The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-19
UNCLE SAM AND M|KADO
ARE STILL GOOD FRIENDS

to await the signing of the Webb bin
Disposition OF the foreign powers to
keep hands off in the Japanese situa-
ton Is source of satisfaction to the
president In what he believes Is
matter between friends In the case
of Uncle Sam and the mikado.
The president is advised that senti-
ment In California as to the anti-alien
bill Is greatly divided. He has been
told that citizens Of northern Call
fornia are much more strongly sup
porting the Webb bill than are those
OF the southern portion of the state.
Tho Tariff Bill.
President Wilson is going to "stick
on the job II 1t takes all summer to
see the passage OF the Wilson Under
wood tariff bill by congress. He told
newspaper men that he will not have
a thought OF vacation nor Will he
leave the city until the tariff bill is
disposed of. He has not the slightest
idea, either when that will be.
The president does not attach any
considerable Importance to the vote
In the senate on the question OF tariff
hearings He expects to have demo-
cratic support In the senate to revise
the tariff along the major lines as In.
dicated in the house.
Currency Reform Bill.
Hope for passage at the extra ses-
+ sion Of congress OF currency reform
bill has not been abandoned by the
president. He is collecting data for
his message but stated that it will not
go In until next week at the least.
and possibly not until early in June.
He will advocate specific reforms
But the question of guaranteeing
bank deposits will not be touched up
on. The president believes this ques-
ton is not germane to an admits
trative currency measure.
| A personal friend of the president,
who is a currency expert, is collect.
ling information for the president. but
4 mot In the form Of a substitute or al,
Tentative bill for the tentative draft
prepared by Representative Carter
Glass, OF Virginia, the president ex.a
planned.
Philippine Policy.
To find men capable and strong
enough to work reform in the Philip
lpine Islands, strictly according to the
Iprecepts of the Baltimore platform, Is
causing the president much trouble
He says they are mighty scarce--the
brand he insists upon having for
what he regards as an important adj
ministrative function. Immediate
changes in the personnel or policy re
lgarding the Pacific Islands are not
planned.
Mexican Ambassador.
That Ambassador Wilson will re-
main at Mexico City for this govern,
ment indefinitely. the president clear
TX intimated. He believes Wilson'S
retention is absolutely necessary be.
cause of the ambassadors knowledge
of affairs in the republic. s "
/ Foreign Loans.
The new democratic administration
is not yet ready to announce its policy
as to the collection of foreign loans
lin the central and South American
republics Whether Uncle Sam Is to
/ be continued as a collection agent
flor bank syndicates is matter to be
decided, the president believes, when
lit is squarely presented in some con.
Icrete case.
Canal Zone Government.
! The president has taken no steps
toward changing the form of govern
ment for the Panama canal zone. He
said he had had no communication
looking to that end with Colonel
4 Goethals since he entered the white
I house. No change in the Panama com.
mission Is planned at present.