Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-07-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.)

Euttor fTeSS:-
Rapid progress was made last
week in Congress and to-day the
only matter which stands in the
way of adjournment is the
Philippine Bill, which is still in
conference. When the Philippine
Bill come to vote, on Thursday
evening, it passed the House by a
strict party vote only one republi-
can voting with the democrats.
Friday and Saturday conferences
were held between the representa-
tives of the Senate and the House
and several of the provisions of the
Bill were so altered as to meet the
approval of both parties. The
two provisions of the Bill which
present the greatest difficulties are
those dealing with the currency
question and the local government
of the islands. The House
conferees have so far insisted in a
gold standard for the islands and
the Senate conferees insisted upon
the silver provision, which passed
the Senate without division. The
representative of the House also
believe that their course iu es-
tablishing Philippine legislature
is to be preferred to the Senate's
more tentative provision that a
census shall be taken with view
to the establishment, at som e
subsequent date, of such legislature.
There is however, Il general dis
position on the part Of the con-
ferees to meet each other half way
and the more sanguine leaders
predict that all differences will be
met in time to permit Of adjourn
ment tomorrow noon, while others
set the date Of adjournmant as the
3rd of July.
The earnest effort of Senator
Quay to secure action on the
Omnibus Territorial Bill has met
with partial success in as much as
the 10th of December has been set
for the consideration OF the Bill in
the Senate and the Senate Com
mittee on Territories has been
authorized to meet to consider the
Bill during the summer recess.
The confereers on the Isthmian
Canal Bill did not take long to
come to an agreement and now the
Spooner Bill requires only the
signature of the President to become
a law. Senator Morgan tells be
that he considers the prospects of a
canal better than they have ever
been before in the history of the
agitation, Notwithstanding the fact
that the Panama route has been
chosen.
One day last week, the Senate
passed the Bill providing for the es-
tablished of the Appalachian Forest
Reserve and the measure has been
approved by the House Committee
onAgriculture, and will be reported
for action next session. The bill
carries a total appropriation of
SO, 100000.
The Senate has passed the
General Deficiency Bill, including
| appropriations of 100000 towards
meeting the deficit of the Buffalo
Exposition, and $16O, 900 towards
the deficit of the Charlestown
Exposition. The bill also oppro-
PIRATES $40, 900 to pay the expenses
attending the last illness Of Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Representative Woods, of Cali
fornia, recently expressed to me his
extreme satisfaction at the outcome
of the Cuban reciprocity agitation,
saying that the refusal of Congress
to sacrifice the beet sugar producers
to a sentimental regard for the
Cubans would so far to insure the
success of the republican party in
his state. Mr.. Woods believes that
the full complement of republican
congressman will be returned from
California, whereas, he asserts,
such would not have been the case
had the Cuban Bill passed.
Speaking of reciprocity in general,
Mr. Woods said that many leading
republicans had been sadly misled
on the subject; that the reciprocity
advocaed by Blaine contemplated
only the extension of the trade of
the United Stats with the countries
ofSouthAmerica and the reciprocity
advocated by Mckinley expressly
provided that concessions were to
be made only on products which
were not produced at home.