The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-03-05
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our Dion Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. C.. March 2 ,ooo

WARRINGTON. D. c., March 8, 1909.
Senator Frye's attempt to play the Czar
IN the Senate was a izzle, thanks To the
united stand taken by the Democratic
senators In favor Of the Constitutions,
rights OF State, and against his usurpa-
tion OF authority greater than is possess.
cd by the Senate. Frye started out brave.
~ by ordering the names OF senatorn
Tillman and McLaurin et-!cke: from the
roll, asseT tho Senate had adopted reso.
luton declaring them In contempt for
having engaged In fistiauffs ON tho floor
OF the Senat but when the shadow of fis
Czar-like act loomed up before hin, and
the Democrats lined up for a fight to a
dnish. he lost his nerve, directed the
names Of the two Senators restored to tho
roll, and said he would leave the respon-
sibility for deciding what shca!a be done
with thern to the Senate, as he should
have done at first, and doubtless would
have done had he not listened to fool lad-
vice. There Is really nothing like Tom
Heed In Mr.. Frye's makeup. Mr.. Frye's
act In introducing cloture rule In the
Senate, by recognizing a Republican Sem
esor while Democratic Senator had the
hoor, was another break caused by bad
advice, which Democratic Senators are
not yet done with.
The Democratic membera OF the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections
won creditable victory In the Tillman-
McLaurin case. The Republicans started
out by talking Of reporting resolution
for the expulsion Of the two Senators.
but the Democratic Senators put a quick
stop to that by stating that they would
! flibuster until the end Of this Congress-
before they would allow such resoluA
ton to be adopted. Then tho Republi-
cans proposed that Tillman should be
givon the greater punishment. This also
the Democrats opposed, claiming, and
quite rightly, that the two Senator's were
equally guilty, and expressing their
Willingness to support resolution to
censure them alike, and they carried their
point. The majority does whatever 1t
pleases in the House, but the minority is
still able to maintain Its rights In the
Senate.
Gov. Tat, who is now repeating his
long story TO ths House Insular Commit,
tee, denies in the most positive terms
that the F!!!p.noa are cowatdly.
The Maryland delegation in Congress-
held conference last week to ts.k oyer
what should be done to bring the Sohlsy
case before Congress. No conclusion YVES
reached. There was little difference of
opinion as to what ought to be done, but
the difficulty came in over what could be
done. Mr.. Roosevelt has allowed Repubs
can Senators and Representatives to un.
derstand that he will regard their particle
patton In any movement to get Schley's
case before Congress as personal affront,
and that seems to have silenced the most
OF them.
Does the administration expect the na-
tives OF the Danish West Indies to follow
the example of the Filipinos and revolt |?
, 1t was semi-ofdoially announced last
week that as soon as the Danish West In
, dies are formally turned over to the UNI
, ted States. In accordance with the treaty
, that hes been ratified by the Senate,
J American troops would ba sent to garri-
son the islands.
The advocates Of civil service reform
who are basing their expectation Of a
Presidential veto of the Permanent Gem
sus Bureau bill, because Of Its providing
for u palpable dodge Of the civil service
law, on Mr.. Roosevelt's record as Civil
Service Commissioner, must have been
asleep for several weeks. Even in the
. days when Mr.. Roosevelt was q loud
shouter for civil service reforn; Se always
managed to keep on good terms with tho
machine spoilsmen, and he has continL ID
to do so since hs became President: He
will have to veto this bill before any con-
siderable number Of persons In Wash-
ington will believe that he has any suoh
t'intention. The bill is bad enough 10 be
vetoed. The only thing that would have
made 1t an honest measure would have
been to have preceded it by the repeal of
the civil service law, but because 1t is bad
enough to be vetoed is no good reason to
wager that 1t will be.
It will be some time before the stock of
jokes In connection with Prince Henry's
two visits to Washington are exhausted.
Probably majority Of these jokes were
manufactured for the occa,ion, but here's
one that wasn't. Under Instructions
from Mr.. Roosevelt the negro steward of
tho White House ordered a supply Of a
well-known German beer from beer ga
loon keeper on the Avenue, and as beer
Is not one OF the regular beverages at the
White House thore were neither glasses
nor steins to drink 1t out of, 30 the saloon
keeper Yves told to sond enough glasses
along with the beer for all the guests to
the Princes banquet. He did 80, and
nobody noticed until the glasses filed
with beer were set in front Of each guest
that every one Of them was conspicuous
ly marked: "Stolen from -,"
(the name Of the saloon keeper.)
The official announcement at the War
Department, based upon reports lust re- =