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e?3 THE MORNING- OEEGONIAN, WEPffESPAT, MAY 20, 1901. 2 llllMIIMg I ITS LABORS ARE I NDED XAST DAY'S SESSIOJf.OF THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLE' Trounle Occurred Over the Selection of a- Clxalrmaxof the Revision. PHTJADEI-HIA, Mayk-The nsth Presbyterian General Assembly -was ; Ab solved at 6:15 o'clock tonight by Mod erator Mlnton? after living been Jn ses sion nearly "two -weeks during which time many matters of the utmost im , fit tK church "were -considered Cl. . .nr. m-oc ii mieation. re-rw rardin-r the revi-Hon of the-xonfesslbn f faith. After a discussion continuing nearly elxdays, this momentous ques tion wsSSreSSSj&.t a. special committee. whlcVritf makeVecommendatlons as to the SwJb 'which the creed should be revised and present them to the next general assembly, which will meet In New York: . -v , .. Todays ;lQr the first time since the assembly convened, the equanimity of the commissioners was disturbed by the In troduction of personalities. The trouble occurred durlnff the discussion --on the chairmanship of the revision committee. Rev Dr. J. D. Moffatt suggested a change in the minutes of yesterday's session, so that the records would show that a new committee iBd.Jeen appointed to revise the creed, regardless of the old committee of "which Rev. Dr. Charles AlPIckey was chairman His suggestion was adopted and- d&Bfc. JDr.m James E KofCfttt, of umberfend, JMh, moved that Moderator Mlntopbe elected chairman 01 "the coSmltteTOTncensed.lhe Mento of Dr. Dickey, andr althoaghJDr. Mdffatts motion prevailed, lh5 subject was re vived later In the session. by Rev. 5. J. Nicolls, of St. Louis. Dr. Nicolls moved to reconsider the" motion, but as he had not been present during the ear lier days, he was declared out of order. The motion to reconsider "was then re newed by Rev. W. D. Crockett, of Can ton -Pa., and many of the commissioners participated In the debate that followed. Realizing the delicacy of Tils position. Moderator Mlnton relinquished, the chair to Vice-Moderator Pltcalrn. The matter was finally adjusted by Dr. Dickey, who advised the assembly against reconsidering the inotion, saying he was confident there had been no at tempt to cast any reflection upon mm. but that the commissioners .merely de sired to Ixonor Ills successor as iloder- Drl Dickey's friends wanted the elec i r.t i. stVioiT-mnTi tfi he joaJe bv the committee, in which event It Is conceded tv nuiroir wnnitf hnw been re-elected, The motion, however, was lost. There are still six members of the revision committee tobe appointed; hut Moder ator Mlnton said today that lie had not yet made, any selection ThrSn? hours3 ol : the assembly were "T.-T-'T- .1.' w. "t iccnivimr devoted, to routine matters, "in, dissolving the assembly, Jaoaerator ju.im.on inuue m eloquent address, and before the final benediction was pronounced the commis sioners sang "Blest Be the Tie That Binds." The first order of the day was the re port of the special committee on vacancy and supply, read by Judge Robert N. Wilson, of this city. The report contains plans for the employment of unemployed ministers, and the supply of vacant churches. To carry out these plans the adoption of the following resolution is recommended: "That all ecclesiastical changes will be reported, upon their occurence, by the stated clerk of the- presbytery4 to the stated clerk of the general assembly, who shall Issue a supplement to the minutes at regular Intervals, containing a list of such changes. These lists shall be fur nished without charge to the chairman pf Presbyterian and synodlcal committees to the clerks of presbyteries and synods, and, upon Tequest, to unemployed min isters and to the clerks of sessions of vacant congregations. "That a standing committee of the as sembly, consisting of five ministers and four elders, Is- hereby constituted, to be known as the standing committee on vacancy and supply. To this committee shall be referred for consideration all matters connected with the subjects of employed ministers and the supply of vacant churches." The committee, with the exception of Rev. Robert R Sample, chairman, deemed Inexpedient the establishment of a per manent committee of the Assembly to act as a bureau of information in the matter of vacancies and supply. Dr. Sample offered resolutions appointing this permanent committee, with a salaried corresponding secretary. The portion of the report In which all agreed was adopt ed, and the remainder referred back to the committee, to be reported upon at