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AMERICA ANXIOUS Continued from Page 13. tal city from defacement by the smoke Repeate ons under had the desired effect. at it be made more in- ng both the minimum e; by providing for in cases of repeated vio- and by affording the remedy of injunction against the continuation o1 the operation of plants which are per- 1 recommend, also, he number of inspec- v it shall be to detect an increase tors, whos violations CALIFORNIA THANKED FOR GIFT OF YOSEMITE Congress Reguested to Provide for Proper Care of the Park. I call your a of Mariposa Big Tree ehould be no delay in appropriations e inciuding there- National Park, and oliceing of the park. s acted most ) great magnanimity ni the mighty natu- hich should etuity for our chil- ren’s children. In the Grand Canyon of the Celorado id be made into a na- tional park 1t is greatly to be State of New York should copy as re- gards Niagara what the State of ali- fornia has done as regards the Yosem Nuthing should be allowed to in- preservation of Niagara all their beauty and majesty. be Etete cannot see to this then to be wished that she 2 1g to turn it over to the onal Government, which should in 1 in conjunction rnment) assu: sibility of pre g armed Niagara Falls; just should gladly assume a similar n gnd responsibility for the Yo- National Park, as it has h e Yellow- Adeguate provi- d be made by the Congress oper care and supervision of national The bounda the Yellow ational Park extended tc south and east 1 such portions of the abutting ervation as will enable the ent to protect the elk on thelr aracteristic animal of the ns was the great shaggy- ox, the bison, commonly puftalo. Small fragments of a domesticated state here h & herd as that on the should not be al- existence. Either reserve and hould be made of such a herd. 1) cheme would be of omic advantage, for the robe of the h market value, and the AID FOR LIFE-SAVERS. Pensions Advoeated for the Men of the | Service. al attention to the & to the members aving service pensions such given to firemen and policemen r great citles. The men in the life-saving service continually and in the atter of fact way do deeds e Americans proud of their have no political in- ¢ live in such remote really heroic services render receive the cognition from the public st for a great nation like rinit these men to become totally or to meet death in the per- > helr hazardous duty and no sort of reward. If rves thirty years of his & position he should surely be ontitled to retire fireme | e on halfpay, as a n does, and if he capacitated through ickness or loses his health rge of his duty he or his ‘a:\'e a pension just as ention with especial this matter because it only to our judgment but sympathy; for the people on behaif I ask it are comparatively n number, render incalculable ser- e of a particularly dangerous kind, d have no one to speak for them. CARE OF THE INDIAN. Suppression of Liguor Traffic and More Schools Urged. During the year just past the phase of the Ind n question which has been brought to public atten- ¥ rger legal significance of jan’s induction into citizenship. nade itself manifest not only t access of litigation in which en Indian figures as a party 3 nt and in a more widespread disposition to levy local taxation upon , but in & decision of the es Supreme Court which y main prop, on which rested the Government's ffort to protect him against temperance. The court that when an Indian be- tue of an aliotment of him, a citizen of the State in h hie land ie situated, he passes from under Federal control in such matters as this, and the acts of the Congress prohibiting the sale or gift te him of intoxicants become substan- tially Inoperative. Tt is gratifying to note that the States and municipalities of the West which have most at stake in the welfare of the Indians are taking up this subject snd are trying to supply, In a measure et least, the abdication of its trustee- ip forced upon the Federal Govern- ment. Nevertheless, I would urgently press upon the attention of the Con- gress the question whether some gmendment of the internal revenue laws might not be of aid in prosecuting those malefactors, known in the Indian country as “bootleggers.” who are en- gued at once In defrauding the United tates Treasury of taxes, and what is far more important, in debauching the Indians by carrying liquors {llicitly Into territory still completely under Federal jurisdiction. Among the crying present needs of ‘he Indians are more day schools situ- tted in the midst of thelr settlements, | nore effective instruction in the indus- ries pursued on thelr cwn farms, and + more liberal exteasion of the field- natron service, which means the educa- jion of the Indian women in the arts of homemeking. Until the mothers are well started in the right direction we rannot reasonably expect much from the childrer who are soon to form an integral part of our American citizen- ship. :doreover. the excuse continually sdvanced by male aduit Indians for re- ‘using offcrs of remunerative employ- ment at a distance from their homes is ‘hat they dare not leave their families oo long out of their sight. One effect- 3al remedy for this state of things is 1o »mploy the minds and strengthen the moral flber of the Indian women—the end to which the work of the field mat- ron is especialiy directed. T trust that the Congruss will make; its appropria- tione ‘or Indian day-schools and flela matrons as generous as may consist with the other pressing demands upon ts providence, FREE TRADE DESIRED WITH THE PHILIPPINES During the last year the Philippine Islands have been slowly recovering froin the series of disasters which, since American occupation, have great- € Yosemite | wisely as| ‘wished that the | w of them in the Yellow- | some forest | oblivion. