Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-15
,AT IN HIS NAP,
lis Said Uncle Sam Slept
While Great Britain
Took Pago PagO.
4 BLUFF HIS ONLY HOPE.
Third Party Leaders Still Expect
Help From Gresham.
An ANECD0TE ABOUT CARNEGIE.
EOW He Appreciated the Skill of an
ArmOr-Plate Expert.
SUNDAY GOSSIP OF THE CAPITA
rrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

gard to the relations ard rights of tn
United States and Great Britain touchin
the occupation of the harbor at Pago- Page
in the Samoan Islands, as a coaling station
for naval vessels, they find themselves un.
able to establish the fact that the latte
country has rot a right as well defined a
that of the former, no matter how secretl,
or how cleveriv it was obtained. They VIII,
csvil at the inaction of the State Depart
rnent in the matter should know bv thi
time that the State Department has n,
grounds for action, and not even for in
quiry for information from the Govern
ment," so-called, of the Samoan Islands
All of the matter bearing on the affair ha
been turned over and over by the cleveres
officials OF the State Department and Of tn,
administration at large, and they are forces
to admit that Great Britain has been guilt,
of no more heinous offense than that o
stealing a march on the United State
while the latter slept
The whole matter, as the State Depart
ment looks al it, may be summed up in
few words 1t was agreed at a convention
between the three countries most interested
in preserving the neutrality of the Samoan
tion OF its choice.
England slow in Making q Choice.
The United States chose the harbor Of
Pago-Pago, ard by treaty was granted the
exclusive right to the use of such part OF
that hsrboT as was necessary for the pur-
poses OF coaling station. Germany selected
the harbor of Saluaiata.
At the Berlin conference in regard to the
rights of the three powers when the Com
missoners of the United States and Ger
many announced the choice of location for
their coaling stations. Great Britain's Com
missioners said their Government had not
vet made selection.
1t is now claimed that because the repre-
sentatiyes of that country failed to indicate
at that time any intention of their Govern
ment to plant its coaling station on another
part of the harbor of PagO-Pa-o not needed
or wanted by the. United States the deter
minatiOn now announced is without color of
right according to the agreement between
the three powers. 1t is pretty evident now
that it was the intention of Great Britain at
the time of the Berlin conference to occupy
a site on the harbor of Pago-Pago, when the
limits of the site selected bv the United
States became conclusively defined, and the
privilege of doing so was at later date con-
ierrsd on -GreaI Britain by treaty with the
Samoan Government"
Uncle sam Caught Mapping
Under their treaty the United States
could have claimed the whole of the harbor
Of Pago-Pago to the exclusion of all other
foreign powers, but with the usual foresight
in international sffairs, in which this coun-
trv is still very Young. this Government
failed to do the smart thing at the right
time and Great Britain stepped in and
plaved clever trick as she rarely fails to
do in international affairs.
1t is yet doubted at the State Department
whether Great Britain really means 10 take
the step that has been announced semi
officially, but it is admitted that il she is in
earnest there is nothing for the United
States to do but to make a broader claim
than ever before and have it out with the
Samoan Government for granting TO an
other nation rights that had been already
granted to this The Samoan Government
is not overstrong in army and navv, and.
like Chile, can be abused with a reasonable
degree of safety.
The gravity of the whole matter seems to
be much magnifed. it is claimed that it
would be inimical to the interests of the
United States for Great Britain to estab-
lish her coaling station on the harbor of
Pago-PaCo No one appears to reflect that
it would be hardly less inimical to those
interests if the coaling station were placed
on the shores of an adjacent harbor at any
place in the Samoan group.
Stin mixing on Judge Gresham.
Judge Gresham does not say he will not
come out for the Peoples party during the
campaign" said devotee of that party to-
day when his attention was called to the al
legged statements of the Judge that he would
not take the stump "He merely saws that
he will not take the stump, or that he will
make no stump speeches / feel assured
that the Judge will make at least one
speech, or, if not that, will write letter
that will be as good as a million speeches,
for it will not only be printed in every
newspaper in the country, but it will be
\ printed in pamphlet form and sown broad
east in every township, parish and hamlet
in the land.
cat any rate, the Judge is heartily in
syiUPdthy with us, and if he refuses to
make speech it will be only because be
would feel that it is not proper for him to
go into politics. as the saving is, while he
occupies his high position on the bench of
the District Court OF the United States"
An nrcdote of Andrew Carnegie.
Mr. Edmund Hudson, one of the best
Eno Tn of Washington correspondents. tells
the following story in regard to the Car
negies:
4 kindly notice of Andrew Carnegie,
which is going the newspaper rounds men,
lions the TACT that he personally knows very
little about tie manufacture OF steel This
i quite true. He is great capitalist and
business man, a great organizer, but he is
not and never was a mechanic. All his
wealth has been obtained by utilizing the
ideas and the skill others He never in
vented anything OF importance. / can re-
late curious instance o. Carnegie's bust
ness methods Some years n. c Commander
Bob" Evans, of the navy, having disagreed
VITA the Secretary OF the Navy,
took leave of absence and en-
and Ohio Railroad Company as mechani-
cal engineer The new line from Baltimore
tc Philadelphia was then building, and
Evans was sent to Plttsburg to inspect the |
steel which Carnegie was manufacturing |
Tor the big bridge across the Susquehanna. |
When the first beams were turned over to |
Evans at the works ne rejected them as not |
meeting the requirements OF the contract |
Evans proceeded to prove that he wa right. |
They were put aside and Il new set of beams |
were made. These also were rejected |
by tile lively naval officer. Mr. |
Carnegie and his manager became
angry. They insisted taat their |
steel was up to the mark. Evans insisted |
that it was not. and of course his decision |
WAS final Then he said: 'Mr Carnegie, |
yCur men don't seem to know how to make |
the quality of steel that this contract calls |
for, but know how to do II, and can show |
ihem." Hs did So Carnegie recovered
rom mis- annoyance and at once offered |
vans $1,000 Il year to enter his service. |
But Evans mad no idea of leaving the navy. |
lie has refused more lucrative offers since |
that time.
SpecuIatng on Harrison's I}etter
There is much speculation hele among
Republicans as to the manner in hich the |
President will treat the bugaboo of Ia force |
bill" in his letterof acceptance. I mis- let