The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Gem
eral Topics from
the Capital.
September 30, 1905.

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have reached Washington from
Havana throughout the week
have been tinged with increasing
gloom The atmosphere at the
War Department, however, has
seemed to be decidedly more
hopeful. Whereas the news from
Havana has indicated that moth
ing but armed Intervention of the
firmest and most decided type
would be of avail. Washington
officials have proieased at least
to believe that Intervention could
come without necessarily being
armed Intervention. 1t has been
intimated that this government
could take charge in Cuba and
establish a provisional regime
with some sort OF a Cuban figure.
head for President. while the real
business would be dictated from
the wsrships in the harbor.
This would be very nice il it
could be done. There is no ques
ton. of course, that marines
could be landed and protect in.
terestS of all sorts in Havana,
Santiago, Cienfuegos and other
important coast towns. There
wOuld be "a certain advantage,
too, i'll using marines and blue
jackets for this work. Marines
are ''diplomatic soldiers az they
can be landed i'll foreign coun-
try to protect interests there
without the same color OF an in
vaslOn as happens when an army
is sent for exactly the same pur-
pose. There seems to be a sort
OF popular superstition that ma
rineS and blue jackets are part
OF the ships to which they belong,
and their presence on shore Is
therefore regarded as temporary.
Soldiers, on the other hand, carry
with them the idea of an inva
sion, which may not, but is more
likely to be permanent. There
fore this government will use
marines and blue jackets for pro-
tectlve purposes so long as they
can, but there is serious ques
ton whether the insurgents in
the interior will consent TO stay
good and refrain from looting
plantations i'll the interior where
the maril g cannot get at them.
The question of the sort of a
sovereignty under which Cuba
will flourish will in all probability
not be decided until next week.
The chances are increasingly in
favor of long term of American
occupation. 1t will bt recollect
ed that Secretary Taft, in one OF
his frs speeches i'll the Philip
pines, spoke of the American oc-
cupatiOn there as only temporary
and urged the natives to prepare
themselves for selt-government.
Before his term of Governor Gen
eral was over ne was doing his
best to forget himself and make
the public forget that he had
ever said any such thing He
has not been making any prom
ises about temporary occupation
In Havana and after his exper-
fence with the Latin-American in
his native lair, the chances are
that he will not do so.
Preparations are being made on
an extensive scale for the coming
prosecution of the Standard Oil
Company, The Department of
Justice has employed three special
counsel, MesSrs, Purdy, Morri-
son and Kellogg, who have out
lined a plan of campaign that
now is only awaiting the approval
OF the Attorney General. This
will be in its way the most im-
pOrtant case of an antitrust char
acter since the institution of the
Northern Securities suit. 1t rep
reSents months of study and in
vestigation touching both the
facts and the law involved in the
case. Those who know the his
tory of the Standard Oil Com
pany knows that there is an es.
sential difference between it and
the Northern Securities Com
pany. The Standard Oil Com
pany was the original trust. The
scheme OF a voting trust for the
stock of numerous lesser com
panies originated in the fertile
brains of the men who control
the inner workings of the Stand.
ard Oil. They were fought to
stand still on the score that this
gigantic trust was illegal, and
the actual trust feature was dis
solved, aud the company contin-
ued TO do exactly the same thing
by it's present method, which is
the actual ownership of the sub
sidiary companies. The Stand
ard now owns the smaller oil
companies not through any stock.
holding or trust agreement, but |
to such an extent as to create an
actual monopoly of the product. |