The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-02
A DILEMMA
PRESIDENTIAL
Tariff and Reciprocity Worry
Roosevelt.
HIS PARTY Is DIVIDED
Which Is Why These Are Delicate
Questions to Handle.
HE THINKS CONGRESS WON'T ACT
Immigrants 1n Minnesota to BE Taxi
en- Back East and
DepOrted.

From TIE JotrnGI bureau. Room &S, Poe
bUttdtng. IYGsIttsaGtOH- -
Washington, Nov. 2.-President Roose-
velt is wrestling with questions OF reci-
procity and tariff revision. He has not
yet finished the section of his message
dealing with these matters, and he is con-
siderably worked over both. Senator
Cullom was with him for a long session
to-day. The senator will be chairman OF
the foreign affairs committee and will
have the handling Of the reciprocity
treaties. He has made an exhaustive
study OF them. Roosevelt is inclined to
be very conservative in his dealing with
tarif matters. He may not take as ad-
vanced ground as Mckinley did in his Buf-
falo speech.
Roosevelt Is confronted with the fact
that the party is divided ON this question.
The east is dominated by tariff protee-
tionists and the west and middle west are
In favor of removing and scaling down
some OF the duties in order that foreign
markets may be opened to wheat and
Dreadsturs exported from that region.
While republicans are divided, the demo-
Gratis are waiting to make this a political
1
| IN or confirm the reciprocity treaties the
democrats expect to make this the ocea-
sion for fight to carry congressional
elections In the middle west states The
president is convinced that in the divided
| state of congress that body will fail to
pass any tariff legislation.
| IMMIGRANTS Immigrant Inspector
Morse at Minneapolis
| GOING BACK. has been directed by tha
treasury department to
bring four immigrants east for deportn-
tion to their home countries. Victor
Johnasen, a native of Finland, and Jonas
Friedman, native Of Sweden, arrived at
New York in May and developed insanity
upon their arrival in Minnesota Matti
Kanhaal, g. Finn, came into this country
| through the port of Boston. He is also
insane. Eric Sundin, a SWede, is suffer-
ing from tuberculosis and will be sent
back through the port of New York All
these cases were reported to the govern
ment by the Minnesota state board of
charities and corrections and the treasury
department followed out its usual policy
OF bringing them to the port OF arrival
at government expense and delivering
| them to the steamship authorities, who
are required to return them to their
home.
CONFESSION Admiral Dewey said to
me to-day, in discussing
FROM the ending of the court
of inquiry over which he
DEWEY has presided.
We have been up there now seven weeks
and much Of our hardest work remains to be
done. l told Secretary Long when was
directed to serve on this court, that would
rather go into Manila than to undertake 1t.
From this time forth our work will be in
weighing the evidence under each head,
sitting it out and asserting 1t, and when
you recall that so much Of it rests on mere
recollection Of what happened three and half
years ago you will realize it is no easy mat
ter to reach definite conclusions in points OF
conflicting evidence. While we have mapped
out no plan for dividing up this work, /
have an idea that We shall all have to 60
into the matter carefully enough for each
one to be assured Of the essential findings.
Speaking Of law points raised during trial
and court method OF handling them, Admiral
Benham, who sat beside me, has a legal mind
and looks at things naturally in lawyers way.
His judiciousness could not be excelled. Ad-
miral Ramsey has never in his life wanted
to do by anybody what was not fair and Just
and that has been his strong purpose in this
trial. I think the country realizes that this
is what all of US want and 1t is we who are
now on trial before the country and not the
applicant w. w. Jermans.