Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-26
CUBAN SENTIMENT CHANGES
Opinion Growing that the Presidents Posi-
tion Is Proper.
RIDICULOUS kUMORS AROUND THE CAPITOL
senators Being Accused of Causing
DeprcsSions for the Purpose of
Making Money in spccuIa-
tive Ventures.


Making Money I'm spccuIa-
tive Ventures.
L.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-(Special)-
Cuban question with its everlasting fuss and
feathers and high class jingoism, has been
put aside until after the Christmas holidays.
The day after Senator Vest announced to a
listening senate that he would address his
fellow sufrragosns upon the all-absorbing
question, the galleries Of that body were not
large enough to contain the crowd that
pushed and hauled for the purpose Of gain
ing entrance to them. Even the diplomatic
gallery, which is usually remarked for its
utter emptiness and which yawns in front
OF the press gallery like the cave that con
fronted Pilgrim on his way, was filled with
an eXpectant crowd of notablcs ambassadors.
charge -de-affairs and others of like ilk,
to hear the senior senator from Missouri
iearnedy enuncilte the American princi-
pie. But Senator Vest did not crate and
some of the people in the gallery were mean
enough TO say that he had been threatened
by Spanish hidalgo, and that visions of
bloody machcteS danced before his eyes
should he go on record as the champion of
Cuba libre. There were others however, who
took a much more sensible view of the situa-
ton and opined that the senator was not
quite clear as to all the conditions of his
position, and thought that by waiting
little longer his arguments would grow
better, like old wine, with age
WORK OF STOCK JOBBERS.
Still others, and they are by no means in
the vast minority, go so far as to say that
the whole thing has been a successful stock
lobbing scheme, and that having been on
the bear side of the market the senators
will rest content until the market RECEIVERS
its normal condition. and then some other
form of resolution or pronunciamento will
be made for the purpose of sending stocks
again downward.
All these theories upon the failure of Mr..
Vest to speak on Tuesday must be taken
with a grain of allowance They show
however, the drift of sentiment, and 1t Is
a decided pleasure to know that a crafty
ing change is taking place among legislators
who believe that after all Mr.. Cleveland and
Mr.. Olney may be right in resisting al
this time any action upon the part of the
American nation looking to declaration of
Cuban independence
ONE INTERESTING FEATURE.
One feature of granting belligerent rights
to Cuba seems to have been overlooked by
the diplomats and distinguished statesmen
who are pressing for Cuba's Independence.
The moment Cuba Is recognized as Dellig
erent eXquaters will be given 10 the
American consuls in the island to the con
sui general at Havana. and to all agents OF
the government Of the United States, ana
they will be packed off home as rapidly as
steamships carry them. These consuls
and agents OF the American nation are ac-
credited to Spain and her possessions; their
commissions being vised by General Wey
ler in the present case, nc being n mill
tary command in the field. After the de-
parture of our accredited American repre-
sentatiyes 1t will be the business of the
United States government to send to the
president of the republic In his temporary
governmental house among the foothills an
ambassador, with such other dignitariCs gS
this democratic country Of ours needs for
representation among the nations Of the
earth.
TO FIND CUBA'S PRESIDENT.
To find the president of the Cuban repub-
lie it is thought would be quite a severe
task, and IL some fat. ungainly man were
appointed ambassador, suggestive of Sir
John Falstaff in make up and manner, it
would be asking a good deal too much for
so highly an accredited individual to be
stride bony charger and chase his presi-
dency over the mountains and foothills of
the Gem of the Antilles. Conservative
thought is making decided strides, and it is
confidently believed that within the next
two months something absolutely definite
will be known and which will give the
American people a correct principle to fight
for, If that is what they are bent upon
doing.
Chief Justice Fuller and his family have
just moved into one of the most historic
old houses in Washington, a house that Is
as closely connected with the stately old
time social life as any in the city. 1t is the
old Carroll house, away out in the western
part of the district. The Carroll house has
sort of supreme court inheritance of ira
dition, If one may so put it. 1t has been
connected with that august body during
most of its history. II was built about 1889
by the United States marshal of the district
the grandfather Of Associate Justice White
This marshal's name was Rngod, and he
was one of the characters OF that picturesque
period.
IRATE FATHERS ACT.
While the house was being built the
daughter eloped The old gentleman did not
cut her off with shilling, some irate pa
rents do, in books as well as in real life,
nor did he go out and gun for the husband,
but he chose to express his indignation in a
much more effective manner by smearlng
raspberry jam all over the walls Of the house.
How this relieved his feeling, either prac-
tically or sentimentally, is not in evidence,
but so the story runs. The house waa sold
in its unfinished state, raspberry jam and
all, to Charles Carroll, one of the famou,
CAROLS of Maryland, who trace their an
cestry back to Lord Baltimore. He gave
1t to his son, William Thomas Carroll, at
that time clerk of the supreme court That
Was one Vi lhe ldl pidCes unueT lne govern
ment, and everything distinguished that hap
pened in Washington had something to do
with that house, either because the enter
tainment was given there or because the fam
lily figured brilliantly in the function. Mrs
Carroll was one of the social oracles of the
City-a typical southern granddame. She
died about two years ago, and people who |
knew her "befo' de wah" say that she held |
her little court OF old friends and children
of old friends who showed her the Difference
to which she had been accustomed. The |
Fullers have the house now, and as he has !
still a good many marriageable daughters |
1t is expected that the chief justice and his |