the next assembly, Dr. Roberts, stated clerk, as chairman, read the report of the special committee on young people's work. The committee expressed the opinion that the pastor should be the recognized head of all de partments of young people's organiza tions. The committee also presented a plan for the Presbyterian and synodlcal supervision or "oversight of young peo ple's societies." The report was finally taken- Tip verbatim. The resolutions authorising a plan of oversight and estab lishing a standing committee on young people's work were defeated. TThe" re- mainder of the report was adopted. At the afternoon session, Rev. Dr. S. A. Freeman, of Buffalo, Tead the report of the committee on temperance, which snad- the Xollowing, recommendations, which were adopted. "We urge the ministers and laymen of this assembly and of our church at large to call the attention of the congressmen of their districts to the need of the com pletion of legislation, already begun for the protection from the drink traffic of the native .Inhabitants of the Islands of the Southern Pacific Ocean. We earnestly request our national .authorities to take effective actlqn fQr the suppression and exclusion of the traffic In lntoxlcants from our new possessions and depen dencies. ""Wo heartily, endorse the petltlonxwhloh our foreign board ndjnany other. Ameri can missionary societies-have sent, to the President asking that out Government Shall Initiate proposals to the powers that 6hall lead in connection with the settle ment of our Chinese difficulties to the re lease of China from treaty obligations to tolerate the opium traffic, which she has long desired to prohibit 'Inasmuch as the cigarette habit among the young people of our country has reached such alarming proportions as to demand decisive action, we recommend that our permanent committee be directed to call the attention of our churches to this great evil and urge them to use their utmost endeavors to counteract the same." The committee to which was referred the plan for selecting standing commit tees, known as the "Peoria plan." report ad that the method was desirable. The report was adopted. After treating, of the necrological list. Moderator Mlnton announced the appointment of the fol lowing members of the special commit tee on evangelical work: John U. Con verse, Philadelphia, chairman: Rev. Dr. George T. Purves, New York; Rev. J.Wil bur Chapman. New York; Rev. W. J. Chichester, Chicago; Rev. S. S. Palmer. UOlumous, J.. -rvev. joun x. onaw, ixew wiumDus, vj.. .rvev. juuh x. ou, -c York; Rev. George P. Wlleon, Washing- 4 urn., xvc. uvulae a- I'liwn, .,ou.i.0- ton: Elders William E. Dodge. .New York: J. J, Buchanan, Pittsburg; Charles te tTnlt Phlwurn. Rev. W. EL Boggs, of the First Pres byterian Church, Jacksonville, Pfa., made an appeal to the assembly for aid. His church was destroyed In the recent tils cnurcu was ucsuujcu cue icv-cm. m ., .... v.t .lo-hin. conuaBrnuon, u uwv i '""r'""4"" frs were renaerea almost aesutuie. ae ald ne neeoea $id,uaj. When Mr. 3ogs had. concladed hlsap- peal. Moderator. Mlnton addressed" the as sembly as follows: "We hava come to the final moment of the assembly. We came here full of an ticipation, and many of us felt some ap prehension. Some of the brethren have spoke flatteringly 04 me. I assure- you that -whatever I have .done.you- have, made possible. During all of our ses sions there was never e moment when a word was spoken which" might he re gretted." The moderator complimented bis as sistants, and urged the commissioners to remain steadfast in the faith, and dis solved the assembly. The commissioners sang "BlesI Be the Tie That"Blnds,"aha Dr. Mlnton pronounced the benediction, the final act of the assembly. CHANGED THEIR- CREED. United Preaoyterians Toole ActlOB oa the Q.uetlon of Secret Societies. DE&.MOrNES. May. 2g. By a vote ot 90 to S3, this afternoon, the General As sembly of the United Presbyterian Church adopted the judiciary committee's report with regard to an Interpretation of artl- .1a IE nf ia nrnisJ Tho OCtfnn flf the aS- TnViiir in n ffwt tfi Avclnde members xt secret orders from admission to the church. It is also interpreted Dy eome delegates to mean the exnulsion Of mem- hers of the church who now belong to .se cret societies. The final discussion on me question was long and heated. M. C. Mc Klttrick, of Los Angelee, Cal., said- he would rather cut oft his right hand than to vote for the exclusion of members of secret societies already in the church, "If we let this j-enort cro through as it Is," said Dr. McCreery, of