The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-03-25
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence of Intelligence,
Washington, D. c., Marcha1, 1908.

OAN - SaIAb oCOb1Ous i u0Io u0V6y
was much opposition to the ratification
OF the Penaina Canal treaty Oh the parl
OF the Democrats, provided they could
got certain amendments added to II
that would give this government ab.
solute control of the canal. The Demo.
Gratis have not got all they want IN the
treaty, but it has been modified some
What, and as both parties are commit
ted to a canal Of some kind and some
There is doubt expressed here, how
ever, that the canal ever will be built
There has been no denying the strenu-
u opposition to any canal by the
transcOntinental railroads of the coun-
try, and it is the freely expressed be.
lief here that those roads will find some
way to circumvent the building of the
canal. 1t will be interesting to watch
the work OF the railroads now.
So far as the Cuban reciprocity treaty
is concerned, the Democrats have won
o signal victory over the Republicans !.
AS said in O former letter, it was the
intention OF the Der Ocrats to talk the
treaty to death unless they could get
: all they commended for, and when the
I republicans saw them line up as one
man under the able leadership Of the
Hon. Arthur Pue German, they capt.
coon. 1t is the first time in wears t6at
the Democrats in the Senate have pre-
sented an unbroken front to the Re-
publicans. When they have done SO
In the past they invariably have o. n
victory. The trouble has been that in
the recent past they have had no
leadership in the Senate worthy the
name. They have it now, and the re-
suits are apparent to the most casual
observer. The Democrats said TO the
Republicans that they must add an
amendment to the Cuban reciprocity
treaty that would give the House Of
Representatives the right to also pass
upon it before it became operative. be-
cause it wac legislation that affected
the 0tthc government and
that all such Legislation must have the
concurrent sanction Of the House of
representatives, or else it would not
pc constitutional legislation. It would
be practically eliminating the House
rs one of the legislative branches of
the government and legislation by the
Senate exclusively. It will be remem-
bered that the House at the first ses-
sion OF the 9th Congress passed q law
giving Cuba this reduction in the rates
of the Dingley law that is asked for,
but It also tackled on to it a clause that
sugar, which would save the consumers
OF this country millions of dollars an
nually that now go into the pockets of
the sugar trust. For that very reason
the Senate refused to consider the
Measure and let it die. It now comes
to The front with the treaty, giving the
same reduction in the Dingiey rates,
but 1t does not remove the diferentiai
on refined sugar which gives the con-
Sn@Iy - an attempt to play into the
licans have been forced to agree
to the amendment to allow The
House to pass on the treaty when it
meets next winter. If they had nnt
agreed to it they would not have got
away from here all Summer, or else
would have been forced to abandon
the treaty altogether. The net result
OF this Democratic victory will be that
the amendment again, eliminating the
d~ifferential on refined sugar, or if it
passes the House as sent to it by the
Senate, then the Democrats in the Sem
ate will open up the tariff debate in
1ts entirety and consume tto whole
session IN speeches that will be made
IN open session, and will go to the
country as Democratic campaign docu-
ments: In either event the trusts will
get 1t in the neck and the people will
be benefited. Score one for the Demo-
Gratis. $500.
A number Of the leaders of the
Democratic party who still are i'm
Washington are to-day discussing the
letter of Nix. William Randolph Hearst
to the Iroquois Club Of Chicago, eud
which appeared to-day in the daily
papers. IL 1s o letter expressing his re-
gret and his inability to be present at
their annual banquet to do reverence
to the memory Of Andrew jackson,
and In it he breathes forth the very
spirit and essence of true Democracy,
1t ID q message of optimism and homo
TO the true Democrats Of the whole
countryf and in every way Is such an
able paper that it has caught the atten-
ton OF n leaders OF the party here, |
VINO mention it III the most compliment
tary way. There are q few persons
who. not knowing afr. Hearst. actually
think that because he has money he |
does no work himself, and that the
articles signed by himself, are written |
by some Of the bright men in his en-
pi0y. There never was a grerter mis-
take made by them. The writer knows
MIR: Hearst personally, and knows that
ls IN ADLER man than any man in his
employ, and does more actual work
than any of them.
1t would seem as though the trusts, |
rather than the government Of the
United States, yer shaping our policy
the Philippine Islands. Despite ali |
the appeals made by tho President and |
Governor Taft, Congress did nothing |
towards relieving the economic dis. |
tress prevailing in those islands. tt
passed neither currency nor tarifflegis- |
lation of the kind asked for BY the |
classes Of the islands. 1t
has preferred to obey the wishes Of the |
tobacco and sugar trusts rather than |
comply with those of the suffering mil.
lions Of people. This Republican Com
gross has been guilty OF gross negii- |
gence of duty by not passing legisla-
ton in the interest Of the peonIe of
those islands. They ara comne1led to !
rely on our good will and charity. and |
havethe right to demand help of some |
kind. from us. BY thus ~rsfusing TO do |
anything for the Filipinos this Repub-
iican Congress- has put O premium ON
disorder and insurrection. aud it .wouIi !
not be at all surprieing II the Ameri-
can army in the Philippines finds itself. |
before long, bnsier than it has been |
for some time. The policy Of imperial
ism is bringing its own reward.
1t is beloved here, by the people who
OUGHT 70 know, that the recent visit to |
this eapital by y. Pierpont Morgan and !
his rnn ~. A., T~