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JfltWtW txgjmtt-mt VOL. XLL NO. 12,799. POETLAND, OREGON, THUESDAY, DECEMBEE 19, 1901. PEICE FIVE CENTS. u w te 2eiitkI simRk. diwll 4-t a,w Arm m We are Headquarters for all kinds of Rubber Goods. Rubber CLOTHING,BOOTS and SHOES BELTING, PACKING, HOSE Druggists' and Stationers' Supplies ...Goodyear Rubber Company... R. H. PEASE. President. J. A. SHEPARD, Secretary. F. M. SHEPARD. JR.. Treasurer. Nos. 73 and 75 First Street, PORTLAND. OREGOX. CHRISTMAS GIFTS Nothing Is more acceptable than a box of BEAU BRUMMELLS America's best five cent cigar. They are packed either 12 or 25 to the box, for the holiday trade only. Distributers : BIumauer-Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Importing Druggists. SHaWS haw's Pure Malt America's ORIGINAL Malt WHISKY Without a Rival Today BllimaUer & ROCh, IOS and HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washinfiton Streets .... PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN First-Class Cheelc Restanrant Connected With Hotel. Rooms Single TOo to S1.B0 per flay Rooms Double $1.00 to 52.00 per day Rooms Family ..... ..$1.50 to $3.00 per day J. P. DAVIES. Pres. C. T. BELCHER, Sec and Trcas. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. American Plan European Plan ....$1.25, ?1.50. $1.75 50c. 75c. $1.00 Cut Glass There are many kinds of cut glass; there are many kinds of prices. If you want reliable, hand-polished cut glass at the lowest possible prices, call and see our displayin crystal room. PRAEL, HEGELE & CO. m 100-106 FIFTH STREET, corner Stark. Store open evenings during Holiday Sale Holiday Goods Our stock Includes a choice assortment of useful and appropriate CHRISTMAS GIFTS, such as MANICURE SETS. CHAFING DISHES. EMBROIDERY SETS. FIVE O'CLOCK TEAS. SHAVING SETS. FANCY NICKEL BATHROOM SETS NUT PICKS AND CRACKS In SETS. BACHELORS COMPANIONS, ' POCKET-KNIVES. SCROLL SAWS, CARVERS. "WOOD CARVING SETS. SCISoORS, TOOL BOXES. RAZORS. SLEDS, EXPRESS -WAGONS. AIR GUNS. ROLLER AND ICE SKATES. BOXING GLOVES. STRIKING BAGS, FOOTBALL. BASEBALL, GOLF. TENNIS, POLO. BASKET-BALL IN DOOR BASEBALL AND CROQUET OUTFITS COMPLETE. As the above articles are not side lines with us, you may feel assured that In purchasing our goods, you are getting the best the world's manufacturers can produce. STORE OPEN EVENINGS Honeyman Hardware Co. Fourth and Alder Streets Have you ordered the Pianola you promised your family for Christmas. If not, place your order Immediately. "We have but a few left. We may got some more In before Christmas, and we may not. THE AEOLIAN COMPANY SI. B. WELLS, Sole JiorthTrestAgcnt, Aeolian Hull, 353-355 Washington St. DANISH WEST INDIES. Agitation In Denmark Against Their Sale. LONDON, Dec. IS. Both the. Times and the Post publish dispatches from Copen- J hagen this morning, which describe the growing agitation there against the sale ' of the Danish West Indies before a pleb- escltc has been taken. The correspond- ent says it Is very doubtful whether the J Danish Parliament will approve the sal of the Islands. Movements of the Pinjcon. COLON, Dec. IS. The Colombian gun boat General Plnzon returned here this morning from a cruise along the coast. After disembarking the troops she carried at Colcle, she proceeded in the opposite direction toward Porto Bello, Playa Dama and Nombre dc Dies. The interior of Co lombia Is quiet. General Alban is get ting ready to attack the insurgents at Tumacoa. General Alban confirmed the reports of the purchase by Colombia of the Chilean cruiser Presldcnte Pinto. HAY MAY GO SOON More Changes Probable In Roosevelt's Cabinet LONG WILL QUIT WHEN HE CAN SCHLEY FOR PRESIDENT. Croker Thinks the Admiral Wonld Make Strong Candidate In 1001. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 18. At French Inn Springs today, Richard Croker ex pressed a very derided opinion that Ad miral Schley would make a strong Pres idential candidate in 1904. and that the probabilities all favor a boom for him in the East, with a strong feeling both In the South and West. He expressed the opinion that Congress would not inter fere In the matter in any way and that this would be to the advantage of Schley and the Democratic party, for the ac- tlon would be tantamount to an in dorsement of the majority verdict and thus commit the Republican party to It. Serious Fire at Baltimore. BALTIMORE. Dec IS. Fire was dis covered shortly before midnight in tho basement of the Yale Laundry, No. 15 West Fayette street, and at this hour (2:30 A. M.) the entire six-story building is a mass of flames The total loss probably will aggregate $130,000. Secretary Gage Wants to Retire, an 4 Secretary Hitchcock May Find. It Necessary to Do So-Rb. mors of Disagreement. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. It is believed that further Cabinet changes are impend ing. In fact. It had been the general opinion that Smith would not be the first to go, and that is the greatest surprise of the Cabinet situation. In time it is more than likely that the only members of the McKInley Cabinet that will remain with President Roosevelt will be Secre tary Root. Attorney-General Knox and Secretary Wilson. Secretary Hay will probably retire as soon as he closes up some diplomatic work which he has on hand, while Secre tary Long will no doubt resign when he can leave the Cabinet without creating the impression that the Sampson-Schley controversy has anything to do with it. Secretary Gage, it is understood, has been on the point of resigning several times, but he, as well as others, has a de sire to carry out in good faith the wishes of the President in continuing tho Mc KInley policies. Secretary Hitchcock is opposed by near ly all the Western Senators and Repre sentatives, but he cannot very well re tire when the unfortunate row is in pro gress over Missouri appointments, he be ing arrayed against ICearns, of the Na tional committee; but more than that, Hitchcock really desires to remain, and will not get out unless it Is by request. Cabinet resignation rumors will be the order until the other changes are made. Hitchcock and Roosevelt Disagree. It develops that there is not only fric tion between Secretary Hitchcock and Commissioner Hermann over forest re serve questions, but an equally severe dis agreement between the Secretary and President Roosevelt. The recent instruc tions issued by the Secretary for the guidance of the General Land Offices, as is generally known, were prepared by Chief Forester Glfford Plnchot, of tho Agricultural Department. When complete and approved by the President, a close friend of Plnchot, they were sent to Secretary Hitchcock with irs'tructlons that they be immediately put into force. Through some cause (not publicly known) the new regulations were permit ted to He dormant for some time. This fact was called to the President's atten tion, and he sent for the Secretary, tell ing him, in substance, that executive or ders were intended to bo carried out, and those falling under his department were meant to be enforced by him with all possible dispatch. That same day the order went into effect and was made pub lic, and while It was a complete reversal of the policies of Commissioner Hermann, it, at the same time, seriously upset many ot the theories of the Secretary. Democrats and Tariff Bill. It is more than probable that the Dem ocrats did not want to amend the Phil ippine tariff bill. The motion of Richard son to commit with Instructions carried so many possible proposals that it was apparent that they could not be adopted. A plain proposal to reduce the duty on Philippine products coming to this coun try 25 per cent would have embarrassed the Republicans and possibly might have carried, but the Democrats insisted upon Impossible declarations and convicted themselves of the charges made by Re publican debaters that they did not wish to amend the present bill in any practical manner. Bills by MItchelL Senator Mitchell today Introduced a bill to ratify the agreement with the Klamath Indians whereby they relinquish title to the disputed portion of their reservation; also a bill pro ldlng for a final settlement with the Clateop Indians under their treaty of 1S51; also granting pensions to certain oltlcers and enlisted men of the llvesavlng service. Enlarging Portland Postoffice. Representative Moody today Introduced a bill appropriating $"JOO,000 for enlarging and remodeling the Portland postoffice. The Lake Washington Canal. In replying to a letter from Richard 3. Green, of Seattle, soliciting his support for a large appropriation for the Seattle ditch. Representative Cushman today said that he would now, as he had in the past, give this project his most earnest support. He added that Seattle people need spend no efforts In his behalf, but had better work with other members who were not in evidence when the last river and har bor bill, making no appropriation for this work, was being considered. Heroes of Samoa. Senator Turner today Introduced a Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary ot the Navy to erect a monument at the Annapolis Naval Academy to the memory of Lieutenant Philip Lansdalc and Ensign John R. Monaghan, and the men who lost their lives at Eamoa In April, 1899. Lans dalc and Monaghan were from Spokane. Alva Patterson Transferred. Alva 1L W. Patterson, of Oregon, who has held a high position In the Census Office for over two yean, has been trans ferred as attorney in the Interior De partment. Senator Simon's New Clothes. The Washington Post says: "Simon or Oregon Is beginning to look like a Sen ator. He has a new suit of clothes, and ho Is spruced up until he looks more like a plate of fashion from the effete East than a Western statesman." Senator Simon left for Portland tonight, where he will spend the holidays. Oregon City's Public Building. Tho bill Introduced by Representative Tongue, appropriating 550,000 for a public building at Oregon