Pittsburg, heat edly, "we are saying that men wno nave been good members of the United Pres byterian Church for years must be turned out nf doors. I want, to tell'you. fathers and brothers, that if we pass this report without amendment we are going to mane more trouble than the United Presbyterian Church has ever .seen. Some members of the assembly violent ly opposed to secret orders objected to the section of the report of the committee which removed the ban of the church from organizations which do not "incul cate a Christless religion." R. G. Camp bell, who moved to strike out the section of the report wilch said the testimony doea not Include such orders,, held that labor unions should not be approved by the church. This idea was strongly op posed. The assembly this morning plungea into a discussion of the report of the judiciary committee as to the change In creed with regard to admitting members of se cret orders into the church. Rev. R. G. Campbell, of College Springs, la., moved to amend the report by striking out the following section: "This nr-tlnn is not Jo he construed as to -exclude from the church the memoer shlp of a large number of societies which are not bound by oath or affirmation or do net pledge to secrecy In things un known or to Inculcate a Christless relU Blon." Dr. -T A. f!rlpr chairman of the com mittee on judiciary, protested against the change for the reason that there has been a constant call for a definition. "The article." said the doctor, "does not nut such societies as the G. A. R. under the ban. and on the other hand we are not Indorsing them." Dr. J. A. McClerken. of Pittsburg, .Fa., said he favored the judiciary report be cause it discriminated between the good and bad secret societies. Dr. J. M. Wallace, also of Pittsburg, said: - "I dn nnt hpHfv thai the church should he stirred up over an overture. For the sake of the Tvorklngmen I do not want this part of the report stricken out. The worklngmen have just as good a right to form a union as Morgan has a trust, and I do object -to te woTklngmen being kept out of the church because they form themselves into a union to protect them selves against their oppressors." Rev. J. P. Ross, of Ohio, favored the amendment because the secret orders' are rivals to the church for the reason they trade in a false religion. ' "They have wine parties, card parties' and many other snares," concluded the speaker. In closing up the debate Dr..-Grler said: "T am ashamed nt the United Presby terian Church In its shuffling in the mat ter. The report of the committee is more -to the point than the amendment rpro posed. In the report we say we shall not take pagans Into .the church, even If they are called Masons. We say la boring men, Grand Army men and such have rights in the church." "What will be the effect of this re port," asked Dr. McConriell, "on those who are already Masons and In the church?" "That Is a most difficult thing to han dle.' said Dr. Grier. "but when men know the truth and do It not to them It Is to be counted a sin." Rev. Dr. Little offered an amendment which would permit Masons to become members of the church, but It was voted down. Then came the vote upon the amendment offered by Rev. Dr. Campbell, and It was also voted down. A vote was then ordered on the report of -the ju diciary committee, but on a point Of order It was postponed until the afternoon session. SUES TO RECOVER STOCK. Cnse Against a Trnstee of the Car negie Compnny. PITTSBURG, May 28. Attorneys today filed a 'bill In equity for William W. Blackburn, secretary of the Carnegie Company, 'in his capacity of trustee for the Carnegie Company, against Andrew M. Moreland, president of the Moreland Trust Company, and ex-secretary and trustee of the Carnegie Company, in which Mr. Blackburn names the Carne gie Company as codefendant, and seeks to secure the transfer and control of Carnegie Company stock of the value of &376.0C0, acquired by Moreland when he held the Carnegie Company trusteeship, and which stock he now holds and has refused to transfer unless he .is paid $500,000, claimed as compensation for serv ices as trustee. The stock which Mr. Blackburn alleges is unlawfully held by MOrpland Is part of the $3,200,000 of the capital stock of the Carnegie Company set aside -at the time of Its Incorporation for the beheflt of de serving employes and officials of the com pany. The bill of .Mr. Blackburn showe that the stockholders of., the Carnegie Company entered Into an agreement to set aside 2 per cent of each Individual's holdings to enable the employes and of ficers who were