The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-05-18
CUBAN
independence is Sure to be
Recognized by America.
Reinstatement of Discontinued Pen
sions Discussed in Cabinet Meeting.

Reinstatement of Discontinued Pen
siOns Discussed in Cabinet Meeting.
WASHINGTON, May 14th, 1897
The sugar trust controlled the re-
publican sub committee which
drafted the am endments to the
Dingley tariff bill, but all it will be
able to get out OF the sugar sched'
ule will be the money that has al
ready been made through specula'
tion on the advance knowledge OF
what that schedule was to be, as q
majority of the Senate have made
it certain that the sugar schedule
cannot be put through, by declar.
ing themselves to be against it.
The tariff bill is not likely to be
taken up by the Senate on the 18th
as agreed upon, but it will not be
the fault of the democrats, but OF
the republicans in failing TO get O
trustworthy comparative state
ment showing the differences that
will be the result of the proposed
changes. There is another thing
about the tariff bill that can be
stated with cert tainty. There will
he an antitrust amendment adopt
ed be fore the bill passes the Senate.
The necessary votes are promised.
At last the administration has
found out the bunco game that
Spain played on the Cleveland ad-
ministration and has been trying
to play on the present one, thanks
to the wide-awake reports Of Con-
sui General Fitzhugh Lee, and
justice is seemingly going to be
done to poor Cuba. Mr. Mckinley
has had long conference with the
members OF the Senate committee
on Foreign Relations, as TO what
should be done. The impression is
that Senator Morgan's resolution
for the recognition of Cuban bell-
gerency hardly goes far enough
and that recognition of independ-
ence would be the proper thing, in
view of the facts forwarded by Gen.
Lee. A public mass meeting Of
Cubansympathizers is going to be
held in Washington Sunday.
The administration now wishes
that it had not caused its intention
to reinstate all ex-Un ion soldiers
or widows OF such who had for any
reason been dropped from the gov
ernment payroll to be SO widely
advertised. Like most advertising
this has brought results. These re-
suits are much more numerous
than were expected; also more en-
barrassing. The plain truth Is
that many of the applicants for re-
instatement, and some of those
who have been reinstated, are un-
fitted physically to perform the
duties of the places they once held,
some by reason Of age and others
by disease. If there were only
few of these people they could be
scattered around in the depart
ments and their inability to do
good work would go unnoticed,
but when their number goes away
up into the hundreds it becomes q
serious matter, because as rule
every one of them reinstated dis.
places an efficient employe. This
matter was discussed at a cabinet
meeting this week.
Senator Kyle isn't the first man
who has made bad thing worse
by trying TO explain. Rising to
question of privilege he attempted
to explain away the charge that he
had agreed to vote with the repub.
licans in exchange for good COM
mittee assignments, but he made
u bad mess of it, especially in say
ing that his understanding of the
policy of the populists was to help
the republicans control the Senate.
Evidently the House has not
been properly impressed with the
Importance OF the policy of Secre.
tary Wilson in trying to spread the
sugar beet industry in this country,
or 1t would not have refused to
agree TO the Senate amendment to
the Sundry Civil bill, appropriating
$4,000 for the continuation by the
Secretary of Agriculture of an in
vestigation Of the sugar beet in
dustry. Perhaps some of the men,
bers Of the House have not forgot
ten the sugar fad OF Mr.. LIE Due,
who was Commissioner OF Agricul-