The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-31
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, July 81, 1902.

"The history OF the first session of
the fifty seventh Congress has been
typical of the history of the republi-
can and the democratic parties from
time immemorial," said a gentleman
at democratic headquarters today.
"Throughout the session." he contin-
ued, "the democrats nave worked for
principals, the republicans for votes.
When the oleomargarne bill came up,
the democrats, realizing that it was
class legislation of the worst form,
vigorously opposed it. The republi-
cans, approaching that it would make
votes in the rural districts, supported
it. They won in Congress. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether they can
win out of Congress. When the anti
anarchy bill was reported in the Sen
ate, the democrats saw in it a menace
to individual liberty and a violation
of the principles of the consti-
tuition and of the spirit of the Decla-
ration of Independence. Generally
speaking, they voted against it. The
Republicans, on the other hand, know
ing that public sentiment was out
ragged at the ASSASSINATION of Presi
dent Mckinley and would approve of
any measure which breathed the
spirit of revenge, supported and pass
ed it although not till 1t had been
materially modified in the House.
When the Philippine bills came up
the democrats were aghast at seeing
every principle of American liberty
and independence so ruthlessly vio-
lated and they fought to defeat the
measure. Senator Hoar, the one re-
publican who was willing to place
principle before success, allied him.
self with them and delivered a de
nunciation of it. The leaders of the
republican party, however, appreciated
that the passage of the bill would
satlsy certain popular clamor and
would afford them great privileges
with which to trade for the support OF
the immense vested interests of the
country-and they passed the bill.
That is history of the session in a
nutshell.
"You ask if the republicans will get
the votes. That | cannot tell. | do
not know but they may this fall, but
eventually they will work their own
defeat. Right will prevail eventually.
And, if the democratic party is defeat
ed this fall, Its leaders will have the
satisfaction of knowing that they have
voted with, instead of against, their
consciences and that sooner or later
the people will turn to them for relief
from the burdens which their own
blindness has laid upon them"
Representative Livingstone Of
Georgia, who has been in Washington
this week, regards the trusts as the
vital issue OF the campaign and he
declares that the people are nov
ready to seek relief at the only source
from which it can be obtained. Mr.
Livingstone tavors destroying the
trusts, by removing the tariff or
their products and he would abolish
the duty on raw material coming into
the country if necessary. He further
says that for the regulation of the
trusts, either uniform state laws mus
be adopted, which is practical i'm
possibility, or the states must concede
to Congress the right to regulate
them. He does not believe that the
republican party can do either o
these things and he believes the peo
pie realize that fact. Speaking of th,
Philippine question, Mr.. Livingston
said that he believed in the retention
of the islands, their organization a:
the territories to be followed even
tually by their admission as states
In word he declares that he is al
expansionist though not an imperial
ist.
Miss Rebecca Taylor, who was dis
charged from the War Department
for criticislng the policy of the admin
istration in the Philippines throug
the columns of the newspapers, ha
brought suit against Secretary Roo
to compel HIM to restore her to he
position. Mr. Root has been sun