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New-York tribune., 1901-08-21
FOR 4 GERu4N-AMERTcAN UNION.

The representatives of various important anti
Tammany organizations composed of voters or
German descent who met last Monday evening
on the invitation of Mr.. Herman Ridder set
good example TO all the foes of bad government
in this city. In the first place, there was no
dangerous surplus of harmony among those
present That is 10 say. II was gathering for
discussion and no one was afraid 10 express his
opinion. Indeed. at one moment ii looked as If
the exchange Of personal views might become
little too free for comfort. but an extreme was
happily avoided. and when Mr.. Ridders guests
at last agreed 10 adopt, as the sense OF the
meeting resolutions urging n union Of all
German America opponents Of Tammany Tor
campaign purposes the agreement amounted to
something Several of the company understood
that they were not authorized to bind their
respective organizations. and it is too soon, per
haps. 10 declare the proposed combination GER
tainty but the prospect is excellent.
The ant-Tammany Germans of New-York are
evidently in earnest in this campaign. They
are in general mon of independent temper and
strong convictions who are averse to having
leadership thrust upon them, and naturally per
haps somewhat too little inclined to make the
most of their strength through concerted action
But this year there is good reason TO believe
that at the proper time they will contribute
largely to that solid union of forces which is
forming for the attack on Crokerism. Certainly
their attitude thus far has been encouraging and
helpful in high degree The Reform Union
nearly three months ago set forth the essential
purpose and requirements of the campaign in
the following admirable resolution:
The German-American Reform Union earnestly
desiring that the affairs of the city be admins
tered, as are those of every well managed bust
ness for the advantage Of those concerned,
declares that the candidates for the mayoralty
and other offices should be only men of stead
fast character and superior reputation. chosen as
men for important private employments from
persons of proven ability and manifest integrity,
who may be relied upon 70 act they profess.
and who will neither use suffer any else
to use their offices for the benefit Of any polit-
cal organization set OF persons whatever, and
sincerely and honestly asking the election Of
such men.
We DO not know that the sort of government
this city needs and the spirit which should
inform the opponents of Tammany at this junct-
ure have ever been better denoted. In that
spirit the representatives of the Reform Union
and other GeTman-American organizations met
on Monday evening and not only met but parted
after an instructive expression OF individual
opinions. 1t is TO be hoped that other and still
more important conferences which are TO be
held in the near future will show as much sense
and fidelity TO a common cause.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-21

all because of the Monroe Doctrine but because
of its specific treaty TO that end, made with
New Granada In 1916. That treaty concerns
only the United States and Colombia No other
nation has any part or lot in il. As long ago as
1857 the United States Government directly
informed the British Government (Mr. Cass,
Secretary of State 10 Lord Napier, that "a
"jont guarantee by the United States in COM
mon with other powers of the neutrality of
1.-The Isthmus of Panama is inconsistent with the
policy of the United States: and so. too, with
any Joint arrangement for enforcement of the
neutrality laws. Again, in 1880, Mr.. Evarts,
Secretary of State informed the Colombian Gov
ernment that "any concession TO Great Britain
''or any other foreign power. looking to the
surveillance and possible strategic control OF a
highway of whose neutrality are the guar
.'antors would be looked upon by the United
States as introducing interests not compatible
with the treaty relations which we maintain
with Colombia" In brief, the United States
alone guarantees the neutrality of the lsthmus
of Panama, and cannot admit the cooperation
of any other power therein.
Our quotation from Mr. Evarts should be
sufficient answer TO the suggestion that Great
Britain has something TO say about the 18th
mus of Panama. The "Neue Freie Presse
seems 10 think the Isthmus of Panama is in
Central America II is not. 1t has nothing
whatever to do with Central America, and the
Clayton Bulwer Treaty has practically nothing
TO do with it, For the latter treaty was drawn
10 cover Central not South America; and while
In does contain reference 70 Panama and TO a
possible British prOtectorate over the railroad
there such a protectorate has not been estab-
Ushed ''by treaty stipulations." and the explicit
utterance of Mr. CaSs TO Lord Napier, mace
seven years after the making of the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty. indicates clearly enough the
understanding and policy of the United States
upon that point.
Let us possess our souls in patience The
Panama Railroad will he kept open. The rights
of Americans and Europeans in South America
will he respected or vindcated. The restless
republics. either in peace or in war, will work
out their own destiny. The Monroe Doctrine
will be maintained in spirit and in letter. And
in the achievement of such results there will be
no occasion for even the slightest straining or
friendly relations between the United States
and all the rest of the world.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-21
EFFICIENCY OF POSTER TAXATION.

