Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1901 — POLITICS OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POLITICS OF THE DAY

SUBSIDY GRAB SET BACK. j , ‘ Senator Hanna nud liis ship subsidy grab received another hard jolt Tues j jfiay. For the second time since it was (taken up for consideration in December it has been rudely and effectively displaced from its commanding position as the unfinished business of the Senate. Mr. Ilanna was on hand to nee the grab kicked about the chamber •Ike a football and he hadn't a word to bay in protest. Senator Frye, knowtag what was coming, had convenient-] ly Absented himself. Tints he was not (forced into the position of having to yield or refusing to yield. -The grab, says a Washington correspondent, was laid before the Senate at 1 o’clock while the District of Columbia appropriation Dili was dicing considered. Senator Allison, however, find no intention of permitting an important appropriation bill to be thrust aside. Acting upon the authority vest od in him by the steering committee at its meeting last week, he endeavored to let down Frye and Hanna without jolting them too severely by moving that the ship subsidy bill be laid aside temporarily. Senator Jones of Arkansas promptly and emphatically objected to fills course. He said that the effort of granting the request would t»e to continue the ship subsidy bill as the unfinished business and lie did not believe that this should be done in view of the condition of the Senate business. If the appropriation bills should fail, their failure, lie said, would be I due to keeping the ship sulisidy bill ponding, and he thought that the country should understand this provision to set aside everything else for that measure. Senator Jones declared that there were other subjects more important than the ship subsidy grab that ought to take precedence and informed the Republicans that if an extra session were called it would not he called because the Democrats had not given them an opportunity to transact the legitimate legislative business of the country. He wound up by objecting to temporarily laying the ship subsidy bill asble. Then Senator Allison reflected the oppositiou to the actual Republican leaders of the Seuate In the methods employed by the ship subsidy grab lobby by exelalmlug with determined voice: “Then. Mr. President, I move that the consideration .of the District of Columbia appropriation bill be proceeded with." Hanna looked on with reddening face aid clinched hands. He was evidently under great mental strain, but appreciating the character and quality of the olds arrayed against, him. he remained silent. Ills precious bill went tumbling down to the foot of the cal endar.

Make Them Pay for Oppression. Humor has It that a strong lobby will represent the holders of 11450,000,000 Kpanisli-Culmu bonds when the new eonstltutlou for Cuba comes before Congress. The idea Is to have Congress take some action toward Cornell Jag Culm to assume payment of that enormous obligation contracted by tty*ln In the effort to put down the Cuban revolution. Spain alone Is responsible for the payment of those bonds; Spain aloue used the proceeds of their sale to support its tyrannical rule la Cuba. If any lobby appears In Washington to urge an unjust claim against Cuba it should be Invited to transfer itself to Madrid and convince the Spanish government it was wrong when it repudiated the debt.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Tlie I-'nrthelming Junket. Then* is a delightful Junket ahead for iils>ut three eminent Americans who stand well with the administration. A ‘ ‘‘special embassy” is to Is* sent to London as the representative of the resident of tin' United States at the coronation of King I'M ward. A special era-luiHt-y was scut to the coronation of the tjzar and also one to attend the jubilee of file late Queen Victoria. The latter. It will lie recalled, consisted of Whitelaw Iteld, Admiral Miller and (Jen. Miles. It would be safe to wager, however. that (leu. Miles will not be of the nest party. Savannah News. In the lutere.t of Subsidies. It ts quite likely that the extra see ■ion. If called, will he as much for the puri*oso of granting subsidies for ships as for providing a form of civil government for tin* Philippines nud arranging the details of government In Ouba. And when subsidies are given to the shipping Interests it may Ist taken for granted that other interests will press their claims for bounty. The ndmtnistratlou will he fortuunle In that event If It shuts the doors of the treasury l>efore the surplus has vanished. Having thing* Their Own Way. The trusts are certainly havingthiugs feholr own way. It may he said, with much more ruefulness than humor, that they are preparing to ride the American people a merry race on land and sea alike. And It's the American pisiple who must pay all expenses and lose Hie race If McKinleyism and trustism continue to prevail iu American government.—St. Ixiuls Republic. Skh Plum* t > He Distributed. Koine of the Senators nt Washington betray uuusual eagerness to get the artny bill out of the way and on the •federal statute book. This measure creates, among other things, about 90U

