Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-24
Matters Discussed at the Cabinet
Meeting This Morning.
PROTEST. AGAINST THE HAVANA BANK
What Secretary Gage Says Bank
Director Told Him.
SOM E TREATY GOSSIP

The cabinet today discussed .he protest
from Havana against the Havana Bank
continuing the collection Of taxes In Cuba
Secretary Gage stated that when the dIrec-
tor of the bank was In Washington recent
ly he talked with him about the manner OF
tax collections. The representative of the
bank said then that 50 per cent OF those
engaged in the collection of taNes In the
island were Cubans and were not obno1-
ious. The director stated thai practically
all the commission allowed the bank was
paid 10 collectors. The bank receiving about
l per cent for the responsibility put upon
it.
The cabinet did not arrive at any con-
clusion, II is said. and tie ustter will be
left with the President aud the Secretary
of War. /; is said tnat so;Ile Of the cabinet
are OF the opinion lhaI 10 man, q change at
this time would both troublesome and
dangerous.
The Protest Arrives.
The protest Of Ger. Brooks against the
employment u the spaniel B-us. of Havana,
as an instrument for The coii-utIon Of the
Cuban taxes reached The Gas Department
this morning and is now under coIastdera-
ton by the authorities. L. IL likely that the
existing arrangement Will b set aside for
another scheme based on lfe direct coiissc-
lion OF the taxes by gcverL-E-nl agents, In
this case preferably Cufe.-s. The matter
of insisting upon the cCsiccI OF the
rcar5 of taxes amounting 10 a eonsaosra BILE
sum- Is alec open, beng more or iess int1-
mateIy CONNECTED With the other PROPOSE
ton The subject of tax Lee lon n Cuba
as whole was under cons loeri-JLOn ~ the
cabinet today
The Pht.t-.siar-.
1t IS stated that fhsrs M..z tax about
Samoa and that thsre psas rolhing from
the Philippines TO LzIk abpl4.
Two cabinet officers ysxse . ~sesd to5ay II
1t (. possible that the PreS-.eut has said
TO any one that he Is oTgsc1si 10 the re-
tention Of lhe fht.lp pptne a. --ajlssS tefrf-
tory OF the EEttsd S6ateS 10th ogHcizIs
expressed themselves ~ sivroi'steiy certain
that Tie President h4s no: s'UI hrns-H on
record TO any one. They Er.s-I :z.n that the
President ts undetermined sat he thinks
should be done with the sla.atx- They are
also corfae-t that the Presi2eat gill n1t
authorize Senator Davis or any one s3se ID
make concessions to the opponents Of the
treaty in the way CT EntfG.z DOH. that he
viii ultimately oppose kespi-g the Lslznds-
some Of ToSay's Callers
The President did no; 60 iniO his Office
this morning until after De Ociock- The
cabinet met at II, and there vas cS,sse-
quently little time TO confer ri n visitors
Senator Baker OF Kan tntrOd1ced
Judge Hook 10 the Presidept .Budee Hook
VIII be nominated this week 10 a vsckDcy
In the federal district bench Il Eanaas- He
Is Senator Bakers lag par,n.r
Senator Pettus Of A-aEzrlA called the
President to urge the nom r.ziiIr Of 1fr-
Shelby judge of the tfrS circuit
Senators Mcbride and SimJn OF Oregon
and CaIery and AeEHsrS OF LSOUtsiar-a-
were also callers
Senator Carter called with Dr. Philip
Jatsohn of Japan, VINO has uraveled much
IN the east and is familiar with conditions
in the Philippines DR. JE1s1hn told the
President some thing of hts obss-rV al sons-