The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-30
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL,
From Our O,cn Correspondent.

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democratic satisfaction is the most |
conspicuous feature In Congressional |
circles at this time, and there is annie
reason for 1t. The victory that the |
democrats of the House won when
they got the amendment repealing the
diferential duty on refined sugar.
which officials of the Sugar Trust admit
would cuttheir profits aS. .00O, 900 year.
put on the Cuban reciprocity bill be-
fore 1t was passed, has been made
effectual by q conference of Republican
Senators, which has decided that the
Senate shall pass as party measure a
substitute for the House bill and that
it shall not contain the repeal of the
diferential duty, That is lust what
Democrats hoped for, although they
doubted whether the Republican lead
ers would be short-sighted enough to
give it to them. By killing the differ
ential repeal the Republican Senate
will show that it cares moro for the
interest of the Sugar Trust than for
the interest of the sugar consumers.
and the showing will be so plain that
1t Will be useless for Republican editors
and stump speakers to try to deny it,
That showing should of itself be sutfi-
cient to elect a Democratic majority of.
the next House. Is itany wonder that
Democrats in Congress smile and are
we'll satisfied with the situation?
The latest move of the tariff reform
Republicans in the House is an agita-
tion for the appointment of q tariff
commission to sit during the coming
summer and report to Congress next
December. The chief agitator in this
matter is Representative Roberts, of
Macs. who made an unsuccessful ut
tempt to get an amendment placing
hides on the free list attached to the
Cuban reciprocity bill before it passed
the House. The principal argument in
favor of tariff commission is that it
would keep the Republican tariff re-
formers in line during the coming Con-
gressional campaign, because it would
be sort of promise that the Republi-
cans intended to revise the tariff.
Democrats are not uneasy over such a
method of eyading the very live ques-
ton OF tariff revision. They know
that the voters of the country are in
telligent enough to know that if the
Republicans really wish to revise the
tariff there is plenty of time to do it
at this session and give the people a
/ chance to pass on the work at the
Congressional elections, and that the
appointment of a tariff commission
would only be an attempt to dodge the
issue until after the Congressional cleo
tions.
Republican Senators, in addition to
telling Mr.. Roosevelt that it would be
costly mistake to forcibly retire Gen.
Miles, are giving other and more prac-
tical evidence of their sympathy with
Gen. Miles. For instance, Senator
Hawley, chairman Of the Senate COM
mittee on Military Affairs, has intro
duced bill to increase the efficiency
of the nrmy," the most important clause
OF which makes the lieutenant general
the actual commander Of the army,
instead OF the figurehead he now is.
and which is clearly intended to be in
the interest OF Gen. Miles, by giving
the position he holds better legal
status than 1t now has.
Senator Patterson in warm speech
against what is known as the Union
Depot bill, which, no said, in addition
to giving one corporation perpetual
monopoly in railroad terminal facilities
in Washington, gave it in cash and
real estate nearly $4,000, 900, took occa-
sion to put in word for government
ownership OF public utilities, system,
which, he said, must ultimately prevail
or else the power Of corporations will
increase until all who dwell in cities
will become their serfs.
Representative Stevens, of Minn.,
who was recently in Cuba, doesn't en-
thuse over the prospect Of American
trade with the island. He tells the
following personal experience: "There
is native prejudice in Cuba against
American goods. At Santiago l met q
Philadelphia man travelling for linen
house, and went with him to the va
rious merchants of Santiago. Not one
Of these merchants would consider any
trade with the United States. They
would not examine the goods, though
the prices were as low and the travel
ing man claimed the quality and terms
as good as would be furnished by
European competitors. At Cienfuegos
] met q Boston travelling man who
represented boot and shoe house.
He had similar experience. Only one
merchant in Cienfuegos would examine
his goods. The articles were the best
that could be made and theprices were
low, but the native taste preferred the
cheap Spanish product"
!. Senator Rawlins, in his speech ys;nst
the Philippine bill, rubbed it on the
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