The Monte Vista journal., 1900-01-27
minority report favorable to the seas-
Ing Of Mr.. Roberts ON his prima facis
rights and then expelling him.

minority report favorable to the seas-
Ing Of Mr.. Roberts ON his prima facis
rights and then expeiling him.
The oalcials Of the war Department
have known for long time that Sen-
ator Hears speech made In the Senate
more than q year ago In favor OF grant
Ing Independence to the Philippines
was cahled to Hong Kong. translated
Into TIE native languages, and distrib-
uted Annoag the difierent tribes OF the
Philippine archipelago by the Junta at
Hong Kong for the purpose Of incit-
Ing resistance against the authority Of
the United States. II was cabled from
here to Paris and from Paris to Hong
Kong, and. as stated by ex-Minister
Barrett In the papers this morning. the
telegraph tolls are said to have ex-
ceeded $4,000 II is also known to the
War Department officials that the
money was contributed by the wealthy
''anti-imperiailsts" in this country.
The War Department hns made pub
lie a statement showing the imports
ut the port OF Manila for the three
months OF July. August and Septem-
her last, being the first official data re-
latlng to Imports during NO long Pc
riOd since American occupation. The
total value OF merchandise entered at
the Manila custom house from the
three months named was 81. So, ,5S1. In
addition there was $52.52O in gold coin
and $2a5.SA In silver coin from Brit
- India, and $3.50. IO7 In silver coin
from China. bringing the aggregate of
imports up to x';. Az. .lO2. or ut the rate
Of more than S25.3OO.OOO yenr from
Manila alone. The growing nature of
the trade II shown by comparison
with the amounts for all Philippine
ports for the fifteen years ending with
1884. during which time the average
yearly imports of the archipelago only
amounted to S17.O1.Oii, or approxi-
matcly twO-thirds OF the valuation In
dicate'l by the trade OF three months
ending with September, 1889. for Ma
Mia alone.
The Grand Opera House. the largest
auditorium In Washington. was packed
to the doors Sunday night with an en-
thusinstc audience that expressed Its
sympathy with the Beers In their fight
with Great Britain. The speakers In
cludei members OF both branches OF
Congress, and ON the stage were other
public men who zane merely to add
their moral support. The keynote OF
the speeches was that the Beers were
, fighting for their Independence as our
forefathers had done In 1910. The
gathering assembled under the auspices
OF the United Irish societies, and n
number of leading Germans Of the city
joined In the movement. The decOrn-
tions were American hag~. with fair
sprinkling OF the green Of Erin. Among
those who occupied seats on the stnge
were Senntors Mnson OF Illinois. Allen
I OF Nebraska and Tillman OF South Car
olina: Representatives Clark. De Ar
mond and Cochran OF Missouri: Bailey
Of Texas. Cnrmack and Cox Of Tennes-
see. ithca. Jones and Lamb OF Ken
tucky: Sliafroth OF Colorado. Dovener
of West Virginia, Meyer OF Louisiana.
Sulzer Of New York and Lent Of Ohio,
and Mr.. Van SIclcn Of New York and
] representatives OF the United Irish no.
cictics and others. \ large delegation OF
lrish-Amerlcnns nnd German. 4 meri-
cans from Baltimore were present.
The sixteenth annual report Of the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion has been submitted to the PresI-
dent. The report. while containing
much Information Of value concerning
the operations Of the commission dur
Ing the year. deals with number OF
I VI keuttuI luttTtht. ne
remarks Of the commission on the I'M
portance OF merit system In our
colonel possessions; the need Of max
ing some disposition Of suI,ernnnuatesi
employees: the Improvement shown In
the reduction OF the percentage Of re-
movnlH throughout the service. result
ing from the, Requirements Of the la
and the or'k.t CT The President Of July
%. 1897. looking To Its enforcement
and The advantages go ls gained by
the classification Of the fortp Of the
library OF Congr,ss AMI the municipal
service Of the District Of Columbia. de-
serve special attention At this time.
The report opens with n preliminary
statement In regard to the extent OF
the classified and unciassificd service,
from which II appears that there are
approximately 7j.uD classified J,O-
sitions and lO1,t unclAssihcd po-
sitions: Of the latter. 11.OT are occu.
pied by four,h-clnss pOximns,ers. There
are 1915 Positions In the executive
service In the District Of Columbia
and more than I,s2.O00 distriEuted
among the states and territories. The
commission states that the expendi-
lures for salaries for the entire service
classified and unclassificd. is approx
matrly x1Ot.un.OOJ per nnnunn, n large
Increase having resulted from the war
with Spain. Tile total number OF np-
poiniin.nis made during III. year on
certificates Of the comnInissiou was
3uIi
Colonel Brynn's visit 10 Washington
las, week rcsuliel In MI AGREEMENT
among the Democratic leaders of the
Senate aud Iious. of Representatives to
ndvoent. hereafter a Harmonious and
uniform policy upon nt least two I'm
portnnt i-.ucs-cxpansiOn md trusts.
There hns been IL very wide divergence
"f sentiment In that party upon the
first proposition. and sOnie II the most
ardent " rxpnnsioniuis Hrr found In
iis ranks. Finally. after n heated dis.
cussion and reluctant yielding upon the
pnri III several prominent men. they
got together" .o To slsnk. and devised
u policy which IL to hold until the nu.
ti"nal convention. II dOcs not differ
materially from that defined In the res
olutions offered 10y Senator Bacon of
Georgia last Dsccmis.r. aud may Il.
summed up n. follows: I. The SUD.
PRECISION of the instruction In the Phil.
ippinr islands. .. The establishment
of n republican form Of government
thcr" Ms ~.on as the insurr,riion IL sup.
prcus.si. 3 The withdrawal Of tile
army ns soon nv such u, government is
In operation. I. The rrtinVuirhmcnt
of the sovereignty of ii,~ United atntrs,
but the "Srrci-" ~ u prot~rtOrnic over
the Islands Ia order 10 prevent fors'tgn