Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-04-15
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tFrom our Regular correspondent.


Washington, d. c., April o. Lssif |,
latiou III Loog.e+s proceeds sdggfshl y,
AGAR, but it is probable that by MAY
/, there may be tffecied q roundup; OF
" hose CO tia as the P. es ent facet1
ously alls the law maker AT the other
end of the avenue. The Senate yes
Ferday INDUCED itself in sixteen fer
vent eulogies of the late Senator Mark
Hanna, at least two OF them. delivered
by men who were not on speaking terms
with him for many months. Senator
Foraker's frank speech was on the
perilous edge of improperly. Yet it
was an occasion of deep sincerity and
event of real emotion, and suggested
the apostrophe of Shakespeare; so
mighty Caesar! DOst thou lie SO low :?
Are all thy cougucsts, glories, triumphs,
spolls, shrunk TO this little measure p
The reverbefation of stump speeches
for the campaign in Senate and House
mas been succeeded by much quiet
comment on Cleveland's letter endors
ing Judge Parker. Some think it was
inOpportune and premature; others,
that it will tend to unity discordant
and discovered party. Perhaps the
dominant conclusion is that it will
make no particular difference; that.
as Judge Parker has been MIR. Bryan's
personal friend and voted for him, in
1896 and 1900, and as he IS Mr.. Cor
mans second choice; and as Tammany
is not really hostile, the general effect
of the letter will not be harmful.
1t has been arranged that the trans
fer of the Panama canal property to
fh VInitnA Stafoc oh q II 70 10 nj OF
our embassy in Paris on April 18th, if
the stockholders agree. A formal APP
peal will be made against the recent
decision of the French court in favor
of the sale Of the concessions and prop
erty to America, but this is declared
"dilatory" and the high contracting
parties will go ahead. The members
of the canal commission had an iowa
ton" and luncheon at Panama on the
9th. and were welcomed by President
Amador. Meantime gold has gone
down and prices up in Panama, and a
strike is announced, fully equipped
with resolutions, demands, walking
delegates, and boycotts of Uncle Sam s
outfit of excavation.
The labor organizations here and
their representatives from other parts
of the country have been thrown into
condition of lnextingulshable rage
by what they call the dupl1city and
hypocrisy of the Republican party
in relation to labor legislation. Mr..
Gompers is so angry that uncontrolla.
BILE emotion dams the flow of his talk.
For ten years now Republican Con-
gress has promised to pass an eight
hour law and an antiinjunction law,
for the protection of the mechanics
and other manual labOrers of the land.
But every year on the close approach
of adjournment they have switched the
industrial train off the track. This
week the trick has been turned again.
The committee on labor in the House
has held good many meetings this
winter, has heard a host of witnesses
country at their own expense, and has
made v0lum1nOus and vociferous
promises that now Congress would pass
the law which laboring men require.
Congressman Gardiner, Rep, of New
Jersey, authOritatively repeated this
solemn pledge only last week, the Re-
publicans of the committee have con
cluded not to pass or report any bill
"this time" have referred the whole
question to Secretary Cortelyou of the
Department of Commerce and Labor
to report in the dim future. The FEEDER
alton of Labor, the Knights of Labor.
and all other associations of labor,
union and non union, declare that they
have been misled, deceived, defraud
ed, hOcus Focused, and, in short, lied
to very deliberately and systematical
ly, and they are correspOndingly re
sentful, wrathful, outraged, and dis
gusted.