The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-28
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
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w ASHINGT0N,
Nov. "a, 1902.

! imam lTtSlueUJ hDoStNtll. AllcI
Welding his own convictions, that
the tariff ought to be revised, and
accepting the dictum Of Senator
Hanna and his school of politi-
clans, that the winning policy for
the Republican party was to
"stand pat", after being assured
that if he wanted to be elected in
1904 he must not cOuntenance re-
vision, the President is now re-
ceiving the assurances of the ives
tern members and Senators that
the only hope Of the party
in their section of the country,
lies in making good the pledges
of the last campaign, that the
tariff would be ''reviSed by its
friends" In the hope of gaining
a clearer insight into the situa
tion the President has appealed
to the members of his Cabinet and
to the Republicans leaders. There
is no doubt amongst the eastern
members who all say "stand pat"
but Secretary Wilson, for in
stance, says his state wants re-
vision, Representative Bahcock
insist on an extra session called
for that purpose exclusively and
the Minnesota delegation say
that they were elected on a tariff
reform platform. The same is
true of Idaho and other western
states which were carried for the
Republican party only by the
personal popularity of the Presi-
dent and the assurance that he
would insist on "A revision of the
tariff which would curtail the in
ordinate profits of the trusts.
The argument advanced by the
"Sta d paters" is that the present
prosperity cannot last, that tariff
revision will precipitate the re-
verSal Of present conditions and
that if the Republican party is
caught in the midst of an attempt
to revise the tariff. which will be
inevitably attended by endless
personal pickering and strife, the
coutry will administer a prompt
rebuke by voting for their OPP
ponentS. a sample of the kind of
advice prof1ered the President by
his friends was recently afforded.
Ivy Senators Lodge and Burrows.
The former siguilied his willing
ness to ratify the Cuban treaty be-
cause it would not injure his con
stitutents who raise neither tobac-
60 nor beet sugar. but he protest
ed vigorously against the New
FOundland treaty because it
might hurt some of the fishermen
of his section. on the her hand,
Senator Burrows expressed his
willingness tn vote for the New
FOundland treaty but protested
against the Cuban treaty. The
fact that the tariff is a local issue
is again being demonstrated to.
getler with the fact that no Re
publican Is willing to sacrifice
one cent of protection to the
interests of his own section for
the benefit of the country at large.
The President has held open his
message, hoping to be able to
Judge which will be the more poll
tic course for him to pursue, alter
he has conferred with the Sena
tors and Representatives who
have been invited to call on him
this week
Apparently the opponents ofan
isthmian canal are again at work
for at the last minute Secretary
Hay was given to understand that
no treaty with Colombia which
did not convey absolute perma-
nent sovereignty over the zone of
the canal, to the United States,
would be accepted by the Senate.
AS has been before stated in these
letters the conveyance of absolute
sovereignty over part of its ter
ritOry to another nation is con
trary to the constitution of Colon
bia and such insistance is likely
to defeat the construction of any
canal for some time to come. The
advocates of the Nicaraguan route
have renewed their hope and are
urging the negotiation of treaties
with Nicaragua and Costa Rica
and the option of the Panama
property is nearing expiration so
that additional Congressional leg
iSlation will be inevitable. 1t is
stated that the validity of the
Panama Company's title, which
Attorney General Knox found to
exist, was bitter disappointment
to some of the most ardent advo-
Gates of that route.
The failure of the last session
to pass the Cuban reciprocity bill
is bearing fruit In way that is a
cause of grave anxiety to the ad
miniStration. The Cubans, who
were last year begging the Uuited
] States to grant them some conceS-
sions from the Dingley rates,
have now been t1attered and ca
jored into the belief that they are