Show RUlES I AT TE CAPITAL CAPITALI I Judge J Kings View of the Late I I j t PLUNDERED TEE TH PEOPLE P j t USE GOVERN rT FOR FOB GAIN GA GAt t Congressman King arrived home from Washington yesterday morning The last ast congress he thinks was the most corrupt in history while the ad administration adminIstration ministration abdicated in favor faor of the te trusts As e he cites cIes the fact that was wa appropriated at both sessions The Republicans In both house and ad senate refused to pass any bill bi against trusts trust said Judge King and so much confidence have these combinations in inthe Inthe Inthe the protection of the administration that they ate are ate constantly constanty organizing and branching out The Democrats in introduced introduced Introduced numerous bills bis to curb their power but every ever bill bil died in jj commit committee tee teeThe The sum of was wa appropriated appropriated appropriated for militarism twice as much muchas mucha as a Great Britain expends annually In Inthis Inthis inthis this way The administration is deter determined determined determined mined to have a great standing army and a great g at navy regardless rega s of cost While Republicans nay ars were claiming that the Insurrection was at an end as a a result of the reelection of McKinley that same was made the excuse for increasing the army to men All Al the Republican Republican lican talk in Washington was wa for war and conquest st Philippine PP he legislation L 1 or The Philippine legislation leg is lS inde indefensible indefensible indefeasible feasible It I was wa in violation of all al the rules of the house and t The Spooner provision as andA to the Philippines and nd the Cuban C resolutions were tacked the he bill time upon appropriation n bi no was w s given g veIL for debate a special rule in the house cut off debate the gag was wa applied and ad the infamous rider was wa jammed through An amendment to make malte the provisions s of the constitution const constitution apply was defeated by the Re Rh Republicans R publicans and the president and the themen themen themen men he appoints are re given all aJl judicial legislative and ld executive power Many strong Republicans with wih whom I talked expressed fear for the future They observed that the vic vie victory victory tory of last fall faU seems to have intoxicated intoxicated intoxicated the president and his advisers The action acton of the Republicans on the Cuban question queston I regard as as The administration did everything in its Is power at the last lat session to mul multiply multiply offices and increase salaries salares Dur During DurinE lag ing inE the last session new offices were created the session just closed Increased clerks cerks employees bureaus departments divisions and as a re result resul suit sult sul several millions are ae added to the burdens f t the people and many use useless useless less Iless of tilled with wih the sycophants and para t of Lo Ebb of Morality To such a a low lo ebb of morality did the party in power pow r at Washington sink sik that when it was openly charged that the assistant secretary of war and andary army ary officers had organised to plunder the Philippines and corner corer the products product of the islands it produced scarcely a ripple on the sea sea of Republican poli poU politics politics tics And when the Republican a chair chairman chairman chairman man of the military affairs affair committee boldly admitted that he be was the president I dent of a company organized to control the timber lands of the Philippines he was wildly applauded by his Republican can colleagues in the house hous The idea idea that dominates in Wash Washington Washington WashIngton ington at this time is that the highest statesmanship is to rob rb the th public treasury for private ends and to get offices for henchmen hen The greatest I statesman is the te man who can do most to commercialize tle te government The good of the people the welfare of the nation naton the maintenance of the tIe principles principles ples pies and glores ot the constitution are too abstract and academic for these modern statesmen So the Republicans cans are using the government for gain gin for plunder for the extortion of debts taxes from the people to pay political Salt Sat Lakes Laes Building Judge King said he saw the plans for forthe forthe forthe the Salt Sal Lake federal building before starting for tOl home hom It I is to be a 3 hand handsome handsome handsome some building entirely of ot o ostone stone He was assured that it would be started during the summer and rushed to completion Judge King said he made a plea that the work be done by local contractors con tractors and was assured that this would be done as far as pos possible possible sible sibie He was gratified that the t e 00 appropriation went through Judge King was wa the only Democrat in the house to speak against the river and harbor bill bi that was wa Intended to shovel out of the peoples money He made three speeches against it and is glad that I failed in inthe inte inthe the te senate n the judge had little to say as to poli politics pol politics tics There is much talk in the east eat already he says in favor of ot Olney y for tor president In 1904 He proved in a r Crisis that he was not afraid pf England and this is making him popular now with wih all al classes who are tired tred of the Eng EnE alliance In Washing ton the Democrats are recovering rap Idly from their defeat of last ast fall fal and ald the is that if they are a wise they will win in 1904 I |