Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-06-20
IRREPRESSIBLE
SEEMS TO BE ISSUE BETWEEN
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.

A Campaign Of Literature Provided by Cor.
ruption Funds -The Forest Reserve Re.
mains Where the Pickinss Can Be Judicious-
" Distributed - Deacon BuencamiEo, q
Paciiied Filipino Gives Unexpected as Well
as UnweIcoms Testimony Before the Com
mittee on lnsuIar Affairs Secretary Gage
the Central Figure Of Scandal.
tFrom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, June u, 1902.
Cuban reciprocity promises to be
the rock which will inevitably rend
asunder Republican harmony and
leave feeling Of antagonism between
the party and the chief executive
The beet sugar Senators still adhere
to their position aud refuse to permit
any measure, granting reciprocity to
Cuba at the expense of the beet sugar
trust, to pass the Senate, while Mr..
Roosevelt insists that he will veto any
measure which provides for rebate oil
the duties. The testimony OF Mr.. F
B. 1hurber that he had received %, SOC
from Mr.. Hsyemeyer. President OF the
Sugar Trust, nearly $4,000 from the
War Department and various sum.
from other sources to circulate reel.
procity literature will prove a serio US
obstacle to the efforts of the admins 8.
tratiOn.
While the Republican Senators are
qusrelling over reciprocity, few who
are interested in an isLhmian canal
continue the debate in the Senate
chamber but no genuine interest is
manifested in the subject, except by
those Senators who have the project
really at heart and the orators who de.
claim on the merits OF the respective
routes do 60 to empty chairs. By
unanimous consent Thursday, June
18th, has been set for the final vote.
A number of the Senators have lef,
Washington for their summer vaca.
tions and others arc making prepara-
tions to depart, which proves how lit.
tie they are interested in the remain
ing subjects for congressional action.
On Monday the House passed the
anti-anarchist bill aud Tuesday it de-
feated the Lacey bill for transfer OF
the care Of the Forest Reserves from
the Department Of the Interior to the
Department Of Agriculture. Repre-.
sentative Cannon of Illinois was re-
sponsible for the defeat of this bill.
In vigorous speech, so vigorous that
he removed his collar and cuffs to fa.
cilitate his eloQuence, he denounced
the measure and incidentally ridiculed
scientific work generally. He pro.
duced CONSERVATION among the Re-
publicans by the announcement that
already the appropriations for the fis-
cal year beginning July LIST, promise
to exceed the estimated revenues for
that year by $5l 900 900 and that with
out allowing anything for an isthmian
canal and other projected legislation.
Mr.. Cannon's claim that the results
Of the bill would be increased annual
expense to the government was as ri.
diculous as it was insincere. The real
animus of the opposition to the bill
was the fact that at present the Secre-
tary of the Interior has an annual
fund of $500, 900 which he distributes
to the henchmen and protegees OF
Congressman, who are VIGOROUSLY in.
competent. Were the reserves placed
in charge OF the Secretary of Agricult.
ure, this would cease to be the case.
Not only would the expense OF caring
for the reserves be materially dimin.
ished but it was the intention of the
President to extend the civil service
classification to include these en-
ployes, and the members realized that
vote for the bill would be vote to
deprive them of a large amount OF
"spoils." For weeks the members
have been deluged with letters from
their appointees protesting against the
passage Of The bill and many Republic
cans admitted to me Tuesday that the
love Of political patronage defeated the
bill. The President was a warm ad.
vocate Of the measure, but it remains
to be seen whether he will have the
courage to apply the remedy to the
present conditions and Immediately
extend the classified list to include the
present force in charge OF the reserves.
A staggering blow was delivered to
Republican claims in regard to the
paciication OF the Filipinos last week
by Deacon" Buencamino, 80 called
because OF his activity in connection
with one OF the missionary societies
now laboring in the islands. The
" Deacon, who, by his own admis.
sion, holds a." fat Office" in the EN-.
ploy OF the Philippine Commission,
was heralded as typical example of
the pacified Filipino and was brought
before the House Committee on
Insulsr Affairs to convince the mis-.
guided Democrats of the entire UNI
tcnableness Of their views. However,
while he tried hard to testify as his
employers would have wished, he was
forced to admit that the majority of
the Filipinos, himself included, ex.
pected that they would, on the COM
plete termination of the instruction.
be made Territory OF the United
States and ultimately given Statehood
and the full protection of the consti.
tuition. Government of a colony be
characterized as government of men,
a. compared with government of
law" as he described government un.
dor tho c0u sN;tutior III ,,.oJ;cxoJ
that . continuation of colonial gov
eminent by Americans would produce
results similar to those produced un-
der the domination OF Spain which
had come to the islands with the
most generous intentions but whose
colonial administration of Philippine
affairs had resulted most disastrously.
He declared that he would forsake the
Philippines forever if he believed they
were to be governed as q colony be.
yond the time necessary for their re.
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