The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-06-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington. June 15.-Thc Gu
bans have yielded to the might Of
the United States and adopted the
I'latt Amendment without the cX-
plantations made by Mr.. Root-for
which he refused to stand officially
when put into cOldtypc, and wiIInow
no doubt be much pleased 10 learn
that the President ha, discovered rra-
sons for Il further delay in cyacua-
ton. and that the troop, will remain
untll Congress mcct> aYain and de-
ciGc< whether 10 make any fresh de-
ImaG~ on the propIc Of the island.
The Electoral bill, which mast b,
adopted by the convention at Iia-
rana b-for" adiourmiH". l.. ii !. said,
already drafted ana ready for sub
mission 10 the convention at any mo-
n'nt. Secretary Roof has seen the
.:III. and approved of IL provisions,
and it j. thought t!lat he c"uycm-
iion can dispose Of il in week or
Two. and hy - doing complete th,.
ia!rnr>. The electoral ar1 mast br
published for a period Of niuc.v da,~
:'Gor" the nrrc~s;ry ELECTIONS can h.
hu:i I'h;, will place these al the ear
ii.,SI !,o>sii,l, Guomrnl al dJ,c SOHO
where in the latter par, ii >"plrm-
i,'r. permitting the HeV 9oyrrHnrnI
- 3n Installed IT, O,inncr. How
ever, the President ha> i@ain iDrcomr
conveniently doui;,fui of his powers,
and anxious 70 avoid taking rr>pon-
>i3iiigv ami will defer withdrawing
the trcoPs until after Congress
lnrrj~. II j. shrrwdiy SUSPECTED that
his unwarrdntrd DELAY ha. romc-
thing 10 do with the desire to force
Cuba to agree to such Il commercial
treaty as will. be most favorable to
The protected Interests of the United
States.
The Third Assistant Postmaster
General, Mr.. Madden, has an
nounccd that the order will soon be-
issued dcpriying Of the privileges of
the second class mail rates, all pub
Iications that give premiums with
their papers. He has asked some
400 papers what they thought Of
such ii rule, being careful to query
only such papers as gave no prem
iums. About thrce-fOurthS Of these
endorsed the idea, and Mr.. Mad
den SAYS that this proves that the
country is overwhelmingly in favor
Of it. He takes no account Of the OPP
position of such publishers as the
Century, Harpcr'S, McClures', Life,
Review of Reviews, The Churchman
Company, Outing Publishing
Company, Congregational Work,
Evangelist Publishing Company,
Christian Work, New York OBJ
server, +. l.. Kellogg Company,
Funk & Wagnalls Company, New
York Weekly Witness, Orange Judd
Company, Phelps Publishing Com
pany, Public Opinion. The high
handedness of this proposed rule is
shown by the fact that in his cir
cular Mr.. Madden frankly admits
that Congress has been asked three
times by the Department to so re-
strict the second class rates and has
three times refused to do so. Now
the Department discovers that it can
act without a special law in the case,
and proposes to work a reform"
that Congress has three times re-
fused to bring about.
According to Minister Leischman
at COnstantinople, the Porte has
again promised to pay those mission
ary claims, and, it is added, this
time seems sincere in his promise
Four United States Ministers dur
ing the last nine years have been try
ing to collect this indemnity with.
out success. Minister Terrell first
took it up, then Minister Angel