not stockholders to ac quire an interest in the companjv follow ing out the plan of stock distribution which Andrew Carnegie had made a feat ure of the business in past years, in which manner many of the incorporators of the Carnegie Company secured their Interests. iloreland's right to commission for his services as trustee Is denied, because he was an officer of the company, and when the stock was placed in his custody he was simply acting In the line of his duty as secretary, as his predecessor in the Carnegie Steel Company had done. Trial of Ex-Oaptaln King. MOBILE, Ala., May 28. Ex-Captain and Quartermaster Cyril W. King, in charge of the construction work at Fort Morgan, Ala., has been put on trial in the United States District Court, charged with receiving a bribe from Contractor J. H. Hobson. Hobson testified that last Summer he did 5S00O worth of work at the fort and that King rejected a great deal of material. In October King offered to he easier with him for a consideration. Hobson paid King $2000 in installments. the jast batch of money being marked jjjg jagrt oaten 01 money oeing maro. and verified by a Government detective, f ter these payments began King wat After these payments began King was less exacting upon noDSon s worK. Treasurer of DrHlds Arrested. uAr.T. TTVTT -Mars-. Mav 2 Dr. i..- . . -, -.. - -- vm-tnnoi TTnt-ris nf this citv. treasurer r. .r: "". i-l Am, ot uie oupiciuts x.wunwi . . -w..w Order of Druids, was arrested today on complaint of other officers of the supreme council, charged with grand larceny. There is an alleged shortage of $3500 In his accounts. ADJOURNMENT OF COURT PBUMPPDTK CASE WUA NOT BK'DE CIDED UNTIIi FAIX. Commeat oa the Several Decisions of the Halted States Snpreme " Coart "Header ea " Mbafiay. WASHINGTON, May 28. The Supreme Court adjourned without handing down decisions in the remaining insular cases, namely the second Dooley case which involved the validity of the collection of duties under the Foraker act on goods' taken into Porto Rico from the United" States, and the 14 diamond rings case, involving- the entry free of duty of rings' brought Into the United States by & re-' turning soldier from the Philippines. Noi decision can now be had until the October- term. SEXATOR FORJUKlErf'S VIEWS. Decision Vindicates ,. the w Position "Held by the Repa'bllcaas. NEW YORK, May 28. Senator J. B. For aker made the following statement con cerning the Supreme Court decision: "In order that the decision may be fully understood it is necessary to bear in mind that Porto Rico has passed through three distinct periods that have relation to these-cases. In the first place, prior to the Spanish-American War, Porto Rico was a province of Spain, and as such foreign territory in every sense of the word. The island remained foreign territory In -a legal sense, notwithstanding our conquest and military occupation, until the ratifi cation of peace, when It ceased to be for eign territory and became a possession or dependency of the United States, but not a part of the United States. Being a dependency of this country It was domes tie territory as contra-dlstlngulshed from foreign territory. It Is domestic terri tory still, but it underwent a further change in Its legal relations to this coun try when Congress enacted the law of April 12, 1900, providing a civil govern ment and the tariff duties for the support of the same. Since April 12, 1900, it is ter ritory belonging to the United States with respect of which Congress has enacted legislation fixing the status or- Its Inhab itants, providing a government for them and providing also for the necessary reve nues to support the same. Between the ratification of the treaty of peace and this legislation of April 12, 1900, it was tefrli tory of the United States with respect of which Congress had not exercised any porter whatever toy legislation or other wise. . "What the court decided was while we were occupying Porto Rico prior to the ratification of the treaty of peace it was foreign territory and our occupation and government was military, and all that was done, was In the nature of a military ne cessity and valid on this account; that from and after the ratification of the treaty of peace it was no longer foreign territory, but domestic territory In 'the meaning of our tariff laws, according to which tariff duties can be collected only on Importations from foreign countries, and that consequently the duties collected on imports from Porto Rico after the rati fication of the treaty of peace and prior to April 12. 