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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT
FURTHER ASSURANCES GIVEN BY
LEADERS IN CONGRESS.
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF HAsTY ACTION WHEN
THE MAINE REPORT Is PREsENTED-THE
ADMINISTRATIONS CUBAN POLICY


ADMINISTRATIONS CUBAN POLICY
NOT YET CLEARLY DEFINED.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO TRIBUHE.1
Washington. March 24.--President Mckinley
continues TO utilize the brief period Intervening
between the reception Of the Maine report and
its submission to Congit SIS TO establish an un-
derstanding with the leaders in both branches
as TO the programme TO be followed next week
in dealing with the findings Of the Naval Court.
The conferences Of the last two days with such
leaders as Senators Allison. Aldrich. Davis. Cor
man. Gray. Cockren, Turpie and Faulkner,
Speaker Reed and Representatives Grosvenor
and Hit We're supplemented this afternoon by
talks with Senators Cuom, Spooner. Fairbanks,
Jones (of Arkansas the chairman Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee and spokesman Of the
Democratic silver forces in the Serate) Repre-
sentative Bailey. the minority leader in the
House, and Representative Sayers. the ranking
Democrat the House Committee On Appro-
priations.
NOT TO EMBARRASS THE PRESIDENT
To all these callers the President freely ex-
pressed his anxiety lest the transmission Of the
Sampson report to Congress next Monday might
be made the occasion Of some hasty or ill-con-
ould rctard and embsrrass the Adminlstra-
tion in It's effort to deal connectedy and logic
ally with the Cuban problem. 1t is underst ood
that assurances have been received from the
leaders In both houses that any programme
suggested by the Executive will receive the sup
port Of the legislative branch. and that no at
tempts % force the Presidents hand by Con-
Sressiona action Will be countenanced for the
present.
The good results Of the conferences Of the last
three days became strkngy apparent. Indeed.
this afternoon in the Senate. when. in accord
with understanding reached with the
President Mr.. Allison moved that an adjourn
nent be taken until next Monday. Mr. Mason.
one OF the radical advocates OF independent
legislative action. opposed the plan and urged
that the Senate remain in session tomorrow
and Saturday. But he could rally to his support
only eight other votes while flfty-two Senators
favored taking the three-day recess The nine
Senators who went on record against the ad-
journment programme were Messrs. Cannon.
Chandler Foraker. Frye. Gallinger. Harris Ma
son. Ills and Pettigrew.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
THE MONTATK ORDERED TO PORTLAND
ME-

Washington. March 2i-The old slngle-turreted
monitor Montauk has been ordered from League
Island Navy Yard 70 Portland. Nc. - SUGGESTION
was made 10 send monitor 70 Ne"-haN'il' ''iin''
tut II remains unactcd on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25

KRELL PIANOS HAVE NO EQUAL
Ia Fifth Ay. (22d ST. cash or tnstalmenta--Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
TWO DISTINCT PROBLEMS.

