The sun., 1902-01-27
DEMOCRATIC ISSUE: SCUTTLE.
sG,yE UP THE PHILIPPTNEsr'
VOW PARTY,s RALLYING CRT.

sniff IN Their Parry Over the Ques-
lion of Tariff Concessions TO Cuha'
v.aursoroS, Jan. 2e.-At last tho Dem
o,.ts in Congress have a policy. That
= they think they have. 1t Is policy
= sc,ttling In the Philippines. and It, is
=. IA urged pelentlessly upon the Senate
ND the House,of Representatives In oDder
80 n,,, the Democratic party In line Tor
~. pres,dential battle Of 1904. The policy
~, u ~, Ieen presented in the House OF
representatives RS yet because on the
Isck Of leadership there. In the senate
.,he great cebate' IN behalf OF the Dem
ocrst;c resolutions declaring that the
pt,n,n,;nes are foreign territory and should
ha,ded hack 70 the natives has aiready
-. In addition TO this, the Demo-
osn 80 ,,.robe,s Of the Philippines Com
t,,oo have voted for an investigation
- avery question connected with the occu-
.,,an ., Tho Islands by the United States,
.nd SENATOR Lodge. chairman of the COM
.,,,,,eo will Tomorrow Introduce resoiu-
- ,,;,,ing the committee power to send
for persons and papers
tn the Republicans in Congress II Is
n matter Of great surprise that the DEM
ocrats should select the subject oil the
philippines al the one to make a party
i,n,e OF, when there are 30 many other
Questions at hand more popular with the
,eople Of the United States and in regard
70 which the Republicans are themselves
.omewhat at loggerheads. In discussing
,his political phase OF the situation In
Congress a Republican Senator OF long
servIce and great influence said to-day:
sThe Democrats In Congress as q party
een TO have the faculty Of doing the wrong
hing Here they bring In a resolution
proyidine that the United States shall
turn over the Philippine Islands to the
people who are at war with this Govern
ment. and on that they expect TO receive
the support OF the people OF this country.
They claim that their party In Congress
Is united on this deolaration Of principles.
and vet they must know that this support
il only OF the most perfunctory kind. and
that not one-third Of the Democratic side
Of the senate sincerely believe that the
United States can get out OF the Philip
pines or that II ought 20. The great de-
bate inaugurated in the Senate chamber
on this question will amount to nothing
The Democrats have no great orators and
the Republicans will simply lay low and
let them tie the rope around their own
necks They will be no better OF when
they attempt to show by committee hear
ings that the Filipinos are capable Of self
government and ready to part company
with the United States. l think IL Is
perfectly safe prediction TO make that
there are not 10000 people out OF the
total population Of this country who would
indorse the policy OF scuttlins In the Philip
pines II submitted to vote to-day. The
Democrats In Congress are simply butting
their heads against q stone wall in ad-
vocating such a policy. Why don't they
take up the Cuban question II they want
10 make political oapital7 The Republican
party in both houses OF Congress- Is split
In two on the question Of granting tariff
Concessions to Cuba, All the Democrats
party issue In which they would have their
opponents at a disadvantage Ii 20 get to-
Rether and advocate the same free trade
policy that they say they want TO have
applied TO the Philippine Islands. They
would thus reveal the Republican dis !
sensions and accomplish what they will |
utterly fail in attempting TO do on the
Philippines question.
IL is for the very reason that the Demo- |
Gratis are going wrong on the subject Of the |
Philippines that the Republican leaders |
In the Senate and House have determined
10 let things drift for awhile. and when
they get down 20 work 20 enact such a
OF legislation that the Demo.
Gratis will be left utterly without an issue
and without the ghost of a chance Of being
indor-ed by the people There l. no deny.
Ing the fact that the present Congress Is
.lr.ss~ In IN - Ia0 ..fN
its predeoessofs, but there il a method
In this seeming madness. The leading
men Ia the Senate have had repeated con.
ferences with the Presideut of tho United
states, Speskef Henderson and members
~ this Cablnet, and Il has been tActly
Tor the preseni, a. u u not deemed wiss
70 outline programme u Legislation while
The advocate oh Opl-0sits SIDES Of - many /
questions are eKolted aud eag.r aud full ~
resentment toward thOse who disagree
Nth them TIE WIS., meade ih the senate,
.ons ~ whom have seryed in that body
of mofe ulAu q quarter ~ a o-ntuTy. know
Dy pAsi e1I~r,ohoe that after a Nhile every
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