The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-11-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.


accompanied him. They Will return to
Washington Wednesday.
1t is the unanimous opinion Of Presi-
dent Mckinley. every member of the
Cabinet, and every member of the Phil
ippine Com mission, that the first and
most imperative duty of Congress, at
the coming session, will be to adopt a
joint resolution declaring the intention
of the United States to permanently re-
tain tue ownership of the Philippines.
and there is little doubt that such a res
olution will be adopted by both House
and Senate. If it could be put through
at the first days session, it would do
much good, both in the Philippines and
at home, but that, of course, is too
much to hope for The House Will be
the first to adopt the resolution and
the Serate will eventually follow, but
the ants in the latter body will take
! advantage of the Senate rules, just as
| they did when the treaty of Peace, the
delay in the ratification of which is re-
sponsible for every drop of blood shed
| in the Philippine instruction. was be-
! fore the Senate, to delay action by talk
about any old thing to prevent a vote.
| No stronger argument in favor of the
adoption of such resolution could be
| found than AguinaldO's recent state
ment that The American Congress is
| soon to meet to decide whether to keep
the Philippines" Americans know
that that decision has already been
made-by the people-but residents of
the Philippines do not.
Edward c. Andre, who is Begium's
Consul at Manila. is visiting Washing
! ton He predicts a speedy end to the
insurrection and says that ten Thousand
| FilipinOs cannot stand before a regi-
ment of American soldiers, and that
| the end would have been reached long
| before this if the present rainy season
| had not been unusually long and Sc
we're. When asked what he thought Of
what the American soldiers had accom-
plished over there, Mr.. Andre, who is
disinterested witness and who speaks
| from personal knowledge acquired on
| the ground, replied: They have done
condition of that country, you would
be surprised that they have done what
| they have. The weather has been sim
ply awftll-worse this year than usual
and fighting under such conditions is
very difficult indeed"
| Secretary Long said of the prelimin-
airy report of Philippine Commission,
which is commended by everybody ex-
cept the "litt!er Americans: There
have been SO many misrepresentation
and exaggerations that it is delightful to
have SO valuable and explicit a state
ment from a Board, the composition of
which could not be improved in this
country or any other. Two of the men
who are members have been long
known in their association with our
leading Universities; the third gentle
man has had more than twelve years
diplomatic experience in China, and
the fourth is today the most conspicu-
GUS man in the nations eye. Three OF
| the men have never been associated in
any way with politics, and the fourth,
| who has not taken any active part in
politics, by reason of his diplomatic SER
vice, is one of the most respected mem
bers of the democratic party, and GER
tainly cannot be charged with any lean
ing towards the administration. 1t is
especially gratifying that the report
backs up anu endorses the position and
the statements of the President upon
this whole matter"
Senator Sewall, Of New Jersey, said ::
''No matter what differences of opinion
may exist among individuals upon the
question of expansion, our flag in Porto
Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines, will
stay there. The United States Senate
| will never consent to the surrender or
to the hauling down of the flag. Where
that glorious emblem has been raised,
there it will stay. No matter what
may be the sentiment of the minority,
the great body of the American people
will always be for the flag, under any
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agitation, but the flag will stay there,
and those who wish to humiliate or dis
honor it. will only discredit themselves
in the esteem, il not more seriously, OF
their fellow citizens"
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes
thinks one of the greatest needs in con-
nection with our rapidly increasing for
eign trade is some method OF interna-
tional banking. such as England and
Germany have, not only with Euro
pean countries. but with South and
Central American countries. and he will
call the attention of Congress TO the
matter in his annual report. AS an
argument of the need of such facilities,
Mr.. Dawes said: Suppose two men
are dealing in live stock. One Of them
sells a bunch of horses, anu ships them
10 the purchaser, upon whom he draws
for the money. He takes the draft TO
the bank and discounts it. With the
money. he buys more stock, which he
sells and ships in like manner. The
second man does not use banks. He
sells his horses. and after shipping.
waits for the purchaser to remit. While
the second man is waiting for his
money, the first man has made half a
dozen transactions, has increased his
own earnings"
The Gossip-When two or three are
gathered together
The Guyer-Then Heaven help their
frieuds.-TuCk.
The Ill Regulated Heart.