Though the Presidents purposes are Of course.
stll veed in the most absolute uncertainty the
belief is daily gaining ground that he will not
use the Maine report as the vehicle for any
notable declaration Of policy to Congress. Little
comment on the findings OF the Court OF In
quiry may be found needful; for unless the
Sampson Board has succeeded in fixing on the
Spanish Government some definite responsible
ity for the Maine disaster. diplomacy and not
legislation Is likely to be resorted 10 in deter
mining what reparation. if any, Spain owes the
United States
II has. in fact. been all along the desire OF the
Administration to separate the issues raised by
the destruction Of the Maine from the general
tangle Of the Cuban problem. and to deal with
the former as far as possible, without reference
20 the broader problems Of interference or non
interference between the Cuban insurgents and
Spain Il is not thought that the Administra-
tion is at present prepared to go any further on
the road 10 intervention than 10 propose 10 sup
ply through National agencies the needs of the
starving Cuban population; and the suggestion
has been made that Congress. following up its
grant Of $4,000 to relieve the wants Of Ameri-
can citizens in Cuba should vote an appropra-
ton Of 100000 next week for the benefit Of the
starving inhabitants Of the island, whether un-
der Spanish nsurgent rule But with a
political and diplomatic situation changing al
most every day. it is unsafe 70 predict what
turn the Administrators programme may take
by the beginning OF next week.
SENATOR THURsTON's SPEECH.
Mr.. Thurston's speech in the Senate to-day
lost something in interest and effectiveness,
doubtless from the necessity imposed upon the
Nebraska Senator Of following somewhat close
" IN Mr Proctor's and Mr.. Gangers already
beaten oratorlcal path Mr. Thurston dwelt. nat
urally. with less detail on the mserles and des-
titution he had witnessed in Cuba, and devoted
himself with much greater freedom and fervor
70 the political aspects Of the Cuban problem.
The Nebraska Senator. unlike either Of his fel-
low pilgrirns to Cuba. is disposed 10 take a
wholly emotional View OF this countrys respon-
sibrities and obligations. He would Justify in
teryention by force In Cuba on purely humani-
tartan and non political grounds. and having ex-
raled Spain. az whatever cost OF blood and
treasure from the island would turn Cuba over
10 the uncertainties Of self government.
No more candid statement has perhaps been
made IN Congress than Mr.. Thurston's OF the
nurelv humanitarian demand for war-the de-
n,and which ignores all the political RESPONSE
bnities involved in Intervention and dismsses
with a breath the political consequences which
intervention will entail. Mr.. Gallnger yester-
dav faced these responsibilities more frankly;
FOR IN his view the only logical outcome OF Spains
exnuIsion from the island by American arms
was Cuba's ultimate absorption into the United
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-25
MoB1LIz1NG THE NAVAL MILITIA

Orders have been prepared 10 mobilize the
naval battalions Of Ohio. Michigan. Illinois and
Missouri. and summon them 10 New-York and
Philadelphia for torpedo tugboat service. and TO
I'll the complement Of officers on the auxiliary
cruisers These organizations have been wa1ne !
10 be ready for the orders. which Will be issued
the dav the cruisers taken by the Govern
mCnt.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
UNCLE SANS WAKE.

Milwaukee Wisconsin: Wakes island,
1000 miles from the Hawaiian Islands, which
the United States intends to occupy as a
cable station, has no fresh water and is
therefore well named. Whoever secures the
lonely government cable position will have
to stay wide wake at the condenser In
order to get a drink.
st. Louis Republic: 1t Is big enough for q
cable to be landed on 1t, however, and by
the time q fort, a condenser for making
fresh water, stores Of provisions and q
supply OF petroleum to keep the tidal waves
from playing hide and seek over the island,
which is only eight feet above sea level,
have been placed on it,, ought to be a USE
full and ornamental addition to the public
domain.
Buffalo Express: Soon after the formal
annexation Of Hawaii a story was started
In Washington that the United States would
take Wake island, which is about midway
between Hawaii and Guam, In order to COM
plete its chain Of islands across the Pacific.
The report Is now revived. IL the United
States is to have even a series Of naval
stations In the Pacific 1t will need to con-
meet them by cable, and then, in the event
Of war. 1t will need to keep a fleet at each
station to prevent the cable from being
cut.
Philadelphia Ledger: Heretofore 1t has
been, virtually, nobody's land, for nobody
thought enough Of 1t to claim possession,
nor would it be worth anything now. being
a mere coral reef raised a few feet above
the sea and utterly barren, were 1t not
that 1t happens to be favorably situated
for a cable station on a line across the
Pacific. The act Of our government In
taking possession Of 1t, therefore. means
that 1t looks forward to the laying Of an
American cable In the not distant future.
Minneapolis Tribune: If there are any
other islands In the Pacific ocean which
we happen to need in the development Of
our new policy as q Pacific power, steps will
no doubt be taken to acquire them, either
by seizure or purchase from their legitimate
owners, II they have any. The United
States cannot do things by halves. Having
put our hand to the plow, we must not look
back. We must adopt all the modern de-
vices for consolidating our vast empire
through the most rapid means OF communi-
cation known to science and practical me-
chanics.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
THE SHIPPING SUBSIDY BILL.