1900. when Congress first legis lated,, wpre illegally collected illegally collected, however, not because Congress was without constitutional power to im- Ixrse such duties on Importations from Forto.-.Rlco, but because during that pe riod Congress had not so legislated. t"The third proposition decided by the court "and the one of supreme Importance was-that PortonRlco 'being a territory of the United States Is' not a ixtnvt of the "United States, but only terrltory.belonglnjr to the-"Unlted States, and that It Is there fore within the constltutlonar"powef 4 of Congress so to legislate with respect to It, in'duding'-the,, imposition "of tariff duties, as it may see fit; as Congress, had so"leg- islated-April 12, 1900, ;the provision's of that law are valid and to be upheld -and enforced. In other words, the effect of the decision Is that the Constitution does not follow the flag, and that Congress has plenary power under the Constitution to govern our insular acquisitions accord ing to their several necessities. The Su preme Court goes even farther and says that If there were no constitutional pro-, visions Investing Congress with this pow er. It would nevertheless 'ex-necessltate'. have this power, since the states acting in their statal capacity could not provide the necessary legislation, and political sovereignty can be exercised only by the political department of the Government - "The decision Is a complete-vindication of the position held by the Republican party with respect to the power of Con gress to legislate for Porto Rico and the Philippines, and settles it once for all that the United States Is the equal in, sovereign power of any other independent government." -, - SCENES-IN THE COURTROOM. Crowd Anxious to' Henr the Supreme Court's Decisions. , NEW YORK, May 28. Describing the scenes in the courtroom of the United States Supreme Court when it rendered its decisions in the insular cases, a special dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: No such crowdj either as to numbers or distinguished personnel, had. been seen In' the room as that assembled, and long lines of eager people stretched' in both directions from the doors down the gloomy corridors of the great Capitol J 'building. The colored bailiffs at the doors had all they could do to noia xne anxious, throng- on the outside In check and.iiro-t tect the august trlbunaf from being rudely shocked. . The -bare rumor that the court would render its decision in the insular suits sent people to the Capitol In a frenzy of excitement. Promptly at noon the court crier an nounced the appearance of "the Honora ble, the- Chief Justice of the -United States Supreme Court, and the Honorable Asso qlate 'Jus'tlces," as those dignitaries in their black robes of office emerged -from an ante-room on the north of the cham ber. Disappointment darkened every face in the chamber save the nine faces of those on the bench as; Justice McKenna, in a trembling voice, began to read a de cision in some ordinary litigation Vy di rection of Chief Justice Fuller, imme diately after the Justices were seated. Justice McKenna. the youngest member of the court In point of service, was fol lowed by Justice Peckham, the next youngest member, who droned out half audibly a decision in another case of no general Interest. Bar and spectators were about to de spair of hearing the long-looked-for opin ion delivered before Justice Peckham had finished his task, when the voice of Justice Brown rang out the now familiar title: "Dellma against George R. Bldwell, Col lector.'' The crowd then knew that the court was rjeady to deliver its decision In the great cases, and impatience immediately turned to an eager finterest, which was marked by a silence that was awe-Inspiring. Justice Brown had read scarcely a third of the opinion before it became evi dent that the decision was against the Government. In the second opinion, read by Justice Brown, it was made manifest that the reversal ot the court below in the Xiellma case was not a defeat for the Government, because the Dellma case was based on grounds materially different from those on which the Government -had planted Its etandard. Dellma had paid tariff duties prior to the passage of the Foraker act, and mpst of the other -cases were a challenge of'thls law. The latter cases were air decided In favor of the Government. Justice White was particularly eloquent and forceful in expounding his views, showing a depth of ' conviction and breadth of learning" that will give him a high standing among the great jurists of the world. In his dissenting opinion