Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

Dewey, however, has received the
approval Of the people and Of the
press over the country.
There Is now little doubt but that
the Senate will be compelled 70 ma
terially revise the Philippine tariff
bin which was passed by the House.
The measure. Is il stands. is receiv-
ing the condemnation Of . large num-
Der Of republicans some OF whom
characterize Il a. protection run
wild. The most ardent expansion
lists are not In favor Of governing
colonies along Spanish lines and q
policy Of oppression will not be toll
Grated even If 1t is dictated by the
protected interests. II is believed
that Judge Taft will make represent
tations at the White House as soon
as he arrives in Washington which
viii insure the Presidents support
Of tariff concessions to the Philip
pines and which will offer an excuse.
for the Senate TO reverse the work
Of the lower House.
The President Is known to be In q
quandary as to where toplace Judge
Taft. Personally he favors sending
him back to the Philippines but the
Secretary Of War. who is a close
friend Of Mr.. Roosevelt, il strongly
opposed to the continuance of the
Taft regime He considers that the
Taft Commission has seriously failed
in the Difference il owes TO General
Chaffee and the military branch of
the service. Taft is too big a man
to yield supinely to the dictates of
the bureaucrats in the War Depart
ment. Secretary Root believes that
if he could secure the appointment
of man at the head of the Commiss-
ion who would recognize in him the
lord OF his destinies there would be
greater subserviency shown to the
Secretary OF War.
General Leonard Wood, before his
departure for Havana, did some eff
fective work for the cause Of reci-
procity with Cuba. He said Cuba
must have a reduction of the tariff
ON sugar exported to the United
States or the island will have toface
poverty and consequent disorder.
She would then become menace to
our health and the United States
would have no business relations
with her worth speaking about. y
He said that If reciprocity were es-
tablished the United States could
count on doing a business with the
island amounting to $3.50, 900, 900 a
year within three years. He further
said that the United States produced
but SOC, 900 tons Of sugar and con-
sumed 2,400, 900 tons and that the
consumers paid about two cents a
pound for the privilege of fostering
this artificial industry" Mr.. Ok
nard of the American Beet Sugar
Company is making vigorous fight
to prevent Legislation inimical to
his interests and is said to have Sc
riously interested the President in
his scheme OF paying a bounty to
the Cuban producers in lieu of re-
dncing the duty.
While the friends OF the admins
tration deny that politics were at
the bottom of the selection of Gov
ernor Shaw 10 succeed Secretary
Gage, it cannot be denied that the
move was a very shrewd one from a
political standpoint. BY it Mr..
Roosevelt attached to himself man
who was an important factor in the
Western situation and who, in case
Mr.. Roosevelt should by any act
ALLEVIATE Western republicans, would
have stood an excellent chance for
the presidential nomination. Gov
ernor Shaw is man of much. ability
and he has the happy faculty of
making friends easily. The Presi-
dent already realizes that his impul-
siveness and his action in the Miles
censure and the determination 10
uphold Secretary Long at all costs
has forfeited him many of his west
ern admirers and it would seem
that he was casting an anchor to
windward when he selected q pop
ular and ambitious Iowan to pre-
side over the Treasury.
As soon as Governor Shaw takes
the reins he viii probably dispense
with all of Mr.. Cages assistants.
Allies. who is a very young man
overwhelmed with his own import
ance, win go first, General Spalding,
who has been in the Department SO.
long that he is described as suffer
ing from "dry-rot'' will soon follow
and only the strength of his political
pull, which is not inconsiderable,
win save Horace A. Taylor, who has
never demonstrated the ability for
financial and administrative affairs
which characterized his previous