new offices in the line and 150 In the staff, and all of these rich plums are to be distributed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Senate. It is the largest slice of patronage that lias been offered for many a year, and anxiety for Its prompt enjoyment Is naturally aroused among the patron-age-loving Senators.—Philadelphia Record. Oluey’a Words Fully Jnatifiel. The most scathing Indictment of the money power In polities during the feceut presidential campaign came from tlie pen of Richard Olney when he announced his preference for the Bryan presidential candidacy. There were many who regarded his utterance as extreme. Yet the Justification of his indictment may now he based upon the single fact of the triumphant return of Mr. Quay of ,Pennsylvania to the United States Senate. So sodden a triumph of plutocratic power impels us to turn hack to Mr. Olney's words-and ask if they were not an accurate description of tlie influence of “commercialitun” in the country's affairs.— Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Wily It Came to light. The report of the Taft commission, telling liow lovely everything is in the Philippines and how only a few policemen are now needed there, was in hand for a long time, but was not put out until 'the army bill was as good as safe. This Is close work, to be sure, but presenting the commission’s report now gives excuse for an extra session of Congress in which to do something for the Philippines, andMn which it ought not to be impossible to push the ship subsidy bill a great deal further along. —Philadelphia Times. refr.-ni'llne the Syndicatei. Even the firm and ndamantlne gorge of the administration rises at a sfiß,000,000 river and linrhor bill—not because of its wastefulness, but because of Its huge Inroads on the surplus at a critical season when all sorts of syndicates are clamoring for opportunities to empty the public treasury. Should an executive veto be deemed essential In the party interest the innocent would suffer with the guilty; the Important public work with the petty private job.—Philadelphia Record. Distributing the Plnnder, Economy in public expenditures Is now regarded by most Senators and Representatives ns an old fashioned virtue. They manage to distribute the outlay so widely that nearly every community gets Rome pnrt of It. This keeps any section from making a loud outcry. It has taken but a very few years for the expenses of running the Federal government for a two-year period to Increase from $1,000,000,000 to $1,500,000,000. How long will It be before the $2,000,000,000 mark Is reached ?-Saglnaw News.

A Quarrel of Monopolist#. 'five well-nigh universal demand that the United States shall keep hands off the latest Veneauelan Imbroglio rather disproves the claims of the Imperialists that they have succeeded in cultivating a warlike spirit in America. The i>eople of the United State* have enough of war now. They are not thirsting for blood. The quarrel In Venezuela appears to is* a controversy between those who arc engaged In trying to monopolize the bounties of nature.—Dos Moines leader. The President’* Purposes. The President believes in Laving two strings to bis bow. He Is exercislug unlimited authority as commander in chief of the army. He desires also unlimited authority as an extra-constitu-tional ruler. Thus lie will be able to give the Filipinos any kind of government, military or civil or a little of each, that his imperial wisdom may determine. What becomes of the Constitution of the United States in the meanwhile is not giving him much concern. Philadelphia Times. Something Not Yet Kxptnincd. Just why, nt the request of the national asphalt trust, the government at Washington has sent the warship Scorpion to Gunnoco filth orders to make war upon Venezuela In certain vaguely defined eventualities does not appear. The Scorpion Is not a very formidable vessel, but the Kenrsarge or the Massachusetts Is said to be scheduled to follow her. Is this the opening of a new’ chapter of expansion?—New York World. Having a bard Time. Tlie troubles gathering about Mnrk Hanna and Ills subsidy bill are increasing with tlie “process of the suns.” Nearly every new Senator who has lieen elected will he against the subsidy bill if It goes over to the extra session. The new ones who have come In the Senate this session In the place of those removed by death or to fill vacancies are not In favor of Hanna’a looting scheme.—Duluth Herald. The People Pnjr the Freight. Hanna, Depew, Frye and the Inter, national Navigation. Company, tlie Pacific Mall Steamship Conqmny and tha Standard Oil Company will doubtlesa rejoice greatly when the subsidy bill la passed. The American people will not rejoice. They pay the freight—and the freight in this instance amounts to a fISO,000,(KM) tax on the people.—Bt. Louis Republic.