City, will join the great majority before the committee on public buildings and grounds, and, should it meet with the approval of that com mittee, is likely to be made a part of an omnibus public building bill, which Is al most sure to be reported later in the ses sion. The bill provides for the erection of a building for the accommodation of the land oftlce, postoffice and other Gov ernment offices in Oregon City. The site shall be of sufficient size to leave an open space of not less than 40 feet, in cluding streets and alleys, on all sides of the building. A. W. D. PAN-AMERICAN BANK. Proposal Again Dlscnssed by the International Conference. MEXICO CITY, Dec. IS. The Pan American conference today resolved to hold extra sessions each afternoon and at other times demanded by the work in hand. Senor Matte, of Chile, withdrew his pro posal that Interested governments give aid to the projected Pan-American Bank. In a speech Lorenzo Anadon, the Argen tine delegate, reiterated the statement of Joaquin D. Cassalus, of Mexico, re- WIRES TO GO UNDER No New Overhead System in Business District, SO AN ORDINANCE PROPOSES One Additional Light and Power Franchise Applied For to City Council All Are to Be Con sidered Together. Only one new application was made to the Common Council yesterday for an electric franchise. An ordinance was in troduced restricting the erection of poles for the prisoners to begin operations on. and a canvas awning to protect them from the rays of the sun or whatever comes down. No shirking will be allowed. It will be "no work, no dinner," and boxes will be provided for the prisoners to fill for a day's work. They will be worked from about 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. An ordinance was passed authorizing the City & Suburban Railway Company to erect a waiting-room at Third and Gllsan streets, near the end of the steel bridge. An ordinance authorizing the City & Suburban Railway Company to extend Its line on East Twenty-eighth street, from York to Wasco streets, was passed. Chinese Want a. High. Old Time. An ordinance granting the Chinese resi dents of the city the right and privilege of celebrating their New Year from Feb ruary 6 to February 21, 1902. with per mission to explode firecrackers from 5 P. M. to S P. M., except on Sundays, was passed. Mr. Bronaugh asked if there was any necessity for passing the ordinance so far ahead, and the Mayor replied that the Chinese probably wanted time to send to China for the firecrackers. An ordinance to repeal ordinance 12,189, which declares It a nuisance to operate a steam laundry within the limits of block No. 167, Portland, was passed. The own er of the property complained that this - COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS OF OREGON SENATORS. J"iTS?isr''- iSslsSSSHP ?P!ili!'?HlsSSSS ImbSSBSBbI -MmlBmMi mSmMk::'kmmBmmmm JOHN H. MITCHELL. JOSEPH SI3ION. While the Oregon Senators failed to secure desirable appointments upon several committees, yet those upon which they aro named to serve aro among the most Important In the list ot the Senate. Senator Mitchell steps back Into a position of slightly less Importance than he occupied at the time ot his retirement in 1897. The committees upon which he has places, according to tho new apportionment, are as follows: Inter-occanlc canals, postofnees and postroads, Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, coast defenses, revision of the laws of the United States, woman's suffrago (select), additional accommodations for tt library of Congress (Belect). When Senator Mitchell retired from the Senate In 1807 he Ailed places on the following committees: Privileges and elec tions (chairman), claims, judiciary, postofllces and postroads, rules, construction jf the Nicaragua Canal (select). Senator Simon has been placed upon committees as follows: Judiciary, public buildings and grounds, irrigation and recla mation of arid lands (chairman), pensions, Revolutionary claims, select committee to Investigate trespassers upon Indian lands, standard weights and measures (select). Senator Simon is added to the committee on pensions, which he did not hae at the preceding session. Ho retains his chalr manshlpv of the committee on Irrigation and reclamation of arid lands, while he drops bis membership of the committee on mines and mining. ferrlng to the proposed bank, viz., that banks follow commerce. In this connec tion Senor Anadon. referred to the diffi culties of South American countries in trading with the United States. "In the United States," he said, "It Is Impossible Tor our merchants to buy on time, where as European firms grant liberal terms ot credit." The delegations of Guatemala, Nicara gua, Mexico. Honduras, Salvador and Cos ta Rica presented a draft of the proposed communication to the City of St. Louts, strongly Indorsing tho forthcoming world's fair at that city. President Diaz today received John Bar rett, delegate of tne United States, In special private audience. Mr. Barrett pre sented to the President an autograph pho tograph of President Roosevelt. In ap preciation of this pleasant remembrance on the part of the American executive the Mexican President gave Mr. Barrett an autograph photograph of himself to de liver to President Roosevelt. ti Will Canonize Joan of Arc. ROME. Dec. IS It has been decided to canonize Joan of Arc. A formal cere mony for this purpose will shortly be held in St. Peter's. