The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-07
Ex-sENAToR PUoH's VIEWS.
He Tells the President He Believes America Ought to Keep Her In-
 sular Possessions.

| America Ought to Keep Her In- sular Possessions.
 Washington Special to New York Times:
 | Another old-time Democrat, ex-Sena- tor Pugh, who is cured of Populism as
 completely as Senator Daniel. has taken
 advantage of his acquaintance with the | President to assure him that he does not agree with some of his party as-
 sociates in denouncing policies adopted | and followed by the Republicans. He does not expect to see anti-expansion Or the free coinage of silver pressed as
 doctrines to which the Democrats are
 committsd. "As for expansion" said Judge Pugh | today, "the country has already ex- ! banded, and, as we have expanded, l am opposed to contraction. The Ameri- can people are opposed to contraction. was opposed to the war, and did not approve of the acquisition of Porto Rico or the Philippines. but now that we have them don't believe we ought ! to relinquish our sovereignty over them. I so informed the President this morning, Congress will govern the is | lands as Territories. This may be call | ed imperialism. but Is Is an imperialism | where the people are the sovereign. I am opposed to ever admitting the insu-
 lar Territories to Statehood"
 Referring to the probable action of the Republicans in the next Consr .ss on the tariff, Mir. Pugh said 1t was not impossible that some attempt would be
 made to revise that part of the tariff law which permits trusts to sell cheap-
 CT abroad than at home. This question,
 he said. would worry the Republicans
 not little.
 "A great many Republican 2epresen- | tatives," he said, have declared in favor of the Babcock bill to .,lace on the free list the products controlled by the Steel TrustA This will only add a | few more items to the free list If the | Dingley act, and the supporters of the Babcock bill will say no great herm | will be done by increasing the flee list just a little. But the opponsaes of the | Baboock bill say you cannot single out | one or two schedules of the Dinglcy act without letting down the ;ars nd opening up the whole tarih question. so
 therefore. they cry let well erough alone
 Another thing if the steel schedule is
 disturbed or the attempt is even inade | to do so. the trust or steel magnates
 will at once give out the statement that any reduction in the tariff will force
 them to reduce wages. And what W i'll
 be the result? Why, petitions from the
 workingmen and laboring organizations
 will pour into the Representativ .s and
 the Senators, protesting against any | change in the tariff on steel and iron. And the result will be that the Rab- | cock bill will not pass."
 | Referring to the proposed reciprocity
 treaties, MT. Pugh gave 1t as his opin-
 ion that there is too much division of
 sentiment among the Republicans in
 the Senate to insure the passage of the
 treaties that failed of consideration in
 the last Congress.
 While advantageous trade relations
 might thus be obtained by means of re- ciprocity treaties." he said, there is grave doubt in the minds of some of ] the best lawyers in the Senate as to the power of Congress to delegate to
 the President the right to deal with the
 revenue-raising clause of the Consti-
 tution. and revenue is one of the chief
 features of a reciprocity treaty. I be- | lieve the influence of the House, which is very potent. will assert itself | against this contemplated legislation"