Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-03-07
CUBA AND REPUBLICANS.
Promises of Fair Treatment VIII De
Faithfully Kept by the Adj
ministrntion.

The democratic story that the repub-
licans are likely to have a serious dis
agreement over .he Cuban question
has not the slightest foundation in
fact. There are some differences of
view among the republicans as TO the
wisdom of that Teller rider on the war
resolutions which pledged the United
States to give the Cubans a chance to
frame government of their own after
the United States armies should dryie
the Spaniards out. Many republicans
say that that expression was unwise.
If the situation were here again that
particular deliyerance would probably
not be repeated. Some democrats as
well as some republicans regret that
utterance. Ex-Secretary Olney it will
be remembered, recently declared in a
magazine article that the promise was
foolish, and he intimated that it ought
not to be kept. He said, as many other
Americans of all parties have often
said in the past, that Cuba geographic
ally was n natural appendage of the
United States territory, and he was
in favor of holding on to it.
But the president OF the United
States and the republican party in gem
eral are not going to be swayed by
these considerations. So long as the
promise has been made it will be OBJ
served faithfully. The Cubans will be
allowed a chance to frame the sort of
IL government which they want. They
are now engaged in doing that, by the
authority of the president. Whenever
the constitution which they are con-
structing is completed it will be SUBJ
mitted to congress, and that body will
pass upon it. If it proves acceptable
to the Representatives of the American
people it will go into operation.
1t must be borne in mind that the
Cuban constitution trainers will be re-
quired to determine what, in their
tween Cuba and the United States.
This is one part of their task, as was
set forth by Gen. Wood, the military
governor of the island, at the opening
of the constitutional convention. The
connection between the United States
and Cuba will have to be different from
that existing between the island and
the rest of the nations. We are stand
ing sponsor for the good behavior of
the island toward the outside world
1t would be easy for president of Gu.
ba or a majority of Cuban congress
to get into complications with Eng
land, France or Germany, or any other
nation, which would be serious for the
island and its people if no protecting
hand should be raised in their defense
The United States, in its own inter
est, will have to stand in the attHude
of a guardian for Cuba against the
rest of the world. We cannot at this
late day disregard the traditions of a
hundred years and allow Cuba to be-
come the prey of any European power
with whom she should be at variance
These considerations, which are of
vital Importance to the United States,
demand that we shall have the right
to demand notifications of Cuba's
constitution, if these be needed, and
shall have some sort of a supervision
over the islands foreign relations. On
these points there will be absolute har-
mony between the president and his
party in congress. 1t is safe to predict
that a majority of the democrats will
stand with the republicans on this
ground.-St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.