The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-02-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., February 10, 1898.

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President Mckinley and the members
bis Cabinet naturally decline to discuss,
for publication, the letter written by
Senor de LONE, the Spanish Minister to
suited, autonomy for Cuba referred to rs
merely trick, and the negotiations for
a reciprocity treaty only an excuse to
stave off interv entiJn by the U. S. in
Cuba. The President will act promptly,
notwithstanding the resignation of de
LONE, and if Spain does not ignore that
resignation and recall de LONE. his &C.
ton will probably be the dismissal in dis.
grace of the Spanish Minister. There
is also a strong probability that If
the Spanish minister be given his
passports, the action will be followed
by Intervention BY this government in
Cuba. The publication of tho de LONE
letter has created more of senss
tion in Washington than anything they
has occurred in connection with the Gu
ban question. As usual the hot heads
in Congress wish to have Congress take
hand in the business, but the level.
headed men in Congress recognize the
ability of President Mckinley to prop
erly deal with the matter and are perfect.
| ly willing to leave it in his hands The
matter could not have occurred at
worse time for the interests of Spain, as
the resolutions and speeches in the Sen.
ate by Senators Cannon, of Utah, and
Mason, of ILL.,, and the proposed amend
ment to the Diplomatic and Consul
lar bill, by Senator Allen, of Nebraska,
all looking to immediate action by
this government either by recognition
of Cuban belligerency or independence
or by Intervention, had already brought
Cuban matters to a critical point in the
Senate.
1t is creditable to the good sense and
craftsmanship of the members of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
that they should have been unmoved by
the prevailing excited condition in
Washington and have acted upon the
amendment to the diplomatic and Con.
sular appropriation bill, proposed by
Senator Allen, providing for a recogni.
ton of the beligerency of the Cubans,
Just as though there were no excitement.
The committee by unanimous vote de.
cided to make an unfavorable report
upon the amendment, because they did
not believe appropriation bills the prop.
er vehicles for riders bearing upon ques.
tions affecting our foreign relations, q
decision that will be endorsed by large
majority of our people. This action
would have been a good thing, no mat.
ter who had proposed the amendment,
but it is doubly good thing as rebuke
to Senator Allen, who did not offer the
resolution to help the Cubans, but with
the hope that it might embarass the ad.
ministration. The administration, and
not individual Senators or Representa-.
tives, is held responsible for the foreign
policy of the government, and the Presi-
dent who acted upon his personal sym.
pathy, Instead of npon his calm judg.
ment of what was best for the welfare
of the country would not be worthy of
his high office.
1t was not surprising that the Post
[ Office department should have abolished
! the absurd rule adopted under the
l Cleveland administration, prohibiting
( postmasters who owned newspapers
from editing them, as soon IS its atten.
ton was called to it, There was no more
sense in say ing that fourth class post.
t masters should not edit newspapers than
there would have been in saying that
they should not keep stores or do any.
thing else.
,, That it makes difference whose OK
is pored is shown by the frantic protests
against the confirmation OF the nomina.
, ton # ] nhn II Deveaux, Georgia col.
ored man, to be Collector of Customs at
Savannah, that are keeping the wires
hot between Savannah and Washington
since President Mckinley sent the nom.
ination of Deveaux to the Senate. One
of the best reasons for saving that the
nomination will be confined is the fact
!. that the white men of Savannah who
are doing the protesting have almost to
Y a man recommended Deveaux as a prop
8 er man to be collector at Brunswick,
0 Georgia, and in writing, too If he was
all right for collector at Brunswick,
why isn't he alright for collector at Sa,
vannah? The only objection raised to
Deveaux is his color, and there is less
O prejudice against that in the U. S. Sen.
ate than there is in Savannah.
The House this week unseated Plow
!, man, democrat, from Ala and gave the
seat to Aldrich the populist contestant
on account OF fraud in the election. The
report of the majority of the election