The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-16


only bidders. Their price is al
WAYS the same. U.lder the law.
Secretary Long has authority to
buy the armOr at tie price submit
ted. if he considers it reasonable,
or to reject the bids and spend
1000. 900 for the establishment
of government armOr-makin9
plant. How much of n reduction
in their previous prices will the
trusts make, and how much will
Secretary Long consider necessary
to bring it within the '!reasOnable'
class? are interesting side ques-
tons OF the conundrum. The gen
eraI impression is that the trusts
will bow to circumstances and
make a price that will be accepted
by Secretary Long.
Gen. L. S. Otis is being treated
with marked consideration by the
President and other prominent of
fcials in Washington. He thank
ed the President for promoting
him and was told by the President
that no thanks were due, as he
had only been given what he had
fully earned while i'll command of
our army in the Philippines. He
will leave Washington in time to
participate in the reception that
will be held in his honor by the
citizens of Rochester, n. ", his
home, Eext Friday evening.
The critical situation in China,
owing to the insurrectiOn, by the
anti-foreign society known as the
Boxers" is being watched with
more or less anxiety in official cir
cles, where it is well known that
European powers only await fav-
orable opportunity to take charge
of all of China. According to
Secretary Hay, the L. S. Minister
to China, and Rear Admiral
Kempff, who is in command of the
L. S. Naval forces in Chinese
waters, have plain and positive in
structiOns to act with the Euro
pean forces only to the extent of
protecting life and property and
to do nothing or take any part in
anything done by others that can
be construed into offensive inter
ference with the control of it's own
affairs by the Government of
China. The anxiety is caused by
the knowledge of how easy
movement of the combined Marines
of the foreign nations, including
those of the U. S., started for the
defense of foreigners in China and
their property, might, either by
uncomfortable circumstances, or
by the design of several of the
powers represented, be turned into
one that would result in the over
throw of Chinese authority. Mem
bers of the administration knew
that if anything of that sort hap
pens, the opponents of the admin
istration will charge it with having
been a party to the scheme, and
with desiring to share with Euro
pean powers in the acquisition of
Chinese territory, ana with the
Presidential campaign on hand,
such charge would not be wei
come one to meet. Secretary Hay
says that all this country wants
with China is the right to trade
on the same terms as other nations.
A New York business man who
was discussing the political fight
that both parties are preparing to
make on the trusts, in the coming
campaign, said: ''Both parties will
claim to be enemies of the trusts.
and both will be bluffing to an ex-
tent. The rich Democrats are i'm
the trusts, just the same as the
rich Republicans. Therefore, they
cannot go iii and smash things. Il
have no idea that either party will
do much towards smashing trusts,
both sides are now put
ting up huge bluffs"
The one hundred new cadets to
West Point, provided for by Con
gress, will be appointed at once.
and Senators, each Of whom has
the privilege of naming one cadet, |