EFFICIENCY OF POSTER TAXATION.
gratifying interest is displayed throughout
the country in efforts TO suppress the advertis-
ing sign nuisance. Various cities, prominent
among them Chicago. Denver and Buffalo. have
sought TO regulate these eyesores, and the prop
osition 10 place a tax upon them finds what
must be considered remarkable favor when the
novelty of the idea, far as Americans are
concerned, is considered; for the people Of the
United States Notwithstanding their quickness
10 adopt new Inventions are slow 10 borrow
governmental methods from abroad. In the
matter of municipal administration and regula-
tions TO meet now nuisances not foreseen when
our present system Of laws was adopted
have needlessy failed TO take advantage of the
experience OF others. The old notion that in
such things an untutored American was wiser
than the best instructed foreigner has been
pretty well outgrown We are taking lessons
in municipal art and sanitation wherever we
can find them, and the principal obstacle now
TO betterments Is not prejudice, but inertia
Almost the only objection put forward to the
taxation of posters is founded on the fear that
the tax would operate to give legal status 10
offensive signs which ought 10 be entirely sup
pressed. This however, is not the case These
signs are as much protected now they would
be under properly constructed tax law. The
tax would be applied to posters conforming to
the statute, and all others-except such harm
less signs as might be specially exempted from
impost-would be absolutely prohibited. The
statute would naturally be drafted so as TO per-
NIT no sign offensive 10 morals or placed I'm any
outrageous position. 1t might even go far
TO prohibit sky signs, following the example of
certain European countries. Wherever the line
was drawn II would surely be better than no
line at all. and with a tax system in force it
would be possible effectually to suppress signs
which transgress the law while without II signs
violating the law, If one passed making re-
strictions, could be erected with impunity, for
| nobody would be interested 10 prevent IT, A
| tax is one OF the most universally recognized
| agents for the regulation and restriction Of
New-York tribune., 1901-08-21
THE TWO RINGS.

1t is now generally expected that the evil
alliance in local politics between Fourteenth
Street in Manhattan and Willoughby Street In
Brooklyn will be kept up in the coming cam
paign. 1t is an oldtime bond of wickedness.
combination for spoils of an exceptionally auda-
cious and offensive sort 1t has already worked
almost incaculable mischief to public interests
on both sides of the East River. The compact
between the Croker politicians of the Wigwam
and the Mclaughlin clique of the auction room.
of the whiting knife and the low browed
defiance of everything honorable in municipal
affairs. is first and last compact for plunder
The Tammany ring and the Kings County ring
have worked together for many n year to grab
all they could get hold of and al the same time
to steer clear of jais and prisons. Taught by
the fate of the foremost thief of the Tweed
ring the men who took up the mantles OF the
bandits of the later sixties and the early seven
Ties have usually been successful in avoiding
durance vile but their plans and their purposes
i'm fieccing the taxpayers have been as repre-
hensible as were those of the consprators who
divided among themselves the millions which
were stolen in the building and furnishing OF
the Courthouse in our City Hall Park. an editce
which cost the municipal treasury no less than
Sl4 OOOOOO of which at least S10,000,00o was
Tweed ring loot.
When Fourteenth Street and Willoughby
Street assemble their forces to renew their raids
upon the strong boxes which are refilled every
year from the proceeds of the excessive taxation
imposed upon the property in all the boroughs
In this rich town 1t is evident that honest cit-
zens should sink all minor differences and use
every legitimate and upright means at their
command 10 overthrow the gangs which have
heaped up wealth through their possession OF
the local offices and by taking advantage OF
their opportunities in the awarding OF contracts.
Every citizen must regret that there seems 10
be- at present little chance that the raiders OF
Tammany and of the Brooklyn ring will fight
among themselves. II these freebooters We're
10 quarrel and come to blows. honest men
might possibly get their dues. But the outlook
now Is that the two rings in New-York County
and Kings will hang together and struggle des-
nerately TO keep their hold on the booty which
they now have in hand. The battle for good
government will not be ended until the votes
are counted in November. and the rings are
Overwhelmingly defeated. 4.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-21
"GOrERyVEyT FOR THE people,

