The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-02-18

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ress In House-Reed's Friendships.
From Our Correspondents.
Washington has been treated to
genuine surprise this week. 1t came
about in diplomatic circles. senior
Edward Dupuy De LONE, the Spanish
minister to the United States, reslsheu'
At this time, during the critical sltualioii
in regard to the Cuban insurrectlon' thls
forces a very delicate position between
this country and SPAN. The sudden
and forced change in the persohnei VI
the head of the Spanish legation was INC
direct outcome of the pupllcalloh IA ZIG
principle newspapers OF the couiiti
of a letter written by the Spanish MIN
lister to his friend, CanaleJas' the Maui ~
editor. in which he commented severely
upon the president of the United states
and made other utterances which were
equally offensive to this government.
His statements about President NC
Kinley were translated in this wise:
Besides the natural and lneVltaple
coarseness with which he (Mchlnley) re-
peats all that the press ana puolic
opinion has said of Weyler, 1t (the presl-
dents last message) shows once more
that Mckinley is weak and catering 10
the rabble. and besides a low politician
who desires to leave a door open to me
and stard we'll with the jingoes OF MS
party"
At this particular stage OF the CUBAN
period. this letter from SPANS represen-
tative here caused nothing snort OF an
absolute sensation in Washington. such
statements are, of course the grossest
of improperly for diplomat TO IN
dulge in. At the outset there was
disposition to question the authenticity
of the letter, but Judge Day, hrst as
sistant secretary of state, and VINO, with
President Mckinley, has had all TO 90
with the Cuban matter so far as TINS
government is concerned, and has, there
fore, been brought into close contact
with De LONE, went Immediately to the
Spanish legation and presented the
original letter, which had been sent by
the Cuban junta in New York, through
whose fundamentally the letter was
procured while en- route to Canalejas.
De LOIIlG duIIlllSu tIeNb tiAS lS11SA '"'
genuine, which ended the scene at the
legation, Judge Day returning at once
to the White House.
United States Minister Stewart L.
Woodford at Madrid was cabled to and
Informed that it would be very agree
able to this government if Spain would
recall De LONE, but the latter had an
ticipated such action and Immediately
oabled his resignation to Madrid. This
probably ends the incident. The only
question is whether or not the resigna-
tion will be considered as the fms of
the matter.
It is not thought that De Lome's pre-
cipitation of affairs will have very much
effect on the Cuban policy of the ad-
President Mckinley and
fudge Day, who have handled the matter
for the executive part of
This government, have all along been in
chned to ultra conservatism, and it
q not thought that they will deviate from
that policy. 1t is probably true, as al
legged, that De LONE has been playing
on the sympathies of 9th the presi-
dent and Judge Day, but it does not
seem to be thought in inner circles here
assistant to take drastic measures for
by this government in the
Cuban war just now.
The congressional campaign of the
coming fall is being fought out in it's in
eipient stages here. OF course, it will
grow warmer and warmer, and spread
further and further as the time of the
elections approaches, but at present it is
confined to Washington, where both
Republicans and Democrats are building
their fences.
The silver men are very active. EX-
Senator Dubois of Idaho. one of the bolt
ing Republicans at st. Louis and chair
man of the Republican silver organiza-
ton. has been here comforting with Tel
Ter, Towne and other distinguished sill
yer Republicans. What they want to
do is to cement all the Republican silver
men together, and then inaugurate a
movement to keep all the popocrats in
line for the white metal. They hope
that with fusion in the south and west,
they can capture the next congress for
silver. They are anxious for the house
particularly thinking that the senate
Will remain III IIelT COIllTOl. lie
Ching about it is that if the house goes
over to silver in the congressional cleo
ton the senate will probably by that time
have become solid for gold, as I showed
the other day. This is indeed funny.
The silverites have the senate now, and
will train their guns on the house in the
hope to win the lower branch. They
may be successful. If they do, they Will
have lost the senate, and so far as free
coinage of silver is concerned it will still
be doomed. A bill might be pass,
through the house in the Fifty-sixth
congress. but it's optics would be ter
ribly discolored by the blow it would
receive in the senate.
Then there would be William McKin-
ley in the White House, equipped with
double barreled gold pen, bearing dip
of fresh ink, to veto free coinage meas
ure. So, even if the silverites capture
the house, the senate will be for sound
money. Well, somebody says that the
senate may still remain in the control
of the friends of the white metal. Sup
posing it does, for arguments sake. A
presidential veto offsets the action of
both branches of the national legisla-
ture md even as thoroughly in control
of the silverites as the senate is now, a
two-thirds silver majority to pass any
such bill over a veto cannot be obtained.
Obviously then it cannot be obtained in