The Penn's Grove record., 1911-05-19
COX RESOLUTION
To START DEBATE
Hint at Independence of Philip
pines Is Feature.
is WEDGE, SAYS AUTHOR
Democrats Not Likely to Make This a
Party MISREPRESENTATION of Al
,eged Dynamiters Worries Poll
ticians of Indiana.
IS WEDGE, SAYS AUTHOR
BY WILLIS j. ABBOT

BY WILLIS y.
Washington.-There is sure to be a
pretty how-to-do when the resolution
of Representative Cox of Ohio, hint
ing at immediate independence for the
Philippines, comes up in the next
Democratic cancus. Not that the row
will occur there, for Democrats as a
rule think the country would be well
rid Of the islands. But If made a
party measure and reported to the
house there will ensue a debate wn1ch
will extend this session from its pres
ent anticipated limit of about August
l to the beginning of the regular ses-
sion in December. However, l do not
Imagine 1t will be made a party meas
ure on the eve of a presidential cam
paign. Reciprocity, the farmers free
list" and the coming wool, cotton,
lumber and steel and iron schedules
will be about all the Democrats Will
wish to face the country with.
Nevertheless Cox defends his reso-
luton we'll and Democrats sympathize
with it's purport, though they may
doubt the wisdom of going beyond the
mere investigation it calls for. 1t
merely demands of the war depart
ment detailed information as to the
cost of the Philippines to the country
since their occupation by the United
States. This resolution, being in line
with the loudly proclaimed Democrat
ic policy of investigation and economy,
~-;I1 -rDhoh1u hn m odn mart nf the reg
ular party program. Cox, however,
makes no secret of the fact that he
expects the information divulged to
cause an emphatic demand for the lib
Grafton and naturalization of the is
lands.
"Future Cost" Worries Cox.
"Of course my resolution is merely
an opening wedge" said the author.
'I am certain when the American peo-
pie find what the islands have cost,
are costing, and nay cost, they will
demand that We cease pouring money,
wrung from them by taxation, into
such a rat hole. 1 lay emphasis on
the words may cost because every OBJ
server knows that if anything could
bring on a wal with Japan or China
1t would be our continued retention
of the Philippines, or should 1t result
from n other cause, the necessity
of defending the islands would put on
our forces the heaviest stress and on
our treasury it's most serious burden.
Such a war, l am convinced, would be
of years duration, seriously menacing
our physical strength, and be more
costly than u Civil war. We would
at the outset suffer such humiliation
as no great nation has ever been
called upon to endure. These Islands
can be set free and neutralized exact
ly as Switzerland is or as Holland Is
In fact, though not in name. II the
Jealous nations of Europe, armed to
the teeth, ever ready for war, can
maintain by common agreement the
Integrity of these little states set down
amid their armed camps, surely trea-
ties could be negotiated which would
guarantee that the Filipinos should be
permitted to work out their W des-
tiny, and the taxpayers of the United
States relieved of the burden already
becoming i~ntolerable."
Indiana Democrats Worried.
The Indiana delegation here is much
aisuuieted over the possible effect on
Democratic fortunes in that state of
The extraordinary methods adopted for
the %extradition and removal of the
alleged dynamiters. There is difference
If opinion on the subject, of course, but
those who assert hat it will be with
out effect act as if they we're whistling
20 keep up their courage. No ale
cation is made that Gov. MarshalI's
action in honoring the requisition was
N the slightest degree beyond the law,
although there are critics who hold
hat as the men wanted were fairly
raped and could not escape, he might
nave done better to protect their rights
than to honor the acquisitions late in
the evening of a Saturday, when &C.
cess to a court of record was practi-
cally impossible for them. AS a
matter of fact, they were taken mere
ly to a police court and then rushed
out of the state. That the governor
is tarred with the pitch of the sensa-
tional later proceedings is the appre-
hension of many Indiana leaders here,
and as he is the head of the party in
the state, they fear the worst for
their organization.
This apprehension is in no wise allay-
ed by the fact that the members of the
committee of the Structural Iron Work.
ers' association, that caused the ar
rest of Burns and two attorneys, in,
clude in their program of investiga-
ton an inquiry into the governors &C
ton. However clearly in accordance
with The letter of the law his pro
cedure may have been, no n who
knows anything about the temper Of
organized labor will doubt that such
an attack will leave serious wounds
Capital Landlords Worried.
If the investigating committees ap
pointed by the Democratic house
or those yet to be appointed
discharge to the full the duties al
lotted to them, there will be mighty lit
tie summer vacation for many states
men this season. Besides the nine
main committees already reported
from the committee on rules, charged
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