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, FOR PEACE,BUT PRE | PEACE UNDER MONROE DOCTRINE. | One of the most effective instruments for peace is the Monroe doctrine, as it has been and is || being gradually developed by this nation and accepted by other nations. No other policy could ! have been as efficient in promoting peace in the Western Hemisphere and in giving to each I | nation thereon the chance to develop along its own lines. If we had refused to apply the doc- trine to changing conditions it would now be completely outwern, would not meet any of the needs of the present day, and, indeed, would probably by this time have sunk into complete It is useful at home, and is meeting with recognition abroad because we have | adapted our application of it to meet the growing and changing needs of the hemisphere. 1 When we announce a policy, such as the Monroe doctrine, we thereby commit ourselves to the | consequences of the policy, and those consequences from time to time alter. question to claim a right and yet shirk the responsibility for its exercise. It is out of the |1y reduced the amount of agricultural | products below what was produced in Spanish times T?xe war, the rinderpest, | the locusts, the drought and the cholera *have been united as causes to prevent & return of the prosperity much needed the islands. The most serious is the destruction by the rinderpest of more than 75 per cent of the draft cattle, because it will take severul years of breeding to re- siors the peccssary number of these indispensable alds to agriculture. The cotamission attempted 10 supply by pur- chase from adjoining countries the needed cattle, but the experiments made were unsuccessful. Most of the | cattle imported were unable to with- | stand the change of <limate and the | rigors of the voyvage and died from | other diseases than rinderpest. | | |in The income of the Philippine Govern- ment has necessarily been reduced by rcagon of the business and agricultural depression in tae islands, and the Gov- ernment has Leen obliged to exercise | great economy to cut down fits ex- | penses, to reduce salaries and in eve:x | way to avoid a deficit. It has adopt | an internal revenue law, imposin, taxes on cigars, cigarettes and distill liquors, and abolishing the old Spanish The luw has not ope- ted as smoothly as was hoped, and | although its principle is undoubtedly correct, it may need amendments foi the purpose of reconciling the people to its provisions. The income derived from it has partly made up for the reduction in_customs revenue. There has been a marked jncrease in the number of Filipinos employed in | the civil service, and a corresponding | decrease in the number of Americans. The Government in every one of its de- partments has been rendered more effi- cient by elimination of undesirable ma- terial and the promotion of deserving public servants. Improvements of harbors, roads and bridges continue, aithough the cutting down of the revenue forbids the ex- penditure of any sreat amount from current income for these purposes. | Steps are being taken, by advertise- ment for competitve bids, to secure the comstruction and maintenance of 1000 | miles of railway by private corpora- | tions”under the recent enabling legisla- tion of the Congress. The transfer of the | accordance with the some two years ago, has been com- pletely effected, and the purchase money paid. Provision has just been mede by statute for the speedy settie- ment in a special proceeding In the Supreme Court of _controversies over the possession and title of church build- ings and rectories arising between the | Roman Catholie church and schismatics | clatming under ancient municipalities. Negotiations and hearings for the set- tlement of the amount due to the Ro- | man Catholic church for rent and occu- pation of churches and rectories by the army of the United States are in prog- ress, and it is hoped a satisfactory con- Clusion may be submitted to the Con- gress before the end of the session. | ¥*Tranquillity has existed during the past year throughout the Archlpeln%o. except in the province of Cavite, the province of Batangas and the province of Samar, and in the island of Jolo among the Moros. The Jolo disturb- vi ut an end to by several ance was p S lands, in contract made friar sharp and short engagements, pea:z prevails in the Moro province. Cavite, the mother of ladrones in the fmes, is so permeated with the Spanish t flxlxeoplu for traditional sympathy of the ladronism as to make it flicult to stamp out the disease. Batangas was only disturbed by reason of the fugi- tive ladrones from Cavite. Bamar was thrown into disturbance by the un- educated and partly savage peoples liv- ing in the