The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-06-27

NDo j. Too 1-4ltt > f~-lAC-AL lOA -
appreciate the bsne.ul effect on HE
party 81 the continued supprsssioui
Of facts and figures by the War De
psrtment, Sec'y Root has made pub
lie the c0si Of the Philippine war uIl
TO tie ir-, al May. By the mosl
conservative methods o. figuring
which the Secretary could com
mand. the toial now aggregates
sl70, ,326. 5>6. These figures, large
a. they are, do not however. tell the
whole story. Mr. Root. OF course.
make- no mention OF the 81. COO 600
. originally pzid ID SPAN nor has he
, snv way Of figuring that portion OF
, The cost Erlch nas ben inc1rrsi by
, the NAVY department. and which l.
not small. LAST May. however, the
. Secretlry Of the Navy threw some
iiAni on the situation Dy sending tol
, Congress 4 statement the total q.
, witch aggregated, in r0und mum
!. bers. $4,000 600. Ii may. there
fore. be safely stated ihz, the Phil
iDpine Islands hsve cost this c0ln-
, trv. I'd 10 ia.e, s2l0.O0c, ,oeD which
. wonli mean. exclusive Of the plr-
: chase price, sn annual expandit1re
! Of $50, 600, 200. 80 stupendcus are
! these figures ihs; they convey but
: little 10 the mind Of tie average
!. man. but when il j. calculated thai
/. the Islands nave cost every rDsn.
! woman snd child in the United
States 50, OF. 10 the bread winner
. who hss fire mouths to feed, <lo,
= some conception Of the expense OF
; being . world power" can be ar
4 rived ST
!. /, i quite a part oi the irony Of
n fate that Il republican party, when
4 INDUCED in 90 mucn g.atnIiols lev
! iry at The lack oi harmony n the
: democratic ranks, at the beginning
Of the ifty-sevenih Congress, should
- ti..d itself. ST the close OF the mrs.
4 session Of that Congress more hope
u iessly divided than were ever th'
4 democrats. The message OF Presi
oe dent Roosevelt urging the repuo
IN sican senators TO get together on al
n policy Of Cuban reciprocity accom-
.lv plished nothing. and the two con
r. ferencsS which have followed nav
vn served no purpose bit to moro clear
A. Iv demonstrate to the country n
he hopeless division OF the party.
a. is worthy ot remark that at neithe
he meeting Of the senators was ther
nd any suggestion Of promoting hal
Ter nlony by the sacrifice Of The trusts
4 and the natural result was q dead
~ lock between the aiheren,s OF u
~ Sugar trust and the Beet s1g.
~ trust. respectively. from which,
-. the words Of Senator Hanna, "o'
IN Marty will suffer al the polls IN u
er- coming election" While, 81 u
he eleventh ho1r. Mr.. Hanna came
at the rescue Of the policy OF the a
su- ninistra,i0n, j; has for some tin
"a bsen an open secret Al the caplt
ich that. had the >enssor irom On
Ill thrown his influence, a chairfs.
RE of the National committee, into =
nd balance. and worked Tor reciproci
ne instead Of indnlging in much qni
az ENJOYMENT nj The discontinue q q
inc President. the result would ha
me been different. A. il i, all hope
s,s any action looking to the relief
il. Cuba at The r-essnisession has ce'
abandoned
,en On Thursday the Senate adap.'
len the Spooner substitute .or the ~
to srsyuan Csnal bill, and, i the Ia
70 anna Canal Company have been G.
re-. rect in their representation Ci in'
ace ability to furnish clear title
,ed their property. and il the Ccionoii
, i government has teen sincere IN
lev promises t. make the necessary CO
= cessions 10 the United States, y
loo is,hmian canal will Be built alc'
nts the Panama Colon route. In we
1, OF the extrayagant raid on the tres
lhe ury which has ben perpetratrated
no the present G ,ngress, Senator "a
,sr- bank. found il necessary TO alta
We 70 the bin an amendment wherel
iav the government i authorized to
: sue interest bearing. gold bords
he the amount Of SlS0,0O,O)o to q
mi fray the expense Of ths conssructi'
our Of the canal. The canal bull
,er. pissed is nos in the hands OF I
;sr conf sress Of the Senate and
,rh House. but it i expected that !
,si House will finally agree 10
Spoon-r substitute.
, 4, The Senate has passed upon
am The appropriation bills except
General Deficiency bill. aud
only measure Of imPortancs VIII
i likely to receive consideration
that body during the remainl
seq hours Of the session Is the Onnit
,ops Territorial bill which the represe