Senator Hanna IL reported as being
confident that the bill relating to the
merchant marine, which has been intro
duced in both the senate and house, will
be passed by the present congress. He
says a majority Of senators feel favor
ably toward the measure. The bill
takes a long step in the direction OF
stimulating the building Of vessels in
American shipyards by Offering a
bounty for the mileage navigated.
This is regarded by those who are not
u%nfriendly to the subsidy policy as the
most effective way of promoting the
construction Of American vessels, be-
cause 1t renders their operation profit
able after they are built. The measure
also provides for the admission of for
eign-buiit vessels to American registry
and this provision Is a liberal one while
1t lasts, but applies only to foreign built
vessels nov owned by Americans
or under contract for construction.
This amounts In effect to giving
he privilege Of the American flag
to vessels nov owned by Amer
leans il they give certain orders to
American %shipyards, but does not en-
courage future purchases of foreign built
vessels by Americans. The bill re-
quires the construction of 80 per cent
IN American tonnage of the amount of
foreign tonnage which is admitted to
registry, SO that q ten ~thousand-ton ves-
sci built abroad would be enabled to
obtain an American registry II the own
ers construct a vessel Of half that ton
mage in the United States, or two YES
sells Of five thouand tons built abroad
may obtain entry for one such vessel
built In this country.
The measure has commanded the
earnest attention Of the interests most
Immediately concerned and has met
with very general approval from these.
1t is really the product of a very
thorough expression Of the views of the
various interests affected by 1t, to all OF
which 1t is the purpose of the bill to
give fair consideration. The difficult
problem presented in framing such a
measure was to provide proper assist
once not only TO ocean steamship lines,
but also to coastwise lines and lines
from the United States to the West In
dies and other nearby ports, while at
the same sime not leaving out Of con-
sideration the great sailing-ship inter-
ests. 1t was also necessary to have re-
gard for the shipbuilding interest Of the
country. The advocates Of the bill be-
lieve that 1t meets every Just require
! ment and they propose making an ear,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
THE WANING YEAR.
8. E. Kiser in Cleveland Leader.

Slowly the shadows Of the waning year
and bare;
Family the first gray stars of night appear,
And time, on ghostly wings, disturbs the
A year that bulges with events is near
The peaceful end for which mems arms
Lie loosely crossed upon hates mnfied
And destiny, appeased, is looking on.
So dies the year-a year with marvels
A year that gave to glory a new birthi
Another epoch from fate's hand is caught
And PROGRESS marks fresh pathways Ger
10! where expressions heavy hand was
Sweet freedom bends to bid the stricken
Where hatred's sword FLASHED with rebel
lions blade
Where old disorders banner was displayed
The orifiame OF order proudly flies!
To us has come from God the glorious right
To strike down evil and succor those
who rendered PROSTATE BY superior might.
In vain asked mercy from their heart.
less foes!
To US was given the opportunity.
I set a high example for mankind;
Free sons of sires who fought to set men
free,
We, too. nave given others liberty
And all the wondering nations search to
find
The glories in their annals, finding none.
To parallel the glory we have won!
Nv.
Slowly the shadows Of the waning year
Are creeping Ger the earth's bare nelds
Out in the misty future there appear
New nations. clearing tangled wrecks
away!
To God all glory for the strength he rave
Unto our matchless fleets upon the wave:
To God the praise for righteous power 70
unvanguished arm. upon the bloody seld,
Thank God for victories the year has
brought
And ,doubly thank him for our strength to
show
When all was won that Jealous honor
sought
The sweets Of mercy to the fallen foei
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
FIFTY-sIxTH SENATE
Political Complexion NJ the Next
Upper House.
Philadelphia Press.

