The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-29
ISLAND CASES GO OVER
Supreme Court Gives No Decision
on Remaining Ones.
ADJoURNs UNTIL OCTOBER
Pending Ruling by the Court Duties
viii he Collected ON Imports
From the Philippines ns
Heretofore.

Washington, May 2S.--After n session
of three minutes the United States sti.
preme court adjourned until the second
Monday in October. The brief session
was devoted to the formal disposition
Of motions.
The two remaining insular cases, one
of them that of the II diamond rings
dealing with importations from the
Philippines, and the other. known as
the second Dooley case, involving the
question of expectations from the
United States to Porto Rico, failed to
receive attention and they go over I'M
til the next term.
During the day the treasury ofil-
cials discussed with much interest the
decisions that had been rendered by
the supreme court in the insnlar cases,
and the conclusion has been reached
| that nothing i'm these decisions Is con-
elusive upon the government to change
| its administration of the customs laws
us to the Philippine islands.
| Therefore, duties will continue to he
collected on imports from those islands
MS heretofore and until the court shall
have decided specifically that the
islands are in the same situation will
respect to the United States as Porte
i Ricn
statement by richards.
In regard to the status of the Philip
pines since the insular decision Sole
itor General Richards says:
Eff the Philippine case was on nj
fours with the he Lima case-in othel
Words If the status of the Philippine,
after the treaty cession was the sam,
MS the status Of Porto Rico after til,
cesSion-the supreme court would hay,
decided the case known us the II tlia
nond rings ease" at the same time
This the court did not do. The in
ference is that there was something il
the situation of the Philippines after
the treaty cession that distinguishes,
its ease from the ease Of Porto Rico, $,
the court has held for consideration til,
case i'll which Il soldier brought from
the Philippines to Chicago ih the sum
MGR OF 1900 II diamond rings upoi
which he paid no duty.
''rle treaty cession had been hel,
previous to this time, but the Unite,
States WAS not in possession Of til,
Philippines, but had, :is Il matter o
fact, control of only Il limited portion
of the islands. This was not the cas-
in Porto Rico. Justice Brown hold
that there must be Il treaty and pos
session also. Both these things mus
Philippine case, and no doubt that j
the reason the II diamond rings case
was allowed to 90 over.
"In his decision Justice Brown says
Both these conditions must exist t
produce change of nationality TO
, revenue purposes. Possession is no
alone sufficient as was held in FLEMING
versus Page. nor is a treaty cedin
such teli4tory sufficient without a SUI
, render Of possession.
, Comment by British Press.
!. London. May aS-i'ht London new,
, papers have paid scant attention I
the decision OF the United States 81
n few comments made deal principal
with tile confusing nature Of the jutl:
j ment" II is. however. agreed that til
i practical result is obvious that
il leaves congress free to deal with I'll
q annexed territories as il pleases, II
ST. James Gazette says:
III is one Of those legal fictions whic
n 4, Ia