, 1899-10-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.

ahead of the other. When all the Span
ish war claims are in, we expect TO
throw out a good many. / learn thai Il
great many We're filed by soldiers who
went to Cuba and who afterward went
to h Philippines. II stands to reaso
hat If these boys We're able to pass
the physical examination required for
enlistment in our Oriental army, they
are not entitled to pensions for disa-
bilities sustained In the Spanish war.
for they enlisted a second time. We
will find hundreds. perhaps thousands.
Of these Spanish war claims ~concocted
by The ever active pension attorneys.
These fellows swarm abou every army
post. ! have just returned from the
Pacific coast. and while out there Wis
tied the Preside. The commanding of
ficer told me he has beer obliged to
chase these attorneys AVA from the
camp time and time again. They sneak
into the army hospitals and work upo
poor sick soldiers: they visit relatives
of the dead and in the house of grief
make widows and orphans sign papers.
Is 1t any wonder the pension list
growsi'
The Industrial commission on Thurs
day heard the testimony of Mr.. Fran
els Lynde Stetson of New York. former
law partner of eX-President Cleveland
n Mr.. Elbert ii. Gary, president of
the American Steel Company. Mr..
Stetson, speaking on the general Uues
ton of corporation management, advu-
Gated the fullest freedom of compact
on the part of corporations and said
that persons having business with
them should learn to inquire concern
ing their responsibility just the same
as they would in dealing with individ-
malls Hn InnraaDfnI tln tnpIanaN. %.
wards paternalism in such matters
ana said that Legislation could not
make business men of lunatics and
paupers. Any undue interference of
law with corporations would incvita-
bly, have the effect of doing more harm
than good. Still. he believed thai all
Stockholders in any company were en-
titled to knOw who their owners We're,
II for all purely public corporations.
such ms railroad and insurance compa-
MES. he suggested general publicity.
Mr.. Gary explained at length the or
gnniZntiOn of the Federal Steel Com
pany, which has an authorized capital
stock of 5000, 900 900. of which almost
500 5000 has becn issued. In reply
to questions he said the company had
never mad any contributions to assist
in political campaigns. and the labor
ers of the various companies We're free
to do as they might please in the mat
ter of politics. He said he advocated
the utmost publicity in the affairs of
corporations. Referring To the tariff,
Mr.. Gary said that some protection
was necessary, but that 1t should not
he high enough to give n monopoly to
anyone.
Immediately upon Secretary Hays
return Tuesday preparations began ut
the State Department for the compile
ton of the modus vivendi relative to
the Alaskan boundary. General Eos
ter was hard mt work upon the details
of the mOdus, and the expectation was
that in the course of II day or two the
agreement would be in effect. The ne
gotiations of late have been entirely in
the hands of Secretary HAY and MIR.
Tower, the British charge here. 1t has
not been determined ever yet whether
the agreement defining the boundary
temporarily shall take the form of n
document signed by both parties, or he
merely n series of notes. but in either
case II will he just MS effective MS II
regular modus vivendi. binding both
parties to observe the boundary laid
down temporarily. State Department
officials are confident that Americans
VIII have no cause to complain that
their rights have been abandoned when
AAl' VI N'bIl' vi INT tSIttlllNll ~
made known. while on the other hand
the Canadians cannot claim properly
that they ave lost any right that they
have enjoyed. The purpose of this
particular effort mt n mOdus was to
regulate the boundary line on the west
side of the Linn canal. The two parties
had placed the line of demarkation on
Chilcoot and White passes right ut the
top of the passes, and there has never
been the slightest friction mt these
points. Blu because of the fact that
the westernmost of the three passes.
namely Chilcat pass, was fully forty
miles removed from the sea. the same
rule could not Ice applied by our rep
resentatives without great loss. There
fore. ecOursc has been had to another
cNpedient. and the line of dcmnrka-
ton Will run along the KlGhunn river
and from n point near the kluckwan
o to II mountain peak on the south
west. The effect will b. to give to the
United States control of the tide wat
crs, the British being fifteen miles
above; to maintain the American con
troll Of the new and important Porcu-
pine country, and lastly, TO seave the
rights of all American mines who are
now on the Canadian side of the line.
II Is understood that the modus will
live mt the pleasure of both parties tn
1t: there will be no date fixed for its
expiration.
Senator Davis of Minnesota is under,
stood to believe that the next Congress
will not provide for the ultimate dis,
position of Cuba and the Philippines,
says the correspondent of the Chicago
Record. 1t is understood that the
President believes that Cuba and the
Philippines should be, for the prcscnr.
left in control of the executive. This
opinion seems To be shared by most of
tue administration Republican srna,
tors who have had talks with the Pres,
idcnt. This may be said to he the
chief reason why the administration is
so earnest in securing the support of
the people in its Philippine policy.
The President knows that all of the
Islands will eventually have their fate
settled by Congress. He thinks that
now is the time for Congress to deal
with Porto Rico and Hawaii. He
thinks the time has lot arrived TO deal
with the other islands. With this con.
viction he must necessarily go before
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