The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
tFrom Our Regular correspondent)
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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WASHINGTON, ID. c., May Is, '97.
What made Mr.. Mckinley lose
his nerve? That question has been
asked many times within the last
two or three days. Last week
Mr.. Mckinley sent for the mem
bers Of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, and after laying
before them official communications
from Consul General Fitzhugh Lee
and other consuls, showing a hor-
rible state Of affairs in Cuba, an
nounced that he had made up his
mind to send an immediate mes
sage to Congress, recommending
action for the relief of starving
American citizens in Cuba, and
incidentally for the aid Of Cuba.
Before the great rejoicing that fol-
lowed this announcement had a
chance to get fairly started, Mr..
Mckinley telephoned to the capt.
tol that he had changed his mind
and would defer the message until
this week. What brought about
that sudden change Of mind is not
positively known, but inferences
were drawn from a visit to the
White House of Mr.. Atkins, a
wealthy Cuban who makes his
home in Boston, and who is credited
with having shaped the Cleveland
Olney Cuban policy. Later Mr..
Mckinley had a conference with
the Spanish Minister, and is said
to have asked him if his govern
ment would object to our sending
aid to starving Americans in Cuba!
Just think of that. And that is
all he now recommends.
Senator Deboe, of KY, seems to
be really grateful to DR.. Hunter
for having given way for him and
then helped him to get elected to
the Senate. Knowing that DR..
Hunters contest for a seat in the
House had nothing more substantial
to stand upon than the partisanship
Of a majority Of the House, Mr..
/ Deboe has secured the promise oil
sa good appointment for Hunter
from Mr.. Mckinley, and still fur
Their to show his gratitude, he work
ed the Kentucky contingent OF re-
| publican office-holders and would
be ofiice-holders for contributions
to the extent Of $94O, and invested
the money in two diamond studded
watches which were duly presented
! to DR.. Hunter and his wife. o
course it is nobody's business i
! some of the contributors to thu
watch fund are a little behindhant
> with their board bills. They have
helped Deboe pay a part Of his deb
Of gratitude.
Ex- congressman s. R. Mallory
who has been elected by the FloIid'
legislature to fill the vacancy il
the Senate from that state, whicl
has existed since March 4th, i
! well-known in Washington as
good fellow and a good democrat
He will be cordially welcomed b,
9 his democratic colleagues, and b.
: will add one more vote to the sill
yer majority already existing in thu
Senate.
The talk of Senators on Senate
s Aliens resolution asking Mr.. Nc
, Kinley not to pardon Chapman
i the broker who was sentenced to
I months Imprisonment for refus'
! ing to tell the names of Senators
! who speculated in sugar stock, re-
: suited in a change Of programme
al The sugar trust, as well as it,
I friends in the Senate, became thor
: oughly alarmed, and decided thai
) Chapman should serve his term in
.%|jail, hoping thereby to hush the
! talk about a e sugar investiga'
ton in the Senate. The members
! OF the sugar trust who are under the
same sort of an indictment will
trust to their money and pull to es'
cape Jail by legal methods. The
past week has been a bad one in
other respects for the sugar trust,
. 1t has been demonstrated that the
' sugar schedule, which the trust had
! attached to the Dingley tariff bill,
cannot possibly be gotten through
1.-THE Senate, not to mention the
House. These things have resulted
} in greater activity on the part Of the
big sugar trust lobby, and money
will be spent freer than W to &C.
cure a sugar schedule in the tariff
: bill, as it finally passes, that will b
r fairly satisfactory to the trust