The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-25

enc I'll send you. You must admit, how
ever. that it's hot stuff. I'll bet I'm the
only correspondent you have in Texas
that Will shoot a man before breakfast
in order to furnish you early copy -
after Cockrell told the story about his
Texas correspondent, he swung around in
! his revolving chair and laughingly ad-
monished me not to follow the Texans
plan to get any good matter to the New
York paper" and the former member of
the New York papers staff closed by
saying that Col Cockrell discharged him
by wire three weeks later because his
dispatches were not warm enough to
meet Col Cockrell's approval.
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Since the return of Secretary Root from
his trip to Buba, considerable informa-
ton has leaked out through war depart
ment channels, which has not been made
public in the newspapers. While 1t is
pretty generally known that Secretary
Root did not find affairs in Cuba per-
fectly satisfactory to him, the secretary
of war has not made any public state
ment regarding the exact situation on
this island. All the information he gain
ed however, he has submitted to the
president and his associates In that cabi-
net and it is now believed that the adj
ministTation officials are considerably dis
satisfied with the situation, as 1t exists
in Cuba, and VII not therefore, recon-
mend any legislation to congress this
spring, providing for any permanent
action on the part of the United States
in dealing with Cuba and the natives of
that island
/ There is q possibility that certain tenn
porary measures will be submitted to
congress by the president, through Secre-
tary Root and if they are not favorably
acted upon by the legislative branch of
fI,a emf hn n
tinue, as he has done in the past, to
direct affairs IN Cuba, depending upon the
military wing of the government to carry
them ito effect.
Members OF congress who know some
thing about what Secretary Root dlscov-
cred in Cuba are hopeful that upon the
return of Senators Patt, Aldrich and
Teller, who went to
Roots Plans the island to make
for Cuba an investigation re,
garding the situa,
ton. as IT exists there at this time, may
bring a report differing considerably from
that submitted to the president by Sec
rotary Root and by the president to the
Republican leaders in both branches of
congress. Friends of the administration
are frank in saying to each other that
they consider the report made to them Of
the secretary of war substantially cor
rect They do not believe that the special
committee of the senate, which went to
Cuba to gather information for the bene
fit of the members Of the upper branch
of congress, so as to be able to recon-
mend certain legislation, which will be
more favorable than the information in
the report brought back by Secretary
Root, regarding the seemingly unfavor,
able conditions for self-government upon
the part of the native Cubans.
Among shrewd statesmen in Washing
ton the opinion prevails that the Cubans
will not be fitted for self-government
within a reasonable time for the United
States to recognize their desire for q re
public somewhat similar to that provided
by the signers of the Declaration Of In
dependence for the United States when
the English yoke was shaken oft by our
forefathers more than a hundred years
ago The difference between the .so=called
patriots in Cuba and those who brought
about the organization of this country as
republic is considered so largely I'M
favorable to the Cubans that it. is doubt
full If Republican form OF government
is over established on this island.
1t has heretofore been pointed out in