El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-16
D. O. F.'S Regular
Weekly Letter

saying unpleasant things about Otis.
for whom "he has the highest respect
WI is getting careless and his stay in
the land is likely to be abbreviated I'M
less he uses cork. The action of
Otis about which he expressed himself
aggrieved. was the action of this gov
eminent and a diplomatic representa-
tive has not the liberty of speech
which a private citizen might have.
1t will be remembered that quite re-
Gently WI made a number of compare
sons between Confucianism and Chris
tianity which offended a number of
people and the administration didn't
like it. taking the ground that rs
Christianity was the religion of the
majority of our citizens, criticism was
in bad taste. However it was passed
over. Then WI made himself dis
liked below Mason's and Dixon's line
and above for that matter-by advocat-
ing intermarriage of whites and ne
groes. The next time will probably
enough be the last. 1t is a pity. be-
cause WI is a nice sort of a fellow.
much nicer than we have any reason
to suppose any other Chink representa-
tive is likely tc be.
England and the Canal.
Great Britain is going to turn down
our canal treaty as amended by the
senate and make counterpropositions,
There will be no fiat refusals of it. but
the new ideas proposed will render nee
essary negotiations and amount to the
same thing. The British idea is to
stand out for concessions in Alaska:
probably an open port to the Klondike.
AS rule, in international law a river
which connects two countries as we'll
as one which separates them is con-
sidered an international highway, open
TO all, but we have never admitted this
since the days when We gained control
of the mouth of the Mississippi. Be-
Tore. we were adamantine in our belief
that that river should be free for all
tranlc But, under such a holding. a
number of rivers beside the Yukon
would be free to foreign traffic because
in British territory and
running through ours
Spooner has proposed an amendment
o the army appropriation bill. giving
ne president power to establish civil
government in the Philippines and it
S believed that the democrats will al
ow 1t to pass. If so. one of the ne
'essities for the extra session will be |
,bvlated- And the administration
hinks that even under the most favor |
lDie circumstances. it will not be |
'oSoioic " WituuTdW from Cuba before L
all. which removes another question.
VIII take several months to organize |
government down there; and it will |
lot be In working order before the end |
Il the summer even if the Cubans man
ge to frame an entirely acceptable
before April-which is al
natter OF doubt Representative Levy
New York wants the appointment of
committee to ascertain how much
,uba Is indebted to us: and proposes
he amount found shall be considered
first lien against the island. Which
good politics. If it passes it will
ead off the Europeans who are only |,
Waiting for Uncle Sam to let go before
'ouncing down on Havana 10 collect
heir claims.
Delegate Wilcox of Hawaii admits
hat he wrote the letters to the Fill
inos. but says ne did it before the
Of his island, and when
onditions were different and his ideas
r changed now. Now he is sincerely
no thoroughly an American" 4
nance at the pie counter has brought
bout change OF heart Id
D. OF