The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-01-09
washington Letter.
From Our X gular CORES pondent.
Washington, Jan. /, 1868.


An unusually interesting Cabinc
meeting was held or Tuesday. Th'
! President and his Official family in
dulGed In an impromptu review o
the events OF the past year and thei
conclusion was that the people OF thu
Unitod States h ID man. blessings Il
be thankful for, not the least Of then
being the satisfactory disposal Of th'
Venezuelan problem. While there
may still arise complications regard
ing the settlement OF the claims ol
The European nations against Vene,
zuela, the fact that those claims viii
he adiudlcated by The Hague Trib.
unal Is regarded as guarantee thai
they will be equitably determined and
it is not believed that serious trouble
| VIII be Occasloned by the efforts Of the
Allies to collect such judgments as
may be rendered as their favor. The
President, not being himself involved
IN the decision, Will be free to inter.
pose the good officers OF the United
States between Venezuela and meas
lires too drastic, and IL is the concen-
sus of opinion that the Monroe Doct-
rlne has been reinforced and the In
Huence OF the United States Increased
by the Venezuela incident.
Unfortunately, the course OF the
CUBAN treaty In the Senate does moi
appear to be as clear as it was some
weeks ago. The terms Of the treat,
have been made public aud are sub
'tantially as outlined In advance, H.
these letters. They afford every adj.
vantage to the United States and will,
N the opinion of those In a position
70 judge, insure to this country :.
monopoly OF the Cuban trade and viii,
cement the bonds which unite thu
Young and old republics more closet,
than ever. There is. however. an ele
ment In Congress which opposes an,
mango In the Dingley schedules, eve,
IS applied to the products of a slngl,
'ountry, and that element, 1t is feared
viii make trouble. On the otha
hand, there is evident, outside Of Con
sress, disposition to magnify all op.
position to the treaty out Of all pro.
portion to its Importance. Senate:
scott has been quoted as bitterly or
DOSING the treaty and as Offering mum
'rous reasons why It should not b
atifled. This statement was null,
lshed broadcast, but when seen toda
y your correspondent, Mr.. Scott sal
hat none was more surprised than h.
It the statements attributed to hin
ind most Of which he had never heau
II until they appeared in print. Th.
senator was unwilling to say wha
would be his attitude towards tn
when it came up for rati
lcatlon, but stated emphatically tina
he only objection he had ever ex
PRESSED was when, after cursory ex
animation, he said that he feare,
european sugar would find its wa
nto the United States through Cub.
It the reduced rates. Evidently
iowever, the Senator failed to not.
hat The 20 per cent discount from
he Dlngley rates applies only to th.
products Of the soil and industry o
1uba', and he did not reflect thai
he European sugar being beet pro
luct and Cuban sugar cane produc,
he presence OF foreign sugar woul, |
e easily detected by the goyernmen.
xperts.
The extraordinary remuneratiyt
nd bountlful crops of the past yea,
re the occasion of much gratillcatio,
0 the administration officials VIII,
ave just COMPLIED the figures. tn,
otal value Of crops taken from tn,
oil is placed at $2,557, s95, SIG
while the exports Of the past yea,
how some falling off from those O
the two years previous, the decreas,
to be attributed largely to the fail
re OF those crops which go to max,
p the breadstuff exports and it i
that, with the bounteon,
arrests of grain this year, next year