Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-02
Senator Quarles' Conference.

Senator Quarles' Conference.
Senator Quarles of Wisconsin had a short
conference with the President about state
and national matters that will come before
Congress this winter, Il told the Presi-
dent that ne had the country with him.
The only thing to do is to do nothing that
will disturb conditions
Senator QuarleS, who is a member OF the
Senate census committee, will shortly take
up the matter of the Philippine enumera-
ton. ''At the present time we do not know
even approximately how many natives are
in the Islands, and the senator believes it
is important that this be learned as soon
as possible.
II am afraid we are going to have some
difficulty in counting the Filipinos," said
Senator Qua-les I'VE will If they are as
difficult to erunerate as the Indians. When
we took the census of the red men we had
a task that tried our mettle. The full
bloods. especially the Creeks, opposed us at
every turn. They did not know what a
census was, but they did know that 1t was
a white mans idea, and that was enough
to secure their bitter enmity for the scheme.
Finally, after trying In vain to persuade
the Indians to come in and be counted, we
had to pack our census machinery into
tents and move it about anon the villages
the work progressed.
1.-The southern end of Luzon and some of
the smaller islands will probably be pretty
some money to accomplish the work, but 1
have no doubt that it will be done methodi-
cally and accurately by the bureau"
The Case Of Lieut.. Owens.
The case Of Lieut. Owens of the navy, who
was recently tried by court-martial and
ordered dismissed from the navy for finan-
cial irregularities, was the most important
matter before the cabinet today. Lieut.
Owens has personally appealed to the
President not to sanction the verdict of dis
mssal. Lieut.. Owens claims that at the
time Of his absence from his ship, when his
financial transactions were of a rather
curious order, he was suffering from tenn
porary alteration of the mental faculties
and did not know what he was doing. 1t
was decided by the President and cabinet
to constitute a board of inquiry to investi-
gate the claim of Lieut.. Owens and ascer-
tain his past and present mental conditions
number of appointments were consider
ed.
The Cabinet Meeting.
Foreign affairs were discussed briefly at
the cabinet meeting today. Secretary Hay
has had encouraging reports from Havana,
where Minister Squiers and Gen. Bliss are
working in harmony with a special COM
mission, designated by President Palma, to
draw q satisfactory reciprocity treaty, Ven
eZuelan conditions were also touched upon
especially with reference to the plans of
some New York financiers to relieve Ven
ezuela's embarrassments by floating loan.
The government would be glad to see that
done, If it could be accomplished without
involving the United States in any liability
for the repayment of any debt, nor place
the government under the obligation to
coerce Venezuela. 1t has already been made
perfectly clear to the promoters of this plan
that the State Department will mot bind
itself by any promises in the after, and
hat tf,,Ia of ha I1rN1
thoroughly approved by the members Of the
cabinet, -.