The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-02-15
WASHINGTON LETTER,
From the HERALD's Correspondent

,[From the HERALDs Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1900.
President Mckinley and Secretar
Hay are not more egotistical tina
other men. but they would be NOR
than human if they did not enjoy tn
rapidly with which Nicaragua Cana
treaty Is gaining supporters, as 1t
foresight and wisdom is being recog
snized. Last week, when the treaty wa
first sent to the Senate, there was al
~outcry against it, because it provided
for the neutrality of the canal ant
pledged this government not to fortify
either end of it. The lobbyists who
for one reason or another are opposed
to the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal, saw their opportunity and
made the most of it, and for several
days 1t really looked as though they
would be able to create sentiment
against the treaty that might jeopar-
disc it's ratification by the Senate.
With few honorable exceptions, the
democratic Senators, who are wildly
hunting for campaign material, have
been and are acting as allies of the
lobbyists although themselvescl aiming
to favor the construction of the canal.
1t now seems reasonably certain that
the treaty will be ratified with votes
to spare. In agreeing to making the
tha
the fact that the United States aims to
be the greatest commercial nation in
the world, rather than military bully
among the nations, and that ADVERTISE
ment will add millions to our foreign
commerce. President Mckinley and
Secretary Hay, in negotiating that
treaty, recognized the fact that the
United States has Navy, and will
always have one, strong enough to
meet any enemies it may have, and
that much more would be gained by as
surfing the world of the neutrality of |
the canal than could possibly be !
gained by fortifying it and reserving |
the right to close it against the ships |
of any nation with which we might be !
at war. In making the canal neutral,
it will be under the joint protection of |
every maritime power in the world |
that protection will be assured by a
formal treaty, later-aud it's safety |
from attack from any country with |
which we may be at war, made certain.
If we reserved the right to close the |
canal to enemies, we should have to
assert that right by force, which would |
be more costly than beneficial, from |
any point of view.
Judge J. T. Mcdonald, of Salt Lake |
City, now in Washington, said of the !
effect in Utah of the shutting of |
Roberts out of the House:'I think that |
in the future, no polygamist will be
elected to any Federal office, and I
doubt if any polygamist will be elected
to any office. The decision of the |
House was an earnest showing of the |
Government. do not think there will |
be any more bucking against it,"
Hon. Thomas B. Reed said few
years ago that this was a billion dol
lar country. To day, it can be truth
fully said that this is two billion dol
aar country. Last year, the foreign
commerce of the United States exceeded
gtwo billion dollars in value, and the
official treasury figures for the first
week in February 1900, for the first
ttime in our history, the amount of
money in circulation in the country
exceeds two billion dollars. 1t will
not be forgotten when the time comes
for the people to vote again, in
national election, that it was repub-
lican administration and a republican
Congress that first made it necessary
to use ten figures to show the business
condition of this, the most prosperous
country on earth. This is a two-bil-
lion dollar country. Impress that col
lossal fact upon your mind.