The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-01-16

bills had been introduced which were cal
culated to render obsolete the bill on
which they had expended so much time
and labor.
Under threat of an extra session the
members of the Senate have consented to
the passage of some "simple" and innocu-
Gus anti trust mea sures. These bills, they
say, must be so simple as 10 provoke no
lengthy debate and must receive the
unanimous support of the republicans,
which is tantamount to saying that they
must be so drawn as to he incapable of
thwarting the intentions or desires Of the
trusts. The lengthy and sweeping bill
brought in with much spectacular adver-
Using by Mr.. Hoar has subjected the ven
cradle Senator to nothing but ridicule and
so upset has the old gentleman become
that on Thursday he moved the passage
of bill which was enacted nearly year
ago and the Senate, following his lead,
passed it.
The President was subjected to what
the French term bad quarter of an hour
at the Cabinet meeting on Friday and a
very bad quarter Of an hour it was. Indi-
vdually and collectively the members of
his Cabinet reproached him with the
| plumbers he has committed in attempting
to carry into effect a wholly Quixotic and
spectacular Southern policy. The ap-
pointment of one DR.. Crum 70 be Co1lec-
tor of the Port at Charleston, S. c., and
the suspension of the postoffice at India
nola. Miss, were made the texts for the
curtain lectures delivered behind the
closed doors of the Cabinet room. Rep
resentative Bartlett, of Georgia, said to
your correspondent. apropos of this sub
ject, "President Roosevelt is what you
might call IA spectacular statesman fond
of playing to the galleries. Like all other
professional reformers he has but one OBJ
ject in view and that is to better his own
personal chances at the expense and dis
comfiture of others. He is after ajor-
ity of the delegates to the next National
Convention and he has been making a
the South because he knows that they
control the conventions that create the
delegates" Representatives Johnson,
Howard, Brantley, Cochran, Patterson,
Lever, Senator elect Lattimer and others
expressed similar views.
1t has remained for Germany and Great
Britain to force the republicans to declare
their position in lard to the Philippines
When the treaty Of Paris was negotiated
it had not entered the mind of any repub-
lican that the United States was acquiring
territory with a view to it's submission
and permanent control. At the most, it
was assumed that protectorate was to be
formed over the Philippines, which were
in other respects to enjoy the privileges
of self government. This being the case
the "open door policy" was guaranteed in
the Philippine customs legislation. The
United States was to seek no advantage
in the Philippine market not guaranteed
to other nations. Later, however, the
Philippine Commission imposed an ex-
port duty of $3.50 per ton on Manila
hemp and fiber. This duty was related
when the goods were sent to the United
States and accordingly the Powers have
entered protest. The Administration
refuses to see the justice of the protest
and states its position as follows: it says
that it is impossible to maintein the door
to the Philippines as "wide OPEN as the
door to China, for instance, as the Philip
pines are possession of this country and
must be regarded as in the same relation
with the United States as are the British
colonies to the parent nation.
The Senate on Wednesday took up the