Political Complexion of the Neat
Upper House.
Philadelphia Press.
The different state legislatures will meet
early In January, and the work OF filling the
senatorships still vacant In the roll OF the
senate Of the Fifty-sixtb congress will be-
gin soon after. The terms Of thirty senators.
or just one-third Of the senate, expire with
the present congress. Six OF these seats
have been filled already, leaving twenty four
elections to be held. Senators Money Of
Mississippi, Hanna OF Ohio, Aldrich of
Rhode Island. Proctor OF Vermont, and
Daniel Of Virginia, have been reelected and
McComas has been chosen in Maryland to
succeed Senator German. The other twenty
four elections should all be completed in
January, unless there are prolonged con-
tests, except in the case Of Florida, whose
legislature does not meet until April 8. In
the event Of an extra session called before
that date one OF Florida's seats would be
vacant for a time.
Promising that republican legislatures
will elect republican senator's and Democrat.
legislatures democratic senators, the
political complexion OF the Fifty sixth senate
can be outlined. 1t will be a republican
senate by eighteen majority over a COM
bined democratic and populist opposition.
The membership of the different states will
stand as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Cornelius Vanderbilt drinks no intoxi,
eating liquor except a little claret with hi
dinner.
In the opinion Of his modern interpreters
Thomas Jefferson did not understand him
self at all.
Spain seems to have availed itself Of thu
opportunity presented by the recent war 70
getting rid OF a lot of obsolete artillery.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, the ~invento,
OF the telephone. arrived In Japan on De
cember s. and is receiving many attentions
from the Japanese.
General Wheeler has consented to b.
present at the Utica. N. Y, soldiers ban
spond to the toast, 1.-THE Nations Wei
come"
Senator Turpie Of Indiana says he never
carries a watch because people used tt
bother him so much by asking the time
II thought I'd try my turn at botherini
somebody else," says the senator.
Prince Malik Mansur Mira, the second
son of the shah Of Persia, has Just arrived
in Brussels. He is an intelfigent-looktne
young man, about IS years old, who has
received q thorough European education.
Brigadier General Harrison G.. Otis, now
serving in the Philippines, enlisted in the
civil wal with President Mckinley in the
Twenty-third Ohio. Private Mckinley rose
to be a brevet major and Private Otis q
colonel.
When the late Calvin s. Brice failed In
his earliest ventures he was about to give
up entirely had 1t not been for the encour-
agemnt and aid given him by Mr.. Foster
who was afterward secretary Of the treasury
under President Harrison.
DR.. Dvorak, the composer, has Just re-
ceived from the Austro-H Hungarian emperor
on the occasion Of the Royal Jubilee, the
decoration, For Arts and Sciences" This
order. 1t seems, is very rarely bestowed, the
last musician who received it being Brahms
himself.
In one Of his early speeches President
Mckinley used the words 'biped''
and ''quadruped." When he had concluded
a rustic hearer asked him the difference
between the two words. THE difference
between biped and quadruped?" replied Mr.,
Mckinley. why, two legs"
Dispsnsary constables seized the fine stock
of wines intended for the banquet Of the
New England society at Charleston, S. c.,
Wednesday, but 1t was finally replevined
and In consequence there was no occasion
to quote the famous remark Of the governor
Of North Carolina to the governor OF South
Carolina.
The young Chinese emperor. having out
lived the reports that he had committed
suicide or been assasslnated. Is now de-
scribed by DR.. Dethere. a Frenchman. who
is one Of his physicians. as merely a SUI
ferer from fits Of depression and lassitude,
his real ailment, so far as there is any. being
abnormal melancholia.
While on the bench Associate Justice Nc
Kenna Of the United States supreme court
Ia the personihcation of dignity. In private
he is the most democratic member Of "the
highest tribunal in the land" In pleasant
weather he always walks to the court, stop
ping frequently to chat a moment with a
friend or gaze with interest at the shop
windows.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
THE LATE SENATOR MORRILL,.

Justin 8. Morrill, will not be ranked
among the great American statesmen
of the last half of the closing century.
Any n familiar with the distinguished
public men of the last forty years can
readily call to mind q score at least who
surpassed Mr.. Morrill, in the higher
qualities Of craftsmanship. But his
long career In congress as a representa-
tive and senator from Vermont was
marked by such usefulness to his state
and to the country, by such fidelity to
duty and by so elevated a patriotism
as to entitle him to a conspicuous place
in the history Of this period.
The fame Of the dead senator Is chiefly
associated with the war tariff which
bore his name, the principles embodied
in which he always earnestly and ably
defended. He was one Of the strong
est champions of the policy Of protec-
ton and his best speeches in congress
were made in defense of that policy.
Mr.. Morrill, was not an orator, but he
never failed to command the respect
full attention Of the senate whenever he
addressed that body-a tribute both to
his ability and sincerity. Mr.. Morrill, was
most faithful in the discharge OF his
public duties, which during most Of the
time Of his service in congress were
arduous. He was a firm believer in the
policy Of keeping aloof from foreign en-
tanglements and complications and was
therefore n Of the most outspOken and
earnest opponents Of territorial expan-
sion, regarding it as a menac to the
%perpetuity Of the republic.
The public career of Justin s. Morrill,
was without a blemish. During his
forty.three years in congress his integ-
rity was never called in question. : His
record of service in the national legis-
lature not only exceeds In length Of time
that Of any other, but there is none
more honorable in it's fidelity to duty
and its devotion to the public welfare.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29