mountains, who, having been given by the municipal ' code ~more ower than they were able to exercise iscreetly, elected municipal officers who abused their trusts, compelied the eople raising hemp to sell it at a much ess price than it was worth, and by their abuses drove their people into resistance to constituted authority, Czvite and Samar are’instances of re- posing too much confidence in the self- overning power of a people. The dis- {urbucel have all now been sup- ressed, and it is hoped that with these essons logal governments can be formed, which will secure quiet peace to the deserving inhabitants. The incident is another proof of the fact that if there has been any error as regards giving self-government in the Pfxm pines it has been in the di- rection or'lvlng it too quickly, not too slowly. A year from next A¥rn the first Ye islative assembly for the isl- ands will be held. On the sanity and self-restraint of this body much will depend so far as the future self-gov- ernment of the islands is concerned. The most encouraging feature of the whole situation has been the very great, interest taken by the common people in education and the t in- crease in the number of enrolled stu- dents in the public schools. The in- crease was from 300,000-to half'a mil- lion pupils. The average attendance is The only limit uj the capacity of the Government to fur- nish teachers and schoolbouses. TARIFF AND SHIPPING. Postponement of Application of the Coastwise Laws. jeultural conditions of the slan .{:uorce more strongly than ever the argument in favor of r ing the tariff on the products of Philippine Isiands entering the Units Sl e [ompeng, ey the tariff now im biil ulpon &e products of the Philip- pine Islands be entirely removed, ex- cept the tariff on surar and tobaeco, and that that tariff be reduced to 38 er cent of the sent rates under ingley act; the tariff upon tobacco and sugar pro duced in the Philippine Islands be ‘en- tirely removed, and that free trade be- tween the islands and the United States in the products of each gountry then be provided for by law. A statute in force, enacted April 15, | 1804, suspends the operation of the coastwise laws of the United States up- on the trade between the Philippine Islands and the United States until Th July 1, 1808. I earnestly recommend that this suspension be postponed unti July 1, 1905. I think it of doubtful utility to apply the wise daws to the trade between the United States and the Fhilippines under an: um- stances, because I am convinced that it will do no good whatever to Amer- ican bottos and will only interfere and be an obstacle to the trade between the Philippines and the United States; but if the coastwise law must be thus applied, certainly it ought not to have effect l::lll fref trgdehc(l enjoyed be- tween the people of the United Stal and the people of the Philippine muffl in _their reepective products. 1 do not anticipate that free trade between the islands and the United States will produce a revolution in the _.ufnr and tobacco production of the i Philippine Islands. So r‘tlmltlva are agriculture | the ‘'methods of in the Philippine Islands, so0 slow is ital in {olll. to the islands, so ifficul- | ties surround a large ricultural en- ! terprise in the islands, that it will be years before the products se islands will have any effect whatever upon the marke! United States. 5L 2he The problem of labor Is also a for- midable one with the sugar and tobac- co producers in the islands. The best friends of the Filipino people and the people themselves are utterly opposed to the admission of Chinese coolle, labor. Hence the only solution is th?w training of Filipino labor, and this will | take a long time. The enactment of a law by the Congress of the United States making provision for free trade between the islands and tHe Unlledl States, however, will be of great portance from a political and senti mental standpoint; and while its a tual benefit has doubtless been exa, gerated by the people of the islands, they will accept this measure of justice as an indication that the people of the United States are anxious to ald the people of the Philippine Islands in every way, and especially in the agri- cultural development of the Archi- pelago. It will aid the Filipino with- out Injuring interests in America. PROBLEMS IN HAWAIL Forts Needed and Coolie Labor Must Be Kept Out. In my judgment immediate steps should be taken for the fortification of Hawall. This is the most important point in the Pacific to fortify in order to conserve the interests of this coun- try. It would be hard to overstate the importance of this need. Hawall is too heavily taxed. Laws should be enacted setting aside for a period of, sfl?’ twen- y years, 75 per cent of the Internal revenue and customs receipts from Ha- wall as a special fund to be expended in the islands for educational and pub lic buildings, and for harbor improv: ments and military and naval de- fenses. It cannot be too often repeated that our aim must be to develop the Territory of Hawaii on traditional American lines, That Territory has serious commercial and industrial problems to reckon wi but no measure of relief can be col sidered which looks to legislation ad- mitting Chinese and restricting them by statute