Middletown transcript., 1901-06-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
PRESIDENT McKINLEY's Cheerful

leyS lnprOfeu CouulIioH efeH Detter
' than the assurances of her physicians.
: He now puts in the usual time in his of
} fee. The cordial response of the coun-
. try to his announcement that he would
: not be candidate for third term has
, also added to his cheerfulness. Letters
of congratulation are still pouring into
t the White House by every mail. He
J had long conference with Minister Con-
] ger, the first he has had since Mr. Con-
J gers return from China-on Chinese af-
, fairs, which Mr.. Conger thinks will now
steadily improve. Mr.. Conger expects to
start on his return to China next month.
. He predicts that American commerce
with China will greatly increase. Presi-
dent Mckinley has reappointed Gov.
Otero of New Mexico, and United States
Marshal Foraker. Mr.. Foraker, who is
a brother of Senator Foraker, has been
the Marshal of the territory for several
terms. Speaking of those appointments,
| delegate Rodney, of New Mexico, said
they were entirely satisfactory. He ad-
ded that he did not expect Gov. Otero
to serve out the term of four years, be-
cause New Mexico would be state less
time than that
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Senator Burrows, of Michigan, is
strong advocate of the election of Sena-
tors by direct vote, and as he will be
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections, he will be in a
position to help along anything looking
towards constitutional amendment pro-
viding therefor. He said II appreciate
the difficulty Of securing an amendment
to the Constitution, but when you re-
member that no less than thirty-fve
states have expressed their approval,
am encouraged to believe that even an
amendment to the Constitution is not be-
yond the range of possibility" Senator
Burrows will propose a constitutional
amendment to prevent any state being
deprived of part of its representation in
the Senate, by providing that whenever
legislature fails to elect Senator, the
Governor of the state shall order an
election by the people to fill the vacancy.
Senator Burrows said: "In framing the
Constitution the fathers arranged that if
there should be vacancy in the House
OF Representatives an election should
be held for member. They also pro-
vlded that if the electoral college failed
to elect a President, that duty should de-
volve upon the House of Representatives.
1t did not apparently occur to them that
legislature might fail to elect a Sena-
tor, and so they cid not provide for that
contingency. My plan simply remedies
that oversight"
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Senator Allison, who has been one of
the leaders of the Republican party
longer than any man now in public
life, always has an attentive audience
when he talks. Asked who would be
the Republican candidate for President,
he said. 'It would take wiser man
than Solomon to predict what will hap
pen in the next three years, and upon
the things that will happen will largely,
if not entirely, depend the action of the
Convention" Asked whether he would
accept the nomination, he replied; ''No;
1 would be seventy-fve when the con-
vention met. l will stand aside and see
the younger men struggle for the honor.
1t is great honor, and it will be great
man who can equal the wonderful re-
cord which President Mckinley has
made" Of the acceptance of the Platt
without conditions, by the
Cubans, Senator Allison said: cit is
satisfactory, not only for us but for the
Cubans. The Platt amendment, adopted
though it was in the hurry and rush of
the closing hours of Congress, was drawn
with remarkable skill and wisdom. Each =
word in its various sections seems to
have been carefully selected, and the
whole document could not be improved
upon. In course of time the Cubans
will undoubtedly have a government
worthy of the name, but, in my opinion,
they will continue to rely upon the
United States. They will have to do so."
Of the general condition of the country
Senator Allison said: 'I have no doubt
that prosperity has come to stay. There
will be periods of slight depression, but
on the whole, the general tendency will
be towards larger development of our
and consequently continue
ton of prosperous times"
M
Republicans regret that the Commits
sioner of Patents has issued very in
iudicious order, not to call it by harsher
name-that no hearings will be granted
by himself or the Assistant Commissioner
Turing July and August. This order
will impose an Unnecessary hardship upon
5he inventors of the country by delaying
action upon their applications for patents.
As their business is done at large pro-
it to the government, the inventors
nave a right to expect better treatment
rom the Commissioner of Patents, and
hey received it from the late Benjamin
and other able men, who
lave held the position.
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Secretary Root says there will be no
immediate reduction of the number of
oldiers in Cuba, as the military authority
ver the island. will continue until the
)uban government is established and
hat will require time, how much will de-
end upon the the Cubans themselves.
here is nothing for this government to
o but to wait until the Cubans are pre-
ared to take charge. g.
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Senator Aldrich spent day or two in
but he said he was looking
fter private affairs and that his presence
ad nothing to do with the Senate FL