The age-herald., 1901-04-01
AMERICAN PUBLIC MEN
 ARE FOND OF TRAVELLING
BY ALBERT HALsTEAp.

Washington, March s1.--tSpecial.)- )-The acquisition and the responsibility for the islands in the seas is developing the trav- cling habit among American public men. Perhaps a dozen members of Congress and senators, have been to Cuba since the adjournment, and at least as many are contemplating the long trip to the Philip pine to study the situation there. The first visit to the Philippines was made about two years ago by Senator Beve- ridge, who came home and delivered a brilliant speech in support of the govern ments policy. Now others propose to make the trip, and most of these are Democrats. They all expect to utilize gov ernment passports for the journey. This makes it's cost comparatively little for the charge of subsistence aboard transport is a dollar a day It will not cost much in Manila, and many of the visitors can secure railroad transportation to San Francisco. This makes the Philippine trip quite desirable and economical meth cd of spending the summer vacation. Peo- pie in Washington are beginning to speak of the determination to go to the Philip pines as the travelling disease,' and several public men have expressed the fear that they may catch it as we'll as the determination to get vaccinated or to do something to make themselves immune
 As a result of this travelling the Con- gressional Record, next session, will be overloaded with individual views on the Philippines. the situation there, the out look, the commercial and industrial possi- bilties. as we'll a swarnings against the policy of the Empire. Not only will the Congressional Record be utilized. but the magazines will be overcrowded with "statesmens" views and with photo graphs of scenes in the Philippines. The Democratic public men who are going to Manila claim that they want to get at the exact truth, but some of them expect to be loaded down with facts that will confuse embarrass and annihilate the ad- ministration. All the public men will be treated considerably in Manila and else- where in the Philippines, but at the time they go, when the military government is giving way to the civil government, they may be in the road. It is possible that some of the "aunties' who make the journey may run across an insurgent band and get an unpleasant taste of the Aguinaldo civilization. The administra- tion Is not in the least disturbed by the possibility that a quorum of Democratic Senators and Congressman may be in Manila during the summer. On the con- trary, 1t rather expects that the investi- gations there made may bring some en- lightenment to the Democratic minority and make them better appreciative of the situation.
 Census Frauds.
 There Is evidently no question that there were systematic frauds in taking the census in several Maryland counties. But the frauds have given MT. German, Governor Smith. and the Democratic leaders in Maryland a much desired op- portunity to criticise the Maryland Re publicans and to take a State census, which is to be used as basis for re- apportioning the State by the Democratic Legislature It is very probable that the extent and character of the census frauds in Maryland have been greatly exaggerated for partisan purposes. The