Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-28

ing Issue Will Be Trust Domination - The
Cuban Policy of the Administration - The
Speakership of the House.
| (FrOm our regular correspondent
WAsHINGToN, Nov. 90, 1902.
Numerous reports are being received
in Washington which are causing con.
siderable anxiety to the friends of the
President. Within the past week,
Senator Hanna made public a state.
ment TO the effect that he was in ex-
cellent health and that there was no
truth in the report that he would be
obliged to retire from active political
life. Now there comes from the south
story to the effect that the southern
organization is displeased with Mr..
Roosevelt. and will cast their ballots
for Mr.. Hanna at the next national
convention, whether he authorizes the
use of his name or not. The center OF
the disaffection seems to be in Ala
bama where the President has recently
removed District Attorney and
Collector OF Internal Revenue because
of their efforts to eliminate the negro
element from participation in Repub-
lican affairs, while District Attorney
Reece and Postmaster Hughes are
threatened with dismissal for the same
cause.
The charge is made that Mr.. Roose-
welt "flirted" with the Lily White
organization and encouraged its mem.
bers to believe that they could count
on him for support until he made up
his mind that they could not" deliver
the goods" and that then he abandoned
them and turned to the old-line COL
ored organizations for support. The
Whites" now claim that they can
see a possible chance of victory ahead
provided they can count on co opera.
ton from Washington but that they
cannot depend on Mr.. Roosevelt and
they could on Mr.. Hanna. Postmas.
ter General Payne says that the Presi-
dent will not countenance an effort on
the part OF Republicans in any part OF
the country to deprive duly qualified
voters from exercising their political
rights. That sentiment the Southern
Republicans characterize as very beau.
tiful and Quixotic, but entirely too
chimericsl for practical politics.
Whether the insurgents will be able 10
effect anything in the National Con.
vention it is impossible to foretell but
it is believed by many politicians that
the Senator from Ohio would welcome
any disaffection which would warrant
his assuming the Republican leader
ship.
There are active preparations going
on for the approaching session of Con.
gress. Many Senators and Represen-
tatives have arrived in town and are
getting their work into shape. Sena.
tor Cullom claims to be making pre-.
partitions for antitrust legislation.
Senators Lodge and Burrows are here
and are discussing the needs of the
Philippines preparatory to the intro
duction OF another Philippine bill.
They have had several conferences with
Secretary Root and will doubtless be
in position to outline bill as soon
as the session convenes. Senator Bev.
eridge has the statehood bill, confer
ring statehood on Arizona, New Mex
leo and Oklahoma, we'll in hand, and
will be ready to report it ON the Sd OF
December. The immigration bill
which passed the House at the last
session awaits the action OF the Senate
and it is hoped by the Administration
officials that the Cuban treaty will be
ready to be sent 10 the Senate at an
early date.
Representative Richardson is in
Washington and states that tho Ad.
ministration can count on the Demo-
cratic minority in the House for the
support of any genuine antitrust legis.
lation. Mr.. Richardson does not be-
lieve that the Republicans will dare to
enact any legislation inimical to trust
interests but hopes they will, and will
marshal his forces in the House in
support of it in the event OF any seri-
Gus attempt in that direction. Mr..
Richardson expresses himself as salts
fed with the result of the elections.
He says that in view OF the increased
membership in Republican States aud
the fact that the States had nearly all
been redistrictcd by Republican Legis.
latures the Democratic showing was
surprisingly good. He looks forward
! to seeing the Republicans fail to " make
good" as the President expressed it in
New York. and anticipates a sweeping
Democratic victory in 1904.
The President, encouraged by the
attitude OF the people towards his Gu.
ban policy has sent General Bliss to
Havana armed with all the powers of
. minister plenipotentiary to conclude
q reciprocal treaty with Cuba. This
treaty provides that there shall be no
reduction of Cuban duties on imports
from the United States but that there
shall be an increase OF all duties by so
per cent on goods coming into Cuba
from other countries. This, il 10 cal.
culated, will give the United States y
monopoly OF the Cuban trade and in
return General Bliss is authorized to
grant . concession of Is per cent, if
necessary. from the Dingley rates on
imports from Cuba.
That the Cuban treaty, even if sue.
cessfully negotiated, will be ratified
with as little difficulty as the President
seems to anticipate, does not seem to
be the opinion Of some of the members
OF his party. 1t is, OF course, true that
large number of the voters have ex.
pressed themselves in favor of the pol.
icy but the Beet Sugar Trust has not,
aud Mr.. Henry I. Oxnard has come
to Washington to see about il. Mr..
Oxnard has taken . house in which he
will be able to entertain Is lavishly as
he did last winter. That Mr.. Oxnard
intends TO oppose the policy Of the
President is foregone conclusion.
That be considers that the chances of
success are good is equally certain.
With the matter coming only before
the Senators, who are less directly re-
sponsible to the people than are the
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