The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-08-24
NEWS FROM The NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Een!i0n Made Of Many Important News
Items About the Capital City.
sSpecial Correspondence.

tons characterized President IaIt
general arbitration treaties with
Great Britain and France in their
present form as "breeches of war
and not Of peace" The Senate
states that the treaty as signed de-
Drives the Senate Of its CONSTITUTE ton
al power to pass upon all questions
involved in any treaty submitted to
it in accordance with the constitu-
ton, and the Senate believes that it
would be a violation Of the constitu-
ton to confer upon outside commits
sions powers which devolve upon
the Senate. The Senate and Presi-
dent are at loggerheads the Senate
standing upon its rights under the
constitution and the president try
ing to get his treaties confirmed by
appealing to the people to force the
Senate to acceed to his views. The
Monroe doctrine is in danger, but
We have faith that the Senate will
not allow our rights under that doc
trine to be delegated to others.
The President in his message to
Congress vetojng the statehood bill
becau-e Of the recall OF the iudici-
airy" feature, scathingly denounces
tie recall measure. If enough votes
IN the Senate could be mustered il;
would be passed over his veto, but
that is hardly practicable. Senator
Smith, Of Michigan, introduced in
the Senate new statehood bill, pat
termed after the one that was vetoed
but eliminating the recall OF the ju-
dietary feature. lie predicts that his
bill will be passed and signed by the
President ct this session. On Fri
Jay the bill was sent t. the House,
and On Monday or Tuesday it VIII
20 to the President for his sigma
ture.
Senator LaFollette made a bitter
speech in the Senate Tuesday, aimed
principally at Senator Srnoot, of
Utah. He said: ct is an outrage
against common decency that any
man on the floor Of the United States
Senate should Sit hsre to represent
his own interests. We are here in a
trust capacity. but the public con-
science has either become dul.ed or
Senat ors have forgotten their duly
and their oaths. We have Senators
here who do not hesitate to vote On
legislation affecting their bank stock
or mining stock when it is desired
to tax the stock. It is time the Sen
ate made an order to put stop to
this business. Senator LaFollette
is right. No Senator has right 10
vote on measures in which they are
pecuIliariIy interested. Honesty,
strict honesty, should be the watch
word Of our solons in Congress, SO
so that even the appearance Of evil
can be avoided.
Postmaster General Hitchcock On
Tuesday recommended to Congress
a radical adjustment Of the methods
Of computing the pay Of railways
fer transporting the mails, which
will effect ali annual saving of about
100000. He proposes to pay
them the cost of carrying the mails
with 6 per cent profit. He is right.
The present system is cumbersome
and expensive, and it is illogical
that the government should pay ex-
orbitant charges for carrying the
mails. Several years ago, when in
Congress, Governor Kitchin intro
ducad 8 bill to reduce the cost Of
carrying the mails, and proved by
facts and figures that it was entire
ly feasible, but a Republican Con-
ggess killed bis bill. VIII a Repub-
lic;.n Postmaster Generals recon-
mendation be acted on favorably?
We will see. It should be done.
The President vetoed the wool bill:
p ,ssed by Congress, claiming that
tariff revision should await the re-
port Of the tariff board. He sa:i
that the high rates Of the Payne
Aldrich tariff were 'indefensible, ="
and yet at the first opportunity he
has to sign tariff bill lowering the
duties under schedule ne vetoes it.
Does the President think the people
of the country are fools and are go
ing to remain so? If he does he
would do we'll to change his opinion.
With the alliance between the in
surgent Republicans broken and the
regula, Republicans not voting, the
Democrats in the Senate passed the
cotton bill Thursday. The vote was
20 to "a. The following amend
ments were added to the bill: The
Cummins (Bacon), for revision OF
the metal schedule, cutting duties
from 80 to 40 per cent; the Simmons
amendment, reducing duties on cot.
ton mill machinery to 80 per cent aG