Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-05-26
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

he starts just where he wants to 90.
| When he sent that message to con-
! gress asking that $50, ZOO be appro-
! priated for the relief of destitute
, American citizens in Cuba he went as
! far as he desires to go in that direc-
ton at present; and he was not affect
ed by threats of senators to side-track
! the tariff bill, if the Cuban belliger-
ency resolution was not adopted, nor
by the contemplate tactics of the
Democrats in the house, who DELAYED
that appropriation three days merely
to try to embarrass the administration
and to seek for popularity through
j the known sympathy existing among
our people for Cuba, by trying to com
pine the recognition of Cuban bellig-
erency with the appropriation. While
all this has been going on President
! Mckinley pursued the even tenor of
his way. He has more real sympathy
/ for Cuba than some of those who have
been making blood and thunder
speeches in congress, as will in due
time be seen. He is looking forward
to something great deal better than
/ the recognition of the belligerency of
! the CubanS, and when the proper
time, in his judgment, shall arrive,
he will act, and his action will be in
keeping with the man, firm, res )lute,
and above all thoroughly American.
! He doesn't believe in doing sensational
things nor in being so hasty that i'm
pOrtant consequences are overlooked
With the destitute Americans provid-
ed for, there is no occasion for haste
III any further action towards Cuba,
while there is every reason for haste
in getting tAe tariff bill, which will
be taken up in the senate next week,
enacted into law. The first duty of
congress and the government is to
help our own people; then we can de-
vote some time to helping the dis
tressed and oppressed elsewhere.
Representative WILDER, of New
York, who has been studying and
working on the subject for a long
time, thinks method has been found
that will make it impossible for imi-
tations to be sold in English markets
as genuine American cheese. w. A
Mcknight, a member Of the Liverpool
and Manchester Chamber of Com
merce, has been in this country work
ing in conjunction with Representa-
/ tive WILDER, and he promises to aid
in suppressing the sale of imitation
American goods and the consequent
extension of the sale of the genuine,
on his side Of the Atlantic. Secre-
taries Gage and Wilson are thorough
ly in favor of this project, and the
commissioner of internal revenue has
already given the necessary orders to
government officers at New York and
Chicago to put it into effect.
Senator Hawley took occasion dur
ing the Cuban talk in the senate to
reiterate warning words upon a SUBJ
Ject he is thoroughly familiar with
He said: eve are in no condition as
a country to step forward into the
arena of the world and say we are go
ing to see justice done to every poor
people everywhere; that we will de-
clare war. The senator from Illinois
(Mason) asked with vigor once or
[ am, | am afraid of war on the part
of an unprotected nation. | declare
that we are not fit to undertake a war
against any but the very weakest ma
tlOnS of the earth, and this is the text
upon which | have been preaching
these ten or twelve years, more or
less. My hope is to see our coast de-
lenses and our navy put into such con-
dltlon that we can conduct an inter-
national debate, for we cannot have
an international debate without the
guns; and when we have something
of an armament that is BETTING our
great place in the world, we can af-
ford to assume the responsibilities
the Almighty has placed upon us bv
reason of our wealth and power In
speaking thus Senator Hawley made
no pretense OF representing the ad-
minisyration, or in fact anybody but
himself
The order closing the doors of the
International Postal congress to the
public and to the newspaper men has
been rather unjustly criticised as an
act of eXclusiveness, when in reality
it was merely following precedent.
The other Postal congresses were held
behind closed doors, and the foreign
delegates objected to the publicity
which followed the experiment of
holding this one with open doors, so
the doors were shut. That is all there
is about it. This congress has no
authority to decide anything. It's
! functions are to discuss and to make
recommendations to the countries in
the Postal union, and the foreign dele
gates objected to having reports pub
lished of everything they said in these
i discussions.
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