Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.

! American sovereignty OF Inc Tu1lP-
pines has been well received and that
| he has no DOUBT it will very shortly
put an end TO all armed resistance to
| our authority; also that the petty
! frauds in the commissary department
| at Manila, which have been so greatly
magnified in this country, are being
thoroughly investigated.
Judge J. w. Dimmick, the Alabama
member of the republican national
committee, who is now in Washing
| ton, said of the political outlook:
'FThe republican nominee for the
presidency in 1904 will undoubtedly
! figure prominently in the congress
sional campaign of next year. Thus
far there has been absolutely no SEN
timent expressed in the South about
candidates, so far as l know. L do
not believe Presid ent Mckinley will
try in the least to influence the selec-
ton of his republican successor, but
inherently, whether he will or not, his
administration is certain to have no
small power in naming the man SO
far as the South is concerned. Mr..
Mckinley has done marvels for the
South since he became president, and
democrats as we'll as republicans
| recognize the fact"
The department of agriculture OBJ
served Arbor Day to day by formal
exercises, including an address by
Secretary Wilson and the planting of
several trees in the grounds of the
department, one Of them an oak,
named in honor of Hon. jeremiah M.
Rusk, former secretary of agriculture.
Secretary Wilson believes this official
example is the best way to encourage
the general observation of Arbor Day
by tree planting throughout the coun-
try, and he intends to repeat it annu-
ally.
Secretary Root has had new Cuban
problem presented for his considera-
ton, and it is a knotty one, too.
When the Foraker amendment pro-
hibiting the granting of public fran
chises in Cuba during it's occupancy
by the United States military author
tiles, went through congress, almost
without opposition, there was a
special enactment, intended for the
benefit of the sugar plantations and
other industries, permitting the
owners Of land in Cuba to build rail-
roads thereon without government
permission. Taking advantage of
that, a wealthy syndicate, mostly
Canadians, headed by Sir William
Van Horne, bought strip of land two
hundred miles long, between Santa
Clara and Santiago, and started the
construction of a railroad. There
was no trouble about getting right of
way across the jurisdictions of the
several Cuban municipalities along its
route, their right in that direction
having been left them, but it was
soon discovered that the railroad
could not cross public highway with
out consent of this government. Sir
William Van Horne spent several days
in Washington trying to secure that
consent. The Cubans are anxious
that this railroad should be completed,
but Secretary Root is in doubt |
whether giving the consent of this |
government to the crossing Of the |
public highways by the railroad would |
be violation of the Foraker anti
franchise amendment. Attorney
general Knox has been called upon to
assist in solving the problem.
The fiscal year ending June 80, 1901 !
promises to beat the record in the |
value of our exports. Last year they |
reached 81 1894, 900, 900, but the experts
of the treasury bureau of statistics are
certain that will be largely exceeded
this wear and confident that the
amount will go beyond billion and a
half dollars. At the close of March, !
the gain on last year was more than
$50, 900, 900. In this years increase
the farmers of the country are the
chief benefciaries, their products
showing a greater percentage of in
crease than those of the manufactu-
rers, while last year and the year
before the manufacturers were the
largest gamers. With this showing,
added to the fact that this govern
ment now owns more gold than it
ever owned before and more than any
other government in the worlds
recorded history ever owned, surely
have right to feel proud
of their administration, their congress
and their party.
Senator Frye, who has just returned
from San Domingo, where he went
for a rest, said of that island: eve