The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22
ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT
THREE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
 HAVE OPPOSITION.
Blackburn of Kentucky. Berry of Ar kansas and Carmnck of Tcn-
 nessee VIII Have to
 Fight for Jobs.

nessee wnl Have to
 Fight for Jobs.
 Washington. Dec. 21.-(special1- l Three well known Democratic Senators | are dec. dedly on the anxious bench. | They are up for reelection. In the next few weeks 1t will be known whether MT. Blackburn is to have an other term from Kentucky. Two cam didates gro out against his veteran legislator. and if he cannot show clean pair of heels to his competitors early in the political race at Frank fort it may hdppen that some Kentucky Democrat not now figuring in the con- Senator Berry of Arkansas is, from all accounts, having a hard fight to pull through again in his contest with Governor Jeff Davis and the other men | in the State who are doing all in their power to bring about his defeat. The | latest gossip is that senator Berry l could probably win over Davis. but | there seems to be an undcrcurrent of | feeling that since the Governor was | beaten over the head recently with the end of revolver by former Congress- l man Dinsmore, his influence is consid- erably weakened. Most of Senator Berry's friends here seem to think that l If the fight is straight out between him cannot just now figure on all the con tingencies likely to arise between now and the date fixed for the balloting at | Little Rock.
 | l pelled to put up lively battle for the | right to his seat is Mir. Carmack of l Tennessee. Following the example of | Virginia the Tennessee Democrats will l decide this contest before primary early next May. Ex-Governor Bob" Taylor is crossing. swords with Sena- paign the former is making in all parts of the State the friends and sup | porters of Senator Carmack fear that he will not be able to attend very very the next four months. MT. Carmack has gone off on a hurried trip to the State, but expects to return. to Wash ington just after Congress is through 1 with the holiday recess. He is very much in earnest about doing all in his power to break up haZing at the naval academy in accordance with his reso- lution adopted in the Senate the other day for an investigation.
 Mr. Edward P Ryan. who is here claiming admission to the floor of the | House as a delegate from the Isle of Pines. is an interesting character. He and the other Americans down in the balmy spot in the sea contend stoutly that the Isle of Pines does not belong to Cuba, but to the United States. MT. Ryan looks upon Senator Morgan as one of the best friends his people have will place in his hands some very inn portant documents to be laid before the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee Dr. Daniel of ,S,i1 xirgniia is ,non anoths5 ter work for the Americans in the island.
 Delegate Ryan. as he is called even now by his associates. lays great stock by article ? of the Paris treaty, which reads as follows
 'Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands West Indies, and the island of Guam in the Marianas or Ladrones."
 The words other islands" Delegate Ryan insists fixes the business. and 1 ba h the Senate can get around that fact
 But this and all other points at issue state Department. And the conten- tion will doubtless be kept up as long as the Americans in the island think they have any chance Of securing rec
 MT. Ryan commenced life as a coal miner up in Pennsylvania and has been living on the Isle of Pines for about able things about. the fertility of the island and the great possibilities Of development. While at present there there cans residing there, fully 1000 Ameri,, cans own property in the island, and the Cuban land owners are declared to says there would be several thousand more Americans on the spot if this Gov ernment were to assert its just rights l The greatest industry Is in citrous fruits. All of the finest fruits of the tropics grow in wonderful abundance. Mr. Ryan states that oranges which Iare shipped from the island run as high as 95 pounds to the box. and this beats anything that Cuba, Florida or any other orange-growing section can do l Other statements made by Delegate Ryan are substantially as follows: Lands that three years ago could be be bought for s an acre have .rse risen in in which practically no improvements have been made. He knows of gorge ous orange farms that only few, years 1tan FfNv@ G n In re an acre. Now their owners would not take s100 an acre for them. In several instances Americans have refused s150 an acre. All sorts of vegetables are raised the year round on the island. and they are shipped at 9 splendid profit to New Orleans and New York variety grown in the United States. The land is so fertile and there Is so much rain and moisture that one man cleared in a year on single acre over $1,O00 in raising egg plants that were shipped to the United States. Mr. Ryan says this story sounds like any doubt. He says. that his, own farm which he purchased only three years ago for a little over $2 an acre, he would not sell today for $1oo per acre ing for Uncle Sam to assert his rights. and then there will be great rush of people from the United States to the
 MT. Ryan and his friends charge that the tobacco trust is fighting. them sa- | vagely and will do everything in its power to prevent the Isle of Pines from being declared United States territory. He cannot understand this for his opin- ion is the island will never produce enough tobacco to make 1t worth while for the American tobacco firms to fear any serious cbompetition. The tobacco produced is of the very finest quality, but it is in limited quantities. and 1t | pays tue people so much better to 1 raise citrous fruits and vegetables that l they will not go heavily into the culti- Vation of tobacco.
 The arsa of the Isle of Pines is 1,214 | square miles, being just about the size l of Rhode Island, which is 1.250 square miles. Delaware is just little larger | than the island. having 2.050 square | miles, Only 1000 people are now on | the islands. Alfred J. Stofer. ! =