New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-25

Washington. July Ex-senator Plat Of Con-
necticut, chairman OF the Committee on ReIa-
tons with Cuba has arrived in Washington TO
pursue certain inquiries bearing on the investi-
cation Of Cuban affairs which IS 10 be under
taken soon a the information which the com
mittee has requested the heads Of the executive
de&rtments 70 furnish has been received. One
OF the matters TO which the Senator IS devotfng
attention is the report Of Mr.. Bristow. the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General. on the
Cuban postal frauds and the reorganization OF
the postal service Of the island which he doubt
less finds exceedingly interesting. a complete
abstract Of the report he said. will be given to
the press tomorrow or the next day
Senator P1att was asked whether he had
looked into the complaints made by General
OBr1en. formerly Dock Commissioner Of New
York. on account Of the annulment Of & con-
tract or concession held by an express company
in which he is interested in Cuba. under which
It enjoyed certain exclusive privileges. The
Senator replied that he received a dispatch from
Mr.. O'Brien q week ago. asking when and where
he could see Mr.. Plat in regard TO the matter
and made a prompt reply, but has not seen AIr.
O'Brien OF heard from him since. 7 have not
had any conversation with the Secretary Of
War on the subject" added Senator PIatt, but
I have heard that after looking into the matter
he reached the conclusion that the concession
granted 10 the London company, from which
the NeW-York company derived its privileges
was not valid under the Spanish or Cuban law"
Il is reported that the express company was
deprived Of the monopoly It enjoyed at the in
stance Of railroad combination which was rep
resented in the matter by Robert P. Porter. late
special commissioner to revise the Cuban tariff
Senator Platt has manifested q keen interest
in the situation in China from the beginning Of
the disturbances, and had considerable TO say on
the subject to-day. II may be remembered that
he was one Of those who urged the Adntnistra-
ton more than a month ago TO dispatch without
delay i've or ten thousand United States troops
and q sufficient number Of war vessels from the
PHILIPPINES TO North China and push a column
forward TO the rescue Of Minister Conger and
other American citizens in Picking He regrets
that Il was not found practica bic 70 DO 50. The
course pursued by the Administration in dealing
with the situation through the State Depart
rnent the Senator regards as admirable, and one
which offers q reasonable prospect OF success
He is Inclined after carefully sitting and weigh
ing ali the reports, TO accept the Conger dis
patch as authentic but even should II not turn
out SO the United States he believes, would
cupy bette- and stronger position than II the
dispatch had been officially discredited on its
receipt "At any rate" said he Il do not be
neve that the Ministers and their families have
been murdered with the consent or connivance
Of the Chinese Government, or without It's not
striving 10 prevent such an outrage That Gov
eminent has always taken good deal OF pride
in respecting and fulfilling its treaty obEga-
tons and I believe II will be found TO have
done so or al least tried TO DO So in this case"
Senator Platt Is well acquainted with General
Chanee and thinks that he will deal success
fully with the military problem set for him
81 believe q" said he that he is a soldier who
will take counsel Of his Judgment and not Of his
fears and that he viii go ahead promptly ana
try 70 execute his orders. whatever they may
be-"
7, snAsltrY ~ The political outlook and the
issues Of the campaign. Senator Plat said that
as 10 the East. II seemed - him that the Demo
Gratis were going into the campaign in hall
hearted way and with the expectation thAi inc
defeat Of Bryan was inevitable. and that good
many Of them were saying TO themselves, WeH
we have got TO go through the motions again
and suffer another defeat. Perhaps that viii
cure our toolishness and we will then go 70 Wo1A
and reorganize the party on basis or principe
so that next time may win"
As for the outlook in the West, the Senator
said that IL appeared 10 him from distance as
though the Bryan managers really hoped 10 &C
oonpltsh something IN States ike Indiana, HI
,o,s and Ohio and would make that region
their main battle-ground
READY TO MEET IMPERIALISM" ISSUE
REGARDING the principal issues of the cam
rafgn Senator Platt said,
?. -bA Rrvanites want TO make ann-expansion
"a rrbst thew call imperialism the CHIEF issue
T for one. am in favor Of taking them az ther
Tgor6 A good sharp discussion would clear
VIZ 1-.,t+t,sI atmosphere. They declare that We
1le 10 set up a despotism in the Phiiippinea'
another in Porto Rico ana so on u T++a -
a. ssa-rton that the Constitution OF the Ch4te9
~ 5aes not allow US 70 set up colonies ana
snow the people therein such snare me- ln i All
a,arurnent thereof as they are nj 70 Ia $1,000 &c
goEe- 80 THE United States has had colonies
@ ~ beginning; has them now NeW-MeN-