The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-07
SITS PlcFIc CHILE
Is BIDli NEEDED
Mr.. Dalzell Forecasts
the Work of Next
Congress.
WILL Be no TARIFF TIHEERIEG
SHIP SUBSIDY AND IsTnmIaN
CANAL BILLS SURE TO
De PASSED.
WILL Be no TARIFF TIHEERIxG
First Work Of the Session VIII Be
To Consider Legislation To Pro-
tee, the Presiden, and Suppress
Anarehisn.
fFrom 3 Sol corre,pondeat.l

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s.-Repre
sentative Dalzell, OF Pittsburg, one o.
the three Republican members OF tbs
House Committee on Rules, the sec
ond member of the Ways and Means
Committee, and one OF the foremost
! leaders in the House of Representa-
tives. was in the city today and In
conversation with your correspond
ent as 10 legislation at the forth
coming session Of Congress. said:
The very first matter brought be
fore Congress at its coming meeting
will be a number of bills having their
inspiration in the assassination of
President Mckinley. They win be OF
| two kinds, one looking to provision
for the protection of the President
| against assaults and the other to the
| suppression of Anarchists. So far as
| the first is concerned, it seems to me
/ that there should be no difficulty in,
! passing a law to make an attempt
upon the life of the President, or of
| any one in immediate succession to
the President. a felony punishable by
death and triable in the Federal
| courts.
| looking to the suppression of anar
chism. will afford many difficulties
| The Treasury Department should b
able to give to Congress a great deal
of information so far as amendments
| TO immigration laws are concerned,
preventing the immigration of per-
sons of a dangerous character. The
question Of deportation is another and
more difficult one. Without closer
! study than | have been able to give
1t. | could not express any definite
views upon it.
Our Merchant Marine.
81 have no doubt that Congress will
have to consider the subject of the
creation of an ocean merchant mar
inc. Under existing circumstances
with an immense overplus of produc
ton. our commercial supremacy de-
ponds upon the finding of foreign
markets 1t seems absurd that we
should be paying out 5000 100000 an
nuallv to foreigners to do our ocean
carrying trade. when we might just as
well have not only the profits on the
sale Of our goods but also the profits
to be realized from their carriage.
The merchant marine of all other
countries has been built up by a sys-
tenn of subsidies and it seems very
inconsistent that we should protect
all other American industries and
withhold our protection from our ship
builders.
There were serious objections in
the minds of great manv to what
was known as the 'Hanna-Payne Sub |
sidv Bill in the last Congress. but ! |
have no doubt that bill can be fran
ed that will overcome these object |
ions and give to our shipping inter |
ests such protection as will within a |
short time result in making us the |
carriers Of our own goods"
Canal and Pacific Cable.
Il have no doubt that an Isthmian
Canal bin will find favor with Con-
gress. II current reports are correct,
| believe that such difficulties as have
heretofore existed by reason of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty are in fair
way of removal With our posses
sions in the Pacific. our ownership of
Porto Rico and our naval stations in
Cuba. an ISthmian Canal would seem
TO be an absolute necessity, and
have no doubt of its being built.
IF we are to retain possession of
the Philippines, and / have no doubt
that we are. and especially In view
of the fact that Hawaii is beyond re-
call a part OF the United States. we
ought to have Pacific cable. II has
always seemed to me that. under pro-
per restrictions as TO its use by the
Government and the cost of service,
Il would be very much better that such
a cable should be laid by private rsth-
or than by Government enterprise. A
cable would not only in
voive a large cost In the first place.
but would involve also an immense
cost In the way OF maintenance and
the keeping OF the vessels properly
equipped for its repair. II individual
capital can be enlisted for the con-
duction OF a cable upon such terms
as would secure to the Government
its virtual control It seems to me that
ment cable In nay event however,
strnction OF the cable should be Sc
The cable itself ought to be the pro-
duet OF our manufacturers and ought
TO be laid By American ships AMI work
men,
Tariff Legislation.
As to tariff legislation. 7 do not be-
lieve that there win be any. There is
no need OF any. Once that subject Is
opened up and uncertainty created in
business circles great injury viii fol-
low. Even II some little changes were
needed It would be very unwise TO
Ionch the subject and arrest the pros
peritT Of the country. What Is the
need OF tariff legislation when we are
more prosperous under the tari1 as 1t
low stands than ever was the case be /
lore IN The history OF the natsons