The Globe-republican., 1901-01-31
Volunteers to Be Brought Home
and New Recruits to Take
Tn cir Places.
SOVEREIGNTY i'll THE PHILIPPINES.
House and Senate Committees Del
uEed with BiIhs-The Shipping
Bill Now in Hcnd-yShRt That
Measure VIII Insure the Amer
Producer.
Especial Correspondence.1
WASHINGTON ID c ia

fully nsidered in conference, within few
days, and immediate action viii probably be
taken by each branch of congress to con
irm the action of the conferees- The ad-
ministration has been very greatly en-
barrassed by the delay in the perfection Of
this measure. and time is the most important
Of all the factors at this time The volnn
teers are to be brought home and newly re
cruited regulars enlisted in their places, and
the transfer to occur before the middle of
the present year. This being there is not
a moment to lose, and it is gratifying thas
matters are reaching point of finality- As
expected from the start, the plan OF
the administration is upheld, and the pres
dents hands VIII be free to do he deems
pest to crush the insurrection in the Philip
pines and est abiish law and order
The senate has disposed of the treaty with
Spain, whereby the latter nation relinquishe s
to the United States sovereignty t>e
islands of Sibutu and Cagayan which are
really a part of the Philippine group, but
which, through an unfortunate geogra phical
designation in the first treaty describing the
within which the Philippines were stu
tied, left out these two islands from formal
Inclusion This error costs the United States
F100, goo, and with its payment by the United
States, practically assured by the ratifica-
sion of the treaty, this last incident in the
acquisition of sovereignty in the entire Phil
ppine group is closed
The louise is rushing work through with
Is accustomed ceIerliy, ana the senate com
mittees being deluged with their bills,
although but few appropriation measures
have yet found Judgment in the senate end
IF the capitol. With the disposal of the
legislative appropriation bill the senate,
ha been expected, resumed consideration of
the shipping bill As this is being written
certain amendments have been prepared
md submitted, it is said by Senator NcMil-
Ian acting for three or four other republic
an senators, demanding that the compensa-
ion for vessels of high speed shall be linn
ted to those of Is knots speed and over.
This is in Difference to the clamor for slow
cargo-carrying steamships, and to the OPP
position to high speed steamships, which the
opposition to the shipping bill has very care
tully fostered.
Nothing clearly proves the influence
Of the foreign shipping interests in the shap-
ng of American shipping legislation, $ this
concession to the clamor its agents have
raised The opposition to the pending shp
ping bill has been concentrated upon the
only line under the American flag in the
transatlantic trade, and this concentration
due to the fact that the opposition lines,
inder foreign flags, most anxious to
cripple if not ruin their only rival under the
American flag in the carrying Of American
imports and exports There is one thing
hat the people of the country must never
orget, in this connection, and that is that
.he assured protracted reduction in ocean
reight rates whenever the shipping bill be-
ZONES law, and because OF the increase IN
the number of ships offering for cargoes,
viii be of the greatest direct benefit to
hose who produce the things the surplus
IF which is sent abroad
Senator Vest last week brushed up his
detectives and having carefully examined
ais voca bulary of lnvectlves, proceeded to
nveigh against the shipping bill, offering as
alterna tive his amendment to make a
Tree ship bill the sole remedy for our de-
dining shipping in the foreign trade. There
aas never yet been free ship advocate who
int cItIz tho
would put foreign built ships under Ameri-
:an register if he privileged to do so,
unless the government would give him sub
sidy for running them in competition with
foreign ships sufficient to make good the ex-
:ra cost of operating ships under the Amer
ican compared with other flags
The president has been most careful dur
ing his somewhat prolonged weakness result
ing from his attack of the grip He has
avoided seeing delegations, and has limited
ais ons1deratlon of public matters entirely
TO those of the most pressing and important
character. He has entirely tabooed social
functions for the present, and it begins to
.ook 5 though the white house would not
see many receptions other social pleasan-
tries, dear to those on pleasure bent, dur
ing the present session The president can
aot be too circumspect in outstanding his
strength, and avoiding ali taxes upon it tina,
either fatiguiDg or unnecessary
EA1l talk that the president is disinter
ssted regarding the shipping bill is untrue
Edch annual message ne mas sent TO con
press has urged the passage of just such a
measure that pending
OWhen the army reorganization bill has
been finally disposed of the president Will be
fortified, never before, to concentrate the
military forces upon the subjugation of the
insurgents in the Philippines
DThe people are far more concerned in
the president preserving his strength than
in his yielding to the opportunities of the
"smart set who desire the resumption Of
social functions at the white houes-
EOne of the most important questions tc
Washingtonians, toward the close of each
short session of congress, is whether there
is to be extra session or not 1t means
difference OF many thousands of dollars daily
to the merchants of this city whether CON
gress is in session recess
OThe chances for the passage of the ship
ping bill grow brighter daily The enemie.
/ of the bill are exhausting their resources OF
| misrepresen tation and utilization, inspired
| by the foreign steamship owners The PEG
| pie beginning to see that the real quez
| lions involved are, whether American ship.
1t reduced freight rates shall supersede for
ugn ships and higher freight rates, in tn;
.=zExiH@ Of our 5E2aEts and exDoEts.