Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-05-08
washington Letter.

IEron orr Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGTON, May 4, l90O.-Presi-
dent Mckinley Is devotlng consider
able time lust now to selecting the
executive and judicial officers for the
new Governments of Hawaii and
Porto Rico which the laws make it
incumb bent on him TO appoint. He is
exercising even more than his usual
care in order that no mistakes nay
DE made. He has about six weeks in
which to make the Hawaii appoint
fments. 1t is probable that most OF
the Porto Rican appointments, which
can be made any time within SIX
months from May l, will be made on
the recommendation Of Governor
Allen, as the president has no inten-
ton OF putting an American into any
position that a Porto Rican can be
found capable of filling.
During the debate In the house on
the Nicaragua canal bill, which was
passed. Representative Burton, of
Ohio, chairman Of the committee on
rivers and harbors, presented the fol-
lowing argument IN favor of the per
petual naturalization of the canal, as
proposed by the treaty now await
9ng the action of the senate: Shall
this canal be a neutral canal? On
vhis subject [ say emphatlcally, yes.
Nothing else Is III accordance with
the spirit OF this age. Nothing else Is
IN accord with our cOnveniences and
benefit in managing 1T. Nothing else
Is in accordance with the safety with
- ho
else is in accordance with our own
record In this matter. We insisted
on the removal of the sound dues
and the naturalization Of the chan
nels near Denmark, although they
were within cannon shot of the
shore. We insisted on the neutral
ization Of the St. La Hrence river in
that part where it flows exclusively
through Canadian territory. We
granted and received the neutral and
equal use of the great canals on the
Canadian border, which is main
tanned to this time. We have fought
for this principle. The triumph of
Decatur and cambridge against the
Barbary pirates did not inure to our
benefit alone, but to the benefit and
commerce of the whole world. We
cannot afford to lie down upon this
record. The administration has
asked and obtained from the powers
OF Europe assurance of an upen door
IN China, a diplomatic triumph. Does
no one see the humor that appears
IN asking those concessions there and
yet proposing to close the waterway
between the two oceans to the other
nations of the world?"
Senator Stewart said in a speech
that there were good and bad trusts,
the line OF demarcation between
which it was difficult to find. and
added: "But leave competition I'm.
trammeled and the people will rid
themselves of all bad trusts. Oh
course, we cannot in any way stot
the over produced industry of howl
ing against trusts simply to win votes
TO get into Office" That last sen
tence was hard whack at Mr.. BRYAN
who was supported by Senator Stew
art in '96.
Secretary Hay this week author
lied a statement declaring that nc
outsider has at any time been recog
n!zed in the negotiations conducted
by the department Of state with Den
mark for the purchase of the Danish
West Indies; also that this govern
ment has no knowledge of any at
tempt by Denmark to sell the islands
TO any other power than the United
States, or of any connection between
Secretary Roots recent speech on tn,
maintenance of the Monroe doctrin,
and the contemplated purchase o
those islands by European power
Thus endeth another batch of fairy
tales.
After Senator Clark had withdraw
his amendment relating to mimi,
laws, the senate passed the Alaskan
code bill without a division.
The United States supreme cour
has taken q recess until the 14tl
5nst., upon which date the decision il