Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-24
|cFN, WOOD GOES
TO WASHINGTON
Want, to Introduce Cuba" Com
mi,sisrsrs to President
n.xr UNDERSTAND THINGS
r,,y ne,urn There WIN be n
"n'' s,.arb understanding on All
s,a.. of the Controversy

Nav york, April ss'-aen' Leonard oa'nS
New .S encouragement OF CUBA
A W" ~ Wood and his private secre-
,. 1, arrived here tonight on VINE ,ns wal" wbo
nne' 90 return 10 Havana on Thurs-
saps, ~ way Of Jacksonville, Fla. has
'a' " ,bs hurried trip to this country
'o rV The purpose Of introducing to Pres
-, ,Sa, =, Mckinley, before the latter leaves
,,'ss,ngton for the Pacific coast, the
~, members Of the special commission 10.
~ foreign relations appointed by the
~ ~ constitutional convention He
\ ~, for washington tonight !.
1.-THE members Of the commission,
Can Wood. represent all the dif-
ssrent groups Of cuoans com a,Ssu be ,ne
,rVonstitatIonal convention. Ihey nave
oOme IA the United States Tor the par-
, noss ~ comforting with President NC
4 tEy Irlev an matters which the conven-
Nln'' oss moi thoroughly understand,
X WV wbsn they return and make their
anu am convinced that there WIN De
n Iep pporarrh understanding on all SIDES
" of the controversy ,to nm.
never voted on or rejected the fiait
"osnsment, This ] can state POSI-
lively Notwithstanding the reports 70
,ho contrary which have been sent 10
,he United States from Havana, In'nss
have been cabled here when haa ho'
the slightest foundation In fact, ue-
scribed strained relations between the
representatives. OF the United States
ana those OF the Cuban people Every
thing has been harmonious since went
"a Cuba and the convention now III
session IL a thoroughly representative
one.
Before the Plat amendment was
oassed BY Congress the Cubans knew
the desires OF this government on the
ISSUES which the amendment contain,
because they were submitted 70 them
through the executive. Intervention
and the establishment Of naval STA
ton are two things which they do not
properly comprehend, and ! think that
when they are fully explained In wash
ington, the only indication of diner
ence Of opinion will have been re-
moved.
There are really but two great ques-
lions yet 10 be settled. One Is the re-
ductlon OF the duty on sugar and the
other is the passage Of the constitution,
One is economic and the other political,
yet In measure they are AKIN. AFTER
the constitution has properly been
framed and adopted the economic
question will disappear, as there must
be great reduction In the duty on
sugar. Then Cuba will be prosperous
and its relations with the United States
Z Settled on solid basis. That will end
! The whole difficulty, and In twenty-four
:, hours the country can be turned over
10 the representatives chosen by the
4 Cuban people.
a To-day all the departments OF the
Island are practically In the hands OF
( the Cubans, who have been instructed
as to how things can be managed. and
when the time arrives all We will have
TO do will be to take a receipt for the
money on hand, At the request Of
Congress, we have accounted for every
dollar expended In the Improvement of
Cuba since the military forces have
been In charge Of the island. and we
hold the receipts for these expenditures.
There never was such an accurate &C.
Counting demanded before, and II has
been complied with.
There was some trouble In the post
Rofice at first, but the Rathbone- Nicely
leases have been thoroughly worked up
,and the men will be brought to trial in
May The bonds Of these men have
Deem forfeited and will have to be paid.
Where has been an agent OF the surety
scompany In Havana lately, and after
hooking over the ground he will report
mack that the bonds must be settled.
ii While have said that everything
pas been harmonious since have been
d. Cuba, must, however. explain that
N was impossible for me to please
everyone down there. and especially
the ambitious and disappointed specu.
49ators. Also found II necessary to
flose the mails to La Discussion, on
account OF a caricature which was
|nkely TO create trouble Only one copy
~ the paper came TO this country, and
Ehe editor OF the paper was arrested.
}Ihe paper was not seized, as stated in
the dispatches"