The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-07-05
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington. July

President Mckinley has the very best
reason for knowing that Secretary Hay
does not contemplate resigning because
of his grief over the death of his son
Consequently stories alleging his inten
ton to resign were not given serious con
sideration in Washington. Those who
know Secretary Hay best express the
opinion that instead of thinking of re
signing because of his grief, he will fine
Arrangement for that grief in the work
Of directing the foreign policy of the
u. S.-work which is thoroughly con
genial TO him and in line with subjects
of which he has made lifetime study
1t is probable that the president and
Mrs. Mckinley will go to Canton some
time this week. The plan is for Mrs
! Mckinley to spend the entire summer
there and for the president to return to
Washington as often as his personal at
tention is required 10y any important
public business.
The Italian government has officially
informed this government that it does
not pay bounty on sugar exported.
This is in answer to Secretary Cages
order TO hold up all Italian sugar pend
ing an investigation to ascertain whether
an export bounty was paid thereon, the
Dngley law providing that a counter.
vailing duty shall be collected on all
goods upon which foreign countries pay
an export bounty.
If assurances were needed, in addition
TO the declaration of members of the
cabinet, that the so-called tariff war with
Russia is a comparatively small matter,
which will in no way affect the pleasant
relations between the two countries and
which will be easily fixed up through
the diplomatic branches of the govern
ments, they are supplied 10y the Russian
ambassador, who said last week, Just
before his departure for st. Petersburg
where he will fully explain the attitude
of this government TO his own govern
ment: THE so-called conflict is really
small and insignificant matter and has
not affected the diplomatic relations of
the two countries in the least, and these
relations are of such an exceptionally
friendly nature that it would be pity
to have them disturbed in the remotest
way, and as it is part of my duty to help
clear away every misunderstanding be-
tween the two nations, | shall do all |
can in the matter"
Secretary Long took Commander lilly,
the naval governor of Samoa, to a cabinet
meeting in order that he might tell of
conditions on the island, which only re-
Gently became our property, In an in
formal talk Commander lilly told the
president and cabinet of the agricultural
and industrial needs of the island; also
of the need of expert trained nurses,
owing to the alarming extent of sickness
among the children. He also made a
statement that is worthy of more than a
passing consideration-that so long as
the natives lived without clothing they
were hardy and almost entirely free from
but since adopting the clothing
of civilization they contract colds easily
and number have developed consump
ton. a disease heretofore unknown on
the island.
Hon. Laurits S. Swenson of Minnesota,
L. $. minister TO Denmark, was in Wash
ington last week on his way home on a
vacation. In an interview with Presi-
dent Mckinley, he delivered a personal
message from King Christian expressing
his pleasure at Mrs. McHinley's pro-
spective recovery, and explained the
present STATUS of the negotiations for the
purchase of the Danish West Indies,
which he has conducted, and which viii
be suspended until he returns to Copen-
hagen. He thinks the purchase will be
soon after his return. Mr..
Swenson is inclined to ridicule the idea
of European tariff war against us. He
said: "One reason why such a tariff is
scarcely possible is that the European
must have our goods, because
they are the best of their kind"