The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-05

nose Whatever. Experience hns'Snowi
that the rule is wholly lnenoGtiye I
save any man II a superior for in
proper reasons wishes 70 remove biz
and Is mischievous because Il SONS
tlnes serves 20 keep IN the service n
competent men not guilty Of speclil
wrongdolug. Having these facts
view. the rule has been amended b
providing that where the lnc0ieicscy
lncapacity comes within the pScsonn
knowledge OF the head Of departmen
the removal may be made without mo
tlce the reasons therefor being file
and made record Of the department
The absolute right OF removal rest
where Il always has rested, with tlr
head OF n department. The change II
merely one Of procedure. II was much
needed. and II is producing good re.
suits.
Our copyright laws need revision
philippines and Other Islands.
During the last year the philippine
Islapds have been slowly recovering
from the series OF disasters which since
American occupation have greatly re-
duced the amount ef agricultural prod
{ nets below what was produced In Span.
lsh times.
! The Agricultural conditions Of the Is
.ands enforce more strongly than ever
! .ha argument In favor OF reducing the
= tariff %. the products Of the Philippine
n rsianda entering the United States.
: earnestly recommend that the tarln
u now imposed by the pingley bill upoE
y the products Of the Philippine Islands
] be entirely removed. except tho tarif
ie on sugar and tobacco, and that tina
n thrift be reduced 20 - per cent OF th
ig present rates under the Dingley act
that after July ]. 1909 the tariff upoi
C tobacco and sugsT PRODUCED 'n IN
he phlllpplne LANDS Ia entirely remove
n, asd that free trade between the island
We and the United States In the product
er Of each country then be provided 70
OF by law.
In my Judgment, immediate steT
should be taken for the forthcauon
he Hawan This Is the most importai
Ich point In the Pacific 10 fortify Ia ord'
we 10 conserve the interests Of this coU
The trv II would be hard TO oyerstate q
inheritance Of this need Hawaii Ia q
ION heavily taxed. Laws should be ena'
Inv cd setting aside for a period OF, sa
ina twenty years T5 per cent n the intern
olv revenue and customs receipts from II
Ia wall as a special fund to be eXpend
,iti. in the islands,
~ earnestly advocate the adoption
,.r M legislation which will explicitly con
~ American citizenship on all citizens
mi. Porto Rico.
- wish also TO call the attention
Sens e,,,s the congress 70 one question which
- ~, fects our insuisr possessions gena'a
~ ~. namely. the need OF an Increased
~, 80 erallty in the treatment OF the WI
1t 80 franchise question IN these Islands
pu' I earnestly ask that Alaska be 81
a,,id -. elective delegate.
-. Admission 90 statehood.
~ recommend that Indian Terri'
4. Oklahoma be admitted as one 8
aud that New Mexico and Arizona
i, or admitted as one state.
meet. The Panama Canal.
mon. Active work in canal construct
nese. mainly preparatory. has been IN ?
,ultv ress for less than yecr and
During that period two points a
the canal have ceased 20 be ope
- debate. First, the question Of 70
LII III second. the question of feasibility
. tha point which remains unsettled is WI
sS or The canal shall be one Of SCI
- locks above sea level or at sea
- eor with a single tide lock. On TINS
nur. | hope TO lay before the congress