New-York tribune., 1901-02-28
PRESIDENT DISPLEASED.
MAY VETO THE ARMY BILL IF 1T
REACHES HIM WITH THE
HOAR AMENDMENT.
fry TELEGRAPH To THE rRIpUxE.I J


Washington. Feb. 21.-The administration
views with extreme disfavor the disposition of
the Senate to aCuuiesce in ,ne insdous attempt
now being made to tie the Presidents hands in
the pacification and development of the Philip
pines through the amendment proposed by Sem
ator Hoar yesterday to the Spooner clause of
the army hill. Persistence in this attitude. il
is feared, may force extra session in
spite of all efforts to avert it, for il is the
viction Of the Presidents advisers that the in
clusion of the Philippine Islands in the same
category with cuba, far as franchises are
concerned. would he fraught with the gravast
national danger. The Hoar proposition. il is de-
clared. proposes for the archipelago ur1sr Amer
lean sovereignty the same restrictions that the
Foraker amendment stipulated with regard 20
island over which American sovereignty was
not 20 he extended This uniformity of political
treatment it is held. could not fail to convince
the rebellious Tagas that their future status
was not regarded by Congress as unlike that Of
Cuba, which the United States has promised to
make free and independent
MAY CAUSE AN EXTRA SESSION.
The deleterlous effects of the Foraker amend
ment prohibiting the granting Of franchises in
Cuba Cuban Industrial development notice
able they have been We're at least offset to
some degree by it's political expediency. In the
Hoar amendment To the Spooner proposition
for the establishment of civil government in
the Philippines. as il IS proposed to he put in
the army bill. the administration can discern
no extenuating feature. 1t is pronounced alto
gether vicious In principle and dangerous in
consequences. II is being urged that the Presi-
dent will not hesitate to veto the Army Ap-
preparation bill IL the obnoxious clause is not
modified in spite of the general aversion to an
extra session.
Beyond the vicious political effect which il is
believed the Hoar plan must have in the Philip
pines. its possible commercial and industrial re-
suits also greatly to be deprecated. Admin
istration officials contend that the antagonists
OF the President in the Senate have skiIfuIIy
drawn the amendment with no other purpose
than 10 keep the rebellion going by encouraging
the rebels to believe that there is still strong
disposition in this country to give them meas
ure of autonomy approximating that of Cuban
independence $ limited by tho Platt resolution
regarding coaling stations debts and foreign re-
latons, also by preventing the investment Of
capital 10 develop Philippine resources and keep
ing the natives unemployed. thus creating the
discomfort Of unproductiveness poverty and in
creased military burdens and through both Of
these results by the end of another wear to
demonstrate what an apparently improbable in
United States.
TENT OF THE AMENDMENT
The proposed law, known as the Spooner
amendment. which has the full approval of the
administration, is as follows.
All military. civil and judicial powers neces-
Sary to govern the Philippine Islands acquired
from Spain by the treaties concluded at Paris
on December 10 1S.lS and at Washington on
November q, 1900. shall until otherwise pro
he vest ed I'm GrIPh a
persons and shall he exercised i'm such manner
as the President of the United States shall di-
rect. for the establishment of civil government
and for maintaining protecting the inhabi-
tants of said islands i'm the free enjoyment of
their liberty. property and religion; provided,
that all franchises granted under the authority
hereof shall contain a reservation of the right
10 alter. amend or repeal the same
Until n permanent government shall have been
established in said archipelago full reports shall
he made to Congress before the first day
of each regular session OF all legislative acts
and proceedings of the temporary government
instituted under the provisions hereof and full
reports of the acts and do!ngs of said govern
ment and as to the condition of the archipelago
and its people shall be made to the President,
including all information which may he useful
to the Congress In providing for more perma-
nent government
The Hoar amendment which has been added
to the above reads:
Provided that sale or lease other dis
position of the public land or the timber thereon
or the mining rights therein shall he made: and,
provided further. that franchise shall he
granted which is not approved by the President
of the United states. and is not in his judg-
ment clearly necessary for the immediate gov
ernment of the islands and Indispensable for the
interest of the people thereof and which cannot,
without great public mischief. be postponed
til the establishment Of permanent civil govern
ment: and all such franchises shall terminate
one year after ths establishment of such per-
manent civil government