The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-23

Indication of the Drift of
Opinion Which Cannot
Be Disregarded.

From, The journal Burenu. Room rs. Poss
Building, Washington"
Washington, June 23.-The results OF
the inquiry among the people of Mime
sofa as to their attitude on Cuban reci-
pricity, set forth in T b J n a last
Wednesday, have attracted attention In
the east and have been commented ON by
leaders in congress, according to their In
dividua1 opinions on the subject. The beet
sugar people maintain that those who IA
vor straight reciprocity, as advocated by
The president, do not understand the ques-.
tion, while those for reciprocity say sim
liar results would be obtained if canvass
were made in other states in the middle
west ana far west and that the presi-
dents position would be emphatically in
dorsed if the question could be submitted
to a vote of the people. -
Eastern newspapers have commented on
T h G 10 n al s symposium and have
instanced it's remarkable agreement with
the action of the state convention in Ne
braska last week as sustaining the prest-
dents position in the states where the
reciprocity. An editorial in to-day's
Philadelphia Press takes this view of the
case. It says:
The Minneapolis Journal OF last week con-
tanned the result of an inquiry made among
republicans Of Minnesota to find out their
opinion concerning the Cuban reciprocity of
President Roosevelt. Interviews were had
with leading members of the party in fifty
or sixty of the most important places, so as
to reflect as nearly as possible the average
sentiment Of the state. The question was
put to all those interviewed whether they sup
ported the Minnesota delegation in congress
or the president the Cuban reciprocity.
The expression of opinion drawn out must
have been a surprise, even to those who be-
lieved that the sentiment in the northwest Is
on the side of the president. Q o ur :
a / IS inquiry shows that there Is not only
majority in favor Of reciprocity with Cuba,
but an overwhelming preponderance OF opin-
ion on that side.z ...,-...s -
The drift is SO decided to lead h e
Journ | to assert that four-ffths of the
people interviewed stand with the president.
Such an indication Of the drift of republican
opinion in one of the leading states Of the
northwest cannot be disregaFded Taken with
other indications, It shows an Overwhelming
popular support OF the president reciprocity
policy. {3 sS5 ~. .s. ~.
| This sentiment is not confined to Mime
sofa The state most largely engaged In the
| manufacture Of beet sugar is Nebraska, and
yet the republican convention of that state
last week heartily Endorsed reciprocity with
t Cuba. Other republican state conventions
will doubtless take the same stand. =. :
The Minnesota republican state convention,
| when it meets, should be pronounced for the
same policy 1t will have to be. If it coin
cides with the majority opinion of the state
of which The Minneapolis Journals sympo-
SUM is such remarkable reflection.
> Among members Of the delegation there
is depreciation of further agitation of the
subject at this time. To quote one OF
them, The subject is dead; it Is useless
to continue the discussion. We have TAX
en- our position after mature deliberation
and cannot be turned from 1t now.
l.. ,* H. C. Stevens.