Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.)


Editor Press
The Statehood fight in the Senate
has grown into one of the bitterest
parliamentary contentious of recent
years. Senator Quay announces
that he will stop at nothing to win
his struggle for statehood for Okla
homa, Arizona and New Mexico
and Senator Hanna and the other
republican leaders pronounce the
methods of the Pennsylvania sena-
tor reactionary and almost revolu-
tionary and say that they will not
hesitate to precipitate an extra ses-
sion of Congress if that becomes
necessary to prevent the success of
Senator Quay's program. At this
writing there is every indication
that nothing short of an extra ses-
sion will accomplish the defeat of
the carefully laid plans of the willy
Pennsylvania, and his accomplish
ed co-worker, Senator Foraker of
Ohio
Senator Quay's latest move has
been to attach the Statehood bill to
the agricultural appropriation bill,
which was accomplished Saturday,
but he has also given notice that he
will attach it to the sundry civil
and post Office appropriations bills.
So long as he maintains his major
ity in the Senate, which now num-
bers about twelve, there will be no
possibility of defeating him except
by talking to death those appropria-
ton bills to which he attaches his
obnoxious measure. This, Senators
Aldrich, Lodge, Hanna, Platt of
Connecticut, and other leaders of
the party, assure your correspon-
dent they are prepared to do if no
other method Of preventing the ad-
mission of the territories presents
itself.
So absolute has been the State
hood blockade in the Senate that no
other legislation has been ever con-
sidered. Secretary Hay has secured
an extension of two months on the
time for the ratification of the
Cuban treaty and that convention
will be considered, it is hoped, at
an early date. 1t is possible that
some general legislation may becon-
sidered to-day as Mr.. Quay hassaid
that he would not press the State
hood bill further, as separate
measure. The Elkins antitrust
bill is now on the Senate calendar,
having been favorably reported by
the committee The bill establish
ing Department of Commerce and
Labor has been sent to conference
by the Senate with instructions to
its conferees to provide the publi-
city features recommended by the
Attorney General for the proposed
bureau of corporations. This now
bids fair to be the first antitrust
legislation participated in by the
Senate.
The negotiations between Venc-
Zuela and the foreign powers, which
have been conducted In Washing
ton, have not so far accomplished
any material results and the present
prospects are that the difficulties
will have to be referred to the
Hague Tribunal eventually. Mini
ster Howen has conducted the case
of Venezuela with great ability but
the desire of the Allies to have their
claims regarded as preferred has
thus far checkmated his efforts. 1t
is now expected that the creditors
of Venezuela who have not resorted
to war methods will protect against
any system which would afford an
advantage to Germany and Great
Britain. The United States is in
hearty sympathy with this position
as many Of its citizens are interest
ed in the settlement which is ex-
pected.
There are indications that the
immigration bill will be passed at
this session, but not without the
sacrifice Of the clause providing for
an Observation-Disclosures. Scua-
tors Fairbanks. Lod,sn and penro4e
held a confidential conference on
the subject aud decided that the
only way to save the bill was top per
NIT the educational clause to go by
tho trapI l. tho I'm ,, .-t4.t.,l. Il