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Congress. The House passed the Philippine tariff bill. 1G3 to 128. Pago 1. The Senate confirmed a long list of military nominations. Page 2. Antl-anarchlst bills were Introduced. Pago 2. Philippines. Lukban will bo captured or Samar will be made a desert. Page ft. Numerous engagements have occurred recently In Batangos. Page 0. Major Heinz, a medical officer, I recommended for his bravery In Samar. Pago 6. Foreign. Kamchatka has been disturbed by volcanic eruptions. Page 3. German salljrs assaulted a United States Con sul at Hong Kong. Pago 3. Chile Is anxious to avoid a rupture with Argen tina. Page 3. A pro-Boer orator caused a riot at Birming ham. Page 3. Domestic. More Cabinet changes are probable. Page 1. There Is friction between Secretary Hitchcock and the President. Page 1. Schley protests against the verdict of the court of Inquiry. Page 2. Pacific Coast. Insane Idaho man tried to exterminate his family. Page 4. Oregon Reform School Are was due to spon taneous combustion. Page 4. Indian woman defied the Groat Northern rail road power for 24 hours. Page 4. Marine. Portland near the head of tho list of American wheat ports. Page 5. Pacific Mall steamship San Bias wrecked. Page 5. Firtcen wheat ships have loaded at Portland this month. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. City Council contemplates placing certain street wires underground. Page 1. Judge Scars dissolves injunction against wait ers. Page S. Death of George R. Vosburg, a, well-known lumberman. Pago 12. Captain of Plnmore Issued, then countermand ed, the order to- open port. Page 10. D. H. Jarvls. of the revenue marine service, will probably be appointed Alaska Collector ot Customs. Pago 8. and electric wires In a portion of the city. Provision was made for working tho prisoners in the City Jail. The City & Suburban Railway Company was grant ed a franchise on East Twenty-eighth street. George W. Weldler accepted the railroad franchise granted him, and con siderable routine business was transacted. An ordinance was introduced granting a 23-year franchise to the Oregon General Electric Company, to erect, maintain and operate an electric-light and power sys tem in the City of Portland. The right to erect poles and stretch wires along the streets for conducting electricity Is In cluded. It lg also provided that the wires shall be put under ground when necessary. Work on tho system is to be commenced within six months after the ordinance goes Into force, and the whole plant is to be Installed within 2& years. The usual provision In regard to cut ting or trimming shade trees, Interfer ing with the wires, and so on, are In cluded. The ordinance was read twice and referred to the committee on streets. The ordinance granting R. Green a sim ilar franchise, which has been In the hands of the street committee, was not reported back by them. As It Is under stood that there are to be other similar franchises applied for in the near future, the street committee will not report on any of them till all in sight are in their hands. Pnt AH Wires Underground. In the meantime an ordinance Intro duced by Mr. Branch yesterday, restrict ing the erection of poles and the stringing of wires for eloctrical purposes In a cer tain pan of this city, will be considered by the street committee, to whom It has been referred, and It will probably cc passed before any new franchises to elec tric companies are granted. This ordinance provides that It shall be unlawful for any person or company en gaged In furnishing electricity for light, heat or power to erect poles or string wires for electricity within a district de fined In the ordinance. It also provides that within this district all wires for the transmission of electricity for light, heat or powec shall be laid underground, under the supervision of the City Engineer or other constituted authority of the city. It Is further provided that owners or poles now standing and wires now strung for the transmission of electricity within the prescribed district shall remove the poles from the streets and lay wires un derground, as provided, on or before Jan uary 1. 