The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11

SENATOR
Leader rs to Foreign Affairs
His; introduction was n longer than my
Speech, but 1t was good never holess.
"My first close associat ons withsJ ohm
Hay was when he entered my Office In
Springfield .to study law. IIe had been
to school at the Academy In < Spring tield
and had then gone East to Brown y mi
versity, where lie graduat ted. {s Our firm
was that of Hay & Cullom, and John
came into the office largely on account
Of my partner, his Uncle Milton Hay.
This was Just before the war when j ohm
vas eighteen or nineteen years DID,
What kind OF a law student was he,i
Senate 49, asked. b I.45ls 5l
"He was very bright said Senator
sCulom. He had not been In the oftice
SIN, weeks before he could tell him what
we wanted in the way Of papers, ana no; !, ne g
would go off and draw I hem up. Isl g il g
could draw UP a bill in chancery, anu. n
fact, almost any kind of paper. We had
other students who could never learn. !.
1T must have been then that Hay be-
came OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lincoln 2" said l.iSs
'.Yes, although snppos sc LINCOLN 4 must
have known Hays father and may have
known. him rs IN 4 boy. Lincoln was q
great friend of Milton Hay, and no was
frequently in o,S Office. When Lincoln
was elected President he made John hay
one Hof his secretaries, and he then be-
gan that diplomatic training which Is SO
valuable to him to-day. s ss d 5
The English Mission.
ibid YOU have anything to do with
the appointment of Colonel Hay as min-i
lister TO ngland r. $ z
II have always had a high opinion Of
Hays diplomatic ability. replied Senator
/ wrote a letter. without solicitation on
the part OF Hay$or a ny on else. advising
the President to give Hay the mission
TO England. He got the appointment,
hut 7 cannot say thatSnl letter was y he
cause ofsthat.} When John Sherman had
l5left the State Department and Secretary
Day was #ahout&to be elevated to the Sis
preme Court I agai wrote Mckinley,
advising him to call John Hay home and
make him Secretary Of State. In my lets
ter put forth his peculiar fitness for
the position, saying that he could handle
the foreign powers better than any other
man living, and could NIL the place a $
we'll as one man III The country. Nc
llinlcy was then considering both Hay
| and Whtelaw Reid. There We're many
influences at work, but Hay was. chosen,
and don't think tina -sM ckiney ge-
! GREETED IT, al IA S, a = si
Uncle Sam and Cuba.
The conversation here took a foreign
|3turn and i asked the senator whether
| le was satisfied as to what had been
| done as to Cuba. lie replied:
~ think that island is being greatly
\ benefited by It's association with us and
= that the United States should BIO Con-
1 graduated on. its connection with it. We
have through our treaties secured its
independence and at the same time made
1t practically n dependency Of the Uni
ted States. By those treaties Cuba can
not enter into any questionable or on
tangling alliances with foreign powers;
she cannot so into debt beyond her abi-
| ity.to easily pay. and her situation Is
such that sooner or later she must be-
come even moro closely associated with
! the United StateS than she Is now. 1t
may be that she will one day ask to be
l annexed to.the Union"
How does Cuba get along governing
j herself ?"sE..l, @
Very we'll so far" replied Senator
Culloln. Estrada Palma, the president,
is an able man and he can control the
/ people. lie is a strong friend of the
United States, having lived for some time
In this country.GI can't say what will
be the status Of the island when he
passes awaY."S4F
\ How is the country prospecting p sg5
1T is growing very rapidly as far as
new industries and the development OF
Its, resources are concerned. Many Amcri-
, cans are investing In Cuba. lands and In
Z other properties Of all sorts. Sir Viii
liam Van Horne, the head of the Cana
4 dian Pacific railroad, who got his rail
road education In the United States, Is
now building a railroad from one end Of
the island to the other. This will open
up much country which has heretofore
been inaccessible"
Porto Rico and San Domingo.
What is the condition of Porto Rlco?"
u think 1t steadily grows better" re-
piled Senator Cullom. Porto Rico IL a
valuable island, although by no means sc
| rich as Cuba. Cuba is one Of the mos,
fertile spots on the globe. The Porte
Ricans are easily governed. We have
established schools everywhere there, and
| believe that the island will eventually
be one Of our most BILE possessions
How about Santo Domingo, Senator
Will we not have to lake that island IL
keep the people In order?"
~ hope not replied the senator. "a,
| least not until they have had enough wars
the islanders. j think we have our hand;
| full as 1t Is"
| ''Are you satisfied with the condition Of
the Philippines"
| yes; the Philippines are doing yer,
well now. and they will become mucl
more valuable as time goes on The PEG
pie are fast recovering from the war
and We may expect q continued peace
! The Annexation of Canada.
DO you think Canada will ever be
part of the United States, Senator Cul
| lom?" I asked.
"I used 10 hope SO. and that the tim
would come soon. il may still come, hu
It seems TO me that ii is farther away
now than 1t was twenty years ago TN
BritiEh provinces north OF us have he