Show MARE MOEYOATEU Secretary of Treasury Asks it for Public Buildings ESTIMATES WERE TOO LOW Committee on Public Lands and Grounds Considers Favorably the Recommendation for Increase Talk of VicePresidential Candidate Candi-date to Hun on Ticket With Mc Ivinloy Centering Around Mr Sherman Sher-man of New York Tho Long Needed Pacific Cable to be Started rcppoiulenco Tribune 1 Washington April 16Some time ago tho Secretary of the Treasury sent to the Speaker of the House a recommendation recom-mendation for Increased appropriations for nearly all I the buildings which were authorized I last yeai The reason for the request for more money in nearly every Instance was the sharp advance Inbuilding material since the Initial steps were taken toward to-ward constructing these buildings Tn every instance Ihe Committee i I on Public Pub-lic Lands and Grounds after considering consid-ering the subject atlenlively decided that I the recommendation was a good OIK and the committee I has virtually agreed on a favorable report for mi Increase for every one of ihe buildings named In the Secretarys letter There Is however a stumblingblock in I the Aay for Speaker Henderson is opposed lo I i any Increase In appropriations and does not propose lo let the mmmlllee I I put the bill through with this object In view If he can prevent It It I will I be recalled I however that Speaker JJeed In ito last Congress was Just as emphatically opposed to public building bills yet the committee commit-tee overcame the objection and secured the passage of something like forty of these measures The prospects are flint history will repeat Itself and that the committee backed by a majority of the Ilouae will be able to gel an omnibus bill through notwithstanding the objections of Mr Henderson 8 t Q The House Committee on the DIstrict of Columbia has just made a favorable report upon the bill to compel the traction trac-tion companies of Ibis dIstrict lo supply sup-ply vestibules for the protection of the molormen on their crs This move is of Interest to the country at large because be-cause it Is a general understanding that those who were responsible for securing secur-ing the favorable action of the House propose lo lake similar steps In eery municipality In the country where streetrail way employees are not provided pro-vided with proiecllon agaInst the Inclement In-clement weather There are nearly 175 miles of street railroads In Washington Clly and Its suburbs nnd at the present pres-ent lime none of the cars on the mainlines main-lines of the cIty art provided with vestibules ves-tibules The companies inieresled look no steps toward preventing the enactment enact-ment of the legislation o 0 a The talk of the VicePresidential candidate to run on the ticket with Mc Klnley has brought out some very emphatic em-phatic statements from the friends of Gov Roosevelt who declare that under no circumstances will the Governor consent to lie use uf lls name it la I generally conceded that had Mr Com nelius N Bliss consented to accept the Indorsement of his State ho would have had a very large folloulng In the con venllon Mr Blisss withdrawal however how-ever Is absolute and now Ute loll tI clans are running two New York men one being Lleul Gov Woodruff and Ihe oilier James S Sherman Mr Sherman is undoubtedly an exceedingly popular member of the House of Datives Da-tives and if the nomination rested with his colleagues It Is almost certain that he would have a sufficient number lo insure hint nomination Mr Shier man who has Just been renominated for Congress prefers the perhaps loss exalted position of member Qf the House to that of presiding ofllcer of tho Senate which place has proved the graveyard of so manv mens political ambition Il In known positively that Mr i Sherman Is doing all I I In I his power 10 prevent his friends from submitting his name lo Ihe Philadelphia convention conven-tion I bin within two days there has been tin enormous pressure brought to I bear I upon him to make tin race and that t pressure has come not only from New York members but from the part leaders geiurullv Mr Sherman hlmseff declines to discuss the proposition enn lining himself to the statement thai he Intends to lake another term In lie House and that he has no Idea of seek lug any other polllleal honor I 0 6 Notwithstanding the talk of the springing of a Western man for the second place on tIme ticket It Is as certain cer-tain as can be in advance Unit the Kinplre Stale will I furnish the candi I date Mr t Lit latter who Is recognized as Gov RuoucvellK closest friend here still hopes lo see the Governor I conSent con-Sent t but he admits I that ihe Indica tions t at i lie present time are altogether against muh a thing LleulGov Woodiuff has mme friends throughout the Slate than In I Congress and In I fael 11 would be dllllcult to tImid a real ardent ar-dent nuppurier of Mr i Woodruff among lie I delegation frori New York 0 0 There is al last every Indlcullon thai I lie longneeded Pacific cable to connect con-nect the United States diivctly with Us 15aslcni poxnesslons till be laid be fore many years pans away The Senate Sen-ate has already taken lie t Initial step by passing a bill I I appropriating 3000 000 for lie cable from San Francisco lo Honolulu Perhaps the mosl 1m porlant provision Is the aecilon which provides that the wires inslrumenls materials and appliances necessary In the work of laying the cable shall be of American manufacture At present tho Industry of cnbl manufacturing 5s In Its Infancy All cables laid In the Atlantic have been manufactured either eith-er In Germany or In England The War department last year bought two or 1 three hundred ml lot of Americanmade cable for use in tho Philippines and In the waters of the Caribbean sea but no cable company In lie Onlied States has ever I manufactured Hvc hundred miles of deepsea cible ut one time I Tlmt which the I War department uur chased has given excellent sutlsftir lion mid tIme action of Congress In demanding de-manding American manufacture as a prereciul lle of Federal aid will un doubtedly lead to the building up of this business and tho employment of > hundreds of additional I killed mechan ics There Is every reason to believe lhal the action nf the Senate will be Indorsed by 1 the House and that within elghluen months from Ihls tlmelL I will 1 be possible to communicate dlreclly 1 i with IlawaU by submarine telegraph The disposition of the Porto Rlean bill which has proven such a hone of contention In the House as well as In Ito Senate will probably clarify thy political atmosphere within a very few weeks It Is a noticeable fact hint notwithstanding the opposition to any tariff upon articles coming from Porto Rico to lie United Slates which has prevailed throughout tho connIe during Ihe posl two months mien dy ev ery member whose convention has boon held and who voted for the bill originally origi-nally has been renomlnaled ThiB would Indicate lint ihc sentiment senti-ment of aningunlsm to tin larlff whs noi as deeprootod as wa generally supposed The leaders on the llool of I the House and Sonale are emphatic in I insisting that the measure is l one of 1 Ihe most easily defended that has ever been discussed in public They all de d are that when H is known that Ihls larlff is simply for Ihe purpose of raising rais-ing l revenue for the support of the In stilutions of Porlo Rico and lint without with-out such tariff onerous Internal revenue reve-nue and direct taxes would be necessary neces-sary the thinking men of both parlies will I agree ioat I t the besU method of providing pro-viding for lie government of the Inland nnd the maintenance of Its I I imsI I tu t ions I has h been selected Whether or not this hI prediction I will bear fruit It is certain 1 that the disposition of Ihe case came none Ino soon and lie probabilities are thai from the day the President signs the t bill mailers will begin lo shape j themselves upon a permanent basis and that the Porlo Rican question will drop to the background as a subject for wide discussion C A HAMILTON |