The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-05

relief for Cuba. He went to Buffalo and
made his last address along the line Of
reciprocity, and would have urged Il
upon congress with respect to Cuba, had
! he lived. However, in this policy, his
views and his work had been taken up
| BY the third great man Nj. Long wished
to call attention to-TheOdore Roosevelt
/ Governments cannot prosper and thrive
unless the people Of the country do like
wise Cuba may have her independence,
! her own government, but while her chief
/ businss languishes, and is carried on q.
a loss, that government cannot well con-
tinue 10 prosper, and be successful. Cuba
had reciprocity with the United States,
Mr.. Long said, under the Mckinley Law.
and liked it. It desired again reciproc-
ity as condition to the acceptance of the
Plat amendment which the United
States practically forced on Cuba for it's
own welfare. A Cuban commission came
to President Mckinley and asked for reC-
iprocity. stating that it would accept the
Platt amendment President Mckinley
said he had no authority 10 grant rec
procity himself, but would recommend IT
to congress in his next message. He did
not live to make another message, but
his great successor, Roosevelt, carried
out McKinleys intentions and sent two
messages to congress strongly urging rec.-
iprocity with Cuba.
Mr.. Long showed the Justice and fail
ness to Cuba-the obligation existing-in
granting reciprocity. He briefly answered
the arguments that it would not injuTS
and american industries, and that would
inure to the benefit of the Cuban plant
ers-those who needed and sought the re-
lief Then he cited the good that would
result to the west-to Kansas-if this
country shall have reciprocity with Cuba.
There would be hungry Cuban mouths to
feed, If the owners OF those mouths could
sell their sugar at profit and prosper.
And Mr. Long believed that Kansas
could well and probably feed those
mouths
Mr. Longs reciprocity utterances We're !
well and favorably received. His entire
speech was. but particularly that part
on reciprocity. That question seemed to |
be well understood and popular.
Gray and Haskell counties are in one
representative district The committee |
held its meeting after Mr. Longs speech /
for September 49, Several prospective leg /
islative candidates are under discussion, I
including John Harper. former represen- I
tative from Gray. The district and the /
candidates are favorable TO Chester L I
Long for United States senator.
a number of statesmen attended the 4
meeting at Cimarron. There were: H F. +
Niuikan. register OF the United States +
land office az Dodge City, who formerly
resided at Santa Fe: a. II. Burtis of Car
den City, who is special agent Of the
department of the interior; ". II. Kim
uison of the same place. candidate for the
legislature in Finney county. and c. A.
Schneider. county clerk Of Finney coun-
~. and former Representatives Harper
and Hollenbeak of Gray county.
Two leading Democrats in former years
viii this year go into the Republican pri-
maries and conventional. T. Vinson,
president Of the Cimarron bank. and Ellis
Garten. the well known short grass ed
itor Both are now active Republicans.
Another Cimarron convert Is c. W
Weeks. a leading merchant
Gray county has added quite materially
10 its population lately. II is being recog-
nized that feed-farming can be done sue
cessfully in the county. and spare quar-
ter sections are being taken up. Same
Of the larger ranches are also being
broken up and smaller cattIement going
into business
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does the right thing. VIII this year be on
the right side with an increased vote and
a strons ticket OF local officers