Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent1

hultOT fTeSS:-
Visitors to the White House are
at present received little later
than usual, as the President de-
votes as much time as possible each
morning to the work on his annual
message to Congress which he die
tates to Secretary Loeb, who is one
OF, the most competent stenogra-
piers in the country. Last year
the chief topic in the Presidents
message was the public regulation
of corporations, but the laws enact
ed by Congress on this subject are
regarded as satisfactory, and the
trusts are now left to the Depart
ment of Justice and to the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
There is not the slightest chance of
any material trust legislation at
the next regular session. The
President will refrain from any sug-
gestion which would lead to the
consideration of the tariff. The
reconstruction of the financial sys-
tenn will be discussed to some ex-
tent, but the President agrees with
the party leaders that there is little
need at this time for remedial leg
islation. The main topics in the
message will be the isthmian canal,
the needs of Alaska, conditions in
the Philippines, the upbuilding of
the navy, irregation, land laws
and the Indians. Reference will
be made also to the postal frauds
and the punishment of the offend
ers. Members of Congress and the
general public expect from the
President and the State Depart
ment news of the negotiations and
the present prospects of canal leg
islation, and the message will
doubtless contain full discussion
of the subject. Governor Taft
and the War Department have
supplied the President with a mass
of facts from which he can describe
the needs of the Philippine Islands
and suggest legislation of different
kinds. President Roosevelt be-
lieves that Alaska has u great fu-
ture and his discussion of the con-
ditions in the territory will be
made easier by the facts which
have been furnished him by the
Sub Committee of the Senate which
visited the territory this summer.
Considerable legislation for Alaska
is part of the republican plan for
the winter, and the Presidents 8
suggestions will be especially i'm
portant. The Improvement of the
navy is popular theme with the
I President and will make plea for
ample funds for gun practice and
allowances for prizes to encourage
readiness for an emergency. He
will warn against any halt in max
ing the navy large and powerful |
arm. With reference to the postal
frauds the President hopes to show
that the matter has been so thor =
oughly handled by the government,
that Congress will not need to
make an investigation of it's own.
He will make public everything in
the clearest and most comprehen-
sive manner, so that the investiga-
ton may be regarded as completed.
A small furry was created at
the japanese Legation here by the
publication of a telegram of Gen
eral Macarthur, dated Manila,
December %, 1900, in which the
General declared that evidence had
be discovered of the dealings be-
tween an official of the Japanese
consulate at Manila, and the insur-
gent leader Trias. Mr.. Takahira,
the Japanese minister here has
given out a long interview in which
he declares that General Macarthur
must have been mistaken and that
Japan desired no concessions from
the Philippine insurgents. The
controversy has not yet been set
tied, and the Japanese declare that
it is an attempt to ALLEVIATE Ameri-
can sympathy from Japan in case
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