to fleld labor and domestic ser- vice. status of servility can never again be tolerated on American soll. We cannot concede that the proper solution of its problems is speclal legislation ad- mitting to Hawall a class of laborers de- nied admission to the other States and Territories. There are obstacles, and eat obstacles, in the way of build- ng up & representative community i the Hawallan Islands; but it is not in the American character to give up in the face of difficulty. Many an American commonwealth has been bullt up against odds equal to those that now confront Hawail. No merely half-hearted effort to meet its problems as other American com- munities have met theirs can be accepted am final. Hawail shall never become a Territory in which a governing class ot rich planters exists by means of coolie labor. Even if the rate of growth of the Territory is thereby rendered slower, the growth must only take place by the admission of {mmigrants fit in the end to_assume the duties and burdens of full American citizenship. Our aim must be to develop the Territory on the same basis of stable citizenship as exists on this continent. CASE OF PORTO RICO. American Citizenship Should be Con- ferred om Natives. 1 earnestly advocate the adoption of legislation which will explicitly confer American citizenship on all citizens of Porto Rico. There is, in my judgment, no excuse for faflure to do this. The harbor of San-Juan should be dredged and improved. The expenses of the Fed- eral court of Porto Rico should be met from the Federal treasury and not from the Porto Rican treasury. The elections in Porto Rico should take place every four years and the Legislature should meet in session every two years. The present form of government in Por- to Rico, which provides for the appoint- ment by the President of the members of the Executive Council or upper house of the Legislature, has proved satisfactory end has inspired confidence in property- owners and investors. I do not deem it ddvisable at the present time to change this form in any material feature. The roblems and needs of the island are in- u\‘xlu‘;uflu and commercial rather than po- INSULAR INDUSTRIES. Beiter Laws Needed to Invite Inves ment of Capital, I wish also to. call the attention of Con- e:?‘ to one question whlcl} aff nsular ions generally, namely, the need of an Increased liberality in the treatment of the whole franchise ques- ton in these islands. In the proper de- sire to prevent the islands being exploited by -fi:culnorl and to have them develop in the interest of their own people an error has been made in refusing to grant sufficiently Liberal terms to induce the investment of American capital In the Philippines and in Porto Rico. Elsewhere in this me: I have spoken strongly against the jealousy of mere wealth and_especially of corporate wealth as sych. But it is cularly re- ttable to allow any suc) 01 to develo] when we are “:lyuur with our insular or foreign affairs. Thbe big corporation has achieved its present position In the business world simply be- cause it s most effective instrument in business competition. In f ag- fairs we cannot afford 8 by in any way the o& cy of our business organizations. In way we cannot afford to hind y industrial devel en Q%ll'mbfi- om twisted jealousy of Immm success. It of course, a mere truism to that the business interests of the -x wili o Mvdnln-d if it becomes the financial interest mebody. to develop them. Yet this development l’: one of things most earnestly to be wished for st e interest of the islands themselves, all possib] ucational u'fia:mt: 08! ., important though are, it 1s not less important that we should favor thelr industrial de- e vernment can in certain wi help this directly, as by bulld BO roads; but the fundamental vital help must be filvan through the develop- ment of the industries of th and a most efficient means a encourage blg American corporat mxet lhfl\‘llf:- in them of the islands, but, these objects ownership of min- e e gl LW Y Ehiliiines ana Portd Rics" the limic 3 Po holdings of land should be largely DELEGATE FOR ALASKA. I earnestly ask t a n 1d be Ao St the Guis”of a %nm to t.h‘: !.g‘,lon River, in Agrfl\:: advocated certain sdditional action on bes hailf of Alaska. I shall not now repeat those recommendat , but I shall lay ARt T Bt 1 thoe'fo mot deemed wise then m factory results. him appointive. At any rate, Alaska some person whose business it shall be to speak with authority on her give behalf to the Congress. The natural re- sources of Alaska are great. Some of the chief needs of the pecullarly ener- getie, self-reliant and typically American white population of Alaska were set forth in my last message. 