The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-26
Cuba and the Philippines Giving
Republicans Deal Of Trouble.

fiery protest against the murder OF "aii
Filipinos over 10 years Of age"
The conditions affecting the Republican
party are ominous. If the national cleo
ton were to take place next week in
instead Of next November the Democrats
would win the House Of Representatives
by fifty majority. The Republicans are
at war between themselves. Congress il
derying the President and the Presidents
humble and obedient servants. The PresI-
dent dominated the minds OF his party
feeders and oyer-rode their judgement
and convictions in respect to Cuban reci-
procity to an extent virtually without
precedent. He made them eat their
words" to a most humiliating extent and
to grovel before him in a manner hitler
to unapproaehed. Henderson. Payne, Dali
zell, poor old Grosvepor and poor little
Cannon-ail mighty men as joint owners
fell down and kissed the feet of the
President, crying:
Master what you would have us do,
that will we execute
But there were nearly two-score Re-
putlicans In Congress who would not
obey the President and who defied their
pale and enrRged masters il the House.
These enabled the Democrats to adopt
tho amendment taking millions of money
fro m that darling of Dingleyism, the
sugar trust, and giving it to the Ameri-
can people!
Secretary Root, at the instance Of the
President, directed the Senate Republic
cans to pass a bill to reorganiEe the
army staff In order to degrade General
Miles and give the President the con-
tingent power to raise within four days
civilian to the chief command of the
American army. The answer of the SEN
ate committee on military affairs Is
bill giving General Miles greater power.
The President asked the Senates con-
sent to make an artillery officer, who IL
patentee and manufacturer of guns.
chief of all ordnance. The Senate i'm
rpediateiy declined to do SO.
Senator Hoar, the most illustrious OF
all the Senator's. Notwithstanding his
sometimes narrow views and relentless
partisanism. has spoken for millions Of
Filipinos. Little Freddie Funston of the
Kansas cornfeids, who violated all rules
of warfare to kidnap Aguinaldo. and who
was rewarded by brigadier generalship,
takes advantage of every opportunity to
offer insult to Mr.. Hoar. for whom, he
says in mock heroistn, he has nothing
but sympathy" Little Freddie is a pet
of the White House; the venerable and
iiiustrious Senator never sees the Presi-
dent.
All American sense of decency revolts
against little Freddie's outrageous con-
duct-ali honest Americans assur edly hold
him in contempt. More and more he be-
comes disgusting and the more disgusting
the greater the favor he enjoys from
the President and Secretary Root. That
this professional hero should be suffered
to draw his pay from the American peo-
pie and at the same time heap insults
upon the Senate that made him and upon
all the people who do not share his views
in regard to the Philippines is wholly in
tolerable.
Gamblers in the blood of their country
men" Is Freddie Funston's description
of the entire Democratic party and the
vast multitude of honest Republicans who
do not accept him an oracle and his
bloodthirstiness a browning virtue
Is It conceivable that the American peo-
pie will not rebuke all these fouler ele-
ments of the lower radical Republican
ism? Are the great masses of the people
willing to be accounted gamblers In the
blood of their countrymen?'
LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.