nest effort to pass It at the present SEES
sion. This they may be able to do in
the house, but 1t is hardly probable that
it can be done in the senate, though 1t
Is thought possible that some democratic
votes may be secured for It in that body.
At all events, the introduction of the
bill and such consideration as 1t shall
receive will be a step in the direction
of legislation for building up a mer-
chant marine, the necessity for which,
In the interest Of commercial expansion,
is more generally recognized than
ever before. OF course the bill will
encounter opposition from those who
are hostile to any form of subsidy and
also from those who advocate a free
ship policy, regardless of It's effect upon
our shipbuilding interest. Such opposi-
ton simply e that conditions shall
remain as they are, ut least for a number
Of years, while there is an urgent de-
mand for early action II this country is
to secure the commercial advantages
which new and larger opportunities
promise. The existing situation Is a
humiiating as well as q losing one.
The free ship policy would Involve
great injury, perhaps disaster, to the
America shipbuilding interest. There
remains the plan, provided for in the
bill before congress, of promoting the
creation Of an American merchant ma
rine by a moderate system of bounties
or subsidies and there seems to be no
doubt that this plan will be adopted by
a republican congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS ACTIVE.

AS had been apprehended, the insur-
gents have captured the city of Iloilo, an
ticipating the American force which had
been sent there by General Otis under
instructions from Washington. 1t ap-
pears that Otis promptly obeyed the or
der of the Wal department, but 1t Is a
journey Of about four days from Manila
to Iloilo and when the force sent by him
arrived at its destination it found the
insurgent flag floating owe the city.
There Is said ITO be no little anxiety felt
in Washington yer this situation and
there is undoubtedly good reason for 1t.
Referring a few days ago to the instruc-
tons sen to Otis, we said that in the
event Of the insurgents being in posses
sion Of IlOilo when our troops arrived,
their course would indicate the intention
Of Aguinaldo and his followers gen.
erally-whether they are prepared TO
quietly submit to the United States or re-
sist. This, 1t appears, Is the view enter
tanned at Washington. OF course ehe
American commander at Manila cannot
now stop at any halfway measures. The
circumstances require that he demand
the surrender of IloilO and If this is re-
fused that he at Once take steps to cap
ture the place. Any parleying with the
insurgents would manifestly be danger
Gus, since 1t would be very likely to be
regarded by them as a confession Of
weakness OF fear. 1t is necessary that
in such n case they be made to under
stand that they are not dealing with
Spaniards. 1t will be a very happy cir
cumstance If they yield without being
compelled to, but 1t is more than proba-
BILE that they will offer some resistance
and 1t is to be feared that this may be
more serious than the authorities at
Washington seem to anticipate. In that
event the plain inference will be that
the United States Is not to be allowed to
assume sovereignty over the Philippines
without a struggle.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29

states could not equip their men. And
throughout the union serious confusion at
tended the transfer Of the state regiments
to the national control for service abroad.
In the early weeks Of the war the press
was full Of suggestions as to the reorgani-
cation and Improvement Of the national
guard and the placing Of 1t In closer touch
with the national government.
The militarist scheme to burden the coun-
try with a standing. professional army at
least twice as large as we need, is a seri-
Gus menace to the national guard as we'll as
an audacious threat against the republic.
I'VE have outgrown the constitution" says
a leading professional soldier, General Mer-
rift. Let the people take heed.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-29
Trial of Government Ownership.
Chicago Chronicle.

The advocates of a government ownership
OF telegraphs and telephone lines will watch
with interest the working Of that system In
Porto Rico. where the Spanish government
has turned over to the United States au-
thorities all the lines in the island. II the
government can operate the Porto Rican
telegraphs and telephones at a moderate cost
there will be good ground to assume that
the same thing can be done in this country.
The British system is fairly satisfactory
and there is no reason why 1t should not
succeed with US, though the greater extent
Of territory in the United States renders
the conditions markedly different. The
Porto Rican experiment. however. will be
an American ono and its success or failure
will have In important bearing upon the
question Of government ownership.