The Detroit times., 1909-02-18
WAYS AND MEANS
SPLIT OVER THE
TARIFF
lNClPiENT WAR WAGES IN COM.
MiTTEE-PUBLIc LOST SIGHT
oF-DALzEll, sTAN0-PATTER.
BACKED BY CANNON.
BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

puEllCans on the ways and means. Mr..
Payne leading the revisionists Mr.
D2lzeil, tue guardian angel OF the steel
trust, acting as captain OF the stand
patters. The forces break about even
With two OF the Republicans walking
the delicate fence. Mr.. Cannon will
side with the standpatters. Mr.. Taft,
so they say has already expressed him
self for revision.
The situation seems To possess the
rudiments OF beautiful mix.up and
the Democrats are, OF course. de-
lighted. They will hover about the
suburbs OF the fight with the happy
/ purpose OF making all the trouble
they can.
The public interest?
That is the last thing thought OF
Everybody feels as though he had ex-
harsted that subject during the recent
campaign Once In the District OF
Columbia. his constituents hull down
on the horizon, your congressman
whatever his politics-thinks only OF
himself and his party. When he has
most thoroughly thought OF himself
and his party he will perhaps think
OF the public. The latter's chance,
however. Is clouded OF deep doubt.
This has been one OF my hit or miss
hither and you days. Mr.. Hord Is in
town. Mr. Hord collects the govern
ments internal revenue In the Philip
pines. He says they never think OF
wal with Japan In Manila. All In the
Philippines is gentlest peace. The
Japs have no foothold there. are seek
ing none. In no wise are they rush
ing in.
There are $4,000 merchants in the
islands or these the American and
the English number 93l In Manila
the hub of all earthly Philippine
things, the Jap northumberland deal
ers for the most, and vastly in
nocuous-number only 27, while
against them In slant-eyed rivalry are
arrayed a phalanx OF Chinese com
mercialists. whose pig-tailed roll-call
shows 2,624 Among all the islands
there ere but eighty-two Jap mer.
chants.
Scouts Yellow Peril
These figures are upon the word OF
MI Hord who does not believe In tn"
yellow peril. What he does believe in Is
the removal of our tariff against suga:
fem the Philippines, which belief he
is more or less engaged In laying be
fore the ways and means. The Philip
pines furnish | per cent OF our sugar
Mr.. Hord explains The removal OF
the duty would mean little or nothing
10 us. while ii might be TO lapse into
the vulgar phrasing OF the kennels,
the making OF the Oriental pup"
Inaugural preparations have stirred
things To the depths. There came
boiling TO the recent surface OF af-
fairs a tradition touching the organi'
zation of the Marine band. That cele-
brated body OF tooters is so old that
It's origin is lost In the dimness and
the mists OF the heretofore. But this
is what tradition tells us-traditlon
fostered about the navy yard:
Say century ago. there was In the
navy certain Captain Mcneil. The
captain loved music. Also he was
willing to do most anything TO get II.
This melody.loviug sea dog, In com
mand of the seventy-four gun frigate
Boston, WAS casually cruising about
the Mediterranean looking for mer-
maid or a siren or any one else that
could sing when brilliant Idea
came all unbidden over his mental
SIDE
The Boston was on the island OF
Sicily Chartered at Messlna was
regiment OF Italians. Also, that regi-
ment had band
Captain Mcneil. hiding his chicane
beneath the tluff exterior OF a jolly
mariner. went ashore. Speciously. ne
borrowed the regimental band. IT
was To come aboard the Boston and
play for a ball.
The weakminded musical organiza-
ton. relying upon Captain McNeils
ball talk and having in view lusty
honorarium. went aboard the Boston.
In a moment the perfdious Mcneil
has his anchors up. The next ne hai
shaken out his head sails. and with
the wind aft was making watery
tracks for far America. Not one on
those abducted troubadours ever saw
Sicily again. And at that they an
not furnish the beginning OF the
marine band save In his that they
acted as suggestion
Went Crafty Ashore.
The fame OF Captain McNeifs ex-
ploit went up and down the seven
seas. In 1912 another naval officer.
named Smith. set in motion by the
musical achievement OF Captain Nc
Neil and being himself on the
Italian coast at the moment, re-
solved herolcally To do likewise.
Captain Smith cruised slowly along
shore. listening for the mellow notes
of band. At last the port watch.
which had the deck, reported band
of their starboard beam. IL was In
full blast and might be heard for miles.
Captain Smith ordered boat
Down and taking with him a file OF
marines went craftily ashore. After
listening TO the band through two
Plumbers ne said II would do and
rrdmp,ly Impressed the members
hereof as "deserters from the Amer
lean navy.
The astonished virtuosos were tax
On aboard with stringers on thef
wrists and hived below.
Safe off sounding. and with moth
ing but the wind and waves about.
the band members were brought on
deck given their instruments and told
10 blow their heads OF for the
Measure OF Captain Smith. who dotted
on music. The poor captives. oblige
IN comply, we're there and then or
eenized into the Marine band-the
same which will play AT the Tart IN
aueuration and next summer become
the envy OF the afternoon BIRDS IN
the White House grounds