Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11
QUESTION Of DUTY
IN PHILIPPINES.
Attempt to Amend the Tariff
viii PrecipItate Vigorous
Discussion.
ROOSEVELT THE INDEPENDENT.
Member of tae House Tells One Secret
OF the Chief Executives
Success.

Special Correspondence.
Washington, Feb. There is pos
sibility Of tariff discussion IN the house
II the ways and means committee
should ever report the bill which Is be-
ing urged with so much insistence by
Secy. Taft for a reduction Of the duty
on Philippine sugar and tobacco 1t
happens that a reduction IN these prod
ucts would hit the districts where a
number of tariff reformers reside, ana
they have already begun to threaten
that II there Is to be a reduction on
sugar affecting the beet sugar industry
there will be reductions IN other direc-
tons Any amendment TO the reduction
OF Philippine products would be In order
or could be voted in order by these men
who are not opposed TO the bill, and
there might be quite an interesting
tariff discussion. Republican members
Of the ways and means committee
hesitate to bring In the Philippine tar
IN bill on account Of the muss It will
stir up,
ROOSEVELT. THE INDEPENDENT.
Roosevelt is the only man who can
do as he pleases, who does not feel the
pressure of ratchet or heed II" was
the remark OF member of the house
when speaking Of the independence Of
the president In all things, He con-
tlnued Roosevelt arrived at bound.
lie went up to- the top without going
through all that we have gone through.
No one helped him who has string to
him. No man can bear down on the
brakes II he goes too fast or rowel him
with the spur II he goes too slow. None
Of us here are In that position. II |
want TO do something, why there is a
fellow back there at home who will
check me up who has some claim upon
me for favors done when | was climb
ing. He helped me and has q right to
ask a return favor Right here In the
house we have Uncle Joe to put on the
brakes. We all recognize IT, We can't
get away from It. The senator's are
also tied up more or less some on ac-
count of past and others on account of
late favors or OF future expectations
Roosevelt, beholden TO no man, stands
outNas the man who can do things and
accomplish great good
WEATHER IN HAWAII
Wouldn't you like to live In Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands? The weather bu-
reau has established an Office at that
place and has received complete re-
port for the month OF December 1904
which shows that the highest tempera~
ture during the month was so degrees
and the lowest 6i degrees. The aver
age daily temperature for the month
was 1915 degrees. The average daily
temperature for the month for the past
Is years has been 70 degrees Dur
% ing December there were clear days,
10 partly cloudy days, cloudy days
and l6 on which 81 inch or more OF
rain fell. The greatest rainfall in any
one day was "a inch, and the total
rainfall for the month was 3.18 inches,
while the average OF the month for the
past Is years was 1857 inches,
HAWAIIAN CROPS.
The weather bureau station also Is
sues weekly crop bulletin, and for a
week In January we read that through
out the entire group OF islands the
temperature has been below the nor
NAL The 1905 and 1906 cane crops are
In good condition; coffee is harvested;
the winter crop OF plneapples is ripen-
Ing slowly under adverse temperature
conditions High winds prevailed In
three OF the islands, damaging some
crops Rain Is needed, The local mar
kets are well supplied with garden
truck grapes, oranges, lines, bananas
and plneapples.
AN ACTIVE EX-SENATOR.
Some one remarked that Judge
Swayne had three ex-senators as his
attorneys and then explained that, be-
sides former Senators Higgins and
Thurston, who appeared In the senate
as his counsel, ex-senator William
r. Chandler Of New Hampshire was
doing very much IN aiding the defense.
Chandler was n friend Of Swayne be-
fore he was appointed judge. He
has remained his friend ever since and
now that the Judge is In trouble Is
standing by him with all the vigor he
possesses. which Is a great deal. Many
senator's have had reason TO know that
their former colleague is taking an
active interest I'm the trial, Chandler
believes that Swayne Is being perse-
cuted because he prosecuted men IN
the south who maintained white SUI
premacy even in the face OF large
negro voting contingent and the New
Hampshire man was always a partisan
III NllAN lllbNA'lt
EXTRA SESSION TALK.
Speculation about an extra session
Of Congress comes and goes In waves.
For few weeks nothing about an ex-
ira session will be heard and then fol-
lows a revival of the discussion. Just
now II Is based on what is believed to
be a determination OF the president to
meet the demand OF the people for
some kind Of railroad rate legislation,
The latest gossip is to the effect that he
does not believe that the people win be
satisfied II the matter should die In
this session and be allowed to rest UNI
III next fall More than this, there is
n belief that II the matter can be put
over until next fall nothing ever will
be done, At the same time II IL well
10 remember that the senate can act
very suddenly, and the house rate bill
,,tiuht no fnabad thramCb a1f1aOqf INV