Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-12-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.

(From our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, Dec. 15.-The determi
nation of Senator Beverage and lit
tie CLIQUE of republican senators, of
whom he is the mOuthpiece, to Obstruct
the passage of the Omnibus Territorial
bill was again made evident on last
Thursday when the measure came up
for discussion in the Senate. That q
considerable majority of the members
of the Senate favor the admission OF
the territories to statehood, in accOr
dance with the pledges of the national
platform Of both parties is also evil
dent from the dllatory tactics which
the opposition is adopting and their
anxiety to prevent a test vote on the
bill. Senator Quay, who is champion
| ing the cause of the territories, openly
charged the opposition with Obstruc-
ton measures. Their statement that
sufficient time had not been allowed
for the discussion of the measure he
| met with the statement that the sub
| ject had been under discussion for
fifty years. Many months ago the
House passed the bill and the Senate
Territorial Committee had postponed
making it's report until the last posi-
l Ul0 lQOUlOAUs LII COuOluolOA LA " 0y
said, ST the republic party can lie
to the people about one plank in it,
platform it can lie about ALL" Final
ly, however, the Pennsylvania Senator
permitted the bill to 60 over until :
O clock today when 1t will become the
regular order of business. 1t is evi
dent that if the Senate ever gets AZ
opportunity to vote squarely on the
measure it will pass. but there arr
many chances that it will be defeated
by parliamentary chicanery.
Since the death of Hon. Thomas B
Reed, it has become known that he wa
lin Washington for the purpose O.
sounding congressional sentiment will
a view to his anticipated candidacy al
Wall Streets choice in the next ma
tional republican convention. Mr.
Reed was firmly convinced that befOr,
that time Mr.. Roosevelt would still
fnrther incur the enmity of Wal
Street and he had received assurance
that be could count on the support o
the vested interests.
There is evident in republican circle
in Washington belligerent elemen
which would be glad to see war pre-
clpitated with any nation which tn
United States could safely count OF
yanq uishing. The opponents of thi
sentiment talk loudly about the drasti
measures which should be taken i
, regard to Cuba and Colombia. Cub
should be cowed into accepting th
Platt amendment in all its details an
, should be given to understand tha
any further evidence of reluctanc
would be followed by the landing Q
United States troops on Cuban so
and the entry of United States gun
boats into Havana harbOr, say thes
| bellicose advisors of the President
colombia should be treated to tn
same course of sprouts. If she doe
not promptly accept the proposals G
Secretary Hay as remuneration TO
the zone of land through which tn
canal will pass, she should be held u
and made to do it at the fuzzles @
= American guns. These same advisor
{ gently but none the less effectually ir
sinuate that, with the glory of a fey
victories behind him. Mr.. Roosevelt
would become the idol of the Ameri
can people and nothing could stay hi
f sway. Meanwhile, whatever, Nj
Roosevelt may himself think of thes
suggestions it is evident that ne is max
ing every effort towards Prepared
ness for r"and the general tendenc
of his administration is bellicOse.
A change, almost as ludicrous as
I is serious, has taken place In the Hous
, in the past week and the chances G
. adequate anti trust legislation are no,
nil. No sooner had Representativ
Jenkins been appointed chairman c
5 the Judiciary Committee than ther
developed on his part an intense jeal
ousy of Representative LittlefielG
. whose anti trust bill had gained hiI
considerable prominence. This jea
ousy was encouraged by the "cOnservs
3 tive'' members of the committee an
, meantime the conservative" reput
', Iican senators acquainted Mr.. Jenkin
with the fact that no drastic remed
8 for trust evils would be tolerated b
E them. Now, Mr.. Jenkins has appoint
ed a sub committee to draft trust bi
which shall meet the approval Of th
! Senate, and which means that it sha
i. be as Intellectual in accomplishing it
3 pretended purpose as is the famou
, Sherman law. In this connection
may be said that the prospect of
deadlock in the Senate, as result @
f Senator Quay's fight for the admission
= of the territories, it hailed with JOY b
many republican senators who Sc
therein prospect of defeating all trus
legislation because of "lack of time u