Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-12-09

borsrs. sAillei and unskuied = lcgiti
mately reme undef the head 81 unde
sirahle Immigrants 81 this country
Bot - tar effort 81 carry ont the pei
~ 81 eSeindnx chinese lai,ererS. CbI
nese cooiies. grave lulusiits aud wronN
have hsep done ~ this nailun 10 flAe
people ef tgllaa an1 therefore uifimate-
III % tiis nafion itself chinese stu
dents, busie,s and professional men
e all Kinds uet only merchants. bar
bankers. ioe.afs manufacturers. pru
fessore. travellers ana the ilke. slsouia
BE- encouraged 90 rome bore and treat
- On precisely lhe Same footing that
We fFeaf sfMlans~. huSiunsa nsrm. tfmx
eiets and ttie lgke ug other nationa.
As a people we Nafe talked unnrh 0f
the open Door ln Chlna. aud wa expect
and quite Rightly Intend - lnslst upon.
Justice belns shown us ny the Chlnese
Isaf we caun1i cNreet to receive cqultx
unless we "a tquity
THE cfyu. SERVICE
Heads af executive departments ana
members Of ihe eommlssipn have can
Cd my attention 90 che fact that tht
rule re4alrlng i hln2 ~ eharges and
three days. nofile before VA employees
could be separaie,i from The service fof
inelliclcney has served 80 good pttr.
pose whatever Experience has shown
that the rule 81 wholly Ineffective %
save any man q superior FOR Ina
proper reasons wishes to remove him
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times serves O. keep u enc service In
competent men not guilty Of specific
wrongdolng Having these facts In
view. the rule has been amended rs
providing that where the incliiciency or
incapaeity comes within ire nersonat
knowledge % the head of a departments
the removal may Dc made without no.
tlcc. the reasons therefor being tiIcd
aud made record 81 The Department.
The absolute right 81 removal rcniH
where Il always has rested. with the
head Of q department Tho change N
merely one OF procedure n was much
needed, and Il IS producing good ~
suits.
PHILIPPINES AND OTHER IS
LANDS
During the lust year The Philippine
Islands have been slowly recovering
from the series af disasters which since
American occupation have greatly re
dueed the amount OF agricultural prod
ucts below what was produced 10 span
ish times.
The agricultural conditions Of the H.
lands enforce more strongly than ever
the argument ia favor 81 reducing the
tariff on the products ~ the philippians
Islands entering the United States.
earnestly recommend that the tariff
now imposed by the Dnglcy bin upon
the products OF the Philippine Islands
be entirely removed. except the tarln
on sugar and tobacco, and that that
tariff be reduced 20 Is per cent OF the
present rates under the Dingiey act;
that after iuiy !, 1900 the tarlff upon
tobacco and sugar produced Ia the
Philippine Islands III entirely removed
aud that free trade between the islands
and the United States IA the products
Of each country then ne provided for
by law.
In my judgment. immediate steps
should be taken for the fortliicatlon or
Hawaii This Is The most Important
point in the Pnelilc 60 fortify in order
10 conserve the interests Of this conn
try. IL would be hard TO oyerstate the
Importance Of this need. Hawaii Is too
heavily taxed. Laws should be enact
ed setting aside for Il period OF. say.
twenty years rs per cent of the internal
revenue and customs receipts from Ha-
wall as special fund to be expended
in the islands.
/ earnestly advocate the adoption or
legislation which will explicitly confer
American citizenship on all citizens Of
Porto Rico.
I wish also to call the attention or
the congress to one question which AZ
fects our insuIar possessions generally
namely. the need of an increased lib
crafty in the treatment Of the whole
franchise question In these islands.
/ earnestly ask that Alaska be given
an elective delegate.
ADMISSION TO STATEHOOD
] recommend that Indian Territory
and Oklahoma be admitted as one state
and that New Mexico and Arizona BE-
admitted as one state
THE PANAMA CANAL
Active work In canal construction,
mainly preparatory, has been In prog
ress for less than a year and a half
During that period two points about
the canal have ceased to be open %
debate. First, the question Of routes
second, the question Of feasibility. The
point which remains unsettled is wheth-
er the canal shall be one Of several
locks above sea level or at sea level
with single tide lock. On this point
/ hope to lay before the congress at an
early day the findings OF the advisory
board OF American and European en-
gineers.
In addition to sanitating the isthmus.
satisfactory quarters are being proviu
ed for employees and an adequate sys-
tenn Of supplying them with wholesome
food al reasonable prices has been ere