1W)3. The boundaries of the district are de fined as follows: From the foot of jer ferson street, south nlong Water to Co lumbia: west on Columbia to Fifth; north on Fifth to Taylor; west on Taylor to Eleventh: north on Eleventh to Stark; east on Stark to Seventh; north on Sev enth to Ankeney: east on Ankenoy to Fifth; north on Fifth to Flanders; and east on Flanders to the wharf line. This ordinance is not to affect the priv ileges of street railways or telephone companies. Read twice and referred to the street committee. Getting Rendy for Rock Pile. An ordinance appropriating 5500 out ot the general fund to provide for the ex pense of working prisoners confined In the City Jail was passed, and the committee on health and police was authorized to employ the necessary guards and the necessary tools. The committee has se cured the ue of a quarter block at either First and Flanders or Second and Fland ers, free of cost, and will today have work commenced on a fence around It, They will also -provide a supply of rock restriction interfered with the sale of it, and It being shown that the laundry In the block had been dismantled and that there was no Intention of starting an other In the block, the ordinance was repealed. Other Ordinances Passed. An ordinance authorizing the Board of Public Works to expend not to exceed 5129 40 for the repair of window sashes In the City Hall was passed. An ordinance declaring the proportion ate share of the cost of constructing a sewer In East Oak street and other streets In the sum of 512,012 S7 and mak ing appropriation therefor, was passed. An ordinance declaring the probable cost of constructing a sewer on East Rurnslde street, and appropriating $3QU 12 therefor, was passed. An ordinance declaring the probable cost of improving Pettygrove street and making an appropriation of 51427 31 there for was passed. An ordinance providing for the time and manner of Improving Northrup street from Twenty-first to Twenty-second was passed. An ordinance establishing the grade of East Thirty-third street, from East Stark street to the north line of Schmeer's ad dition, was passed. An ordinance authorizing the Auditor to cancel all taxes on the city tax rolls, where a tax receipt showing that the tax has been paid is presented to him, was passed. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor and Auditor to Issue lieu warrants for certain street Improvement warrants for the Im provement of East Water street, amount ing to $S59, which were lost, was re ferred to the judiciary committee. An ordinance authorizing the Board of Fire Commissioners to expend an unex pended balance of an appropriation, amounting to 5HS9 15. on account of gen eral expenses of the Fire Department, was passed. An ordinance authorizing the drawlpg or a warrant on the general fund for 51W DC to provide for payment of assessments lev led against property belonging to the city, for the construction of the Beech-street sewer, was passed. An ordinance authorizing the transfer to the general fund of money due thereto from certain funds, and the cancellation of unexpended appropriations, was passed. Mr. Weldler Accepts. George W. Weldler filed notice or his acceptance of the terms of the railroad franchise granted him on North Front street, which the Northern Pacific Rail road Company, for which the franchise was secured, rejected. This means that an effort is to be made to secure the 5i3,(?w forfeit put up by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. As the next regular meeting day or the Council falls on New Year's day, it was ordered that this meeting be held January 2, 1002. As there Is some important business necessary to be transacted before the end of the year, the meeting adjourned to Thursday, December 26. O'Rell Will BeOperatecl Upon. BALTIMORE. Dec. IS. Before leaving his hotel to deliver a lecturo at the Phoenix Club In th'is city tonight. Max O'Rell announced that he wouhl cancel all further lectures and undergo an opera tion for appendicitis in New York In a few weeks. He said that If he survived the operation he would return Immediate ly to Paris, and that he did not expect to visit America again. PHILIPPINE TARIFF Bill Passed the House by a Good Majority THE VOTE WAS 163 TO 128 Five Republicans Voted Against tho Measnre and Three Democrats lor It Last Day of the Debate. WASHINGTON. Dec. IS. Tho bill to provide revenue temporarily for the Phil ippine Islands passed the House today by a vote of "163 to 12S. Five Republicans McCall (Mass.), LIttlfield (Mc). Heatwole, Eddy and Stevens (Minn.) voted with tho Democrats against the bill, and threo Democrats Robertson, Davey and Brous sard (La.) voted with the Republicans for it. Meyer (Dem. La.) was paired in favor of the bill with Foster, an Illinois Democrat, who voted against the Porto Rican bill In the last Congress. Crum packer (Rep. Ind.), who also voted aaginst the Porto Rican bill, was absent. In tho course of the debate today tho Democrats were several times taunted with their failure to present an alterna tive proposition for the pending measure, but just before the vote was taken on tho passage of the bill, the attitude of the minority was defined In a motion to re commit offered by Richardson, the minor ity leader. It instructed the ways and means committee to report the bill back