1 also earnestly ask your attention to the needs of the Alaskan Indians. All In- dians who are competent should receive the full rights of American citizenship. It is, for instance, a gross and indefen- sible wrong to deny to such hard-work- ing, decent-living Indlans as the Met- lakahtlas the right to obtain licenses as captains, pilots and engineers, the right to enter mining claims and to profit by the homestead law. These particular In- dians are civilized and are competent and entitled to be put on the same basis with the white men round about them. STATEHOOD PROPOSED FOR THE TERRITORIES President Urges .That They Be Admitted as Two New States. I recommend that Indian Territory and Oklahoma be admitted as one State and that New Mexico and Arizona be admitted as one State. There iS no ob- ligation upon us to treat territorial subdivisions, which are maters of con- venience only, as binding us on the uestion of admission to Statehood. othing has taken up more time in the Congress during the past few years than the question as to the Statchood to be granted to the four Territories above mentioned, and after careful con- sideration of all that has been devel- oped in the discussions of the questions 1 recommend that they be immediately admitted as two States. There is no Justitication for further delay; and the advisability of making the four Terri- tories into two States has been clearly established. In some of the Territories the legis- lative assemblies 1issue license for ling. The Congress should by law forbid this practice, the harmful re- sults of which are obvious at a glance. PROGRESS IN THE WORK ON THE PANAMA CANAL Money Needed at Once in Order That Construction May Not Stop. The treaty between the United States dand the Republic of Panama, under which the construction of the Panama Canal was made possible, went into effect with its ratification by the United States Senate on February 23, 1904. The canal properties of the French Canal Company were transferred to the United States on April 23, 1804, on pay- ment of $40,000,000 to that company. On April 1, 1905, the commission was reorganized, and it now consists Theodore P. Shonts (chairman), Charles E. Magoon, Benjamin M. Harrod, Rear Admiral Mordecal T. Endicott, Briga- dier General Peter C. Hains and Colonel Oswald H. Ernst. John F. Stevens was upxolnt.d chief engineer on July 1 last. ctive work in canal construction, mnlnlly preparatory, has been in prog- ress for less than a year and a half. Durlnfih&t period two points about the canal have ceased to be open to dcbate, First, the question of route; the canal will be built on the Isthmus of Panama, Second, the question of feasibility; there aro no physical obstacles on this route that American engineering skill will not be able to overcome without serfous difficulty, or that will prevent the camgleuon of the canal within a reasonable time and at a reasonable cost. This is viftually the wnanimous testimony of the engineers who have lnveati:nted the matter for the Govern- men ‘The point which remains unsettled is the question of type, whether the canal shall be one of several locks above sea level, or at sea level with a single tide lock. On this point I hope to lay be- fore the Congress at an early day the findings of tl Advisory Board of American and European Engineers, that at my invitation have been consid- ering the subject, together with the re- port of the commission thereon: and such comments thereon or recommenda- tions in reference thereto as may seem necessary. 3 TLe American people is pledged to the speediest possible construction of a canal adequate to meet the demands which the commerce of the world will make upon it, and I appeal most earn- estly to the Congress to ald in the ful- fililment of the pledge. Gratitying been made during- the past fally during the past four months. The ater part of the nec- essary preliminary work has been done.” Actual work of excavation could limited scale till the canal zons was made a healthful lace to live in and to work in., The sthmus had to be sanitated first. This task has been 80 thoroughly accom- rnshed that yellow fever has wir- ually extirpated from the isthmus ana gen‘:.l health conditions vastly im- o’ The same methods which converted the island of Cuba from a pest hole, which menaced the health of the world, fnto a healthful place of abode, nave been applied on the isthmus with satis- There is no reason to doubt that when the plans for water supply, paving and sewerage of Pan- ama nm{ Colon and the large labor camps have been tull{ carried out, the isthmus will 2" ftor the tropics, an un- usually healthy place of abode. The work is so far gdvanced now that the health of all thi ::?loyod in canal work is as well guarded as it is on similar work in this country and else- where. In addition to ,l:flifil.tlng the isthmus, of clent pro have been installed to -w. us to re- sume the work of excavation on a large is needed now and without de- & an appropriation the Congress 0 meet the current an . penses of the commission. The fir - rngrluutm of $10,000,000, out of the gll ,000,000 & by the ner act was made It nearly three ago. Tan SE 1t Tomaining s fo carn o a&mng: to the M'fi..fln ycu-: twatut@ma-uh:ng st ceass. ust any length of time ‘the Un- 1905. There will be no money with which to meet pay-roll obligations and none with which to meet bl coming due for materials and supplies; and there will be demoralization of the forces, here and on the isthmus, now workin, 80 harmoniously and effectively, i there is delay in granting an emergen- cy Apgroprlnuon. Estimates of the amount necessary will be found in the accompanying reports of the Secretary of War and the commission. — CHANGES IN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE Should Be More Perfectly Or- ganized and the Salaries Readjusted. I recommend more