The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-12-03
Probable Effect of the Phil
ippine Decision.
REP. LEADERS WORRIED
May Not Be Able to Prevent De
bates on Tariff.
BLOOD CLoTS IN RISING's EYE
The Discharged Inspector of Rura
Routes Will Warm Things for
Somebody In Minnesota.

! From The Journal Bureau, Room 10, Post
BHatdtngS HoshiNgtOn.
Washington, Dec. 3.-To-day there is a
feeling that the decision of the supreme
court regarding the Philippine tariff may
| get congress into snarl. It is appar-
ent that it is necessary for congress to act
quickly If it would prevent Philippine
hemp, tobacco, sugar and other goods
from coming into this country free of dutv
but at the same time there is a question
as to what the attitude of the democrats
in the senate will be when the bill which
the house is expected to originate very
shortly reaches that body Passage
through the house will be quick enough
under the Reed rules, but in the senate.
freedom OF debate and of amendment it
is feared, may possibly open wide the
whole tariff question, and thus compel
the present session, notwithstanding the
| determined opinions of republican leaders.
| to the contrary, to consider not only the
Babcock idea, but other ideas dealing di-
rectly with general revision of Dingley
| schedules.
| 1t is too early just now to say whether
these fears are well grounded or not. II
is enough to know that they exist, and
that republican leaders are pretty well
| WOITleu over the OUTLOOK.
| The only question is will the demo-
Gratis improve their opportunity? Obvious
ly, any long delay, which an Improvement
of the opportunity would necessitate
would dump into this country, duty free,
millions of dollars worth of Philippine
goods. Whether this fact will restrain
the democrats or not nobody at present
seems to know. The next few days ought
to clear the atmosphere considerably, but
! a1o
The cases decided Yesterday are the
last Of the series of suits brought to break
down the governments colonial policy
| and establish the democratic doctrine that
''the constitution follows the flag" They
were argued elaborately last January and
| February with Ex-Governor John w.
Griggs Of New Jersey, then attorney gen
| eral, and Solicitor General Richards for
! the government, and some of the ablest
lawyers in the country on the other side
headed by John G. Carlisle, who is gen
orally accounted the greatest living ex-
ponent of democratic contentious and
| theories.
Out of none of the courts decisions
have the democratic opponents of the re-
publican policy of expansion been able to
extract one grain of comfort except the
| unsatisfactory consolation that NAV be
| derived from the circumstance that the
decisions have come from a divided court
But even in this there is not much po-
litical comfort for the democrats by rea-
son of the fact that one of the three dem
ocratic justices (White of Lousiana) has
consistently voted with the majority of the
court to sustain the government on every
important point.
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In view of this condition it is :
confidently predicted in the best
informed circles in Washington
that the present colonial policy of
| the government is now permanent
ly eliminated as an issue of ma I:
i tional politics.
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! LOWERING The Rising case is at
tracing a good deal Of at
OF tention in the Minnesota
| delegation Rising is
RISING. fighter, and will not let go
until he gets at the bottom
OF the case and learns who is responsible
! for his discharge from the rural free de-
1 livery service. Congressman - stwole is