The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-06
ACCUSED OF MEDDLNG
President and Cabinet Are Not
Pleased.
CONGRESS- AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS.


DO It's Resolutions Tend to Cemplicsts
Matterse-P Pension Night In the House.
A LAnghabis Ineidsn.-->Mrs. Mckee In
Warrington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. -[Special lit 10
not believed by members Of the admins
tration and Of the diplomatic corps that
the Cuban resolutions reported by the SEN
ate foreign relations committee will have
any effect, even II adopted by both houses
OF congress. Ii is somewhat extraor-
binary method of expressing sympathy
that OF asking the mother government to
recognize the belligerency of rebels against
her authority. While IL Is true Spain
could give this recognition without serious
loss, and, in fact, the advantage tactical.
ly might be on her side no one believes
the Madrid government will for moment
listen 60 the proposal. Their fear Is the
moral effect. President Cleveland and his
cabinet have good reason for thinking,
are not pleased with the apparent dispose.
ton Of congress TO interfere in such whole
sale fashion in foreign affairs. They think
management of the foreign affairs should
be left TO them. as was contemplated by
the constitution. They argue that while
congress may be entitled to Its opinion its
actions and expressions only tend to COM
plicate our relations without accomplish
Ing any real good
Chance to Make IN Epoch.
General Weyler. the new commander Of
SPANS forces in Cuba, who will soon be
IN the field, may be an epoch making gen.
eral. He has a great opportunity TO dis
tinguish himself. II he proves TO be man
Of swift movement, great grasp Of affairs
and military oapability, he may suppress
the rebellion much quicker than any one
has hitherto thought 1t possible. But, on
the other hand, II he permits his soldiers
TO practice cruelty or unnecessary severi-
ty in dealings with prisoners or suspected
rebels, he will soon have the United States
down upon him. / know whereof speak
when say that between the government
of Spain and the government Of the Unit
ed States there Is q tacit understanding
that the rebellion must be crushed by the |
time the rainy season comes on again. |
which Is In May or June or the United |
States will interfere. 1t will interfere be-
fore then II unnecessary cruelty Is prac.
ticed. II prisoners Of war are shot down
in cold blood; II noncombatants are pun
ished as II they were criminals, as was tho |
at Washington will lift its hand and vir. |
tually, though at first automatically, say
that these things must stop.
Spoke Of a"widow Woman
Every Friday night the members Of the |
house OF representatives have good time. |
That Is pension night Nothing but
pension bills are In order, and though |
only few members appear In their seats |
.he debates are often of n most interesting |
character. Sometimes the speeches are |
eloquent sometimes they are sad, as the |
sufferings and disappointments of victims |
of the war are depleted and now and then L
they are quite funny. IL always sounds /
odd when a member Of congress, presuma- |
bly, an educated man, talks in public of /
"a widow woman" Many members /
make this mistake, though no one appears /
TO notice IL.
frequently members of congress savage |
ly criticise the conduct of the government |
pension inspectors sent out to investigate |
applications for pensions. Recently Mr.. |
Mccall Of Tennessee asked the house to |
listen TO story which he had to tell con- |
corning one OF these inspectors. ut out. |
Herods Herod," said he. "It is the case |
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders of Bergman,
Mo-, whose husband was shot through sew. |
ch war. I1t ultu, Oh
course His widow applied for pension.
These spies were sent out by the depart |
ment. One of them went to this widows /
home. He was there for dinner, and dur |
ing the forenoon she slipped out to her /
neighbors and borrowed enough stuff to /
give the man decent dinner and she sat |
him down to a decent dinner obtained |,
from her neighbors. That man reported
the fact that that woman had sat him
down to an excellent dinner as an evi.
dence OF her ability to gain livelihood.
This anecdote was greeted with laughter
and applause.
For Companionship Only.
1t Is understood that President Cleye.
land Will soon go away from the capital on
another ducking trip. There has been a
good deal of comment on the fact that the
president Is always accompanied on these
journeys by his medical adviser, DIR.
O'Reilly. am informed by a member of |
the cabinet that Dr. o Reilly goes along
not because the president is likely to have /
need for his services, but because the Jolly /
doctor is favorite Of Mr.. Cleveland's and |
Is asked to go for the sake Of companion |
ship more than anything else. At the |
same time IL is admitted DIR. O'Reilly |
would be handy man to have on the boat /
In case OF accident or sudden illness
DIR. O'Reilly Is surgeon in the army. |
with rank OF major He Is assigned to |
duty In the department, and Is expected |
to attend army officers who have need for |
his services. But this is only nominal. As |
matter Of fact the doctor has little else |
to do but to look after his distinguished l
patient, the commander in chief of the army /
and navy Of the United States, and as Gen. |
ernl Admiral Cleveland Is now In very |
good health DR. O'Reilly has what his /
fellow officers call "a soft snap"
Mrs. Mckee OF Indianapolis, daughter
OF ex-President Harrison, Ii again In Wash.
ipgton and quite active In society. Mrs.
Mckee Is very popular here, and the many /
friends she made while member of the /
White House family are glad to welcome
her back to the capital