, 1899-12-28

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the influence of Mr.. Calderon Carlisle;
attorney of the Spanish legation, and
the members of the diplomatic corps.
Mr.. Ouesada has committed no crime
and has conducted himself like n gen
tleman, although personally ne may
not be agreeable to many people.
There Is in Washington n committee
r~eprcsenting 81 per cent of the brew
ers OF the United States, and they
have come to ask Congress to remove
the war tax on beer, because it ADDS
so much to the buruens of the sufie r-
ing people. They argue that the peo-
pie who drink champagne ana sherry
should pay for running the govern
ment, while the workingman VINO
drinks beer should be excused. They
also urge the passage of a bill al
ready introduced by Representative
Babcock of Wisconsin prohibiting the
sale of beer in small kegs. Under the
present law beer can be placed on the
market in barrels, or kegs represent
ing n half. a quarter or an eighth OF n
barrel. The latter are handled chle1y
by private consumers and small saloon
keepers who have II limited rad and
do not want to waste beer. If there
were no eighth of n barrel kegs they
would have TO buy a quarter or a halt
barrel each time, and the sales OF the
brewers would be so much larger,
hence Il is proposed to prohibit the
sale Of small packages. When the
brewers committee asked the COM
missioner Of internal ven to rec
ommend the passage of the Babcock
hill he declined TO do so and called
heir attention to the fact that they
were not obliged to put their beer up
in small packages. They replied
frankly thai they wanted everybody
to be compelled to buy big packages.
There Is no disposition in Congress to
abolish the beer tax, because it is con
sidered one of the most easily paid
and easily collected.
A correspondent says: The third par
ty organization in h Senate has fallen
to pieces. The most prominent mem
bers are already hedging and working
their way back toward the Republican
side line. At the beginning of the SEES
sion Mr.. Kyle of South Dakota, who
describes himself in his autobiography
as an independent, went straight to the
Republican camp: but Mr.. Butler of
North Carolina, MI. Heitfeld of Idaho.
Mr.. Jones of Nevada. Mr.. Stewart OF
Nevada, Mr.. Teller of Colorado. Mr..
Turner of Washington and Mr.. Petit
grew of South Dakota held a caucus,
and by n unanimous vote decided to go
with the Democrats for the reason that
they represented the same position and
held the same belief on the most I'M
portant issue before the country. AS
stated in these dispatches at h time,
Mr.. Pettigrew was appointed an ennis
sary to confer with the Democrats and
arrange for places on the committees
He did so according to his instructions.
but in the meantime the individual
members of the third party hustled
around to take care of themselves. Mr..
Jones of Nevada and Mr.. Stewart of
Nevada went straight to the Repub-
lican caucus committee, asked for their
old c~hairmanships and got them, while
Senator Pritchard of North Carolina
asked similar favors for his colleague,
Mr.. Butler. The caucus committee rec
ogniZing the significance of the situa-
ton, volunteered TO place Mr.. Teller at
the head of the committee on claims.
which he has occupied for several
years, but he declined to accept any
favors from them, and Mr.. Warren of
Wyoming was appointed in his place.
The joint resolutions upon the Philip
pines introduced in the senate by Sen
ator Bacon Of Georgia. were shown TO
n number of Democratic senators be-
fore being presented to the Senate and
the impression gathered is that they
will be the basis of opposition in de-
bates on the Philippines. The text of
the resolutions, which were carefully
prepared by Senator Bacon, is as fol.
lows:
First, that the government and PEG
pie of the United States have not
waged the recent war with Spain for
conquest and for the acquisition of for
eign territory, but solely for the pur-
poses set forth in the resolution of
Congress making the declaration of
war, the acquisitions of such small
acts of land ms harbOrs as may be
necessary for governmental purposes
being not deemed iDconsistent with the
same.
Second. that in demanding and in re.
ceiving the cession of the Philippine is.
lands ii is not the purpose of the gov
eminent of the United States to secure
and maintain a permanent dominion
over the same as II part of the territory
of the United States, or to permanently
incorporate the inhabitants thereof rs
citizens of the United States or TO hold
said inhabitants as vassals or subjects
of this government; and the United
States hereby disclaim any intention to
exercise permanent sovereignty, juris.
diction. or control over said islands.
Third, that the United States, having
accepted the cession of the Phil.
pine islands from Spain and having by
force of arms overthrow all organized
authority and opposition to the author.
ity of the United States therein, the
duty and obligation rests upon the
United States to restore peace and
maintain order throughout the same,
to protect in said islands the enjoyment
of life and property and the pursuit OF
lawful nvocations. and to continue such
protection until the power and duty to
maintain said protection shall have
been transferred and intrusted by the
United States to n government of the
people of said Islands deemed capable
and worthy to exercise said power and
discharge said duty.
Fourth-That when armed resist.
ance to the authority of the United
States shall have ceased within said
islands and peace and order shall have
been restored therein. it is the purpose
and Intention of the United States, Sc
soon thereafter as the same can be
practically and safely accomplished. tc
provide the ODDOrtunity and nraSoribs