Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON Ian 12 I.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1884,
Poor Cuba The formal announcement
that John Sherman had been compelled to
sSecome McKinley's Secretary of State, in
order to make a place in the Senate for
Boss Hanna, make it certain that unless
this Congress does something for Cuba, it
will have to 20 on fighting alone. There
has been a suspicion for sometime that Nc
Kinley occupied very nearly the same
attitude towards Cuba that President
Cleveland does and Mr.. Sherman has made
that suspicion a certainty by saying
do not believe this government should
interfere between Spain and the CubaBs. /
do not believe this government should at
tempt to settle the war OF take any steps
putting upon us the burden of determining
the nature of rule in Cuba in case the
Cubans win" As this language was used
when ne was just from the presence of Nc
Kinley and after he had accepted the
Secretaryshlp of State, there isn't the
slightest doubt that it is an advance state
ment OF McKinley's Cuban policy 1t is
several shades worse than the present Cuban
policy as President Cleveland has at least
tried to bring about peace Mckinley pro-
poses to do absolutely nothing and t. let
the butchery continue indefinitely. This
may result in string up the friends of Cuba
In Congress. There are now in Washington
petitions signed by six hundred thousand
American citizens. asking Congress to
recognize the independence of Cuba
1t is evident that Speaker Reed doesn't
expect Representative Boatner, of La, who
was unseated at the last session of Congress
and reelected to fill the vacancy and for
full term beginning March 4th next, to be
unseated in the contest which is again
being made for his seat Otherwise he
would not have selected Mr.. Boatner, who
is one of those rare Democrats who favors
protection to a certain extent, to fill the
Democratic vacancy on the Ways and
Means Committee. Representative Bailey,
of Texas, who was given the vacancy on
the Rules Committee, was it is said given
his choice of the vacancies BY Mr. Reed
Charlie Crisp, son of the late ex-Speaker
was given the vacancy on the Post Office
Committee, and Representative Stokes, of
5. G., that ON the Committee on Agricul-
ture.
The Republican Steering Committee of
the Senate has given the Nicaragua Canal
Bill the first place in the order of business
of the Senate. which is merely another way
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week the leisurely Senate condescends to
sit during this session, as they know that
the bill has no chance of getting acted on
in the House.
Those members of HuDtington's lobby,
who are not regularly on his pay roll, found
themselves out of job, when the House
sat down SO hard on the Pacific Railroads
Funding bill. The question of legislation
on the subject IS still being considered, but
Huntington seems at last to realize that the
numerous lobby he had at work in Wash
ington did the funding bill more harm
than good, and from now on, the lobby ins
will not be so openly conducted. If there
is any legislation on this matter, it is
likely to be along the line OF the bill which
has been reported favorably to the Senate,
and which is now being considered by the
House Committee. 1t provides for COM
mission of Cabinet officials with authority
to settle the whole business.
Representative and SenatOr-elect Money,
of Miss, thus disposes of sensational story
sent from Washington There ia not a
word of truth in the story that have the
slightest Misunderstanding with Consul
General Lee growing out OF my letters on
the Cuban question. General Lee and l
are the best of friends, and there is not the
least particle of chance of our disagreeiDg
l was as much amused over the newspaper
publication that there was to be a duel
between us as the General will be when he
sees it.D
The much talked of bill authorizing the
President to appoint delegates to any
International Monetary Conference that
may be called, has been introduced in the
Senate. This is measure for which every
body in Congress will vote, and which
nobody, in or out of Congress, believes will
ever amount to row of pins, so tar as in
creasing the use of silver as money is con-
cerned.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers have in
vented great many valuable things They
were the first to make brooms by ma
chinery the first to put up seeds in little
packages the first to manufacture cut
nails.
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