Middletown transcript., 1901-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.

that the explanation of the law under
which Secretary Gage acted in ordering
countervailing duty placed on Russian
sugar and duty upon Russian petroleum,
which Secretary Hay has handed to the
= Russian Ambassador, will convince Rus
sia that this government was not actuated
by any feeling of antagonism toward
, Russian products, and that it will result
= in the removal of retaliatory duties which
Russia has placed upon some of our
goods, and the confidence is shared by
every member of the Cabinet. The Rus
sian Ambassador also expresses the opin-
ion that the matter will soon be straight
ened out. There is no truth in statements
sent from Washington alleging disagree
ment in the Cabinet concerning Secretary
Cages acts. There was nothing to dis
agree about. Secretary Gage merely
carried out Acts of Congress as he was
bound to do
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The civil government of that portion
of the Philippines where peace and order
have been fully established will very
appropriately be inaugurated July 4th,
with Judge Taft, President of the Philip
pine Commission, as Governor, and on
the same date General Chaffee will sue
ceed General Macarthur as Military
Governor. Adjutant General Corbin,
who left Washington several days ago en-
route for the Philippines, where he will
make tour of inspection of all the
military posts, at the request of President
Mckinley, Governor Taft's commission.
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President Mckinley has promised Ex-
Senator Carter, of Montana, that he would
next year complete the tour of the West
that was interrupted by Mrs. McKinley's
illness, unless prevented by circumstances
beyond his control. He took occasion in
his conversation with Mr. Carter to ex-
press his regrets for having been COM
PEELED to disappoint the people who
made preparations to receive him, and to
say that they could not have been more
| disappointed than he was.
~
Senator Butler, of North Carolina,
Chairman of the Populist National Com
mittee, has made erratic ideas, but he is
level-headed on the need of the South
for protection. He said on that subject:
las good business principle the South
is growing every day to recognize pro-
tective tariff as a necessity in the COM
merclal life of that section. Every bust
ness man realizes that the industries of
the South cannot be built up, cannot
successfully cope with the long established
industries Of the North without a pro-
tective tariff" Still there are Democrats
who are SO blind to existing conditions as
to deny that support of Republican prin-
ciples is rapidly increasing in the South.
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Representative Steele, of Indiana, who
was a member of the Ways and Means
Committee of the last House, and will
unquestionably be member of the same
committee in the present House, said of
the alleged demands for tariff revision at
the coming session of Congress: 'There
is no pressing demand throughout the
country for tariff revision. Certainly
there is no such demand in Indiana,
where even the Democrats are satisfied
with the present condition of affairs.
When tariff revision is necessary, which
Is not now apparent, it will be had along
Republican lines. The business people
ofthe country do not want tariff agitation.
Ii they want anything it is a rest. They
are doing first rate, and they do not want
their prosperity ieopardized by tariff
When asked about the
Indiana sentiment concerning Senator
Fairbanks as Presidential candidate,
MIR. Steele said: Speaking as friend
OF Senator Fairbanks, l think the talk
about him in connection with the Presi-
dency, is without his consent. No one
questions for moment his fitness for the
position, but to put him the attitude of
boom at this time, simply
means making him target for the next
three years, during which all the other
candidates can fire at him." OF the
general political outlook Mr. Steele said:
The Democrats certainly cannot expect
% gain ground if their policy is correctly
outlined by Senator Jones, of Arkansas.
lie simply said that whatever the Repub-
leans do about the Philippines, the
Democrats will take the opposite side.
do not think the Republicans have
nuchto fear from that sort of opposition.
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Inasmuch as battleship represents
'alue of six or seven million dollars, the
rider of Secretary Long forbidding COM
handlers of that class of vessels taking
he unnecessary risk of wrecking their
hips by carrying them through He'll
late Channel, one of the outlets of New
york Harbor, as Captain Manney did the
Massachusetts, the other day, is generally
ommended. Secretary Long said the
rider was not intended as a rebuke to
aptain Manney, but merely as precau.
on against taking unnecessary risks.
The agitation for a new Commissioner
Pensions continues, but President Nc
inley says nothing. 1t is not regarded
probable that there will be any change
the head of the Pension Bureau until
e President can find something that
ould be regarded as a promotion to
er Commissioner Evans, unless the
ter should resign, and that he says he
s no intention of doing.
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