The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1901-03-22

From our regular Correspondent. /,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar.I1S, 1901.
President Mckinley and and his en-
tire Cabinet are perfectly satisfied with
the Cuban situation and thoroughly
confident, from trustworthy informa-
3tion they have received, that after
little sputtering, the Cubans will ac-
cept the conditions laid down by Con-
gress. There has been no foundation
for any of the sensational stories sent
from Washington, alleging that it was
contemplated to increase our Naval
Force in Cuban waters and to send
more troops to Cuba, to awe the Gu
bans into accepting the conditions.
Neither action has been at any time
contemplated, and no official in Wash
ington has any idea that any circum-
stances can possibly arise that will
make such action necessary. The sit
uation is being misrepresented at the
Havana end of the line, as we'll as in
Washington, but these misrepresenta-
tions are not likely to prevent a salts
factory ending of the matter, although
they may possibly cause it to be defer
red.
Vice President Roosevelt made an ex-
cellent impression during the week he
presided over the special session of the
Senate, which adjourned Saturday, aft
er having acted upon the nominations
for which the session was called.
When it is considered that he had no
previous parliamentary experience, he
did very well. He made several uninl-
portant mistakes, owing to his lack of
knowledge of Senate usage, but they
were speedily corrected. He was per-
sonally popular with many of the Sem
ators before his Inauguration as Vice
President, and he has since become
more so.
President Mckinley gave the COM
mittee of Cuban business men who
came to Washington to ask for modifi-
cation of the Cuban tariff about all
they asked for when he issued an order
abolishing the Cuban export duty on
tobacco of all kinds, after April 1.
This cuts off about million dollars a
year from the Cuban revenues, but it is
thought it will result in much more
benefit than that to the Cuban plant
ers. Secretary Root has decided that
the present Cuban tariff, which was
announced when put into effect to ex-
pire June Is, 1901, will continue in eff
feet until the proposed revision thereof
becomes operative. 4..
When a firm does the largest business
in it's line in the world, it is plain that
they must do the best work. C. A.
Snow & Co., the Washington patent
lawyers, who have procured more than
$1,000 patents for inventors, do the
largest patent soliciting business i'm the
world.
Secretary Hay and French Ambas-
sador lave signed an agreement ex-
tending the time within which the
reciprocity treaty with France, which
the Senate failed to act upon, may be
ratified, to September "a, 1902. Presi-
dent Mckinley regards this and other
reciprocity treaties as absolutely neces-
sary for the extension of foreign mar
kets for American goods, and besides
this extension has headed off scheme
Iof several European governments to
combine for the purpose of waging a
commercial war against the u. S., as it
makes it certain that France will not
join in such scheme unless the recip-
rocity treaty with her fails to be rati-
| fled within the time specified.
President Scott, of the Union Iron
Works, of San Francisco, which built
the battleship Oregon and is building
the Ohio, which President Mckinley is
going to see launched, and who is now
| in Washington, said of the Presidents
| trip to the Pacific coast: 1--WE are going
to to have big time when the Ohio is
launched. The people out our way are
all anxious to see the President, and
they will give him great reception.
We don't often have President as
visitor on the Pacific coast, and we are
going to make the most of our Oppor-
tunity. If Mr.. Mckinley doesn't have
a pleasant time, it is because the people
of California have forgotten the art of
entertaining, and we would not like to
| think we had