Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-06-05
THE NATION'S CAPITOL.
wAsn1NeroN. June 2, 1897.

| tuclI Dl}l IN way WnlCn promises COun-
pletion during the month OF June. ~
large proportion of the Republicans In
that body agree with the Ohio members
OF the Senate that the wool schedules OF
the tariff bill will probably be changed
before the bill Is completed and that
probably the House schedules will be
restored. "The wool growers of the
United States, said IL Senator, "Ought
to be given an adequate protection and
1 am not surprised of the recent an
nouncement that Senators Hanna and
Foraker, us we'll as the Ohio members
OF the House, want a higher rate on the
irst and second class wool than the bill
now gives"
The transfer Of public attention to the
tariff bill has reduced somewhat the de-
mand for immediate action on the
Cuban matter, and there Is something
of II reversal of public opinion now that
people haye stopped to think it over.
A good many people who were inclined
to criticise those who voted against the
resolution in the Senate now begin to
see that while it required some moral
courage to vote against it In the face
of the public demand in Ohio for action,
those who did so had good reason for
their action. They recognized the fact
that its passage would force the ques-
tion upon the President before he was
ready to act. The fact that the Presi-
dent had sent his own representatives
to Cuba to obtain facts and present a
report which would enable him to act,
and that he could not do so ointelligently
until those representatives had re-
ported, made it unjust to him and to his
administration to force action before he
should be ready. The resolution, if it
should pass the House and be sent to
the President before he was ready to
| formulate and enunciate his plans,
would embarrass him very greatly and
might result disastrously. 1t is known
that the Administration has outlined a
definite Cuban policy, which the for
mer administration did not do in two
years, and it is felt that it should be
given chance to carry out its plans.
Secretary Sherman's views on the SUBJ
ject are we'll known from his public
utterances, the pledges of the party
which elected President Mckinley are
we'll known, and he himself has indi-
Gated In public and in private his desire
for prompt and vigorous action. But it
Is felt that he should certainly be given
time and opportunity to digest and COM
plete his plans before entering upon
action which is liable TO be fraught with
grave results, and which might, unless
carefully handled, precipitate war, and
the loss of human life.
These views are making themselves
felt at both ends of the Capitol and both
ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Repre-
sentative Mills, of Chicago, who has
had long talk with the President on
this sui ject, says he is conyinced that
the Cuban matter ought to be left tc
him.
''I came away feeling that the Presi
dent is thoroughly in sympathy with
the insurgents said Mr.. Mills. "a
little time will bring this out all right
The President means to go slow but
am confident that he intends to do the
right thing by the heroic Cubans.
told the President that had been in.
structed by my people to vote first, last
and all the time for the Cubans and
intimated that my constituents were
right. The President told me that he
was waiting report from Commits
sioner Calhoun, aud as soon as it is IN /
have reason to believe that he will take
an advance step in favor of the insur-
genls.'