The Civil Service Commission in its report TO
the President Just issued. pays a deserved
tribute TO the administration which is being
organized in the Philippines the very region
where. we were not long ago told corruption
and tobbery were sure TO run riot. Judge Taft
himself in deciding the language question in
the Philippine courts, enuncated the principle
which has guided himself and his associates in
organizing the civil service of the islands 1t is
principle which may well he borne in mind in
general administration of insular affairs. and the
prevalence of which will afford the best vindi
cation of American rule Of the islands against
one of the commoneSt attacks upon IT, 1t had
been urged that to make Spanish the official
language in the Filipino courts would result in
some hardship TO American lawyers there who
did not understand that language. To this Judge
Taft replied that legislation and administration
In the Philippines We're to be for the benefit OF
the Filipino people and not for that of any
limited class He was convinced that the vel
fare of that peopie would best be served by
making Spanish the official language for the
next five years. and accordingly he gave his
decision to that effect.
That is the answer to the cheap sneer that
the islands were seized and are 10 be exploited
for the pccuniary gain OF United States carpet
bageers" How many OF the latter class may
have gone TO Manila we know not. Probably
there are some OF them, But II is evident
that they are getting no official encouragement
Certainly the American administration OF the
islands is not being shaped for their profit. We
have already called attention 10 the commend
able extent to which the Philippine Civil Ser
vice is being filed with natives. further and
most important step in the same direction Is
taken in making the official language Of the
courts OF Justice the one which IS familiar 10
all educated Filipinos. That will make the
educated classes In the islands favorable 10 the
United States ana will confirm them in their
leadership of the whole people and will give TO
all the fullest confidence i'm the administration
of justice.
That is the highest principle Of government,
that II shall he for the good of the governed. II
Is 10 he believed that II prevails In the insular
policy of this country. II was the reproach Of
Spain, and the secret of her ultimate loss Of
empire that she treated her colonies things
10 be developed and exploited and squeezed"
for her own gain. The success of colonial
governor was measured by the amount Of gold
and silver which he sent home to Madrid, The
United States, happily, has reversed that sys-
TEN. If may be that in doing so il assumes Il
burden instead of acquiring bonanza. Or ii
may be, as we think most probable. that It will
| do both and will find its own best profit in gov
! erning the islands for their own good. After
their good is served ii will he legitimate to look
to the advantage of this country, and such ad-
vantage will not he meaCre
New-York tribune., 1901-08-21
TIE rAIIyG PorEP N coyGRrss

Representative Samuel w. Mccall. of Alassa-
chusetts, in 4 paper contributed to The Phila-
delpha Records" series Public Men on Pub
lie Questions" reopens dispute of long stand
ing between the upper and lower branches
Of Congress. This dispute turns On the inter
probation TO be given to that clause in the Fed
eral constitution which confers on the House of
Representa- tives the exclusive right 10 "origi-
nate bills for raising revenue. In Mr. MCCals
view that grant OF power was meant to vest a
definite control Of the governments pursestrings
in the popular branch of Congress. giving the
representatives of the people n check the
executive similar to that exercised by the House
of Commons under the British parliamentary
system As a matter of fact, as the Massachu-
setts Representative admits, the Houses origl-
nal privilege has been practically nuifed by
successive encroachments on the part Of the
Senate which has usurped from time to time an
increasing control over tax and revenue legisla-
ton. This notification Mr.. Mccall deplores as
n perversion Of the true spirit of the constltu-
ton. and he earnestly champions return 10
that stricter construction OF the Houses pre-
rogative which in the earlier days of the Union
made 1t easily the dominant influence in shaping
tax and revenue measures.
II cannot be said that Mr.. Mccall presents
any strikingly cogent arguments to sustain his
contention 1t may have been the intention of
the trainers Of the constitution TO confide to the
House the especial duty of finding ways and
means to support the government. But surely
the language adopted put no bar on the Senate's
right to amend without let or hlndrance the tax
and revenue measures which the House might
pass; and it is little more than II qubbe to
assert, as did certain members of the popular
branch when the issue Of prerogative was raised
again last winter, that the right Of amendment
was exceeded when the Senate returned the
Tax Reduction bill, not revised line by line and
paragraph by paragraph, bat redrawn in the
form of n full-hedged substitute. The House
sensibly refused at that time to entertain the
theory that its rights had been invaded by the
Senate's mode of procedure, and from the
Houses own judgment 1t seems hardly worth
while to appeal, as Mr.. Mccall now does by
arguing that in the field of tax and revenue
legislation the House is still vested with what
he calls with delightful vagueness an imperial
power"
The Massachusetts Congressman declares that
New-York tribune., 1901-08-21

