The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-05
SUGAR MEN OPEN WAR
BEET INTERESTS TO FIGHT THE
 PLAN TO AID CUBA.
Reciprocity's Foes Will Meet in Nations Capital-Hope to De- feat Any Concession in
 Tariff to the Island.


 | The beet sugar men of the country will
 hold a convention in Washington Decem Der 10 1t is claimed the convention will
 be large and representative and, unlike
 the recent reciprocity convention. will bt 1 unanimous for single object. It will pc
 opposed to Congress making any trade
 concession to Cuba and doubtless Will pass resolutions to that effect
 H. T. Oxnard, the so-called king of the l beet sugar raisers and manufacturers, is responsible for the convention. Oxnard
 believes that 9 rally of this kind will
 have good effect upon the Republican
 majority in Congress in dealing with Gu | ban reciprocity. tile believes that the beet sugar raisers can create enough dis turbance to persuade the Republican par ty in Congress that it's interest does not | lie in the direction of giving Cuba any trade advantages which will conflict with | any home industry.
 Oxnard Is clearly alarmed by President
 Rocsevelts attitude and by the seeming determination of Secretary of War Root, Governor General Wood of Cuba and oth- | CT influential government officials to press Cuba's claims upon Congress in a man. ner that is certain to engage the atten- l tion of that body.
 Condemns Place-Hunting Democrats | Representative Burleson of Texas has | touched a responsive chord with his res- l olution condemning Democratic members | of Congress who forget their party fealty
 by asking for favors at the White House. | MT. Burleson In common with other oh- | servers in Washington has doubtless seen during the past two years the daily pro-
 cession of patronage hunting Democrats | going ill and out of the White House bent upon obtaining jobs for constituents.
 A few Democratic members have made | a regular business Of this sort of thing. | Most of them are from the South. They | go patronage-hunting Just the same as if
 President Of their own political faith was in the White House. They have be-
 come adopts in dealing with Republican Presidents. In other words, they have been successful in getting pretty much | all they asked for and at the same time maintaining their position as Democrats | in their home districts. The spectacle | has not been pleasing to the Democrats | who believe that there Is real line of demarcation between the Republican and Democratic parties. Representative Bur leson has the sympathy and support of l five4sixths of his Democratic colleagues
 in Congress. They are glad he brought | his resolution forward. They are glad, | moreover. that he has the courage to call public attention to an abuse which was rapidly destroying the influence of his l party in both houses of Congress. Bur l leson has some other ideas about party
 discipline and organization which are | both original and useful. He believes | that the time has come when the Demo-
 cratic party must shake off the clements
 which threaten its very life-Populists.
 Socialists and other radicals who have no | sympathy with Democratic principles.
 Roosevelt Dashes Hanna's Hopes. | It is pretty generally known that Sem | ator Hanna was the direct and moving | cause Of President RoOsevelts sweeping | order that all army appointments will hereafter be made on merit only. Sen | ator Hanna desired the promotion of an
 army officer and took his case before the i President. He had nothing to offer in | behalf of thIs officer except that he was a. good fellow ard that his friends were | Influential President Roosevelt very | promptly refused to make the promotion. fnH nd hn n r told everybody else, that no army pro-
 motions would be made excepting upon the basis of merit. This was equivalent
 to telling Hanna that his man did not
 Senator Hanna did not become angry
 and was careful to hide his feelings, but he made it clear to some of his friends by indirect speech that he thought he had been treated cavalierly. Thus the President in his pursuit of the National Committee aimed a direct blow at the leading member of that organization. Some of the Presidents friends say that his purpose is simply to shatter few political images which are-neither useful
 nor ornamental If this be the case, 1t
 cannot be charged that he has not sue ceeded. No President In recent years | has done so much shattering in the brief | space of two months.
 Hill Wants Croker Retired. From the friends of David Bennett Hill | it is learned that there will be no com promise between the IOrIneF anu | Croker, the boss of Tammany. Senator Hill Is just as desirous of harmony. in New York politics as MT. Croker, but | he wants harmony with Croker eliml- | mated. In common with most other Dem
 ocrats, Senator Hill regards Croker's | influence as menace to the future Of | the party in New York. He believes | Croker must be permanently retired as | preliminary to future success. MT. HilIs friends are confident that if it | had not been for Croker in 1898 they
 would have elected the Governor of New York. They are equally confident that
 whelming defeat of Tammany in the re- cent municipal election. Senator Hill has
 the support and good will of nearly all
 the Democrats in Congress in his desire to rid the Democratic Party Of Croker. Asks $SS, ,o00 for Michigan.
 Ralph P. Stone, special agent of the State of Michigan, Is in Washington to | press claim for about $SS,O0O Tor ex- penses incurred by that State during the | for rations furnished the Michigan troops after they were mustered into the United States service and for hospital expenses of returned volunteers who were cared for by the city of Detroit. which last ex- pense was afterward reimbursed by the
 Men of Valor Unrewarded.
 For some reason which has not been made clear neither Admiral Schley nor the OncerS WnO SerNeu Oll the Aoio'rNiJA during the Santiago campaign nave re ceived their shares of the prize money
 due them for the destruction of Cervera'
 fleet. Sampson has ben paid the sum of $50, 900. He used this money to buy a
 house in Washington. Officers of ships which played an inconspicuous and unlm- pcrtant part in the battle have received their prize money. The Brooklyn's ofh- cers. however are still awaiting the slow
 processes of red tape which prevail in the treasury department to weave TOT
 mula that will enable them to obtain the money which they won by their valor. 1t is an anomaly of official negH- gence in the government service that the men who fought and won the battle of
 Santiago have been deprived Of prize money, while men who were not ID the
 battle at all have drawn shares with the greatest expedition.
 Admiral Schley has never undertaken to push his claim. He has been content to await the result of the work or the treasury bureau with extreme patience: It is extremely doubtful, however If members of Congress will be as patient and forbearing as the hero or santiago
 Those of them who are as familiar with the petty prosecutions to which the Ad- miPal has been subject regard thls delay on the part of the Treasury department as little short of infamous. They arc satisfied that 1t Is part of the plan to
 injure Admiral Schley.
 May Force Cuban Annexation.
 Throughout all the discussion which has arisen from the demands or Cuea Ior re- ciprocal trade relations with the United States there is an undercurrent or con fidence among prominent Republicans