The age-herald., 1898-09-30
SECRETARY OF
 THE COLONIES New Cabinet Portfolio to Be Suggested
 By the President. STAINS EFFORT TO DELAY The Evacuation Proceedings in Cuba and
 Porto Rico is Irritating. HIGH EUL0GIsS FOR ROBSON Captain Goodrich Praises the Ala bama Hero for His Work in Rais- ing the Maria Teresa
 Handsome Souvenirs.
HIGH EULoGIsS FOR ROBSON
BY ARCHIBALD W. BUTT


 Washington, September 8.-(Special)- The president has made no official an- nouncement of the fact, but it is well known here that he intends to ask con gress to establish another cabinet portfolio to be known as the secretary of the colo nies. This recommendation will find bit ter opponents in congress, especially from the democrats but the president will ae> company the recommendation with mes sage wherein he will explain ttat tt will be almost impossible for the cabinet min isters, as the body IS now made up, to han de all the business which will devolve upon them after the adm ssion of Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Phi ppinss and pos sibly other islands. For some time past it has been advised that a secretary of com meree should be authorized on account of the overcrowded cond ton of the interior department. If a secretary of the colonies is established it is more than likely that some of the routine work which is now connected with the interior department will be added to that of the colonies.
 The apparent effort of Spain to delay the evacuation proceedings m Cuba and Porto Rico is causing much irritation to the ad- ministration. It is thought that there is some sinister design in the programme of the Spanish officials and 1t is believed that they are acting under instructions from Madrid. The opinion S expressed here that Spain is anxious to keep the bulk of her army in both islands pending the conven- ton of the peace commissioners at Paris, with a view of forcing better terms from our representa- tives. Every other excuse is given by the Spanish officials but this one, however. Behind the plausible reasons tod 1A1a, hnrn sees clever Spanish move. The protocol provided for the immediate evacuation of Cuba and the president will insist upon the letter of the protocol being carried out. There is no doubt that w.th the sick sol diers removed from the islands and the well ones armed, Spain would be in a better position to treat with our commissioners in, Paris. While she would eventually have to give way and meet our terms, still the moral influence of havng armed forces on the islands, would give her some strength in dealing with the Philippine question.
 His Own Sc c=etary
 The president sees this and is not to be caught. He is acting as his own secre- tary of state these days His power of en- durance Is something wonderful. The whole secret of his strength is the fact that he can always sleep MT. Hanna, dur ing the last campaign, said that you could hang Mckinley to a wall like bat and he would sleep. He is as greatly bothered now as he was during the war, if not more Then he shared his responsib H. ties but now he is modern Pooh Bah. He has all officers rolled into one. For the last month there have been only one or two of his cabinet in Washington at time. He has appointed temporarily MT. Adee, of the state department, secretary of state. MT. Adee has been in the department for many years and knows the routine work thoroughly His special branch in the de- pertinent is drawing up state papers in conventional diplomatic form. He is the author of some of the most celebrated pa pers ever signed in the history of the gov- ernment, but he never appears in them, and whatever credit Is given adds to the lustre of the name of the respective sec retary of state whoever he happened to be. It was not only to rid himself of some of the worry in being his own secretary of state, that he appointed MT Adee, but to bestow a deserved compliment upon very faithful member of the government at the same time.
 An officer of the state department at- tributes the delay of the Spaniards to evacuate Cuba and Porto Rico to a desire on their part to collect the revenues of the islands which are very heavy. he imports islands which ahe very heavy. The imports tariff in vogue at this time makes the reve- nues of exceptional value. The administra- ton does not take this view of the case, however, and believes the delay is for no other purpose than an attempt to get bet ter terms for Spain in the peace treaty.
 High Eulogies for Hobson
 Richmond Pearson Hobsen has come in again for a high euogy from his superior officers. Captain Goodrich, in making his report of the floating of the Maria Teresa, speaks of Hobson's work as being most efficient and gives him much credit for the part he played in raising the Spanish ship. He also recommends that Lieutenant Hob- son be authorized to proceed with the work on the Colon. Captain Goodrich does not hold out much hope of raising this hull, but says that MT. Hobson's superior ta,- ents might enable him to succeed. He says that the experiment is well worth trying. This Is the first officer who has said so much, and should Lieutenant Hob son fail it can not be said that the money spent in tho trial was done merely upon the recommendation of q visionary and am- bilious young man, the charge which has