Justice Harlan Tras passionate and oratorical. It Is de clared by people who heard bis famous dissent In the income tax; decision that he was qyen. more .earnest and vehement than he was on, the other occasion. Jus tice Brewer, 'who also dissented from the majority opinion, spoke not a word dur ing the entire proceedings, nor did Justice Shlras, who agreed with the majority de cision. Chief Justice Fuller's dissent is regarded as a fine specimen of composi tion, and It was delivered With a- calm demeanor that is Characteristic of the learned head of the-court. ' RICHARDS' INTERPRETATION. Insular Policy of the AdralHlstratioa Sustained. WASHINGTON, May 28.r-Socltor-Gen-. eral Richards, of the Department of Jus "tlce.. who had charge ot the Insular cases before the Supreme Court, made the fol lowing statement containing his. interpre tation of the decisions of the court todayr "The Important question involved in thw? cases was whether the Cession of territory contained In the treaty of Parhrj made Porto Rico and the .Philippines in tegral parts of the United States within the meaning of. that provision of the fTnnstltntlon renulrlne- all duties, imposts land excises to be uniform . throughout the United States. Thecourt held -tnay the cession simply made Porto Rico and ,he Philippines, domestic .territory of the ,Unltcd States, subject to ihe full control -,of Congress, which control .could bd ex .erclsed without reference to those limita tions. This limitation, the court held, was intended to apply to the states of the Union, and does not apply to acquired ter ritory unless by treaty and by subse quent act of Congress it Is Incorporated within and becomes an Integral .partof .the United States , "The decisions are substantially -a. vic tory for the Government They sustain to the. fullest extent the so-called Insular policy of the Administration. The Gov ernment now has the sanction ot the Su preme Court for governing these islands as their neds and our interests may re quire. The court holds tha the-Constitu-tlon did not of its own force, afonce apply tQ those ceded territories,, placing their people, their products and tielr ports on an immediate equality with burs and con ferring upon them all the rights, -privileges and Immunities enjoyed by the peo ple, products and pbrts of the several states. Whlle their fundamental rights are preserved by those underlying principles of the Constitution N which- apply every where, the status of their citizens and the nature of customs and commercial regulations are to be determined by Con gress, and the e.xerc!se of the power, vested by the Constitution In Congress vto make all needful rules and regulations re specting territory belonging to the United States. Obviously, -what,! have said re garding PortO RlpO applies equally well to the, Philippines, so that the President Ms perfectly free under the "Spooner act to govern the Philippine' Islands as their nee'ds and fhelr Interests may require. "At the same time that the court 'has sustained to the fullest extent the conten tion of the Government In these' cases, it has directed as a matter of statutory construction that the Dlngley act could not 'be held to Impose duties on goods brought from Porto Rlco. -because, by cession Porto Rlco became domestic ter ritory of the United States,' and there fore ceased to be a 'foreign country.'. The decisions of the court call for -no change In the administration of the raw.'' The 'court did "not decide what Is known as the second Dooley case, which Involved the 'validity of the" collection of duties under the Foraker act of goods-taken Intp Porto Rlco f ronr ' the United States'. While I'have-Jio information on the ,sub-. ject" It- may be- thati-the caurtt tlynks there is involved In the- ease another ques tion aa toi whether such'duties should, not J amount to duties on articles exported rorn a state. - .- - r .. - v "The court also failed to dispose ol-what fourteen dla- e entry .fee. Hhe -UnUed; States by a' returning-' soldleV from theSJ Philippines.'! t -, . 1 , t ?' J- ' "VICTORY Fblt'ADMIPflfSTKATQN, fEx-Attorney-GenernI Grlps'ls'Thar- NEW YORK, May 2?. Ex-Attorney-General Griggs, in an Interview on the Supreme Court Porto Rlco decisions, said: '"It Is a splendid victory forvthe Admin istration onf the vital principle of expan sion. It is unnecessary for me'to say that I "am thoroughly satisfied with 'the result It Is a clear-cut victory for the Govern ment on the only really Important point Involved. t "Three distinct classes of action were' Involved; one-protesting against the 'col lecting of tariff upon Imports from Porto Rlco after the date of our armed occu .pancy, of the island and before the date of the ratification ,qf the treaty of peace; 'another protesting against tariff charges on' Imports between the ratfftcatlon and the pasage of the Foraker.act, and a third attacking the Foraker law as uncon stitutional. - ; "The decision scores a victory for. the Administration in the first of these classes a-hd uoon the alt-lmnortant' third.. 