The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-22
TALK OF COMING ISSUES
SENATOR JONES SAYS PEOPLE
 MAY OPPOSE M'KINLEY
President's Future Policies Will Be Examined Critically-Favors In- dependent Government For
 the Philippines.
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Washington Special to Chicago Chroni- cle.
 Whatever Congress does during its session next winter in the direction of establishing a government for the Phil ippines, it's further treatment of Cuba and Porto Rico and it's attitude on the growing demand for tariff reform and nal. these things will furnish the issues of the Congressional campaign in 190a and perhaps for the Presidential cam paign two years later.'
 Senator James K. Jcnes of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, made this statement to the Washington correspondent of The Chronicle this afternoon.
 If the Supreme Court decided any thing" said Senator Jones, 'It decided that Congress has undoubted authority to legislate for our island possessions. That right being established beyond peradventure, the Republican majority of Congress can no longer escape the responsibility of providing q govern ment for the Philippines. The charac- ter of the government that will be ex- tended to the inhabitants of the islands will determine one of the most import ant issues of the Eext campaign. The whole insular policy of the Republican party will be more nearly on trial than 1t was last year when that issue was partly obscured by conditions that made President McKjnley's success cer- tain.
 The people were enjoying prosper ity after years of depression and as they believed Mckinley was responsi- ble for their good times they decided to vote for him regardless of government tai policies. The question of good times will not enter so largely into the next campaign. The voter will stop to exam inc the Mckinley insular policy and will determine in his own mind whether he likes 1t or not. Our future attitude to- ward Cuba will have a great deal to do with settling the issues. The Presi- dent will attempt to play shrewd part in dealing with this island. While pretending to give the Cubans a free hand he will in reality circumscrlbe their powers and leave them almost completely subject to the government in Washington. All of the signs point
 Will Not Reform Tariff.
 q do not believe that anybody who Is familiar with the history of the Re- publican Party in Congress" Senator Jones went on, "entertains the notion for an instant that there will be a se- rious attempt to reform the tariff Some Republicans may entertain the idea that 1t would be wise for the party to heed the warnings that are being sounded daily by the business men of the country but they will be powerless to force the committees t1 act. The reciprocity treaties will re- main as they are at present, unactad upon, when the Fifty-seventh Congress adjourns sine die. So long as Senator Aldrich Is opposed to reciprocity there will be no reciprocity legislation There are undoubtedly enough votes on the Republican side of the chamber to rat fly the French treaty any time it is given fair show. but Adrich will nev- CT permit 1t to come up"
 will the Democrats support the Bab- cock bill?" Senator Jones was asked.
 Certainly. They will support that or any other bill that is designed to regulate trusts or reduce or repeal ex-