The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-04

party harmony. This sensible and COM
mendable action relieved Senator Bur-
rows from very embarrassing posi-
ton.
All OF the Republican members OF the
senate committee on foreign relations
believe that the belligerency of the Gu
ban patriots should be recognized. or
course you will understand that all
senators are reticent. They cannot ar
ford TO violently differ with the presi-
dent as long as any OF them have post
offices which have not been filled, or as
long as they have any prominent OF
flce-seekers on their hands. But In |
the privacy Of his home. in his study |
and smoking room, one OF these states |
men gave your correspondent some ex-
ceedingly valuable information this
evening. He said
Spain demands the observance OF
neutrality laws; and this country Is
enforcing neutrality laws. Because or
this condition OF affairs, the warships
and cruisers of the United States are
policing the seas between Florida and
Cuba to prevent our people from carry
ing arms, ammunition and food sup
plies to the Cuban patriots. On this
account / believe, and in due time
try is as much to blame before God, as
Spain is to be blamed, for the murder
of 100000 innocent people in Cuba dur
| ing the past year.
"All international lawyers know that
| only when belligerent rights are recog-
| nized and a state of war exists and is
| acknowledged to exist. can neutrality
| laws be invoked Spain claims that
there is no state of war existing in
| Cuba Spain claims that there is no
| revolution and no rebellion in Cuba,
but only an insurrection which she
can quell
To Prevent Fiiibustering.
"Thus. according to the claim and
declaration of Spain herself, there Is no
ground for her to invoke the observ-
ance of the neutrality laws. Neverthe-
less although there is nothing In inter-
| national law to require us to do so, our
government has voluntarily under
taken to prevent fllibustering. 1t Is
for this reason that 1 say that we are
responsible, fully as responsible as
SPAIN for the atrocities, horrors, muir
ders and fortunes in Cuba, which are
well known to exist in that distracted
island
That is good international law. LIE
us remember IL.
AS Speaker Tom Reed was entering
| the Normandie hotel today he was In
! | tercepted by an italian, carrying
. | monkey and Juggling hand organ MI
, Reed asked the Italian a few ques
, tions in his own language. patted tn
monkey on the head. and handed tn
organ grinder two nickels. He the
. turned to the correspondent, VIII
> stood in the door, and said: Il Away
like to pay tribute to the ancestors
- our race. Who knows but that monke
= may have a descendant several thou
sand years hence who may be speake
q of the house of representatives. or eve
. president of the United States?"
9 Then, laughing. like the good ma
;, tured overgrown boy that he is M
Reed entered the hotel and went to II
parlor of Colonel Henderson OF low
:, to talk over the bankruptcy bill and i
: prospects during the coming session.
:. Reed Good Story Teller.
Is lniTom Reed likes to hear good storie
n and is a good story teller himself. +
p is usually in a good humor with Il
Is world, and with all the people In
hut. all the same, he is serious enout
in his own apartments when away fro
,. contact with the world. He Is gre
h. politician, and is looking as far into Z
- future as possible. He recently told
- personal friend that, in his judgmei
-. the Cuban patriots will ultimately W
G. their independence. He will not mu
IA longer interpose objections to consi
Grafton of the Cuban belligerency re
a. olution.
or This is because Mr.. Reed is a 20
"a tician. He knows very well the dispo
,n ton of our people. He knows that ne
~ trality laws are unfairly invoked.
no knows that there is likely to be rev
ne luton in favor Of Cuban belligerene
ife a revolution in public sentim'
throughout this country which cam
no be ignored. He knows that the M
n congressional elections will be aHec
70 Inv this public sentiment. He will kt
zee in touch with our people. Otherwise
na might not continue to be member
me- congress: and. argal, he would not
- the master mind of the popular brar
n of congress. With these conditions c.
,et fronting him, Tom Reed dess not int
,er to bear the burden OF blame TOT
ion failure Of the pending resolution.
- Politicians are looking anxiousiy
.. ward Ohio, and wondering what
| outcome Will Ocs hS PaN' ~-----o
O. preston seems to be that Mark hai
ON made an open fight, won II, and Is
~. titled to the victory. including the
fruct Of election to the senate. Al
same time 1t is known that his op
ri'- nents are exceedingly bitter and. act
.a A Successful business Man.
Mark Hanna is not such bad bur
"a NJ humanity after all. Nobody ever
ANYTHING about him until he went
, ..s poiitics. He was meteoric and brilli
w. There is no doubt that he becam
boss of the most pronounced and al
a,s- torial type. All bosses make enemies
g., the bushel Mark Hanna mace
Nc. president Tin a sense) and he m
scores of enemies In his own party.
Since he came to the senate
De-, Hanna has not been aboss. On the
IT, trary. he has been quiet and unops
s,ve. 80 that the older senator's
Ia. come to like him very much. Moreo
M the condition Of his health Is
that he has the sympathy OF those
know him best His heart 10 serio
~. affected, and he may not live to VII
his triumph OF defeat. He knows
fact very well. and 10 obliged to Gu
NJ. energies. When . men gets