Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-06
HENDERSON MEMORIAL
Address Of George D. Perkins o.
Sioux City at Funeral Of Late speak-
er to be Printed In Congressional
Record-Lacey characterlzes Memor.
IaI as Beautiful and Historical.

Washington, D. c., March 5.--By
unanimous consent, the house today.
authorized printed in the congressional
record the memorial address OF George
d. Perkins, at the funeral Of the late
Speaker Henderson. The memorial
was presented by Lacey, OF Iowa, who
characterized 1t as beautiful and
historical in character.
The house passed the bill increasing
from $4,000 to 100000 for the pur-
chase of metals for pennies and nickels
and providing that these coins shall be
made in the Denver, San Francisco.
New Orleans and Philadelphia mints.
Representative Longworth returned
to his duties in the house today He
brought with him to the capitol and
presented to Speaker Cannon in his
room huge cigar. at least 18 inches
long, the product of Havana, Cuba.
Alaska Gets Delegate.
The house passed the senate bill pro.
viding for delegate in congress from
Alaska.
ESPECIAL CoRREsPONDENCE.l i
Washington Bureau OF the Courier,
Washington, D. c., March, 8.
The Iowa senators are and have
been in receipts Of communications
from residents of the Isle Of Pines of
the scs5s,hegn coast of oCuba, who
formerly Resided IN iowa afid wfyess
relatives and friends still live In Iowa
asking their aid In preserving the Is.
land as a part OF the United States.
Neither Senators Allison nor Dolli-
yer are members of the foreign rela.
tions committee which practically de.
termtnes the fate OF the Isle of Pines
from the senate point Of view. The
trouble appears to be, however, that
Secretary Root and the President have
reached the conclusion that we have
no valid claim upon the island and
cannot hold 1t. This, together with
I the fact that the foreign relations
committee favors the treaty which
! lsurrenders whatever title we may
have had, makes opposition to the
program profltless.
I. From all accounts Iowa furnished
perhaps a lager proportion OF the
Americans on the island than any
other state. It is not known just how
many Iowans are there, but there are
a good many Of them, and they appear
to have resided largely in the north.
west and southeast parts Of the state.
The least that can be said is that
some serious blunders have been
made by the officials who represented
the United States, either at the time
lof American occupation Of Cuba or
subsequently. 1t is very certain that
at the time of the negotiations with
4 Spain the officials representing this
government in Cuba took position
, that amply justified the conclusion
J that the island Of Pines would become
part of the territory of the United
States. II we take the matter up In
sequence we find:
+ Ceded BY Spain.
In the treaty Of Paris Spain ceded
y to the United States 1.-THE island Of
Porto Rico and other islands now un-
r der Spanish sovereignty in the West
Indies" The only conclusion that
can now be drawn from the position
taken by this government is that the
Isle was not one Of the "other islands .
but a part Of the island of Cuba. How
ever this may be construed at this
time, 1t must be apparent to any logi-
! cal mind that the officials represents
4 ing the United States in Cuba during
and after the war, did not take this
Y view of the matter at that time, This