The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-08-30


The president came all the way from
Canton to Washington to welcomssth'
Cuban srhool.tcachers Who have beer
visiting In this country.
Many OF these teachers are men
They were brought here at consider
able expense IN order TO impress then
iavorably with the institutions of thi'
country aad the way government 10 ad
ministrrcd by President Mckinley.
IL WAS another republican diSappolut
menL The Cuban sisitofs are eDthu
siaatie democrats. and 90 not hesitat'
TO say that the Mckinley administers
tion has failed TO keep its solsmr
pledges made 10 Cuba.
The Cuban teachers attended white
house reception and were permitted IA
shake the hand Of lmperialist WI
liam. but not a word OF commentator
could be extracted from them In re-
gard to the adminisiration's manage
meat In Cuba.
THE resources Of our beautiful 10
land have been drained to pay lot OF
American officials who are more
naughty end inSolcnt than our former
Spanish masters" said one Cuban
"Our island is desolaie. The people are
too poor to go into farming or manu-
featuring for themselves. and there u
no encouragement for the investment
OF outside capital. We have had enough
Of MrKinlcyism. The Cubans hope 10
see Bryan elected. He will carry out In
gooa faith the pledges made by the
United States.
"Our people would not have been 80
bitter against Mckinley continued
this Cuban. a man Of high intelligence
and fine culture, III he had shown ans
disposition to investigate the postal
frauds and punish the offenders, But
what has been done? The committee
appointed by the senate contents itself
by calling on the war department for
a detailed account of all disbursement
and then al iourns 60 meet al the cal
uf the chnirman. There 10 no indica'
tion that the war department Is prepar'
ing any such report. II Il clear that the
pos'a! scandals are not 10 be inycs,i'
gated before election. Nicely Is TO stay
in New York and Mai. Rathbone is liv'
ing In luxury in Havana. Things Of
this sort make the CubanS discomfort.
ed. We put our trust In the United
States, aud ito chief executive makes
no move TO protect MS when We are
robbed by his servants" This criticism
II just, but II was not what the ad-
mlnistrRtion expected when II took
such trouble 10 welcome the Cuban
teachers TO Washington.
Unpopular vita labor.
The Industrial commission is begin
ming TO realize that Il Is not popular
with organized labor. The commission
sent an agent from Washington to 10.
irrvicN the Central Labor union Of New
York about wages and conditions Of
employment. The agent was met with
a fiat refusal 10 give any information
which might, and probably would be.
used to the disadvantage Of organized
labor. The representatives of the va
rious unions called attention 10 the ed.
i,ing OF Testimony by the commission
and it's attempt to justify the atrocities
of the bull pen In Idaho, Senator Kyle.
the head OF the commission. made him
self conspicuous by his opposition TO
the eight.hour bill In congress.
The carefully edited reports Of the
industrial commission are being sent
out by the republican campaign man
nuVre with n view IN pnuNfuriup fha
working people that the information
was gathered by persons friendly to
their interests II will not DO. Wage
workers have known for more than II
year that the industrial commission,
Ike the bureau of statistics and the
census. Ia only an adjunct to the re-
publican national committee. Its re-
ports are neither impartial nor accu-
rate.