activities in themselves proper and necessary,
but liable 10 abuse through excess.
In slightly different form this point TO
the efficiency of a tax was recently raised by
The Fourth Estate" which said 1T is an
.'open question whether the adoption of sys-
item of taxation would effectually check the
abuse or not. 1t would depend largely on the
amount of the tax and the restrictions under
(which the poster man permitted to do
business With merely a stated tax and no
restrictions as to the location and size of these
'poster signs it is doubtful if the situation
would be materially changed 1t is probably
true that a mere stated tax would work little
Improvement in the appearance of our streets,
however much it might add to the States reve-
nues But such a tax is not the one proposed.
The impost should be graduated. Put a low
rate on small posters but one high enough 10
discourage senseless multiplication in mere wan
tonness lust because the printing press is going
and n few thousand copies not specially de-
sired are cheap. Then let the rate be pro-
gressively higher a square foot as the size of
the signs increases. so that a poster six feet
high and ten feet long will pay more than twice
as much as one three feet high and ten feet
long. Thus the great monstrosities. which 1t
would probably be impossible absolutely to
forbid would be effectualy discouraged. AT
the same time the tax law shoulu ne hdue CO
ordinate with such regulations as TO place and
style of sign advertising the State or its local
divisions may make. If city should designate
certain places for billboards and forbid them
elsewhere. on them the taxed posters would
have to be erected. and if anybody put them
elsewhere he would find the stamp no protec-
ton. any more than liquor dealer finds his tax
certificate a protection when he carries on his
business in violation of other law. Without the
certificate he cannot carry on business at all,
and with it he can only carry it on within the
limits fixed by statute.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-21

tho Senate's share in framing tax bills should be
restricted within the narrowest limits possible,
bacause Senators do not represent the people,
and would therefore inevitably levy taxes with
..reference TO great special interests and not
..vrith reference to the wishes and interests or
..the Deople" These charges are scarcely sus-
tanned by experience. The Senate as body.
nc Mr. Mccall doubtless knows, is coming each
vear in closer touch with the people. Many Sen
ators are now elected only after securing noml-
nations through primary elections or through
Endorsements by State conventions Every dec
ade brings greater popular pressure for forms
of choosing Senators in which the voters have
q direct and active part. Many OF the men,
TOO who revise taxation and revenue laws IN
the Senate have had their training in the House,
and it is difficult to why they become less
fitted TO deal with the problems of taxation and
revenue simply by passing from the larger TO
the smaller legislative branch Mere disparage-
ment of the Senate will never restore to the
House its imperial power" over tax bills.
Nor will an insistence on doubtful prerogative
recover for the popular branch that undiSputed
right Of way in tax and revenue legislation
which 1t once enjoyed. If the House wants 10
regain its primacy as a tax-law making power
il must first deserve TO regain it, For if the
Senate has exercised undue influence in
shaping legislation of this sort for the last fif
teen or twenty years it is simply because the
upper house has employed in that field Of
activity a far greater measure Of intelligent
patient and skilful effort.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-21
THE MONROE DOCTRINE NOT IyroLr

THE MONROE DOCTRINE NOT INVOLVED.
Injudicious talk about the South American
troubles continues on both sides OF the ocean.
Some Americans who should know better are
clamoring that in order 30 maintain the Monroe
Doctrine the United States ought at once 10
intervene between Colombia and Venezuela. On
the other side the "Berlner Tageblatt" thinks
the President of Venezuela may prove 10 be the
rock against which the Monroe Doctrine Will be
shattered The ''A Ossische Zeitung" thinks that
If the United States is not moved 10y imperial
istic motives, but really desires the maintenance
of peace, il ought 10 welcome European cooper
alton on the coasts OF the Caribbean. The
Meme Freie Presse." of Vienna. adds that on
account Of the Clayton Bulwer Treaty England
has a word TO say regarding events In Central
America.
1t should be understood, in the first place,
that the Monroe Doctrine is not involved at all
in any revolutions or conquests in or among
the South American States. Since the promul-
cation OF that treaty there have been many
wars, both foreign and civil, In that continent,
but the United States has not interfered in them.
Ii has been and is the fixed policy of this coun-
try to be willing and ready at any time TO exer-
else lis friendly offices in behalf OF peace, but
at the same time 10 refrain scrupulously from
anything like interference in or coercion over
the affairs OF independent sovereign States,
such as IL holds the South American republics
10 be- IL the Monroe Doctrine was not involved
in the war between Chilli and Peru or In the
Brazilian revolution. why should IL be invoked
in the troubles Of Colombia Venezuela and
Ecuador There is not the slightest reason
why we should meddie In those affairs i'm behalf
OF that doctrine, and there is not the slightest
fear that those troubles any concerned
in them will prove rock Of disaster 10 the
doctrine.
The question of European cooperation is
different matter, but IL is readily 10 be disposed
OF. Since the United States has no thought OF
intervening forcbly in the domestic affairs of
the South American States for any purpose
unless, I'm some contingency not now expected,
for the direct protection OF Its own interests or
for the general welfare OF humanity-it is impos-
sible for il 10 welcome European cooperation
Where there is no operation there can be no
cooperation. The one thing which il s pos.
sible. though not probable, the United States
may be called upon to do is TO protect the Pan
anna Railroad from interruption, as II did IL
1855 II it should do that IT would do so not a,