Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.

the inner circles. OF the party, tnat
all that element which believes
there should be no legislative inter
ference with the business interests
of the country will work assiduous-
" against Mr.. ROosevelt's nomina-
ton in 1904. AS to the trusts them
selves it is a common expression
that they have "no soul" and it is
equally true that they have no
politics. With Mr., Roosevelt as
the Republican candidate and
man whom they describe as sale
at the head of the Democratic
ticket, their influence and their ex-
tensive campaign contribution
would go into the Democratic fund.
The Democrats realize this fact
and such men as Arthur P, Cor
man, Richard Olney and others,
whose standing with the capitalists
of the country is unimpeachable,
are being earnestly openly discussed
as probably Democratic candidates.
Always trimmers, the Democrats
will have no hesitation in trimming
their sails to catch the trust winds
, in the next election. The friends
of the President are discussing the
situation verv seriously and all be-
lieve that the people will have to
choose. either at the Republican
national convention or at the polls.
between an honest and fearless ad-
vocate of the rights of the people
and a servant ofthe ratewealth
of the country.
It is regarded as practically GER
tain that Mr.. George B. Cortelyou,
now Secretary to the President, will
be chosen by Mr.. Roosevelt as head
of the new Department of Com
merce and Labor. Some OF the
President 5 sincerest friends regard
the appointment as unwise from a
political standpoint. They say that
with the wonderful influences which
are known to be against him in his
own party, Mr.. Roosevelt ought to
"play politics" and to appoint to
this important position man who
would carry considerable political
influence in one of the doubtful
States. To their argument Mr..
Roosevelt replies that his brand OF
politics is that policy which he be-
Iiieves will make for the greatest
good of the people. No one ques-
tions Mr.. Cortelyou's ability and
the President knows that he will
administer this important office IN
the interest of the people. He IS
in perfect accord with the President
on the subject of trust, with which
the new Department will have
much to do. Even under the pro-
visions of the Nelson Amendment
providing for publicity of corpor-
ate statistics the officer in charge
will have the widest latitude and
with and administrative officer
whose sympathies were with the
corporations the law might be
made wholly useless. No one
denies the correctness of this ar
gument, although some fear that
when it comes to the point of votes
in the convention Mr.. Roosevelt s
fearlessly honest policy will mol
win.
The dispute in regard to the ac
tual boundary between Alaska anc
the British possessions arises from
redundancy of definition in the
treaty negotiated by Great Britiar
ard Russia in 1925. Not content
with defining the treaty at three
marine leagues from tide-water the
trainers of the convention added
certain physical features of the 10
cation of the boundary which
subsequent investigation, have
proven non-existent. While, II
the mind of the best authorities il
this country, there is no question
that the intention of the negotia
tors was to place the boundary al
three marine leagues from tide
water, the interposition of thes'
details has complicated the issue
and at least made an argument OF
which Great Britain hangs her claim
Senator Morgan's opposition tC
the Colombian treaty, under the
provisions of which convention the
Panama Canal is to be built, has
thus far delayed its ratification al
though the Senate has expended al
entire day listening to Mr.. Nor
gan's negative argument The
venerable Senator from Alabama
is determined 10 defeat the treaty
and announces that he is prepared
to talk on the subject for twenty
four or rty-eight hours if neces
sary. This opposition is also hold
ing up the Cuban treaty as Mr.
Morgan has made it known tha
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