The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-03-12
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Nom Our O,On Correspondent. .

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WAsHINGroN. D. c., March 10, 1909.
1t was decidedly good politics for the
democratic Senators to notify the Re-
publicans that they would not oppose
the taking Of ayote on the chip sub
sidy bill, now before the Senate, sitter
they had presented their reasons
against the bill. Some Of those 1ea-
snna--g.eeea {. End conclusive ones, TOO
were given in the speeches Of SENATORS
Clay, Vest and others this weel. and
others will follow. Iiiuii Tie Gemo-
Gratis will allow ths Republicans to ras.
this bill, which will put millions Of the
peoples dollars into the pockets of q
single class--the shipbuilders-and an
peal the case to .he people. In every
Congressional di'trict OF the country
the voters will be asked to declare for
or against this vicious class legislation.
During the campaigns when this leRis-
lation was only contemplated Repub-
lican speakers in many districts dodeed
! the question With the law on the
statute books by the votes Of Republi-
cans and the signature Of Republican
President, it cannot be lodged. Its
vicious principle must be supported or
opposed, and the only right way to op-
pose it will be to vote the Democratic
ticket.
Republican members of the Senate
committee on nance appear to have
seen a new light on the ques ton of re-
pealing the war taxes. At this weeks
meeting of the committee, which was
the first that has considered the House
bill repeating the war taxes, instead of
the talk about there being doubts as to
the wisdom of making such q big cut in
the revenues, which was prevalent
among them; when the bill passed the
House, they talked as though the re-
porting of the bill to the Senate, with
q few connecting amendments, was a
matter Of course.
Gov. Taft told the House Insular
Committee this week that the estima-
ted number of slaves in the Southern
Moro group of the Philippines, was
100000, or nearly one-fonrth Of the
population. and made the astounding
statement that if the Americana shOnlS
try to end slavery by force. they would
be'fought by the slaves. He also told
the committee piece Of news-that he
had attempted to find out the exact
number Of slaves in the islands, with a
view, to buying their freedom. Evil
IDENTIFY Gov. Taft has o big idea of the
buying capacity OF this government.
He is trying hard to persuade Congress-
TO provide Tor the purchase Of the land
owned by the friars. and he was going
to arrange for the purchase of the lib
erty Of the slaves without taking the
trouble to cay any thing to Congress
about it: Well, when q government
Ignores it's constitution whenever it.
suits Its party bosses, 1t cannot expect
its officials to have much regard for it.
representative Richardson, Of Tenn,
has announced that owing to other,
work he has promised to do, it will be-
impossible for him to serve again as
Chairman OF the Democratic Congress
siOnal Campaign Committee. Because
day. that the Democrats will elect q
majority Of the next House, there is
much goOd-natured rivalry for this po-
sition, although If properly filed it
carries lot ofhard work with it.
Senator COckrell, in q speech against
nm Indian land treaty, strongly attack
ed the whole administration policy,
and declared that the government had
no more right to buy Indian lands and
turn them over to home -steaders than
it had to buy lands in Ohio. Indiana. or
any other State and turn them over to
home e-steaders.
Speaker Henderson's adpices from
his district are by nomeans satisfactory
and he ls thoroughly alarmed over his
prospects fol, another term in Congress-.
His attitude on the tariff is understood
to be what has weakened him in the
district, where there are many Repub-
licans who agree with Mr.. Babcock,
that il the Republicansrefu to reform
che acknowledged abuses in the tariff,
the people will elect q Democratic
Congress to do it.. IL he had it to do
over. again iE ia doubtful whether Mr.
Henderson would express the same