The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-06-06
Decision OF the Porto Rican
Case Very Pleasing to Pres
ident Mckinley.
The Government Will Continue to
Collect Revenue on Imports
From the Philippines--Cuba
Accepts the Plat
Amendment.
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1901.

President Mckinley and Mrs. Nc
Kinley are again in the White House,
and the improvement in her health
continues. President Mckinley Is
pleased with the insular decisions OF
the Supreme Court, especially with
the one which is a practical endorse
ment endorsement of his insular pol
icy, and has warmly congratulated
Solicitor General Richards, who had.
charge of the cases for the govern
ment. He has no idea: of calling an
extra session of Congress because OF
the contention the Porto Rican decis-
ion will operate to make free trade
between the United States and the
Philippines. He doesn't support that
contention, but agrees with those who
think that the failure Of the court to
hand down decision in the Philip
pine case leaves matters concerning
those islands just where they were be-
fore the Porto Rican decision was an
nounced. Secretary Gage, under
whose supervision the matter comes,
said of imports fIom the Philippines:
"we will 60 right along collecting
duties on imports from the Philip
pines. The Supreme Court has not
decided that we cannot collect duties
on imports from the Philippines, and
until such a decision is rendered we
will continue to collect the duties.
The importers can file their protest
with each payment of duty, and II
the court finally decides We had no
right to collect the taxes, the money
will have to be refunded" Solicitor
General Richards said: II do not
think the decision in the Porto Rican
case in any way controls the decision
of the Philippine case. The special
resolution adopted by Congress with
reference to the Philippines shows
that the government never intended
to treat the Philippines as a part OF
the domestic territory of the United
States, and I believe that the court
will 80 hold"
Among the prominent Republicans
who hold other views as to the effect
of the Porto Rican tariff decision is
ex-senator Chandler, who said: "The
effectof the decisions is that all goods
coming from Porto RICO before the
Foraker act, and all goods coming
from the Philippines at any time. are
free of duty, and any payments ex-
acted contrary to the principles OF
the decisions must be refunded; SO
that we are to have free trade with
the Philippines until Congress legis-
lates."
Ohio Republicans who visit Wash
ington these days decline to take Sc
riously the Democratic attempt to
make it appear that there is Republi-
can opposition to the denomination of
Gov. Nash. Mr.. Henry G. McManigal,
one of the Republican leaders of Ham
ilton county, said on the subject: "All
this talk about the Republican lead
ers not desiring the denomination of
Gov. Nash emanates from Democratic
sources, and is the merest rot. II
Nash desires a denomination, and
there is not the slightest reason to
believe that he does not, it will come
to him without opposition"
In accordance with the wishes of
the President and Secretary Root,
that Adjutant General Corbin's in
spection of the army in the Philip
pines shall be thorough IN all branches,
it has been decided that he shall be
accompanied by Gen. ]. F. Weston,
Commissary General, and Gen. Geo.
M. Sternberg, Surgeon General, and
Col. Chales M. Humphrey, of the
Quartermaster's Department, who is
now in the Philippines, has been Or
dered to join them at Manila and as
sist in the inspection.
The War Department is arranging,
at the request of the Philippine Com
mission, to appoint and send 800 school
teachers to the Philippines on gov
ernment transports, and Gen. Bird,
who has charge of the transport SER
vice, says they will all be in Manila
by the middle of August, and one
third of them about month earlier.
After short talk with Secretary
Root the five dismissed West Point
cadets concluded that their efforts to
get reinstated were waste of time,
and decided to abandon them and to
accept positions offered them by. a
Central American Railroad Company.
Gen. Frederick D. Grant arrived in
Warrington this week on a visit to
his mother, Mrs. U. S.Grant. Speak
ing of the situations in the Philip
pines, he said ~ am very hopeful
in regard to the Philippines. The
army over there has done excellent
work and the conditions are improv-
ing all the time. While In Manila
lived in the house adjoining that oc-
cupied by Aguinaldo, but did not 70
to see him. His influence had greatly
diminished when Gen. Funston went
after him, but as long as he was In
the field the younger PHILIPPINE officers
who were refusing to accept the au-
thority of the United States had the
excuse Of saving that they opposed
the Americans by orders from Aguin-