The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-02-19
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL
From Our Dion Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. IL, 1902.
Senator Perkins. ofs California. ia
one OF the Republicans who openly re-
fuses to be controlled by the admins
tratlon in his attitude toward. Cuba.
He says this country has already spent
in behalf of Cuba. during and since the
war with Spain, $500, GOO, 900, and that
1t is under no obligations to grant Gu
ban sugar and tobacco planters tariff
concessions at the expense of our own
farmers. Mr. Perkins said: "WhileI
do not believe that we owe Cuba any-
thing, and while believe that if re
once commence to afford assistance to
the island we will never end, am will
ing to vote for aid, provided it is not at
the expense Of one or two classes of
producers in the United States"
Democrats are pleased at the seem
ingly we'll founded report that the Re-
publican members Of the Senate FL
nance Committee have about decided
that the bill repeating all the war tax
es, which recently passed ethe House
and is now before that committee, shall
be cut to the extent Of $4,000, 900 or
S25, 100000 before it is reported to the
Senate. In other words, that one
fourth or more of the war taxes shall
be left standing. If the Republican
Senators will only live up to this re-
port tho last vestige of doubt about
the next House being democratic will
be wiped out.
Democrats are beginning to discuss
the organization of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee
which will manage this years fight for
the control of the next House. Repre-
sentative Richardson, of Tennessee,
the democratic floor leader, who was
chairman Of the committee two years
ago, is again mentioned for the posi-
ton. Representative Griggs, Of Geor-
gia, ls also being put forward as a suit
able man for the place; also Senator
Clark, of Montana, who has bee chos-
en- asa member of the conn ftee to
succeed Mr. Kenney, of Delaware. 1t
is usual to have some Senator'S on the
committee, but not usual to give the
chairmanship to q Senator, although it
has been done. Influential Democrats
from the Middle West are trying to get
man from their ection made chair
man, on the ground that the fight is
likely to be hottest there.
Representative Ryan, of Buffalo, N.
T., says the charge Of corruption made
by the Democrats against the Buffalo
Republican municipal officials mas been
fully proven, and that the evidence is
not all in. The situation as summed ND
by Mr. Ryan stands thus: The city
treasurer is under arrest, charged with
grand larceny, and the full extent of
his defalcation ia still in doubt; tne
sheriff was removed by Gov Odell for
neglect Of duty; the deputy county
clerk has been sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for three and half years for
Increasing Jurors vouchers and appro-
priatlng the money to his own use, and
even the coroner has been brought into
Court charged with robbing the dead
at the morgue. MIR. Ryan thinks these
things slake it certain that Buffalo will
elect democratic city officials at the
next opportunity.
With only one dissenting vote the
Senate adopted the joint resolution
proposing Constitutional amendment
changing inauguration day from March
to the fourth Thursday in April. Sem
ator Stewart cast the lone vote against
the resolution and.gave as his reason
that to change Inauguration day to
more balmy weather would increase
the crowd and the military show at in
augurations, which might be danger
ous in case of o disputed election, like
that of 1876. Mr. Stewart said that he
thought the inauguration of cur Presi-
dent was already too much like the
coronation Of q King, and that he had
always been glad when bad weather
reduced the attendance.
Senator Hoar, in tilt with Senator
Platt, Of Connecticut, over the Philip
pine policy of the administration, said
of some of Gov. Taft's statements: "I
have learned to trust men, even the
greatest and the best men, not by what
they say, but what they do, and when
Gov. Taft says that the Filipino peo-
pie want independence. and says at the
Same time nobody shall express the
desire above his breath, distrust his
opinion and look for evidence of the
fact. When he says that people are
enjoying American freedom, when he
promulgates a law which at the Same
time makes it a penitentiary off;ense to
read the Declaration Of independence
on the Fourth Of July, confess am
very little impressed by his Judgment
and very profoundly impressed by his
odict.n