adequate Pprovi- sfon than has been made heretofore for the work of the Department of State. Within a few years there has been a very great Increase in the amount and importance of the work to be done by that department, both in Washington {and abroad. This has been caused by | the great inerease of our foreign trade, the Increase of wealth among our peq- ! ple, which enables them to travel more | generally than heretofore, the increase | of American capital which is leakin!l investment In foreign countries, an the growth of our power and weight in | the councils of the civilized world. { There has been no eorresponding in- crease of facilitles for doing the work lafforded to the department having ‘char?e of our foreign relations. Neither at home nor abroad Is there a sufficient WGrkmi force to do the business properly. n many respects | the system, which was adequate to the work of twenty-flve, or even ten, years nFe, is inadequate now, and should be | changed. Our consular force should be, classified, and appointments should be made to the several classes, with au- thority to the executive to assign the members of each class to duty at such posts as the interests of the service re- quire, instead of the appointments be- ing made as at present to specified posts. There should be an adequate in- spection service, 80 that the department may be able to inform itself how the business of each consulate is being done, instead of depending upon casual private information or rumor. The fee system should be entirely abolished, and a due equivalent made in salury to the officers who now eke out their subsistence by means of fees. Sufficient provision should be made for a clerical force in every consulate, com- posed entirely of Americans, instead of the insufficient provisions now made, which compels the employment of great numbers of citizens of" foreign coun- tries, whose services can be obtained for less money. At a large part of our consulates the office quarters and the clerical force are inadequate to the per- formance of the onerous.duties im- Fosed by the recent provisions of our mmlfntlou laws as well as by our in- creasing trade. In many parts of the world the lack of suitable quarters for our embassies, legations and consulates detracts from the respect in which our officers ought to be held, and seriously impairs their weight and influence. uitable provision should be made for the expensc of keeping our diplomatic officers more fully informed of what is being done from day to day In the progress of our diplomatic affairs with other countries. The lack of such in- formation, caused by insufficient ap- propriations available for cable tolls and for clerical and messenger service, frequently puts our officers at a great disadvantage and detracts from their usefulness. The salary list should be readjusted. It does not now cor- respond either to the importance of the service to be rendered and the d ee of abtlity and experience requirs in the different positions, or to the dif- ferences In the cost of living. In many cases the saiaries are quite inadequate. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House, December 5, 1905. LKNS GFFERS CINPRONISE Senator Regarded as Spokes- man for Railroads Sug- gests Mild Rate Bill WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Senator EI- kins, chairman of the Committee on In- terstate Commerce, after reading the President's message to-day, made the following statement regarding railroad rate legisiation: As I understand it, the President does not desire to vest in the commission arbitrary and uncontrolled power to fix rates. He has re- peatedly stated that the action of the com- mission In fixing a rate should be subject to review by the courts and that the rallway companies should be furnished legal protection aga/nst any Injustice. That being the case, a law giving to the commission power to fix rates should not be drawn in such manner as to Eive to the commission purely legisiative discretion in fixing cates. It should give to the commis- sion power to .change any rate only if the existing rate be unreasonable or otherwise in violation of the Interstate commerce act, and it should give to the commission power to change s Tate that Is unreasonabie or otherwise unlawful oEly o the extent that such change may be necessary in order to remove un~ reasonableness or other illegality of the rate. In other words, It should give to the commis- sion only power to reduce a rate ta the - mum that would be reasopable and lawful If originally imposed Iz‘lhe railway company. A statute can be drawn to effect this resuit. If those who advocate vesting in the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to fix rates are in good faith seeking to carry out the policy the President they should be willing to accept a statute giving to the commission power to fix rates antially in the follow- ing_terms: “Whenever any rate fare or fixed by any common carrier for any service shall unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of any provision of the ect approved February 4, 1887, entitled ‘An act to regulate erce, atory thereof, the Interstate Commerce Com- miselon shall have power, after investigating the facts and h the parties affected, t ake an mnm luch""fi»h. fare