The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-19
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our O.Vn Correspondent.


The Cubans have yielded to the
might of the United States and adopted
the Platt Amendment without the
explanations made by Mr.. Root-for
which he refused to stand officially
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doubt bemuch pleased to learn that the
President has discovered reasons for a
further delay in evacuation and that
the troops will remain until Congress
meets and decides whether to mako
further demands ON the people of the
Island. The Electoral bill, which must
be adopted by the convention at Ha-
vana before adjourning, is, it is said,
already drafted and ready for sub
mission to the convention at any
moment. Secretary Root has seen this
bill, and approved of its provisions,
and it is thought that the Convention
can u.spose of it in q week or two, and
by so doing complete the labors. The
electoral act must be published for
period of ninety days before the neces-
saTy elections can be had. This will
place these, at the earliest possible
moment, at a date somewhere in the
latter part Of September, permitting
the new government to be installed in
October. However, the President has
again become conveniently doubtful Of
his powers and anxious to avoid taking
responsibility and will defer withdraw
ing the troops until after Congress
meets. It is shrewdly suspected that
this unwarranted delay has something
to do with the desire to force Cuba to
agree to such a commercial treaty as
will be most favorable to the protected
interests of the United States.
The third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, Mr.. Madden, has announced that
the order will soon be issued depriving
of the privileges of the second class
mail rates, all publications that give
premiums with their papers. He has
asked some 400 papers what they
thought of such rule, being careful
to query only such as gave no pre-
miums. About three-fourths of these
endorsed the idea, and Mr.. Madden
says that this proves that the country
is overwhelmingly in favor of it. He
takes no account of the opposition of
such publishers as Tie Century, Har-
pcr's, McClure's. Life, Rerie,u Of Re
| rietrs, The Churchman Company,
Outing Publishing Company, Congre-
gationc! Work, Evangelist Publishing
Company, Christian Work, New York
Observer, E.. L. Kellogg Company,
Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York
H'cekly Witness, Orange Judd Com
pany, Phelps Publishing Company,
Public Opinion. The highhandedness
of this proposed rule is shown by the
fact that in his circular Mr.. Madden
a-mits frankly that Congress has been
asked three times by the Department
to so restrict the second-clas rates and
has three times refused to do 30. Now
the Department discovers that it can
act without special law in the case,
and proposes to work a ''reform" that
Congress has three times refused to
! bring about.
According to Minister Leischman at
COnstantinople, the porte has again
promised to pay those missionary
claims, and, it is added, this time seems
sincere in it's promise. Four United
States Ministers during the last nine
years have been trying to collect this
indemnity without success. Minister
Terrell first took it up, then Minister
Angel pursued the question, then Min
lister Strauss, and later Minister Leisch-
man. lately appointed. The Charge
d'Affairs, Mr.. Griscom, of Philadelphia,
has slso played an important part.
The mi tier was revived just before the
election last year and the impression
given that the porte had made payment
through cruiser it had purchased in
this country. This, it was alleged, had
been brought about by the insistence
of the United States and Secretary
Hay took great praise therefor-thus
securing part of the missionary vote
for Mckinley. After the election, it
turned out that the Sultan had done,
and would do, nothing. Recently
France secured payment for her losses
at the same time as ours, and there is
OF course nothing for The Administra-
tion to do but to secure another prom
ise to pay. The matter will probably
end here-urtil it is necessary to get
another promise. =
Former Senator Chandler has had a
good deal of fun of late at the expense
of Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts.
1t has cost him 800 but he no doubt
considers it we'll worth the money.
Ar. Chandler, it will be remembered,
was one. of the band Of free silver Re-
publicans who stood by Mckinley on
account OF the pledge in the Repnb-
lican platform which, after the 2efer-
ence TO international bimetallism,