The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
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III FopS to Caban Reciprocity.


bilious Of the young Republicans IN rho
mouse, was an ardent Alger man and it ts
haiu that, encouraged by the euccess ~ MD
man, ne viii at the proper time formaiiv
pr ,,rya. mat nc VIII he an opponent OF
erected. il has been known Tor snroo time
past that Smith had senatorial asuir5ticns
ana ana now that he is In such a favorable no
hllon, from political STANDPOINT HE
friends have no doubt that he viii nsk Inc
Michigan legislature to make him seuafor
when Burrows term expires General Aircr
VII back him against burrows It is said.
Tor Alger not only rescnts BurrowF atu,
tude In the light Just closed but As also
| opposed 10 the senator because OF tho lat
yer s friendship for the deceased Mcmillan
me Cuban reciprocity matter may be I'm
! lecteo into the contest and. on the whole
the political checkerbonrd I'm Mlcbipan
promises to furnish some interesting do
Yelopments.
| This reference to the reciprocity question
/ suggests that some attention should be
paid 10 the action Of senator Mliard OF
| Nebraska who. in an "intcrviewr preparen
| by himself, has just announced that he win
| stand by tho president in anything the
latter may sec tit to do IN the premises
Il have discovered" Willard Is made TO
say in this Interview" that the people
Of Nebraska have not SO strong sentiment
In favor Of the retention OF the tarir as /
! have thought, and II tho measure comes up
| hEalh VIII follow the action which the
] president may take upon &c. or suggest"
| Ihis OF course, means that the Nphraskan
! mas executed a very decided uop and that
/ his action was influenced by the belief tnat
! i would be expedient for him to get away
rom me insurgents with whom h.
! trained all during the last session Of CON
| gress, when the Cuban reciprocity hin was
! under discussion While the admlnistra.
| uonists seem to think Mlllard's move VIA
| prove sad blow TO the men who oDpos6
! ~ take 1t merely as matter Of course
| ahdf are not greatly affected ono way or
the other Miilard's apostasy began last
| spring when the Nebraska convention in
| dorsed the presidents reciprocity policy,
| thus Indirectly administering a slap III
| the Nebraska senators, both OF whom had
opposed the policy. IN question. 1t re.
mains to he seen whether or not Willard s
| example viii be followed by the congress.
! men from any OF the other beet root rails.
/ Ing States, He has never been regarded
as being OF any particular force and his
statement regarding his change OF opinion
| SHOWS that his opposition 10 the reciprocity
! OH was actuuted by a desire 70 be on the
! winning side, and not by any personal con
! victions 1t is not likely that his loss Will
be very kecnly felt by the Insurgents"
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Much curiosity is manifested here as TO
tlonists during the Forthcoming short ses
Sion With regard to the reciprocity matter
The suggestion that special session may
be called to convene Immediately after the
adjournment Of the regular session has moi
met with kindly reception from any part
Of the country, but there is good reason 10
believe that the president and some Of his
advisers are considering the adyisabllty Of
calling such special session, nevertheless.
! The faction OF the republican party which
| fayors the granting Of concessions" TO
! Cuba thinks, apparently, that the oppogi
ton may adopt dilatory tactics dur the
three months session md thus ,rcveut
/ action on the reciprocity bill. The fact
that the length of tho session Is limited
! would make such course on the part of
the insurgents a comparatively easy mat
ter special session. On the otner hand.
could be prolonged mt the wish Of the
president, and IL Is apparently the bcLVf
OF the administratlonlsts that during ~
session of indefinite duration the reciprocity
bill might he pushed through. Much might
depend on the outcome of the November
/ elections, OF course, but that is matter
TO which but little consideration is being
given Just now
There is every reason to believe, as has
been heretofore stated in this correspond.
ence, that preparations are now being made
Tor an annexation campaign. This. of
course Is OF absorbing Interest IN conncc-
likely that those who favor annexation
from one cause or another will devote much
Of their time during the next two months
or so to getting the alleged Dement'S Of an
neXaton before the people anu In par
ticular before members Of congress, Sen
ator Elkins who Introduced mn annexation
bin shortly before the close Of tho session
last summer, has even gone SO lar as to
employ two local press agents, who are
scattering annexation literature far and
wide The nnuexatiomsts hope 60 have
matters in good shape by the opcRing OF
congress, so that during the session they
will he able TO concentrate their efforts
1t is firmly believed 10y those who have
given the matter attenhon that the grant
ing OF so called reciprocal relations vita
Cuba would prove to be only step toward
ultimate annexation. And yet Senator II.
klns Is Ia favor OF annexation aud against
reciprocity
Lobbyists Interested in the matter Of an
nexation are already commencing tO arrive
here and there are the best OF reasons for
the belief that an active campaign VIII he
Waged from now on,
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Once in a great while the editorials IN
the washington star are not lnbored,
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