The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-12-07

mately come under the head of unde-
sirable immigrants to this country.
But in the effort to carry out the pol
icy of excluding Chinese labOrers, Chi
nese coolies, grave injustice and wrong
have been done by this nation to the
people Of China and therefore ultimate
ly TO this nation itself. Chinese stu
dents, business and professional men
Of all kinds, not only merchants, bat
bankers. doctors, manufacturers, pro
fessorS. travellers and the like, should
be encouraged to come here and treat
ed on precisely the same footing that
we treat students, business men, trav-
elers and the like of other nations.
As a people we have talked much of
the open door in China, and we expect
and quite rightly intend to insist upon
justice being shown us by the Chinese.
But we cannot expect to receive equity
unless we do equity.
The Civil Service.
Heads of executive departments and
members of the commission have call
ed my attention to the fact that the
rule requiring Il filing Of charges and
three days notice before an employee
could BE- separated from the service for
incficicncy has served no good pur-
pose whatever. Experience has shown
that the rule is wholly ineffective to
save any man if Il superior for i'm
proper reasons wishes to remove him
, and is miscellaneous because it some.
times serves to keep in the service in
/ competent men not guilty of specific
wrongdoing. Having these facts in
view, The rule has been amended by
providing that where the inefIiciency or
| incapacity comes within the personal
knowledge of the head of Il department
/ the removal may be made without no.
tice the reasons therefor being filed
and made a record of the department.
The absolute git of removal rests
where it always has rested. with the
head of Il department. The change is
merely one of procedure. 1t was much
needed, and it is producing good re-
suits.
1 Our copyright laws need revision.
Philippines and Other Islands.
During the last year the Philippine
| Islands have been slowly recovering
from the series Of disasters which since
! American occupation have greatly re-
! duced the amount of agricultural prod
/ ucts below what was produced in Span
ish times.
The agricultural conditions of the is
/ lands enforce more strongly than ever
the argument in favor of reducing the
tariff on the products of the Philippine
Islands entering the United States.
earnestly recommend that the tariff
now imposed by the Dingley bill upon
the products Of the Philippine Islands
be entirely removed. except the tariff
on sugar ana tobacco, and that that
tarI1 be reduced TO - per cent OF the
! present rates under the Dlngley act;
that AFTER July |, I9J9' the tariff upon
TOBACCO ana sugar produced IN the
Fhllipplhe Islands be entirely removed
ana 'hat free trade between the Islands
ana me united states IN the products
~ C"N" No"'''F inc" "e PRIV 'ueu ior
ny INV.
| LII III! Judgment llliheulilte steps
! Z
Ii" "u' Inns - tne HioSI IihporlaU,
! IN conenrva the in+oroc+s of tbis conn
fry If Womb be bord +o o,.o,.s+,+ 70 +,,o
inheritance of This mood Hawaii is foo
heavily taxed Laws sbouId bo enact
ed setting aside for q nariod of say
| twenty Years * nor cent of tha informal
revenue and customs roceints from H.
wall as q special fund 70 he eynended
| in thn islands
earnestly advocate t,a odontio, Of
! legislation which will ovnlicitIT oorfo,.
American citizenship on al citi1ons ~
| Porto Rico
! wish also to call tho ot+on+ion Of
tbe CONGRESS- to ono ouostion which of-
facts ON. insulor no.,sossio,,, c,onoroIIr,
namely. the need of an increased Iih-
eralitv in tbo treatment of tba whole
franchise uuestion in these islands
earnestly ask that Alaska he given
an elective GaIeooto
s. /
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and oI,Iobo,,,, ho aI1,,,it+o1 80,
and tb.t Now, 1Ioxioo md ,,i1ono hn
oar,;t+,I -, 49,