o\: charge so far .as may necessary in order to remove the unreasonablemess, unjust dis- crimination or other lllegality such order shall take effect at th jon. of such time us the commission shall prescribe, not less than —— days after publication Gh0F BRI R B o 2 en o & to rev! order In Circuit Court of the United States for any district through which the line of s | thereof; and .carrier may and if the court in proceeding . that the rate by | such carrier was not unreasonable, discriminatory or otherwise unlawful, it shall enter a decree setting such order; if the court shall find that such order the rate, fare or charge fixed by the carrier elther :imork—thln w::' e mm,.,_ move the unre eness, the u m- ination or other illegality of such rate, fare or the court by its decree and correct such order -W?’.'" Senator Bikins sald he would favor such a measure as he had outlined and belleved it meant a solution of the prob- | lem that had been agitating the country / for a long time. This is the first indica- | tion that has been given by Senator El- kins as to the railroad. legislation he would support. i - ————— Block System for Rallroads. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Representa- tive Esch of Wisconsin introduced a bill to-day requiring tbe installation of the block system on all passenger railway lines by July 1, 1311. The bill requires the installation of the system on one- fourth of the lines within two years and the gradual increas€ of the lines so equipped up to 1911, - —_—— Utah Wants Part of Arfsona. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Representa- tive Howell of Utah to-day mmnu C.M!:‘m annex to Utah that part o Arizo north and w “ Colorado River, ¢ 0k By PARESFORWAR CHINESE COOLIES MUST BE KEPT B0T OF THE COUNTRY The conditions in China are such that the entire Chinese coolie class, that is, the class of Chinese la- borers, skilled and un- skilled, legitimately come under the head of unde- sirable immigrants to this country, because of their numbers, the low wages for which they work, and their low standard of liv- ing. Not only is it to the | interest of this country to keep them out, but the Chinese authorities do not desire that they should be admitted. At present their entrance is prohib- ited by laws amply ade- quate to accomplish this purpose. These laws have been, are being and will be, ghoroughly enforced. ¥.4% % Chinese . stw dents, business and pro- fessional men of all kinds BOTH HOUSES HEAR MESSACE President’s Recommenda- tions to Congress Are Read in the Senate and House HIS WORDS APPLAUDED Preliminary Steps Taken To- ward Appropriating Emer- geney Funds for Canal WASHINGTON, Dec. §5.— President Roosevelt's message to Congress re- eeived the attention of the House fi two and a half hours to-day. Its rea ing was listened to With marked at- | tentton, and at its concluston the decu- ment was applauded. Preliminary steps were taken toward appropriating the needed emergency funds for the Panama canal, and this matter will be the business for to-mor- row. Should unanimous consent be re- fused for its consideration. & 8pacial rule from the Committes on Rules will be avallable, which will put the bill on its passage after a limited period for discussion. The House recelved and ordered re- terred to one. of the regular election committees a protest from the Fifta Congressional District of Illinois, stat- ing that Anthony Nichalek, who was yesterday sworn in as a member of tha House from that district. is not s eiti- |zen of the United States. The protest was presented by Mr. Ralney of that State, who asked for consideration of =~ the matter by & special committee. This point was the only one contested, — not only merchants, it being suggested by Mann that it was ¥ a matter for the proper Elections Com- but bankers, doctors, mittee to consider, and his amendment to this effect was adopted on a yea and manufacturers, profess- vt : On motion of Goldfogle of New York ors, travelers and the like a resolution was read expressing the —should be encouraged sympathy of the American pecple for the distressed Russian Jews. The res- olution was ordered printed in the Rec- ord and referred to the Committees on Forelgn Affairs. - The Senate was in gession for ‘flflm three hours to-day and gave practic ly all of its time to listening to the reading of the President's annual mes- {sage. There was a large attendance of Senators and the galleries were well filled, most of the time with represen- tatives of the general public. The doc- ument received close attention from both classes, many Senators following the reading throughout with printed copies in thelr hands. R GILLETT FATHERS BILLS. Introduces Measure to Reclassify the Laads iu Califorania. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Representa- tive Gillett to-day introduced a bill for the re-examination and reclassification with special reference to their mineral character of all unpatented lands in Caljfornia with tand grant¥ and_fn- demnity land grant limits of the Cen- tral Pacific. Western Pacific and Cali- fornia and Oregon rallroads. He also introduced bills appropriuting $135,000 for a lighthouse tender on the Pacific Coast and $350,000 for a pubiie build- ing at Eureka. Representatives Knowland and Smith will represent California in the Jele- gation at the opening of the Immigra- tion Congress, which will begin to- morrow in New York under the au- spices of the Natiomal Civie Federation. ILLINOIS FREIGHT RATES CUT DOWN Action Taken by Rail Board After Conferen: With Governor. