The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-10-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFron Our Regular 0orrsspondsns.l

TFrom Our Regular Corrsspondsnt.]
WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. IL, '95.
Secretary Olney, the man who has
been widely advertised by Democrats az
the originator Of the vigorous foreign
policy" which is to be put into effect
accent On the is to be-has made q
bad start by pleading the baby act. He
was asked this week what, If anything,
the administration proposed to do about
the Cuban revolutionists. The man
who asked the question occupies po.
siti on which entitled him to a reply,
9th erwise Mr.. Olney would have given
him the usual silent bluff with which
he parties the questions of newspaper
men and other inquisitive individuals.
Not daring to do that he fell back on the
baby act, and said that the reports were
80 conflicting that he had up to this
time found it impossible 70 ascertain
the true status of affairs in Cuba; that
the Spanish minister insisted that the
revolt was a mere nothing and would
80 on be stamped out, and that the rosy
pictures of the revolutionist's successes
which appear from time tn time in the
newspapers were manufactured in this
country. He intimated that it might be
necessary to send confidential agent to
Cuba to investigate before the admins.
tration decided what position it would
take. It is significant that State depart.
ment officials cite two precedents for
the idea of sending a confidential agent
to Cuba. In 1915, before acknowledging
the independence of the revolving Span.
ish colonies.in South America, President
Monroe sent three commissioners in a
U. s. Man. .of.war 70 investigate the stu.
alton, and in 1S4S, when Daniel Webster
was Secretary Of State, President Taylor
secretly commissioned a confidential
agent to 60 to Hungary and ascertain
the chances the Hungarians had for sue.
cess in their revolt against Austrian rule,
an act which caused strained relations
between this country and Austria, al.
though the revolt was put down before
the agent got to Hungary, and gave Mr..
Webster an opportunity to write one of
his strongest State papers. There is
reasonable ground for the suspicion that
Mr.. Cleveland has already appointed
confidential agent, and that the man is
now in Cuba.
Some very ludicrous suggestions have
been made as to who will be given that
vacancy in the Supreme court, but the
most ludicrous of them all is that which
came this week from some southern
Democrats in favor of Representative
Thomas Q. Catchings, of Mississippi,
"Shoestring Tom" one of the origin stois
and principal benefciaries of crooked
election methods in the south. In the
eyes Of most people "Shoestring Tom"
has not single qualification for seat
upon the bench of our highest court,
but he has one trait which in Mr. Oleve.
lands eyes may make up for all he lacks,
he is cuckoo of the most pronounced
breed.
Secretary Morton is the one member
of the administration who is open in
his advocacy Of free trade. That's why
he has been so anxious that Mexican
cattle should hs admitted free, under
the pretense Of injuring the beef trust.
He has been loud in his claims that this
was in the interests of the farmers par.
ticularly. Just now the mail of the De.
partment of Agriculture is burdened
with protests from farmers WHO ra.sc
cattle against the free admission of
Mexican cattle. Evidently the Ameri.
IAN farmers think they know what is to
heir interest better than the free trade
of Agriculture does.
Mr.. Castle, the Hawaiian minister,
Who has been in Washington for ten
lays, but who has not yet been officially
'eceived as such by the administration,
lenies in the most positive terms the
ouoSoAAOAto OO4AU0AAOA IA -
Hawaiian publication brought to the
United States on the last steamer, to the
Hawaiian republic was on the verge of
He says the editor.of the
publication in question has always been
opposed to the republic, and that what
le prints is treated with ridicule by the |
Intelligent people on the island. Mr..
)astle defines to discuss the reports con.
erning Janpan's desire to obtain pos.
ession of the islands, but from other
ources it is learned that the members
# the Hawaiian government are uneasy
oncerning what they have learned of
apan's intentions, and that their un.
asiness is being constantly added to by
he unruly action OF the Japanese on
he islands, who appear to be trying to
aise row of some kind in order that
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