The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-02-08
IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.

number Of the troops now in the
Philippines have been ordered TO be
in readiness for active service, aud
the wise ones say that this service is
expected 10 be against China. The
attitude OF the Chinese people in
many sections Of the country is in
solent in the last degree. and they
seem 10 need p lesson. Another mis-.
sionary has been burned out aud rob
bed, and there seems little anxiety
on the part Of local officials to pro-
tect Americans at least A measure
OF this feeling is due 10 the rigor and
brutality OF our enforcement Of the
Chinese Exclusion act, but another
increment is the bigheadedness that
the victory Of japan over Russia has
induced in all Asiatics II the Chi
nese want lesson in international
law, they are coming TO the right
source 10 get one by provoking a
fight with Uncle sam.
The Revenue Bill, which was re-
Gently introduced into the Assembly
aud which has taken two years in
preparation, seems doomed 10 defeat
Its chief features may be summed up
as follows The article taxing old
land grants; the article taxing foreign
and domestic trading corporations
one twentieth Of one per cent on
capital for doing business in the
state; the article changing the entire
plan Of collecting state and county
revenue through the sberids Of the
several counties Of the Common
wealth; and the article taxing money
received 10y inheritance. II is under
stood that the section a. 10 sherifIs'
Offices has already been abandoned,
and there r. serious aud persistent
opposition 10 nearly all the other
sections.
Senator Patterson. Of Colorado,
caused a sensation in tho Senate last
Friday by introducing a resolution
relative 10 the rights Of Senators in
voting on Treaties. The Democratic
caucus Of the Senate last week passed
vote that was a virtual threat 10
read any Senator out Of the party il
be should vote for the ratification Of
the Dominican treaty Mr.. Patter-
sons resolution called attention 10
this action aud declared that il was
plain violation OF the spirit aud IN
tent Of the Constitution; that each
Senator is entitled 10 one vote, aud
any attempt 10 coerce him is an in
yasion OF the rights Of a state; that
any Senator who permits himself TO
be so coerced weakens aud degrades
his state; that for any Senator to
vote otherwise than his sense Of duty
dictates degrades his high Office and
assails the dignity aud standing OF
the Senate Naturally Senator Till
man objected 10 the resolution.
There may be objections TO the
Dominican treaty aud probably is,
but unless the Uuited States is pre-
pared TO give up the Monroe Doe
trine, once a Democratic ideal, or TO
fight 10 protect every beggarly South
American state in its career Of self.
sufIiciency and bankruptcy something
must be done TO insure the world
that our policy in regard TO the SO
called independent republics of the
Western Hemisphere is not one of
"Heads we win and tails you lose. "
The opposition Of a majority Of the
Republican "lnsurgents" is only a
mean fight against the President, aud
the opposition Of the Democrats,
with few honorable exceptions, is
simply an opposition arising from
a desire 10 hamper the Republican
party and 50 discredit it with the
people.
The "standpatters" in the present
Congress will receive a jolt from the
people II they let the commercial
agreement between this country aud
Germany come 10 an end without do
Ing anything to conserve our great
trade with that country, Germany
has Just been reforming her tariff
laws and on March | her new laws
will go into effect and, unless some
thing is done in the meantime, her
markets will be closed to trade with
us. A tariff bill of some sort must
be passed or commercial treaty
negotiated by the party in power or
there will be trouble for those who
stand in the way. There is strong
movement within the party for tariff
reform and many state conventions
have memorialized Congress for such
action.