amended so as to reduce the customs and Internal revenue laws of the United States to a revenue basis, and to extend them to the Philippines until the latter, with the aid of the United States, should be able to set up a stable. Independent govern ment. This proposition did not command a Republican vote, and the three Louisi ana Democrats above mentioned voted against it. Meyer was paired against It. The speakers today were: Hepburn (Rep. la,), and Dalzell (Rep. Pa.) for the bill, and Henry (Dem. Tex.), Williams (Dem. Miss.), McCall (Rep. Mas3.), Green (Dem. Pa.), and McClellan (Dem. N. Y.) against It. The bill passed today Imposes the Ding 'ey rates on good entering the United States from the Philippines and the ratea established by the Philippine Commission on goods entering the Philippines from the United States. It al&o provides for tho collection of tonnage tax on vessels plying between the United States and the Philippines, and that for eign vessels may ply between these ports until January 1, 1903. The duties and taxes collected under the provisions of the bill shall go Into the Philippine treasury, to bo expended for the use and benefit of the islands. Henry Opened the Debate. Henry (Dem. Tex.) was the first speaker. He characterized the bill as oppressive and outrageous. Months, instead of two days, he said, would not be too long for the discussion of a measure of vital im terest to 10.000.000 people. He dwelt upon the Injustice of the double export and import tax on rice, sugar and tobacco, and charged that this double taxation was In the Interest of the sugar and tobacco trusts. Henry took issue with his Louisi ana colleagues as to the effect of free trade with the Philippines upon the sugar industry of Louisiana, He pointed out that Porto Rico last year produced moro sugar for export than the Philippines, and denied that free sugar from the islands would threaten the Louisiana industry with annihilation. The benefits from tho sale of cotton and rice, he argued, would more than compensate for any injury to the sugar Industry. Wi!l2am3 (Dem. Miss.) followed Henry. He said that as long as the Philippine Archipelago was a part of the United States and within its domain, it should be treated as part of the Union with the same equality and uniformity enjoyed by the other territories. But to avoid tho embarrassments, hardships and difficulties of the situation, he believed we should get rid of the Islands as soon as we could do so with honor to ourselves and benefit to the Filipinos. Williams paid his respects to the Supreme Court, which, he said, ar rived at Its decision by a "shifting ma jority of one." There was no danger. he said, if the country proceeded along Its present lines, of becoming a "mother coun try" for peoples In the East. It was more likely to become a "stepmother countr." In conclusion Williams expressed his concurrence in the suggestion made by De Armond (Dem. Mo.) yesterday, that the Philippines be exchanged for Islands In the West Indies, or other territory close to our borders. Hepburn and Shafroth. Hepburn (Rep. la.) charged that the reason the opposition gave unanimous consent for a vote on the bill without op portunity to offer amendment was because they did not wish to present their propo sitions in concrete form, and "be content to talk and afraid to act." (Republican applause.) Hepburn said he believed the policy of the bill was right. He did not believe the Filipinos were capable of self government. "Do you not believe they are as capable of self-government as the Cubans?" in quired Shafroth (Sll. Colo.). "I do." "Then do you not believe in the Inde pendence of Cuba?" "The Democratic party forced the Ad ministration into a position whore it was compelled, against its will, to declare for the Independence of Cuba." replied Hep burn, amidst Democratic applause. "Oh. you may applaud." he continued, "but I predict that before many years you "11 yourselves see the unwisdom of giving the Cubans independence." (Republican ap plause.) Hepburn said that when gen tlemen on the other side should demand liberty for the Filipinos he would like to know by what authority they made their demands. "I spoke for the people of the Unitod States," interposed Shafroth, "those who love the Declaration of Independence." (Democratic applause) "I do not believe you could find a promi nent Filipino on the islands," interjected Mercer (Rep. Neb.), who has recently re turned from the islands, "who desires in dependence. They desire only a protec torate." "I care rot what the Filipinos want," responded Shafroth; "I am only concerned with what the American people want," Why McCall OppoNcd It. McCall (Rep. Mass.). a member of tho ways and means committee, who opposed the Porto ....ican tariff bill In the last Congress, opposed the pending measure In a vigorous speech. Referring to the Forto Rican decision by the Supreme Gourt, McCall said. "Four of the five Justices who upheld (Concluded on Second Page.)