'The 'antl-Admlnstratlon'party wins in the sec ond class. That triumph is a mere matter of dollars and cents. Importers -will get back the money paid in tariff between the .ratification and the passage ofwthe Foraker act. Importers 'who paid without protesting will not get their money bacK. , "Tlie court decides that;the Foraker act Is constitutional, that this country has the legal right to govern Its new posses sions as territories, to make special laws for them and to tax their products. This has been the contention of the Adminis tration from the vpry start. It was .the principal IssUeMn the last campaign for President' Our- Porto -'Rlcan-legislation was selected by Mr. Bryan as-the main point of attack In his Indianapolis-speech. The decision puts a quietus upon that sort of thing and takes the matter. out of politics for all time. "This decision Is final. .There can be no anDeal The decision will not hurt 'Porto. Rlcan. trade- in the teast," - - Secretary Iiong's Vlesvs. 1 COL.ORADO SPRINGS. Colo.,' May 28.' Secretary of-the Navy Long and Senator' McMlllen. of Michigan, who are In the city, were Interviewed upon the decision of the Supreme Court upon, the Insular cases. Said Secretary Long. "It estab-: llshes the power of Congress .to legislate for the territories and the new Insular possessions. I do not care to discuss It further." - - - ( Senator McMlllen said: "I anticipated the decision, and, like all other good Re publicans, am well pleased with It. It Is good for the country. The decision will enable President McKlnley's -plans to be carried out now and in the future." Want to DIscnss Arbltratlou. LONDON, May 29. "No official infor mation from the United States Govern ment has yet been received." says the Buenos Ayres correspondent df the Times, wiring yesterday, "by Argentina, Brazil or Uruguay with regard to "a. modlflcatlon of the programme agreed upon as a- basis for the Pan-American Congress. If the United States insists upon restricting the discussion and setting aside free debate on arbitration, thereby satisfying Chilean pretensions, it Is certain that Brazil, Uruguiy, Bolivia Paraguay, Peru and Argentina will not be represented In the Mexican Congress." No Unrest in Guatemala. CHICAGO, May 2S.-J.' . McNally, United States Consul-General to the Re public of Guatemala, arrived at "the Audi torium Annex last night en route to his horpe In Pittsburg on a leave of absence.' "Guatemala never was more peaceable" or prosperous than at the present time,"" said Mr. McNally. "There are no evi dences of unrest or dissatisfaction among the'neople. Our trade with tlia't country Is increasing. American-made liaber dashery and farm implements take the lead'OYer all others." - - v -" PORTO RICANS COMPLAIN MUCH DISSATISFACTION 'WITH THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. Those" Whs Understand Its Import ance Predict aa Immediate ReTlval or Business. SAN JUAN, Porto Rlco, May 23. The first report ot the Supreme Court's deci sion, lh the Dellma case reached here last night It was Interpreted aa declaring the taxation of imports from Porto Rlco to the the United States at 15 per cent of the Dlngley duties to be unconstitutional, and wm reeetvprt with crrent satisfaction. To- dayr when the full report of the Dellma.' case vwas published, there was evidence of a" general feeling of disappointment among Porto Rlcan merchants, who had hoped that the court's decision would give a year's free trade. Porto Rlcans are re luctant to believe that today's" fulj report is true. " The consensus of opinion of the mat ter -seems to he that the Porto Rlcan Legislature should be convened In extra session", to declare Porto Rlco self-supporting without theeollectlon of customs on exports between Porto Rlco and the United Btates. A general -spirit of com plaint that all (he Supreme Court's de cisions were against. Porto Rlco Is no ticeable. When San Juan merchants were questioned on the subject, they manifest ed much regret at the outcome, as they had hoped to have refunded all the moneys paid under the 15 per cent appll cat!6n of the Dlngjey duties. It