The Springfield herald., 1899-01-06

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| Icy before he left the Senate. His term
| expires on March lth. and he will not
have an opportunity to participate III
| 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 ne
can find but II small minority opposed
to the treaty-but he considers 1t his
duty to enter II vigorous opposition ana
warn the administration of the evils
| of annexation
| Following the receipt of grave ad
vices from General Otis. n Cabinet
meeting was held at the White House
last Sunday. which resulted in the
framing and dispatch of important in
, structions TO the American commander
| nj Manila. Advices received early In
| the morning related to the situation IL
and about Manila, and in the evening
another dispatch was received describ'
ing the situation nj Iloilo. There is nc
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 nav
| ing n difficult time in SLscring middle
| course.
Hon Justin s. Morrill,. the senior
| United Statcs senator from Vermont,
died at 30 Wednesday morning. in the
S.th year of his age. after an illness of
less than n 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 SS years of age
on April 18th last. With the single en-
ception of Hon. Galusha Grow, of the
House of Representatives, he was the
only man in Congress whose congress
slonal career began prior TO the begin
ming of the civil war. and he had the
honor over Mr.. Grow in that his con
Sressional service had been continuous.
covering in the Senate and the House
combined almost fortyfour 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 n: Berlin
relative to American affairs. 1t is eX-
pected that his return will soon bring
about exchanges with the State De
partmcnt and perhaps directly with the
President relative to II number of cur
rent questions in which both countries
are interested. Recent cable reports
from Berlin have stated that the am
buSSatOT WIS returning Nllll SlIuuE
instructions towards securing reduc-
tions in rates on certain German i'm
ports to this country. The reciprocity
negotiations with Germany came to II
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 S24J.961 $50 against 500
T60.5T4 for the same period last year.
According to the treasury records,
these receipts are the largest since
1866. when they reached $55S. .O32 G20
for the entire fiscal year, and Si9o.G34.-
010 in 1867. With the exception of
these two years. the receipts never be-
fore in the history of the country eN-
ceeded Si9O,00O.OO0. and only seven
times have they ever reached S4OO,OOO,-
600. The receipts from customs dur
ing the six months amounted 10 500.
O45.S39 as compared with SG2. .S25 .O2l
for the same period last year. For the
month of December the customs re-
ceipts aggregated S16,SGt.325. which
was the highest point reached under
the present Dingley law and the larg-
est for December since 1SSS. when 1t
was SlG.9Go.00o. The receipts from in
ternal revenue sources amounted dur
ing December TO S22.G21 .319. the larg-
est since the War OF the Rebellion. The
total for December was Sil. .I04 .T94.
| 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 as he can find competent
natives 10 administer affairs-the
finance. the commerce., the customs,
the schools, public works and the gcn-
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 Il sufficient
and the schools and provide for
n 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 II mixture of Ameri-
cans and natives under the command
of American officers until the natives
can be properly educated to fill their
places. The postoilices will be under
: the direction of trained men from the
United States. but so far ns possible
the subordinatcs will he Filipinos A
good deal of money will be spent in
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; tions. which will be fitted up with the
most approved machinery. similar to
the navy yard at San Francisco. In
the customs duties no advantage will
be given to merchandise from the
| United States mt preSent-not until
Congress shall act upon the subject;
nor will the President favor any
change in our tariff laws so far as
they affect the products of the Philip.
pine islands.
Admiral Walkers plan for the Near.
aqua canal is first to make treaty
with Great Britain by which she will
agree to permit the United States to
construct and control the canal provid-
ed her ships have the same privileges
of traffic that are enjoyed by the mcr-
! chant marine and mcn-of-war of the
| United States. He is confident there
would be no difficulty in making such
an arrangement. Great Britain does
not want the canal but she does want
the right to navigate it; and being the
greatest maritime power on earth, hav-
ing as many ships as all the rest of the
nations put together. she is entitled to
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