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Dec. 5.—Late this afternoon the State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, after 3 conference with Governor Deneen lasf ing three hours, announced a reduction of 20 per cent from existing freight rates now in effect in Illinols. The re- duction is horizontal and applies to all ten classes of freight and is all over the State. The reduction is made on application of the shippers’ associations of Decatur and Springfleid. ———— KENTUCKY COMPROMI:SS WITH SOUTHERN to come here and treated on precisely the same footing that we treat stu- dents, business men, trav- elers and the like of other nations. TO0 VICIUNT FOR DEMOCAATS Republican Congressmen of California- Will Introduce Japanese Exclusion Bill| Soecial Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING, ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The plans of the California Democrats, by which the Re- publican members of the House were to be _embarrassed, will be spoiled by the introduction of a bill to-morrow by Rep- resentative McKinlay extending the pro- visions of the Chinese exclusion law so as to include Japanese and Koreans. The bill has the approval of the California delegation and was unanimously agresd to by them to-day In caucus. Information reached Washington that the element represented by ex-Represent- ative Livernash and Including O. A Tveitmoe, Walter McArthur and Andrew Furuseth, was preparing a measure of import to be introduced by Representa- tive Hearst of New York or some other Democratic member with- the hope ap- parently that this would forestall action on the part of the Republicans and cause them to fall in line behind their Demeo- cratic brothers. When the California members heard of this alleged purpose they hurriedly called a caucus and appointed McKinlay, Gi- lette and Hayes as a committee to draw up a bill. No dissenting voice was raised and those present pledged themselves to use every effort to secure favorable ac- tion at this session. Both Senators ac- quiesced in the caucus action. The bin will be introduced in the House by Repre- sentative McKinlay. Tt is stated by the members of the dele- gation that there are 60,000 Japanese in California and nearly 100,000 in the United States. During the lu:h;m more ;m $000 Japanese came to country from the Hawailan Islands, Members of the delegation say that the rapld influx of Japanese is regarded as a memace to American labor. The conditions which inspire this bill are sald to be the same as those which brought about the Chi- j PACIFIC ¢ to pay its county and State taxes year on an assessed of $3,700,000. The Southern Pacifie road pany is a holding corperatien, no possessions in Kentucky. Only an affice is located here. The rd tion in valuation was on the basis that the United States Supreme Court has decided that the State of Kentucky cannot tax tangible property not within the limits of the State. WABHINGTON, Dec. B5.—President Roosevelt has removed from office James C. Pettijohn, register of the land office at Valentine, Neb, for par- ticipation in alleged land frauds in that State, and has demanded the immediate resignation of the receiver, Albert L. HONOLULU, Dec. §.—The Sugar Towle. The office for the present will | Plamters’ Association met this morning be in charge of a special agent of the | and decided to send to the Aszores, Land Office. through the Territorial Board of Im- ————ee migration. for 1000 families ¢ labor- y S :: e Wit ‘n'a an agent froi :hr: WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Army or- nters will sen - - ders—Malor James Caudy, permdster, | mpintty, SN Affiem sl 3 relieve du elieved of duly at San Francisco, to 1t is reported here that J. P. Cooke effect at such ti i o sail ahout Februaty 16 for atane | Wil Ve sppolnted Secretary of the Ter- —_— HAWAIl WILL IMPORT LABORERS FROM AZORES Sugar Planters Desire to Secure One Families for the fla for duty. Major Willlam B, Soho- | [itory should Atkinson resign that of- ::m.rmnor. is reljeved of duty in ——-.‘-.__.-— e ppines to take effect upon the arrival of Malor Canby and will then | PENNSYRVANES Botwnoan proceed to San Francisco and report for further orders. Captain John ll Switzer, Fourth Infantry, now at Mort McDowell, will proceed to Fort Thom- as, Ky., for duty. A leave of absence for three months Is granted to Fiest Lieutenant Arthur M, Shipp. Twentieth Infantry, Philippines. Post Quarter. master Sergeant Arthur Levinsohn, Philippines, I8 relieved from teher duty in that division and will b sent to San Francisco- tor orders, Action Taken PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5.—~In view of the general agitation on the subject of legislation on railroad rates and the abolition of all forms of rebates and soncessions, it has been directed by the management ¢f the Pennsylvania Rail- road that all torms of free tion will be discontinued after the of the prasent year. 2 E ——— s The wmn usually wins—the ol e hines