The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-10-03

mas 10 COHtouQ ToldUcS W OuUd
What are to be the trade rela
tions between that country and
this? Shall there be free trade
or tariff? That portion of his
message to congress dealing
with Cuba will be the hardest to
write and will give him the most
anxiety. Secretary Root, the
most conspicuous member of the
cabinet, is said by prominent re-
publican members of the house
to favor Cuban free trade. The
sugar trust is also in favor of
free trade, for it owns the major
lty of Cuban sugar plantations
and controls the rest. The presi-
dent, in his Minnesota speech,
said that he was determinedly
opposed to trusts. Will that OPP
position lead him to adopt Gu
ban policy different from one he
otherwise would have adopted?
The tobacco trust is not so for
tunate as the sugar trust for its
holdings in Cuba are relatively
small. 1t is therefore opposed to
Cuban free trade. This is one
of the knotty factors in the Gu
ban problem The presidents
announcement regarding Cuba
will be awaited with very general
interest, just as Mr.. McKinley's
would have been.
In the presidents reception
room at the white house the
other day sat a captain in the
regular army. Several Mime
sofa representatives had just fin
ished their visit with Roosevelt,
and were starting to 60 away
when Representative Heatwole,
who had known the officer for
several years, stopped and ask
ed him:
What are you doing at the
white house?"
Waiting to tell the colonel
good by"
What colonel?" asked Mr.
Heatwole.
Colonel Roosevelt" said the
captain.
Il am on my way to Cuba, and
want to pay my respects, and AT
the same time assure him that
the men who fought with him at
San Juan Hill have not forgot
ten his gallant conduct on that
day. / was there, and remem-
Der that during part of the
fight the bullets were flying as
thick as hail. Within twenty
minutes my regiment lost % per
c INT. of its men, and out of nine
teen officers saved only nine.
Roosevelt was in the thick of the
fight, and paid no more attention
to the shower of bullets than if
they had been drops Of rain. He
didn't bat an eye or move a
muscle, He had more self
control, l thought at the time,
than any man l ever had seen
in action. To the men who
seen in action. To the men who
fought with him in Cuba he will
always be known as the colonel,
and so it happens that l said to
you just now that | was waiting
to tell the colonel good-by."
President Mckinley was pecuI-
iarly free from the handicap of
personal representatives" on
the floors of the house of con-
gress. In the senate no one pre-
sumed to represent him officially.
Senator Hanna, closer to him
than any other in the country
politically, seldom made speech
and when he did there was moth
ing in it suggesting the president
1t was all Hanna. In the house,
Representative Grosvenor, for
some reason which is past find
ing out, for a time was credited
with being the personal repre-
sentative" of the president; but
he wasn't He was no closer to
him and enjoyed his confidence
in no larger way than score Of
men IN that body whose names
are known to everybody. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, it is assumed by
those who know him best, will
be as little inclined to want
in congress.