The Iola register., 1901-04-19
M'KINLEY
IS FIRM
Will Receive Cuban Commits
sion COurteously
But they Must Understand
that the Platt Amendment
Can't be Modified
MORGAN NOT AFTER PANAMA
Report that he wants Pana-
ma Company is a Fake
There is no Attempt Being
Made to Reopen NegOtia-
tiOns with England
MORGAN NOT AFTER PANAMA
Report that he wants Pana-
ma Company is a Fake
(From our Regular Correspondent.

washington, April lO-Presldent
Mckinley has conferred with number
of Senators and Representatives on
the back and forth action of the Cuban
Con nstitutional Convention on the con-
ditions offered Cuba, and it's deciding
to send a Commission to Washington.
The President will courteously receive
the Commission, but will make it plain
to them that the conditions offered are
final and that they must be accepted
sooner or later. The opinion of the
President and those with whom he has
conferred, including Democrats as
well as Republicans, was reflected in
the following. statement madeby Sena-
tor McComas. just after having had a
talk with the President: "The Cubans
are simply standing in their own light
in not accepting the terms of the Platt
amendment. This amendment was
necessary, just and ultimate. We
cannot change a single one of the
provisions of the amendment in JUS
tice to the Cubans themselves, not
taking into consideration our own in
terests. Each provision is a prop to
the future republic. If committee
comes up here from the Cuban Consti-
tutional Convention, | think they can
find that out. They certainly cannot
accomplish anything in the way of
modification to the Platt amendment.
They will learn what they ought to
know now, that the President has no
power to repeal or modify an Act of
Congress. They are to be treated all
right when they visit Washington, but
believe they will go back home with
palmer ideas of the intentions of this
government" Senator Cockrell, n
Democratic member of the Senate
committee on Cuba. who has just re-
turned from visit to the island, eX-
pressed the opinion that the conven-
tion would in the end accept the Platt
amendment, although, he saidl. she
would not be surprised if they took
several more indecisive votes before
doing so. He evidently believes that
some of the members of the Convention
wish to be persuaded.
A prominent civil engineer of Wash
ington, who on the strength of the re-
cent rumor that an American syndi-
cate, headed by. j. Pierpont Morgan,
had bought or were about to buy the
franchise of the Panama Canal Co.,
wrote to the headquarters of the Pana-
ma Railroad Company, in New York,
Offering his services, has receivedi.a
letter from S. Deming, Treasurer OF
that Company saying there was nc
truth whatever in the report that j.
P. Morgan, or anyone else, had pur-
chased or were negotiating for the
purchase of the franchise of the Pana-
ma Canal Company. That efiectually
disposes of that fake.
Lieut.. Gen. Schofield, who came tc
Washington to preside over the Con-
gress of the Loyal Legion, OF which he
is President held last week, said of
the Philippines: "Iregard it as good
thing for the people of this country
that there is problem to be worked
out in the Philippines. The young
men will find opportunities out there
and the improvement of them will be
benefit to the country"
There is no foundation for the nego'
tiations for new treaty with Great
Britain, dealing with the Isthmian
canal question, have been started
After the lapsing of the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty by the failure of grea
Britain to accept it, President McKin
ley directed Secretary Hay to ascer
tain, If possible, from Senators
whether two-thirds OF the Senators
could be counted upon to vote for the
ratification of treaty that would, in
all it's main features, be acceptable
both to this government and that o
Great Britain. This task, by no mean
an easy one, Secretary Hay Is still en-
gagged on, and until it Is completed
there will be no negotiations, as unit
then Secretary Hay will be unable Il
even acquaint the British ambassado
>with the basis upon whichthis govern
ment will negotiate. The cable new
that negotiations had been started Il
London, was as false as the Washing
ton story. Whenever there are nego
tiations along this line, they will b
conducted at Washington. Presiden
Mckinley has absolute confidence Il