The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-02-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rom our regular correspondent.

points in the way of Legislative jockeying
and gained an advantage which now
seems to pressage an extra session of
Congress. By one of those subtle moves
for which the Pennsylvania Senator is
famous, he secured the introduction and
reference to his own committee of the
bill, as an amendment to the
agricultural and sundry civil appropr.a-
ton bills. On Saturday he secured the
adoption of the measure by the COM
nittee as an amendment to the agricul-
tural bill, and in that form will be able to
secure a vote in the Senate, unless the
bill is permitted to fail;
which failure would mean an extra
session.
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Senator Quay said that as the circum-
stances were most unusual he considered
that he was warranted in resorting to
unusual methods. personal notice has
been served on every senator favorable to
Statehood" said Mr.. Quay, that the
Statehood bill would be talked 10 death.
One New England Senator told me that
he would drop in his tracks debating the
measure before he would permit it to
become a law. Under these circumstances
l consider that 1 need no excuse for re-
sorting to drastic measures 10 secure the
enactment of the will of the majority OF
the Senate
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Senator Hanna, when seen said, "Wait
and see. I am making no predictions
except that the Statehood bill will moi
become a law during the Fifty-seventh
Congress" Another prominent senator
who is opposed to the measure said, 81
consider that to permit the Statehood bill
to become law as an amendment to ar
appropriation bill, 10 which it is in DC
way germane, would be to establish 6
most pernicious precedent, and if the
opponents of the measure find it neces
sary to cause the failure of the appropria
ton bills to which it is attached and thus
precipitate an extra session of Congress
they will not hesitate to do so. 1t would
certainly be their duty" 1t is the hope
however, of the opposition, to wean away
sufficient number of the democrats whe
are supporting Mr.. Quay to defeat hi
program.
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The House during the past week ha
devoted itself assiduously to the passage o
regular appropriation bills and has sen
to the Senate the agricultural and Indiar
bills. Monday 1t took up the sundry civil
bill and will probably spend large por
ton of the week in its consideration
Later in the week it will pass the Little
field antitrust bill.
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The Senate committee on Foreign Re
lations has ordered the Alaskan and tn,
Colombian isthmian canal treaties favor
ably reported. Senator Morgan has de
termined to do all in his power to defea
the latter but as he stands alone in hi
opposition it is not believed he will b,
successful. Senator Morgan told you
correspondent that he was certain til,
Colombian government was not legally
authorized and that the credentials O
DR.. Herran, the Colombian charg
d'affairs, were not worth the paper OF
which they were written. Senator Cul
lom, to whom Mr.. Morgan's argumen
was referred said, ut is not the bushes
of the United States to 60 into the legal
ity of the governments with which it ha
occasion to treat. If it did that it would
be compelled TO spend most of its tim
investigating the government of the Soutl
American countries with which it ha
relations. 1t has always been held, il
international law, that the action of d
facto government was valid and that is al
that concerns this country in the presen
instance"
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The United States has this week beer
invited by Mexico and China to partic
ipate in what, on the surface, appears t
be most important negotiation lookin,
to an international agreement to establish
silver standard on basis of 80 to !
The proposals of China and Mexico com
i'll the form of diplomatic notes which tn
President has forwarded to Congress will
the recommendation that he be author
lied to appoint three commissioners t,
meet with commissioners of the othe
nations. The United States is also urgec
to inlst the sympathy of France ant
Great Britain, the welfare of whose col
onies will interest them in the proposition
The plan proposed aud the ratio sug
gested is in accordance with the Philip
pine coinage bill now before the Senate
and which is expected to pass at THU
session.
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The President has reluctantly decided
that SO long as he remains in the White
House he will not again attempt an,
hunting expeditions. He said recently t.
a friend that there was neither pleasur,
nor possibility of good luck in hunting
expedition attended by corps of news
paper men and watched by score o
camera fends. Mr.. Roosevelt is, how
ever, carefully noting the information he
is receiving in regard to favorable hunt