The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-10
1t AIDS CUBA'S CAUSE
DE LONE INCIDENT HAS STIRRED
UP WASHINGTON
Believed That No Amount of "Con-
servatfsm" on the Part of the Ad-
minfsfratfon Can Keep Congress
from Taking Aggressive Action
Davis Attitude on BeIIigerency.
washington Bureau st. Paul Globe,
C0rooYdn BuIdinQ.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.

special to The st. Paul Globe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-All the
tactful resources of the ltra-conserva-
tlsm which is supposed to surround
Mckinley is not going to keep the Gu
ban question down. Neither in con-
gress nor in the state department will
the present conditions be much longer
tolerated, even though a false sense of
official propriety is pleaded by the
president for further delay.
The American spirit of aggressive
ness is rampant in the senate, and
Speaker Reed will not be able to sup
press 1t in the house
Minister de LONE is tonight locked
IN ms room at the Spanish legation,
ana his silence on the authorship of the
INFAMOUS insult in which he accused
the chlef executive of being low down
politician, catering to the rabble. is q
practical admission that he wrote the
letter. If the Republicans in congress
nave not manhood and dignity enough
10 resent this impudent effrontery, men
Ike Senator Gray, of Delaware; Tur-
pie, of Indiana, and Daniel, of Virginia.
all members of the senate committee
on foreign relations, will not submit.
AS chairman of the committee on
Foreign relations, Senator Davis has
the opportunity of his life to assert a
vigorous policy, no matter If the ad-
ministration's ban has been put upon
him. Mr.. Davis is heart and soul in
favor of Cuban independence. Not long
peIofe congress convened Mr. Davis
SAID, In an interview, that Cuban bel
Hgerency should have been recognized
long ago. And he further stated that
recognition would be no Justification
FOR Spain to declare war He said in
that interview: THE disparity in the
naval and military resources of the
two counries is so great, to say moth
ton of Spain financially, that such an
event as war would be impossible
Ihe Mason resolution and the Allen
amendment to the diplomatic bill have
been referred to Senator Davis com
mlttee, and, having voted for the for
mer resolution of belligerency, it is
quite probable that he will stand by
it.
Senator Pettigrew is going to move
the free homestead bill as an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill
when it is taken up in the senate. Mr..
Pettigrew is confident that he can get
enough votes to pass it. This will give
the house an opportunity of voting on
the measure when the bill goes to con-
ference, and will thus circumvent
Speaker Reed in his opposition to free
homesteads.
L,
chief of the secret service division In
the absence of Chief Hazen, said this
afternoon that Capt. Walsh, of st.
Paul, had been relieved from duty
owing to the fact that there was no
work for him to do just now. 1t is
believed, however that some of the
many Ohio office seekers now in Wash
ington reminding Senator Hanna Of his
promises, have been slated for secret
service work and this explains Walsh's
retirement.
In the senate today Mr.. Davis pre-
sented the resolutions of the St Paul
chamber of commerce in favor of the
Indianapolis monetary commission bill.
Representative Eddy intended to
leave for Minnesota tonight, but he
will wait the action of the senate on
the free homestead rider to the Indian
bill
1t is understood tonight that, if
President Mckinley withdraws the
nomination of c. T. Mccoy for Indian
agent at Cheyenne agency he will re-
appoint him to another position. Ma
tional Committeeman Kittredge is here
in opposition to McCoys confirmation
The Rosebud and Lower Brule Indian
delegation had a conference with In
dian Commissioner Jones late TODAY.
All details regarding the transfer of the
latter to the Rosebud reservation were
finally agreed upon. The Rosebuds are
to be paid $1.25 per acre for land and
the Brules are to have a portion of the
reservation opened to settlement to re-
imburse the government for the pur-
chase of Rosebud lands for their occu-
pancy.