La Junta tribune., 1899-01-07
NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

sbss 'itiA III = 49, anu
| ties would not permit him TO assume
the responsibilities and perform the la
Dor Of that position. He held TO the
| honors with great tenaciiy, and some
! year. ago made a great light 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 lie wanted to enter
his protest against the expansion pol
| icy before he left the Senate. His term
expires Oh March 18th, and he Will not
have an opportunity TO participate I'm
4 the legislation that VIII 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 a small minority opposed
| TO the trcaty-bui he considers II 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, a Cabinet
| meeting was held at the White House
| last Sunday, which resulted in the
| framing and dispatch OF important in
/ structIons 10 the American commander
/ at Manila. Adyiccs received early in
| the morning related to the situation In
| and about Manila. and in the evening
| another dispatch was received descrlb
| Ing the situation nj llOilo. There Is no
| Disgusting the fact that the situation 10
| 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 a middle
| course.
| Hon. Justin $. Morrill,. the senior
United States senator from Vermont,
died n 20 Wednesday morning. In the
s3th year OF his age. after an Illness OF
less than week. In the death Of Sen
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 ~ years OF age
| on April 18th last. With the single eN-
ceptlon al Hon. Galusha Grow. OF the
House Of Representatives. he was the
only man In Congress whose congrcs-
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.
covering In the Senate and the House
combined almost forty-four years.
The German ambassador. DIR. Won
Hollenben, has returned to Washington
after an extended absence. during
which he held several important con
ferences with the authorities nj Berlin
relative to American affairs. II is cx-
pected that his return will soon bring
about exchanges with the State De-
partment and perhaps directly with the
President. relative TO n 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-
tons 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 3lst, the receipts ag-
gregated S2i5,96l $50, against S201,-
IG0.5T4 for the same period last year.
According TO the treasury records.
these receipts are the largest since
1866. when they reached S55S,o32.620
for the entire fiscal year. and Si90. .634,-
010 In 1867 With the exception OF
these two years. the receipts never be-
fore In the history of the country ex-
ceeded Si9O.oOUO, and only seven
times have they ever reached S4nO,0OO,-
600. The receipts from customs dur
ing the six months amounted 10 $780,
0i5, ,S39 as compared with SCI. .s2J,02l
for the same period last year. For the
month of December the customs re-
ceipts aggregated S16,S6I.325, which
was the highest point reached under
the present Dingley law and the lnrg
est for December since 1SSS, when 1t
| was S16,9o0ooo. The receipts from In
ternal revenue sources amounted dur
ing December to S22.82l.3l9. the larg-
est since the War of the Rebellion. The
total for December was Si1 ,304, I9i.
1t is stated that the Presidents
plan for n government in the Philip
pine islands is the same that he has
for Cuba-a liberal allowance OF home
rule so far us he can find competent
natives to administer anairs-the
finance. the commerce. the customs
the schools. public works and the gen.
eral 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 sufficient
amount to maintain the government
and the schools and provide for
| a general system of public works
which will aid in the develop
ment 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 fill their
| places. The postoffices will be under
| the direction of trained men from the
| United States, but so far as possible
the subordinntes will be Filipinos. 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
the navy yard at San Francisco. In