Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent.)

Washington, Dec. 18th, 1902.
Editor Press
The news, which has JUST reached
the State Department from Havana,
to the effect that General Bliss has
secured the negotiation of a recipro
cal treaty with Cubo along the lines
outlined in Washington, consti-
tutes another triumph for the
Roosevelt administration especially
as the President has secured from
several senators formerly opposed to
the policy, their pledges to vote for
the ratification of the treaty when
it is sent to the Senate. BY virtue
of the treaty, which will soon reach
Cuban markets for those manufact-
ures and products of which she has
a surplus to dispose, and will give
in return merely q discount of 20
per cent. from the Dingley sched-
ules on imports from Cuba.
The probable appointment of Mr..
Lloyd Griscom, now Minister to
Persia, to succeed Mr.. Buck, Mini
ster to Japan, who has resigned, is
regarded with satisfaction by the
friends of the administration as it
is believed the appointment will
serve to further cement the friend
ship between Senator Hanna and
the President Senator Hanna Ori-
ginally recommended Mr.. Griscom
for the Persian post and has been
anxious to secure for him Il merit
ed promotion which the japanese
assignment will be. Mr.. Roosevelt
first appointed Mr.. John Barrett,
now Minister to Siam, to the post
at Tokyo but learning that certain
public utterances of Mr.. Batter had
offered the Japanese court, instruct
ed Secretary Hay to advise the
former that it might be we'll for him
to decline the appointment. An
other promotion will probably be
fonnd for him in the near future.
President Roosevelt is watching
closely the Venezuelan situation
and will, in the event that either
Germany or Great Britain attempt
to infringe upon the Monroe Doct-
rine, enter a drompt protest. So
long however as these nations make
no effort at territorial acquisition
there will be interference ON the
part of United States. In the
meantime, Mr.. Bowen, United
States Minister to Caracas, has
shown the utmost friendliness and
impartiallity to all concerned, has
secured the release of the consule
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powers and has made known to the
State Department the desire Of
President Castro to submit all diff
fercnces to arbitration, which desire
the State Department has communi-
Gated to the nations involved. 1t
is hoped and believed that conser-
walton Of Great Britain will restrain
the pugnacity Of Germany and that
solution of the difficulty will be
arrived at without interference from
Washington.
The trust situation in the House
of Representatives has changed
somewhat since our last letter was
written. The conservative element
in the Senate has made it known
that it will oppose anything in the
nature of a drastic antitrust bill
and for that reason Chairman
jenkins of the Judiciary Commit
tee, is now engaged in the attempt
to draft a bill which, while it carries
out the wishes of the Presidnt will
not meet with fatal opposition in
the upper chamber. Meanwhile,
there is strong prospect that the
Hepburn bill which appropriates
$500, 900 to enable the Attorney
General prosecute the trusts under
the Sherman law will be passed by
both chambers.
Both houses of Congress have
passed the bill appropriating $50