The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-02
HEED ON CUBA.
What tn. Es-speaker Thought OF the
Matter.

What tn. Es-speaker Thought Of the
Matter.
Washington. December 30 The lac
Speaker Reed e admitted to have been
the author OF the caustlc article publsaed
In the American Econon iist on June 20 LIST
ridiculing President Rcoseyelts Cuban rect
froc.ty policy The Economist. in Us r.
cert issuc. says that Mr.. Reed wrote thi9
article and another on "PrCtection's Grava
Danger but ntil a shot5 time before his
death lie objected to being known IS the
author His consent finally vas obtained.
mud the publication OF this fact makes the
Cuban article, which follows, II consijera-
bic Interest:
The people q the United states have
an opportunity nov 10 see how some jnen
are try Ink 10 govern them ~ the G uses
o. the sudden outburst OF sympathy ,or
cube are now apparent only few
months ago II looked ue II our people We
Of their own accord. spontaneously calling
On congress Tor p0ilaninropic and selt-sac-
rincing action. What Wte apparently
great ara popular uprising was aispiayed tp
a,l eyes. great moral principle was az
ED ~. The generous American nation. with
ut thought of the skilliul uoGdwinkiLy
when vas going on, was eager to be grs-
clous, but somehow Il looked TO these VINO
know the ordinary action Of men somewhat
suspicious that the old sugar crowd werc
hooking 10 Washington. Cha yes were
promptly made tnut Havemeyer was con
cerned. But this was III denied. Tho sugar
trust cared nothing about Il. That I'M r
esiing body was nor even phianfhroldc, An
me Tree trade papers Joined the cry. Any.
thing to make a breach In the walls ~
protection There were Joined To them
that brood of republican papers that sd-
vocHte protectioDist interest four months
before, election and h"ip the enemy The
GEf of no ftF.s-F
But when Mr.. Thurbor owned IN TO
biS $1,000 leaders NJ public opinion and
told who paid for stirring them up; when
he disclosed his principals. and we found
them 10 be a combination Of the Sugar
Trust and the governor If Cuba, who
tried to manipulate the United States
with trust money. clear light was
thrown over the scene instead OF "A POM
lar uprising, the people Of this country
bad been manipulated by skillful artists,
and were turned over TO believe whit was
entirely false. Just turn back and read
those simultaneous kilograms from the
mayors Of cities, published two or three
months ago. Unless something was at
once done, starving Cuba would fall a
prey TO the rapscity Of American farmers.
We wonder now how many OF these up.
peals were written by General Wood We
know he paid to circulate them. who
wrote them? He can perhaps tell us IL
ne chooses: whether he can or not, we
have not done what they demanded, aud
nothing has followed.
Those Of US who suspected this popu-
lar uprising have demanded three things
was any promise ever made impartine
moral obligation? II 50. what was ~
Who bad right to make such a promise?
" we c9u not fnd ont what II was or
who made It, and n we know. as VIC do
that nobody had a right to make Il. who
are these people who are using hard Ian
guoee, aud who, having been exposed, are
stu holding up q high haDd7 They are
men who are disgusting their self-lntercst
Agl "a rat faft.1 a. fft,,,e H.
While the president can not control
congress and. above all. has not the right
TO control H., II IS unfortunate for the
country that hc has seen AZ 10 Interfere
"jen with SO weak and unsatisfactory an
argument. IL IS pity that when he found
OUT his mistake he persisted. But we must
take thugs rs We md them. Ia due time
The president win cease 10 be Influenced by
the men Who have as he will soon soc go
strangely misled him. n Ii 10 be boped
that hts education win not cost the couu.
Try too much.
The nineteen senators who have stood
ny - well for the interests of their own
country are now Justified. and have not
only been true friends ~ tho people but
nave demonstrated the fact 50 that all men
a short cutcchtspl viii display the real
"q. What injury have we done to cubsg
-. The Plat amendment
g. Who forced the Plat amendment?
20. Did that iuiurc 'henlf
-. Oh. no; they asked u to be done.
''Q. Whom did II njure.
Is. cuba.
20. rhcu, NJ course, you give the dam
age money 70 Cuba
"A. Not OF all We give II to the men
Who Indicted the injury.
Morn For tho hect sugar mon tn pro
t"ct their rights Is unmltigated selfish
ness; for the erpatrleted American buy
crl OF Cuban Plantations 10 inhict Injury
and then collect the damages from the
United States IS 2 great moral principle
lofty and philanthroplc, and becomes the
special duty Of the republican party, espe-
cially when backed up by the free trade
papers.
The exposure. however. has been TOO
complete, and VIII remain the finest exam
pie Of popular manipulation which has yet
been displayed in a republic"