Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-23

Secretary Taft, Just back from Fan
ANA. has spent some time this week
helping to rescue the Philippine ph'
from defeat. The debate on the Dill
touched mainly ON the right OF Con
gress to delegate to the Philippine
power to revise the insnlar
tariff. Several Republican Senators
as we'll rs Democratic denied tnat
right. Senator Newlands urged a re-
duction of the interest on the railroad
bonds which the Philippine govern
ment must guarantee. from hve per
cent to two aud half per cent INSIST
ing that the United States. would De
morally bound to redeem the oonds
and by assuming the legal responsioli-
ity for them they could easily be soio
for higher price. Senator Carmack
got the floor yesterday with his usuai
effectiveness. He said that after the
late election he might not have hao
courage to take any further part ID
debates had not the President in his
message distinctly aligned himself with
the Democrats and Anti lmperialists.
The President expressed the hope that
the time would come when the Philip
pines would hold such relation to the
| United States as Cuba now holds-tne
very thing advocated in the Democra-
tic platform. Would not the Pre-
sident's message anticipating self gov
eminent for those people tend to ex-
cite instruction there? The Preldent
further said that our presence in the
Philippines was justified only by an
effort to aid and assist them. "These
two utterauces qualify the President
for membership in the Washington
Antj-Imperialst League said the
Senator amid laughter. The bill pass
ed last evening by a party vote.
The confirmation of the sentences OF
Machen, Lorenz. and the Groffs ls
greeted with II told you So" on the
part of Republicans who promised
that official delidquencies should De
, punished. In this connection it is an
nounced in the Postmaster General
report that 1893 postoffices were
' robbed during the last fiscal year
!, And this recalls inevitably the optim
r site prediction of Senator Beverage
( who. in one of his oratorical rainbow
e ssseyerated that our government o
;. the Philippines would be 50 just, 81
g honest and so exemplary that it wouit
be reflected back upon the Unite'
4 States and immensely raise the mora
r standard of our own people this IS goo
q time to invite his attention to the pro
n phecy.
ia For instance our laws against SNUG
10 Cling seem to be violated With impur
in ity by. our naval officers the fragran
or Portorican scandal has not ceased I
Ii assail our olfactories when comes tn
Id detention of the cruiser San Francisc
s at Newport News. Va, and the col
of flscation of thousands of dollars wort
be of dutiable goods smuggled frol
n. .Japan. There were hOrds Of ostric
of feathers, Japanese fans, Japanes
of bropzes and silverware and valuab
its !acquered goods, all protected by Ur
BIO ted States naval officers and conslgnt
he to Baltimore firm.
ay Hundreds of emanciated, CALLED al
es tired horses are Juggling. stalllng al
lid falling in painful effort to do the Wo
be. which, until Senator Hale from Mai
nd came to town was done by douk
at locomotive. Millions of cubic feet
nd earth are being e1cavated for the nj
it. palatial House and Senate offices tn
be are to be built at each end OF t
nv Capitol. Senator Hale's splendid ca
ar rage horses evinced some surprise a.
ak. SHE'D at the little iron horse. Nobo
,ss, was hurt; the Senator was only a lit
i'm scared; but he arbitrarily ordered
is Locomotive removed and the result
nse the tragedy of toll and beating
raj wretched horses that must work for
wi month to do what the machine Won
lev do painlessly in four DAYS.