Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-05-21
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON.
Protection of Americans in
Cuba.
TariR Debate begins Next weeIS-The
Civil Service Law and Its AppII
Government Print

Washington, May 17.-President
McKinley's policy of protecting
American citizens in Cuba goes a
great deal further than protecting
them in their political rights, as he
has fully made known to Congress.
1t includes protecting them from
the starvation that is staring so
many of them in the face, as a re-
suit of the policy of Gen. Weyler in
cooping them up in the cities and
towns of Cuba where there is no op-
portunity for those who are depend
ent upon their labor for living for
themselves and families to obtain
employment. President Mckinley
has asked Congress to appropriate
money TO furnish food, clothing and
medicine for these suffering Ameri-
cans, and Congress will promptly do
it, and the relief will be distributed
by United States officials. The
Spanish minister wanted TO have
the distribution made by Spanish
officials, but he was promptly in
formed that it could not be done
that as long as Spain had by it's poll
cy, American citizens and non COM
batants, to be deprived of the work
by which they lived, it should have
seen that they were in some other
way provided for that having failed
to do his duty, the United States
would relieve it own citizens, either
by birth or naturalization, without
help or hindrance from Spain That
is as far as the matter has gone, but
there is no doubt that the sending of
relief to Cuba for suffering Ameri-
cans by this government, is the first
step toward Intervention, either
peaceably or by force, TO put an end
to tine barbarous condition of affairs
on the island. 1t will follow as a
natural sequence. If present condi-
tions were allowed to continue, the
United States Government would
have to establish permanent relief
depots in every town on the island.
The first duty will be 30 clothe the
naked Americans, feed the hungry
and see that the sick get proper
nursing and medicine then the con-
ditions that brought about the suff-
ering will have to be changed. There
will be no occasion for trouble, un-
less Spain makes it, If she does, so
much the worse for Spain.
Mr.. Frank A. vanderlip, who has
been acting as private secretary to
Secretary Gage, since he entered
the cabinet, and who has been nomi-
mated to be Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, is one of the youngest
men who ever filed this important
position, but his ability to properly
perform its duties is unquestioned.
Although Mr.. Vanderlip is only 80
years old, he has had an extended
financial experience, having been
for eight years financial editor of
the Chicago Tribune, and ever since
his schoolboy days a close student
of finance and political economy.
From Republican point of view,
Florida neither gains nor loses to
any marked extent by sending ex-
Representative Stephen R. Mallory
to the Senate in place of Mr.. Call,
whose term expired with the last
Congress. Although Mr.. Call served
three terms in the Senate, he was
more widely known because of the
little episode connected with his
wearing fancy socks and taking
off his shoes while the Senate was
in session. than for any statesman
ship displayed during his eighteen
years service.
The tariff debate will not begin
until next week, although Senator
Aldrich will, on Thursday of this
week, call the bill up for the pur-
pose of making a statement cover
ing the views of the Republicans of
the Financial Committee on the
amendments No agreement has
been reached as to the length of
time the bill will be debated by the
Senate, but the talk of individual
senators of all parties indicates that
the debate is likely to be much
shorter then it was several weeks
ago supposed that it would be. Re
publicans of the House take no stock
in the story that the tactics by which
the Senate compelled the House
20 accept its amendments TO the
Wilson bill, are to be again brought
10 bear, and many of them do not
hesitate to say that if the attempt is
made, it viii fail Ny own impress
sion is that the House would remain