Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-10-11
MUST EXIST DEFACTO
The Government of Cuba Before it
Can he Recognized by Our GOV.
ernment-The Maryland Cam.
PaiRn - Robert Lincoln not in
LIne-Eec.

Llne-EtC.
Special Correspondence Of the STANDARD.
WARRINGTON, Oct. 4th, 1895.
Lots of senseless twaddle is being
INDUCED in about Cuba, by men who
ought to know better" remarked q
gentleman prominently connected
with the administration. "One might
suppose from the contents of the news
papers that it was merely question
OF sympathy as to the position main
tanned by the administration. As mat
ter of fact sympathy is not factor. The
government is controlled by interna-
tional law and prudence. For this
government to recognize the govern.
ment which the Cuban revolutionists
have established on paper, but which
has as yet neither location or habita-
ton, would be equivalent to declaring
war against Spain for the purpose of
aiding Cuba to gain its independence,
or to opening our Treasury to demands
for indemnity which Spain could and
would make upon us il we kept our
hands off and the revolt was put down.
If we assumed the right to openly as
sist Cuba we should probably find our.
selves involved in q war with more
powerful opponents than Spain. When
Cuba sets up and maintains an in
dependent government, as did the
Central American colonies of Spain, at
the time the famous Monroe doctrine
was promulgated, will be time enough
for this government to recognize her
independence. 1t is simply nonsense
to talk OF recognizing what does not
exist, just because we sympathize with
what is sought to be established. Gov
ernments cannot be run on that basis.
England had much better grounds for
recognizing the belligerency of the
Southern Coniederacy, which had
a-mies, . navy and an established gov
eminent, and yet an international
court of arbitration made England pay
dearly for that recognition, in the hard
cash that went to pay the Alabama
claims. Had the Southern Coniederacy
succeeded those claims would not have
had to be paid"
Hon. ID. T. Murphy, Deputy Com
missioner of Pensions, whose taking
part in the Maryland campaign has
knocked the last plank from the
bottom of the silly lie about President
Cleveland not wishing the Democratic
party to carry that State this year,
takes very sensible view OF that
campaign. After expressing the
opinion that the State would 60 DEM
ocratic, Mr.. Murphy said: 81 can
not understand how the Unaffected
Democrats can reconcile themselves to
the position they have taken. They
seem to think that if they let the Re-
publicans win this year they can Dust
them next year. They cannot do any
thing OF the kind. A Republican
victory this fall means that the State
will be in the hands of that party for
years. If the regular Democracy is
defeated this year does any one be-
lieve that next year the tail will wag
the dog and the regulars, who are in
large majority, will 60 TO work to help
the boltersf 1t is hardly common
sense TO rely upon such situation.
No, sir; the Democrats II they want to
control Maryland, must not let it 60
out OF their grasp this year."
The attempt to start Lincoln boom.
by giving it out that ex-President
Harrison was in favor of the nomina-
ton Of ex-Secretary Lincoln, fell very
fiat in Washington. Mr.. Lincoln is
too we'll known here. His abilities
were thoroughly sized up when he was
Secretary OF War, and the verdict was
unanimous that it was away below the
Presidential grade. Had Bob Lincoln
been q man of one-tenth of the ability
OF his father, instead OF the well-dressed,
well-fed, nonentity he is," said Re-
publican who has helped TO make and
unmake candidates for his party for
more than generation. "his name
would long ago have made him the
Presidential candidate OF his party"
Senator Blackburn came to Wash.
ington TO attend the marriage Of his
daughter, Miss Lucille, to Mr.. Thomas
F. Lane, OF N. j., which occurred Tues
day, but he returned to Kentucky the
same night to elect the State ticket
and the legislature, and TO see that his
return to the Senate was assured.
Secretary Carlisle told e1.Representa-
tive Wilkerson of La, now Collector
of Customs at New Orleans, who
called to see him in behalf of the sugar
planters, that he could do nothing ex-
cept to expedite q hearing of their
claims for bounty by the Court of
Claims, in accordance with the
decision of the Comptroller, which he
had no power to override. For some
reason none of the claimants want TO
get before the Court of Claims. While
nobody seems to know just what will
be done, il 10 probable that nothing
will be done until after Congress meets
and it shall have been ascertained
whether Congress will act. DEN.