The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-21
GOV. IAFT ON JULY 4.
CIVIL RULE IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
WILL BE INAUGURATED ON
INDEPENDENCE DAY
TROUBLES OF THE INDIANS
KIOWAs, CONLANCHEs AND APACHES
OBJECT TO HAVING RESER-
FATIONS OPENED
TARIFF WAR WITH RUSSIA

WASHINGTON, June 2O.-Civl govern
ment will be established in the Philip
pine islands on July 4. Judge William
HI. Taft will be designated as civil gov
ernor. He will remain at the head of the
Philippine commission which is to be con-
tinued. The order creating him civil
governor will be issued by the president
through the secretary of war.
Further details regarding the new gov
ernment are yet to be worked out. The
Fourth of July is not selected, with a.
view of having an extraordinary in
auguration of the new government, but
simply because that is the great Ameri>
can holiday and is deemed by the ad-
ministration good day upon which to
locate what is believed to be an auspi-
cious event in the history of the Philip
pines. 1t is probable that members of
the Philippine commission will have
charge Of the different departments of
the government.
RED MAN PROTESTS.
Justice Bradley, in the equity court to-
day, denied the application of Lone Wolf
and other Indians for an injunction
against the secretary Of the interior to
restrain him from opening the Kiowa,
Comanche and Apache lands in Okla
homa to settlement. Without going into
the facts OF the case, the court held that
the question was purely political one,
with which the court had no power to
deal.
Counsel for the Indians immedi-
ately gave notice Of special ap-
peal to the district court OF
appeals. Now that the case is decided it
is believed that the president in a few
days will issue his proclamation opening
TO settlement the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache and Wichita lands.
Judge Bradley held that if the act of
June 6, 1900, is violative of the treaty of
1865, the remedy rests with congress, not
the judiciary. He said that the right
of the Indians to the reservation Is a
possessory only; that the wrong, if any,
threatened by the execution Of the act
of June 6, 1900, is a wrong to the tribe
as a tribe; and that no individual mem
Der Will suffer any injury which will
not be shared in common by the other
members. He declares that the suit can
not be maintained by members of the
tribe as individuals.
Justice Bradley holds that these Indi-
ans are the pupils or wards of the ma
ton; that the duty Of providing for their
maintenance, civilization and education
and of protecting and caring for them
rests upon the federal government and
Is committed to it's legislative or poIit-
ical branch.
He holds that the question whether
three-fourths of the adult male Indians
signed the agreement, ETC., was present
ed to congress; that the ratification by
congress Is necessarily finding that the
agreement was assented to by the re-
quisite number of Indians and that there
was no false or fraudulent representa-
tion or Interpretation and that this de-
cision by congress is conclusive upon
the judicial tribunals. He further holds
that an act of congress and treaty are,
under the constitution of the United
States, upon an equal footing; that an
act of congress will repeal a prior in
consistent act of congress; that the max
Ing and enforcing of treaties are under
our constitution committed to the polit-
ical branch Of the government; and that
the judicial tribunals Of the country are
without authority to enforce treaty stip-
ulations, or to grant redress for wrongs
inflicted by their breach
CAsSINI AND HAY.
The Russian ambassador, Count Cas-
SIM had conference of about half an
hour with Secretary Hay today during
which the tariff issues which havo arisen
were discussed quite fully. The confer
ence did not, however, lead to any new
development in the matter It is under
stood, however, that the exchanges
brought about renewed assurance from
the ambassador that Russia's action was
entirely devoid of political Importance
and was in no way connected with any
g' neral movement in Europe antagonis-
tic to American products
The italian charge d'affaires, Mr.. Car
agni, also had talk with Secretary Hay,
during which tariff matters were in
formally discussed. In connection with
the duty now levied on Italian sugar,
the Italian authorities state that their
offic1als assure them that no Italian
sugar was brought into the United States
last year.