The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-22

VIII now only have to be accepted By
the conference committee and later by
the senate.
The New York Herald, which has stead
lastly maintained that a bill to provide
for a reciprocal trade agreement with
Cuba should be passed at this session Of
Congress, contained the following in
special dispatch from Washington under
date of June 16:
''Treachery to President Roosevelt is
throttling Cuba's relief bill in the senate.
Herald readers are familiar with the
game, as it has been played in nearly all
important ures-lukewarmness dou-
bic dealing division Of responsibility, dis
regard of party authority
The game is still being played on Cuba.
Instead of the thirty-eght men who pro-
fess to be for that measure lining up and
inviting the sixteen boxers into a eau
Gus. it is proposed not to hold caucus.
but conference A caucus is binding.
conference is not; and when ii is held.
the sixteen boxers viii still be in control
Of the situation and the thirty-eight adj
ministration senators viii have permitted
the president 10 be slapped in the face.
Tt is no longer a combination merely to
defeat the aims and success of Mr.. Roose-
velt's administration. but it is apparently
a union 70 defeat his nomination for the
presidency in 1894 This is known to the
president, his friends and his enemies
''No statement so weighed down with
significance as that made yesterday by
Representative Long Of Kansas has been
issued since the president came TO power.
The situation in the senate said Mr.
Long. Is precisely similar TO that in the
house during the hard struggle for the
Cuban bin. Many representatives in the
house sought 10 defeat the measure. In
the senate the strength Of the opposition
TO the Cuban reciprocity bill at the pres
ent time lies not so much with those sen
ators who are openly fighting it as with
those senator's who would not announce
their open opposition to the administra-
ton, but are covertly seeking to en-
harass L
Representative Long is no Warwick and
has no aspirations in that line. but he is
on very close terms with the president
on account Of his strong leadership in the
Cuban fight in the house. and 1t was after
q long conference in the White House
yesterday that his statement was made
Mr.. Long is no alarmist He is always
very guarded in all his statements il pub
lie and private and his opinions are
worthy Of consideration.
while Mr.. Longs statement was not
made with any authority from the presi-
dent. nor even with his knowledge, il may
be taken as semi-official confirmation Of
the Herald assertion made a month sgo
that Mr.. Roosevelt was being secretly
attacked in the senate and that the real
enemies OF his administration were its
professed friends.
The term administration senator's IS
frequently used here. but IS a MISSIONER.
There are few administration senator's
THE open hostility 70 the president on
the question IS not OF itself sufficient 20
defeat Cuban reciprocity. There are six
teen senators openly opposed 10 the bill
Elkins. Scott. Burrows Gamble. Kit
tredge. Clapp. Nelson, Bard. Perkins
Dietrich. Willard Mason. Kearns. Deboe.
Burton and Mitchell
1T Is now felt more than ever Il the
so-called leaders were absolutely sincere
and in earnest a sufficient number Of
these boxers could be brought around IN
half a day % pass the biz.
who. by their lukewarrn expressions and
actions. are falling in their ful duty and
by their faint praise are damnins the
Roosevelt administration and its che
great measure in Congress"
D. W. Nulvane OF Topeka, national COM
nitteeman from Kansas. IS in Washing
ton.
Fliny L sopsr United States district
attorney for the northern district OF In
dian Territory. has been IN Washington
Tor some time on matters OF legislation
and departmental business concerning In
dian TERRITORY
J. 5. Dean United States district at
to~uey for Kansas. was here tire early
part of thls week 70 consult with the de-
rartment o. justice regarding the sight
against the beer trust-
Pension allowances il the Seventh dis
trict are: Carolin NJ AntisdaL SedEwick;
Elizabeth y. Cole. Hutchinson; sarah "