The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-06-13
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
w WASHINGTON,
June 9. 1902.
Cotumunicated).

atom remarked Senator Allison
some time ago when | asked him
of the probable date of adjourn
ment but the Senator is more at
sea than ever now and so is every
one else at the Capitol. Repre-
sentative Payne, who. in his ca
pacity of chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee. should in
tr0duce the adjournment reSolu-
ton. assured me Yesterday that
he ha not even given the matter
any thought and Representative
Cannon stated that mo one had .
the slightest idea when they
would get through" The fact is +.
that the Republicans are badly /
divided and there is almost no /
prospect of harmony. The con
Sideration of the Philippine bill /
in the House is source of grave .
concern to the party leaders, but /
tho Cuban Reciprocity bill is
causing even more anxiety.
Daily conferences are being
held between the administration
Senators and the "Elkin' BOXERS"
as Senator Platt calls the beet
sugar Senators, but nothing is
accomplished and the "boXerS"
assert that they with be successful
in the end. The President has
had nearly all of the recalcitrant
Senators at the White House and
has used his most strenuous argu-
meut on them without avail. Now
he talks Of sending a special mes
sage to Congress urging cOnceS-
SiOns to Cuba. He characteriZeS
his opponents as "obstinate to he
last degree and they say that
/ the President will learn that they
care not to he bulld0ZcA." What
the end will he no man can say,
but one result is certain and that
! is that Mr.. Roosevelt is rapidly
losing any influence he may have
/ had as Il party leader IN Congress
and the Democrats are going to
gain by his persistence and 10y the
SubServient allegiance to Mr.. Ok
nard which his opponents are dis
playing.
The Republican leaders in the
House are meeting with uneX-
pected resistance to their wishes
in regard to the Philippine bill.
1t had been their intention to re-
port a rule which would compel
the adoption, with comparatively
little debate, of the Lodge bill in
place of the bill framed by the
lnSular committee, but those rep
reSentatives who became awaken
ed to Il realization of their power
by the beet sugar revolt have
given notice that they do not in.
tend to be coerced and the leaders
are none too confident of their
own strength. The Speaker has
set the consideration of the Phil
ippine bill for June 18th, in hope
that the lateneSS of the date will
make the majority more Supine as
a result of their anxiety to ad-
lOurn, but there are a number of
members who, having once felt
their power, propose to exercise
it. The House bill is 10y no means
as autocraric in its provisions as
the Senate measure. 1t provides
for Philippine Congress. the
upper house TO consist practically
of the Philippine Commission and
the lower house to be elected by
the people: whereas the Senate
bill, as | lave before pointed ont,
simply continues the present au
tocracy OF the President. The
House bill also provides for the
establishment of gold basis for
the currency of the islands, where
as the Senate measure continues
, and extends the currency on a
/ silver basis. The differences in
the House bill have strong advO.
Gates and it is doubtful if they
will yield even to the scourging
of the party whip.
During the final hours OF the
Philippine debate in the Senate,
Senator Culberson presented some
official papers, the most important
being the letter Of a private sol
der, Andrew X. Weir, formulat-
ing charges against one Lieuten-
ant Arnold. This letter had
reached the War Department a
year ago, and there had followed
an investigation which resulted
in report from Capt. p. w. West,
who stated that ga thorough in
vestigation would Substantiate
Weir's charges" that Arnold had
at least condoned cruel and in
human treatment of prisoners.
On receipt Of Capt. Vests report
General Miles recommended that
Arnold be urt-martialed. but
evidently his recommendation was
ignored for nothing further trans
PRED until the 22nd OF May when
Senator Culberson introduced Il
resolution calling on the Secre
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