was gen erally expected that the. court's decision would" grant Porto Rlco free trade and her citizens full citizenship and consti tutional privileges. When told that If the latter privilege had been granted the In ternal revenue laws of the United States would be applied to the Islands, and that all funds and customs thereunder collected would be deposited In the Eed eral Treasury, all Porto Rlcans questioned In. the matter acknowledged that this would bp bad. and that their present status was preferable as they did not be lieve that, the island "would stand the collection of the United States Internal revenue, and that such collections, If at tempted, would necessitate an even heav ier property. tax for the maintenance ot Porto Rlco. Only a few Porto Rlco business men un derstand the Importance of the Supreme 'Court's decisions. Those who are bank ers predict an immediate revival of busi ness, now that the status of the coun try haa been decided. The manager of an Important bank, who requests that his name nor be used, sayn that he Is- In. fav.ar of the tariff unless it js absolutely proved that Porto Rlcan internal revenues are' sufficient for the Island's needs. The,J. T.'SUva Banking Company said: "The whoe thing is a fiasco. We would like, to be citizens of the United States, but ' without the application of United States revenue collections. The latter would .kill our Industries." The Frltze Lundt. Company,, the largest shippers of sugar In Porto Rlco. said: The Constitution of the United States applies when against us, but not when In. our favor.. This has always been so since the beginning; .If the tariff had heen re movedat first, Porto Rlco would now have double, crops. The American system of taxation cannot be applied here; there shpuJdjbe some, sensible -tax on flour and rice, but susraf should be free. This legis lation -appeats to" be for Americans and " Mdllenhoff& Korber, a large banklng h6usei"sald: ''Thls'ls a big step, forward. 'Spain wdiild not have returned anything. lit would be-Ja hard blow If the internal revenues "of' the United States were ap plied" here?' :?" " 5 'WD'. Marr, "in&na'g-er of a 'big sugar plantation, said": "The' distinction Is, too Seise, itfben jth B;olfan(deri hllLpmes into? full force,. JUy l, otherwise we wm ue under nractlcallv double taxation. Our Legislature has-been ,laxv-lt should have notified.'thc President that crorto uco- is self-supporting. I can- see now that the matter Is settled and much Improvement will take Dlace- in the. future." t . By agreement wth New -York houses. many torto xucan smypt-ja wu inc half nf the amounts refunded under the new decision. The people, generally are as much dlsappqlnted at npt being grantea American cltizenshlR as they are with the court's decision In regard to the tnHff Tho TORmhers of the Cabinet seem 'to favor free trade. The island's yearly" budget I-r'2,OCO,O0Q. A rough seml-omciai estimate gives an income at aw.uw u. " from the property tax; 575O.00O from ex cise collections under the Hollander bill, and $750,000 from custom collections, im ports and exports to and from countries other than the United States. The prop erty tax will be In force July 1, and assess ments will be ma'de on an estimated valu ation of $100,000,000. - Excise duties are'-now being collected. Porto Rlcans are gener ally of the opinion that thelr-Legtslature should now act. It is understood that Governor Allen Is giving his earnest con sideration 'to the practicability of -securing, at 'an early, date, free-trade rela ti6ns between PortoRlco and Germany. As a result or the consultations in Wash ington, between Governor Allen and Mr. McKlnley, Mr Hollander will In a -few days submit a report to Governor Allen showing the. operations of the formers new revenue act, from which It will ap pear that expectations are entertained as to the adequacy of the measure. It has been fully realized that the Insular treas ury is rapidly .approaching a position where It can dispense with the customs receipts accruing from 'the trade with the TTniror 'States without in any "wise en dangering" the present secure financial po-J sltlon or tne lsiana- By the "provision of section 3 of the Foraker- bill, free trade becomes oper ative whenever "the Porto Plcan Legis lature passes' a resolution that an ade quate system ot insular taxation has been put Into operation and President McKln ley, upon notification of this resolution, is to.proclalm free trade, for Porto Rlco. If the Dlan now in contemplation Is carried out. 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