Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-27

dent this afternoon sent message
to congress recommending that pro
vision for diplomatic and consular
representation in Cuba be made
| forthwith and salaries appropriated.
to be Immediately available for en-
voy extraordinary and minister pleG-
| ipotentiary, secretary of the legation.
second secretary of the legation, con
sui general at Havana and consuls at
Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba.
Washington. March EFT is the
present understanding that Gonzales
dc Quesada. formerly Cuban commits
sioner, will be the first minister from
Cuba to the United States. The
United States diplomatic representa-
tive to Cuba will be full-1edged
minister and not Il commissioners.
President Roosevelt is about to send
message to congress to secure legisla-
tive authority for the appointment of
such minister. as well as for che half
dozen United States conSuls who must
be appointed. There are no less than
zoe applications on file for these con
sulateS already, and the sending of the
presidents message on the subject is
expected to vastly increase this num-
Der.
Needs To BE Posted Man.
The president has not vet indicated
the person he will name as United
States minister to Cuba, but in view
of the fact that this official must
plunge at once into the difficult task
OF negotiating Il fabric of treaties with
the new republic it is expected that
the choice will fall upon some one not
altogether lacking in diplomatic eN-
Derience The choice will certainly
not fall upon an army or naval officer
i'll the present state of mind of the
executive. The presumption is that the
salary attached to the office will be
in the neiGhborhoOd of $500 per an
mum. IL sum prOportiOnate TO the Sala-
rieS paid to United States ministers in
countries corresponding in population
to Cuba.
Location Of Our Naval Stations.
Preliminary steps have all eady been
taken by the United States government
to locate the raTai and coaling sta
tionS which. by the terms Of the Platt
amendment. are to he ceded by treaty
to the United States. Rear Admiral
Bradford. chief of the equipment bu-
reau of the navy department. has Civ
en- special attention TO the subject. and
ing in West Indian waters. particularly
directing his attention to Cuban ports.
He has arrived at Guantanamo, and
it is believed that here Will he located
the pTincipal-if not the Onfy-Cnitcd
States naval station in Cuba.
Will Defer to Cuban Pride.
The CubanS do not want naval
station at Havana proper. and the
United States government is willing to
defer to the Cuban national pride in
this matter. But one of the cOalinS
stations-withOut defenscs. and so en-
tirely different from naval station
will be located in Havana harbor, prob
ably at Triscornia. just across the bay
from Havana. and connecting by rail
with the principal railway system.
DOLLIvER ON OLEo1IARGARINE
Iowa Statesman Doesn't Care if OleO Fac
tories Disappear.
Washington. March 27.-OleOmarga-
rine and its various sins of omission
and commission. was ,the' subject of
Yesterdays debate in the senate. Stew
art of Nevada declared that the pro-
posed legislation was unnecessary and
that there was no more reason for
ta king cOlored OleOmargarine than for
taxing colored butter.
The principal speech of the day was
delivered by Dolliver. He produced Il
package of oleomargarine and said the
package was marked. but it would tax
any mans ingenuity TO find the mark.
He then handed the package to Till
man and challenged him to find the
mark required by law to be on the
wrapper Tillman failed to discover
the imprint. Dolliver then pointed it
out. printed in fine type in a corner
of the wrapper.
Dolliver declared that the only way
''to break up nest like this was Ito
reduce to minimum the profits of
the rascality." He said there must be
fatally wrong with a bust
ness that spends more of its time dOdg-
ing the police and the courts than in
the other branches OF the business. He
insisted that the proposed law would
not interfere with legitimate industries
which supplied raw materials to the
manufacturers, and that
the oleomargarine industry itself would
not be injured seriously. Even if the
industry should be
wiped out. however. it must be borne
in mind that the American dairy in
terests represented far more than all
the interests which contribute raw
to the oleOmargarine indus
try.