantage of the American Sugar
Refining Company, otherwise known as the
Sugar Trust.
Apropos of Mr.. Teller's remark, | have
received from unimpeachable sources the
information that it is the intention of the
President to 90 out to the States whose
Congressional delegations opposed his Cuban
policy, before the next session, and to advo-
cate from the platform a reciprocal arrange
ment with Cuba in terms which he believes
will result in creating popular demand
for that end which will make it impossible
60, kl,o pooraSnntafiUaS from
these States to resist the confirmation OF the
treaty which he will send to Congress.
Such course will be almost without pre-
cedent, it is true, but Mr.. Roosevelt con-
sders that the national honor,n which a
Republican Congressman suggests is another
term for personal pride, is involved and
that, therefore, the circumstances warrant
an unusual course of procedure.
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
Admiral Dewey appeared before the Philip
pine Committee of the Senate and gave his
version of the initiation of the Philippine
Instruction. There was evident, in the
Admiral's testimony, desire to avoid
placing the administration IN an unfavor-
able light, and also strong prejudice
against the Filipinos. Under the cross
examination of Senator Carmack, the
Admiral several times colored up and
appeared to be about to resent the line OF
questioning. Finally, the Admiral having
admitted that he regarded Aguinaldo as a
thief, but that, so regarding him, he had
advanced him munitions of war and other
supplies, which course he defended on the
ground that "All's fair in war;" Senator
Carmack asked him why he regarded
Aguinaldo as a thief in view of the fact
that he knew of no dishonest act on
Aguinaldo's part but at this moment
Senator Lodge called attention to the fact
that the hour for adjournment had arrived,
and Dewey hastily grabbed his hat, bowed
and left the room without waiting to be
formally excused.
On Thursday. the House of Representa-
tives added one more to the measures
calculated to cast serious reflections on the
Republican party. Under the guise of a
merely technical change in the internal
revenue law, bill was passed which deals
killing blow to that portion of the brew
ing interest of the country not controlled
by the trust, the United Brewers Associa-
ton. 1t appears that IS per cent. of the
beer produced i'll this country is made by
the Trust and, of the remaining 10 per
cent. a large portion is put up in ''eighth
barrels" The bill passed by the House
prohibits these small packages and, if
passed by the Senate also, will place the
entire industry in the hands of the Trust.
That this would be in entire accord with
Republican principles cannot be denied,
but that such a proceeding will meet with
the approval of the people is doubtful.
1t Is with no little pleasure that |
chronicle the fact that the representations
in this correspondence in regard to the
infamous Union Depot bill railroaded
through the Senate, and which, as l then
related, gave subsidy to the merged
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
Railway Companies valued at between
81, 900, 900 and 81, 1000, 600, have accom-
plished the temporary defeat of the meas
ure in the House Committee, by means OF
numerous protests forwarded to that Com
mittee from readers Of these letters. The
| House Committee on the District OF Column
bia at first attempted to modify the more
| fragrant features of the bill by changing
the location of the depot and SO curtailed
the value of the subsidy, but, as the pro
tests continued to arrive, the Committee
concluded to permit the bill to go over
until the next session, pending which a
careful investigation of the subject will be
made with, it Is to be hoped, a result which
will mean a saving of several millions OF
dollars to the people Of the United States.
On Friday evening, the Democrats of the
House held a conference to consider the
action of the Republicans during the SEES
sion of Congress practically completed.
Resolutions were adopted condeming the
Republicans for sacrificing Cuba to the de-
mands of the trusts, and pointing out there
would have been no difficulty i'll passing,
in the Senate, the Cuban bill as passed by
the House, and that the only reason for
falling to do so was the fact that the bill
passed by the House curtailed the profits of
the trust to the material benefit of the
Cubans and of the American consumers.
The resolutions also re-affirm the we'll
known fact that the Republican party has
been, throughout the session, dominated by
the trusts and monopolies, that it has per-
sistently refused to listen to the counsel,
even Of members of its own party, to re-
duce the tariff on articles produced by the
trusts; and that it has, after passing an
antitrust law to tide over the election of
1900, which law it has since been demon
strated requires much revision in order that
it may be made effective, positively refused
to so revise that law or to take any other
steps which would be contrary to the inter
ests of the trusts and monopolies.
Reduced Rates to Providence R. L. via Penn