The Meeker herald., 1899-01-07
NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

ties would not permit him to assume
the responsibilities and perform the III
bOr of that position. = He held to the
honors with great tenacity, and some
years ago made n great fight for the
rights Of seniority.
Senator German recently stated that
he intended to fight the ratification Of
the peace treaty whether anybody else
did or not, because he wanted to enter
his protest against the expansion pol
Icy before he left the Senate. His term
expires on March 4th. and he will not
have mn opportunity to participate In
the Legislation that will come in the
next Congress for the establishment OF
governments in the captured colonies.
He does not expect to win-in fact, he
can find but II small minority opposed
to the trenty-but he considers it his
duty to enter vigorous opposition and
warn the administration Of the evils
OF annexation.
Following the receipt of grave ad-
vices from General Otis. n Cabinet
meeting was held Mt the White House
last Sunday. which resulted in the
framing and dispatch of important in
structions to the American commander
mt Manila. Advices received early in
the morning related to the situation In
and about Manila, and in the evening
another dispatch was received describ-
ing the situation Mt IlOilo. There is no
Disgusting the fact that the situation in
the archipelago is extremely serious.
On the island of Luzon, the insurgents
are threatening. There are dissensions
among them, and General Otis is hav-
ing difficult time in steering middle
course.
Hon. Justin s. Morrill,, the senior
United States senator from Vermont,
died at 30 Wednesday morning in the
S9th year Of his age, after an illness Of
less than n week. In the death Of Sem
ator Morrill, the Senate lost its senior
member in point of service and its old
est in age. He had served continuous
ly in the Senate for more than thirty
one years and he was SS years of age
OH April 4th last. With the single ex-
ception OF Hon. Galusha Grow. Of the
House OF Representatives, he was the
only man in Congress whose congress
sional career began prior to the begin
ming Of the civil war, and he had the
honor over Mr. Grow in that his con-
gressional service had been continuous,
N'NeiiiS III tHe Stutte uuu lUt Ilpuse
combined almost forty-fOur years.
The German ambassador. DR.. Won
Hollenben, has returned to Washington
after an extended absence. during
which he held several important CON
ferences with the authorities at Berlin
relative to American affairs. 1t is ex-
pected that his return will soon bring
| about exchanges with the State De-
partment and perhaps directly with the
President. relative to a number of cur
rent questions in which both countries
are Interested. Recent cable reports
from Berlin have stated that the am
bassadOr was returning with strong
instructions towards securing reduc-
tions in rates on certain German I'M
ports to this country. The reciprocity
negotiations with Germany came to a
halt some months ago. and the reported
instructions are probably in the line OF
renewing these negotiations.
The Forthcoming statement Of the
| government receipts and expenditures
will show that during the half year
| ending December 31st. the receipts ag.
gregated S245.061. $50. against 1901
| 7GO.514 for the same period last year
According 10 the treasury records
these receipts are the largest since
| 1866. when they reached $55S O32, ,62O
for the entire fiscal year and $3.50, ,634,-
O1O in 1867. With the exception OF
these two years, the receipts never be-
| fore in the history of the country ex-
ceeded Si9O.O00.OO0. and only seven
| times have they ever reached 500, ,OO0.-
GOO. The receipts from customs dur
ing the six months amounted to $96..
045, 800 as compared with 1862, ,S25, ,021
for the same period last year For the
month OF December the customs re-
ceipts aggregated $lG.Sf4.325, which
was the highest point reached under
the present Dingley law and the larg.
est for December since 1883, when II
was $1G,9OOOOO. The receipts from in.
,ernal revenue sources Amounted dur.
ing December to 2.621 .319. the larg.
est since the War of the Rebellion. The
total for December was $41, ,4O4, ,784.
1t is stated that the President's
plan for government in the Philip
| pine islands is the same that he has
for Cuba-a liberal allowance of home
rule so far as he can find competent
natives TO administer afYairs-the
finance. the commerce., the customs
the schools. public WORKS and the gen.
er:l direction of things to be in the
hands Of Americans of experience
The tariff will be for revenue only, and
will be arranged to produce a sufficient
amount to maintain the government
and the schools and provide for
4 general system of public works
which will aid in the develop
lnent of the wealth and commerce
OF the country. The military forces
are to be mixture Of Ameri.
cans and natives under the command
Of American officers until the natives
can be properly educated to NIL their
places. The postotfices will be under
the direction of trained men from the
| United States. but so far as possible
the subOrdinates will he Filipin0s. A
good deal Of money will be spent in
providing coaling and naval-repair sta.
tions, which will be fitted up with the
most approved machinery similar to