The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-01
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our Opn Correspondent.


WAsHINGToN, D. c.. April 30. 1901.
The Cuban delegates arrived in the
city this week, called ON the President
and were entertained by him ut dinner,
saw Secretary Root, who discussed the
object of their visit with them. Then
they prepared to start horne. This in
substance is the story of the visit. The
IIesiicnI simply ''joiiied' rnen. With
the tact and smoothness of which he is
O past master, he welcomed them to
Washington. and made them feel that
they were the finest things that ever
happened, then passed them on leav-
ing them scarcely aware of the fact
that he had not said single word that
would meet their hopes. Secretary
Root, however, was not quito so spar
ing in his facts. AS all sensible men
haveknOwn all along, the delegates had
no idea that the President couldmodify
the language Of the Plat amendment,
however grossly unfair it might be.
! They realized quite as we'll as anyone
else, that this was q law only to be
| changed by the power that made it.
j what they really wanted to confer
about was the interpretation thaG was
to be put on it's verbiage. The present
administration has C. we'll deserved
reputation for the fineness of the con-
structions that it can puton laws when
it is in mind to do so. The Cubans
especially wanted two things: first, IN
assurance that the United States would
not step in, anytime it felt like it, un-
der the provis0 giving it the right to
intervene. and overthrow any govern
ment that might be established; and,
second, an assurance that Cuba would
receive commercial privileges either
by means of reciprocity treaty OF
k"me other arrangement. Secretary
Root was careful. it is said, to commit
himself to nothing moro than plenti-
full flow of language on either of these
questions. The only advantage of the
trip here will probably be to put the
trippers in good humor.
i Secretary Root has approved the de-
tailed plan for the army organization
prepared by Lieutenant General Miles.
The total enlisted strength Of the army
under this plan is 76,787. The army
will be divided as follows: Cavalry,
15,840, fifteen regiments, twelve troops
| of eighty-five men to each regiment;
band and staff; Infantry, IS, $50, thirty
regiments. twelve companies of 104
men each, and regimental and battalion
staff and band; Coast artillery, 1874
l 80 p.
Field artillery, 1880 men, thirty bat
teries Of 100 men each. With bands
and ndnon-commissioned officers the total
strength Of tho artillery will be 1882;
Engineer battalion twelve companies
OF 1o4 men each, 1,24S; band and staff,
thirty-four.
Representative Livingston, of Geor-
gia, one of the Oldest Democrats in the
House, has set forth very clearly while
on visit to this city, the attitude Of
the South towards imperialism. Hc
says: "Some Of our people believe that
the possession of the Philippines means
o gateway to the oriental trade, and
cotton manufacturers and cotton plan
ters want a market for their products,
and look in that direction for develop
ment. think majority of our people
havo no objection to the retention Of
the Philippines under territorial form
OF government. They do not want O
territory held under colonial form of
government, outside the Constitution,
! and they do not want any of these
islands-tho Philippines, Porto Rico
nor Cnba-admitted to statehood under
existing conditions, but they have no
objection to the islands We have ac-
qc!: ed being held as territories, just as
other territory haa heen held fI ff0I forty
or fifty years. They would be satisfied
to have independent republics created
with the estnblishment.ef trade rela-
tiOns Of mutual benefit, or to have ter
rit0ries made of the islands under the
Constitution"
Even Republicans are becoming
somewhat alarmed over the tremend-
ous consultations that nre going on
oil over the country and are anxious to
CHECK them by all means in their power.
There have recently been conferences
to which the President was n PARTY.
and as result the Treasury has sent
out confidential warnings to important
western banks urging them not to let
too much OF their money get away to
New York, whero it may be held to
support q speculative Wall Street mar
kct just at the time it is imperatively
required in the west to move the crops.
l They say that these great cODsolida-
fast may or may not be successful. Tn
any case. they all have an immense
amount of water in them, which the
public is buying and on which it relies
for dividends. Hundreds of millions
are being hoated in securities that have
no solidity nor future prospects, and
meuts than dividends. No artificial