The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-06-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


On Friday the President sent to
Congress "A message devoted cx-
clusivcly to the subject Of Cuban
reciprocity. There is nothing DOM
iuccripg OF dictatorial about Mr..
Rooscvelt's uttcrancc. II II n
straightforward, forccful appcalto
Congress TO carry TO successful
issue the great work begun when
the United States declared war
against Spain because of the op-
preston which she had visited up
on Cuba, and which ended with the
establishment OF the republic Of
Cuba. Mr.. Roosevelt urges Con-
grcss not to curtail the mngnani-
nous policy of this great aud pow
erful nation by hating before the
complete fulillwcnt of the pledges
she has made to Cuba, to the
world, but, more than all, to her
self; not to permit sordid aud self
ish reasons 10 deter her from in
suring to the new born republic
that measure of prosperity which
can result only from generous re-
ciprocal concessions. lie cyprcss-
as the firm conviction that such
concessions will not iniurc ANY In
dustry In this country. lie dwclls
upon the fact that, by the limita-
tions which We have placed nn Gu
ba's foreign policy through the
Plat amendment. We have obliga-
ted ourselves tn grant her special
concessions IN return.
Before Mr.. Roosevelt srnt his
message To Congress 1t was urged
upon him that such coursc would
be incxpcdicnt, that IL would have
a tendency to injurc his chances
for denomination. that II might
even injurc the chances Of republic
can victory mt the poll, but these
objections had no weight with the
President. lie regards the enact
mcnt of n law providing for tuban
reciprocity as duty and with him
the conviction that n certain action
In his duty outwcighs all other con-
sidcrations. His manly exposition
of his convictions cannot but COM
mnnd the respect of NIL true Amer
leans whether they take issue With
his reasoning or not. The rcspon-
sibility now rests with Congress.
So far as | have been able to
learn the Presidents message,
while commanding respect, pro-
duccd little effect upon the oppon-
cnts of cuban reciprocity. They
say that Mr.. Rooscyclts views are
purely sentimental and that he IL
mistaken in his conclusions as To
outcome Of a reciprocal arrange
mcnt. Senator Elkins said, after
the message was read, that he saw
no reason to change his views, that
the President had revealed no new
phase of the situation and that In
his tElkins) opinion, the Sugar
Trust would be the only bcncncia-
; ry Of Cuban reciprocity. Senator
Bard declined to discuss the situa-
) ton beyond saying that he had
not changed his opinion. Repre-
sentative Tawncy said, "The Pres
idcnt Is mistaken and the only re-
: suit of his message, II II has any, /,
will be to make the opposition
more solid than before" Repre-
; sentative Long said that the Pres-
ident's message would result In the
: prompt passage OF the Cuban bill,
. but Mr.. Long has held that 1t
would pass from the first. On
3 Saturday Senator Elkins intro
. duced q resolution providing for
the annexation OF Cuba as a state.
, The following young people spent
! last Friday at Mincola: Clara
|, Vogt, Edmee Standhardt, Grace
D Hayden, Clarice Johnson, Mary
e See, Mary Gupton, Julia Hudson,
May Belle Cove, Malcolm Howing
Carl Hudson, Hugh Hasslcr, Bur-
nard Brandt, Gene Holmes, Clyde
Donaldson and Joe Dyson. They
were chaproned by MT. and Mrs. G,
q. Gilchrist.