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WASHINGTON. d. c., June end

form the conclusion of the Committee
that the coming campaign should be made
on the ground that the republicans are
fostering the trusts and are unwilling to
revise the tariff along lines which will
afford relief to the consumers at the eN-
pelse Of the capitalists and trusts. The
committee Of seven will report to a caucus
of the democratic members of the House
and if their recommendations receive the
approval of the caucus active work will
begin at once. 1t was determined to
locate the general headquarters at Wash
ington with Representative Griggs in
charge, while the Western headquarters
will be located at Chicago with Mr.. Cable
in charge. The full Congressional Com
mittee met the same evening and adopted
a resolution Which is practical endorse
ment of the Hansbrough- Newlands irriga-
ton bill
The virtual admission of Secretary Root
and General Wood that the latter had
spent large sums for the purchase of wines
and liquors at the expense of the govern
ment, and that Secretary Root had author
lied General Wood to expend $1,000 per
year for liquid and other forms of center
tainment," while it is quite in accordance
with the autocratic and extrayagant meth
DDS of the administration, was somewhat
startling to the members of Congress and
may prove SO to the tax payers of the
country. Secretary Root also admits the
payment of large sums to General Gomez
in order to purchase his influence with
the large constituency which he is sup
posed to lead. The Secretary of War has
promised to render to Congress an item
lied statement of General Woods ex-
penses, but there seems little likelihood
that the General will be able to complete
his accounts before adjournment, in view
of the effect which such statement would
be likely to have on the Fall elections.
General Wood is making his home and
headquarters on board the transport
"Kanawha," which arrangement not only
proves en- economy to the General but also
accounts to the War Department and con-
sequently to Congress. Secretary Root
evidently believes that the public will for
get all about the rumors of his and Woods
extravagance-also the cost of the Philip
pine war, a statement of which he has re-
fused to render until the next session.
and that after election the disclosure of
the figures will cause no injury to his
party. For the legitimate curiosity which
CONGRESSES displayingi in regard to Woods
disbursements the administration has to
thank Subsidy Hanna" whose first
threat to make an exposure, because the
President refused to order a new trial for
the embezzler Rathbone, served to bring
Mr.. Roosevelt to terms, but not before the
newspaper men had gotten on the track
of very racy story, and their requests
for information resulted in the resolutions
calling on Root for the figures.
The announcement of the President
that he has determined to appoint Senator
McLaurin to the vacancy on the bench of
the Court of Claims is at the same time
the death knell of tie lilly white republi-
can organization" which the Senator at
tempted to foster IN South Carolina. Had
Senator Hanna, in his capacity as Chair
man of the Republican National Commit
tee, continued to dictate republican policy
in the South this effort of McLaurin' S
might not have "died a bornin'," but the
vigorous methods of the President proved
disastrous to the puny infant.
Those democrats who have entertained
certain admiration for the rugged man
illness of which they conceived the Presi-
dent to be possessed, received severe
shock when they heard, or read, the speech
which Mr.. Roosevelt saw fit to deliver at
the National Cemetery at Arlington on
Memorial Day. Not content with at
tempting to vindicate the record of Amer
lean soldiers in the Philippines, Mr..
Roosevelt took occasion to beiittle his
dignity and indulge in the cheapest sort
Of demagogism by referring to the lynch
ings which have occurred in this country,
and charging those who condemn torture
and other violations of the laws of civil
lied warfare in the Philippines with con-
doning lyncings at home. D:sinterring
the "bloody Shirt" which he had declared
at Charleston was buried for all time, he
told his hearers, many of them veterans
of the Civil War, that the opponents of
imperialism had called Grant "the butch
or" and had referred to them as Lincoln s
hirelings." Mr.. Roosevelt's whole speech
was calculated to stir up the btterest kind
of sectional feeling and party strife and
was one of the most serious violations of
good sense and good taste ever perpe-
trated in Decoration Day grafton.
The republicans in the Senate are re-
joicing over the fact that they have gained
one democratic vote for the Philippine
bill to Of set that Of Senator Hoar. the
only republican who has frankly stated
that his conscience would not permit him
to vote for the bill On Thursday Senator
Morgan, Of Alabama, made speech in
favor Of the Lodge bill. bat to the careful
listener it was plainly evident that the
course of the Alabama Senator was en-
tirely the result of his strong convictions
on the subject of religion and his belief
that, so long as American domination had
served to relieve the Filipinos of an estab-
lished church, they could afford to put up
with whatever iniustices the policy of the
administration might entail upon them.
The vote upon he Philippine bill will be
taken tomorrow afternoon.
Last week The House passed the immi-
grafton b and tie Hill subsidiary coin
age bill. Representative NewlautiS, speak
ing of the latter, remarked to me upon
the evident insincerity Of the republicans
in passing so important measure with
only two hours deliberation. BY the pro-
visions Of fIp hill occnr1inr a Mr. New