New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-12
lFrom The Tribune Bureau.
Washington Febr,,ar

Washington February IL.
INSURGENT NONSENSE.-The men,
bers of "Bourne's Salvation Army" have
devised beautiful scheme by which they
hope to defeat the increased rate for maya
zine postage. They arc assiduously spread
ling the report that J. Pierpont Morgan Is
back OF the proposition, which he Is pro-
noting with the purpose Of acquiring all
the undertaking magazines in the year
| the increase Is to be In force After that,
| according to their story, the old rates are
to be restored, but Mr.. Morgan will then
be in possession OF all the magazines which
now are 1.-The sole defenders of the rights
of the peepul." 1t Is the confident belief
Of the insurgents that with the aid Of their
magazine supporters, they can foist this
story on the public and thus raise such a
| protest against the proposition that It will
be defeated in the Senate or in the House
If 1t is adopted by the Senate. OF course.
| the real reason why the amendment limits
| the increase 10 one year Is that otherwise
| it would be subject to point of order The
success of the amendment Is by no means
| assured, however, even without this rtdicu-
lous attack. The mail Of Senators is food
ed with protests from the publishers. espe-
cially those Of New York and Boston. Mem
bers Of the committee have been at pains
to explain to-day that in adsDting the
amendment they acted entirely on the rec
concentration of the Postmaster General
and at the urgent solicitation of the Presi-
dent The committee rejected the PROPOSE
ton a year ago. believing that it was a
thoroughly proper step to take, but that
it would be highly unpopular. and that to
| "A n la ha T.
cal blunder. This year. however, the Presi-
dent was so insistent that the members Of
tho committee decided to adopt 1t, and thus
permit the Senate to act on il as q whole.
AS has been said, the average increase Of
cost 10 the magazines will be less than two
| nfths of a cent copy. and experts have
advised the committee that this will be
easily collected from the advertisers, but
/ the protests Of the publishers could not be
more emphatic If the increase proposed
amounted to ten or twenty times that sum.
! WILL OWN EMBASSIES.-The United
| States will own its own embassies in for
elgn capitals hereafter, as the result OF
| the passage by the Senate of the bill max
| ing that provision. AS told in this column
/ this morning, no sooner had Senator Lodge
secured tho passage of the bill providing
| for the reorganization of the consular
| service than he turned his attention TO the
| embassy bill, which had already passed
the House, and taking advantage of a lull
| in the proceedings to-day he slipped II
! through the Senate with the inesse which
attended the passage OF the other measure.
| Senator Clamp, an insurgent, objected, so
| that the bill was not permitted to come up
| by unanimous consent, but Mr.. Lodge had
done his advance work well, and when the
motion was put to vote It promptly car
red IT now requires only the signature
! Of the President and as the administration
/ is heartily In favor of the legislation 1t
| will not lack approval at the White House.
| Under its provisions the work OF acquiring
sites and erecting embassies Is to be done
gradually but It is expected that attention
will first be turned TO St. Petersburg and
Berlin, where the burden OF renting appro-
pirate quarters is a considerable hardship
TO the present ambassadors.
PANAMA EXPOSITION.-The Senate
to-day confirmed the action of the House
in selecting San Francisco as the proper
place for the exposition which Is TO cele-
brate the opening of the Panama Canal.
| The measure was passed without objection,
on the motion of Senator Perkins, who
| then took occasion to thank the Senators
from Louisiana for their courtesy In re-
framing from any objection. The South
erners who have been booming New Or
leans as a site for the fair departed after