Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1889 — ACQUISITION OF CUBA. [ARTICLE]

ACQUISITION OF CUBA.

Since the appointment of Minister Palmer to be Minister to Spain he has held frequent consultations with the President and Secretary of State. It transpires that he is receiving instructions to open negotiations with a view of peacefully acquiring Cuba. As heretofore announced, Mr .'Blaine hasa welldefined desire for the acquisition of Cuba, and he proposes now to pioceed as fast as possible in carrying out his proposed policy regarding annexation. Mr. Palmer, it has been said, has entertained similar views upon this subject, and this is one of the reasons assigned for his being appointed Minister to Spain. It will be remembered that, some two years ago, efforts were made by the previous administration for the annexation of Cuba, but for some reason nothing came of. them. Mr. Blaine, however, is more pronounced in his views on the subject than was his predecessor, and it is believed will push the matter to the end. < . ' / “Women’s troubles are only little ones,” moralised Terwilliger. “When> woman gets a spot on her dress she need only tuy a yard of ribbon, make a bow out of it, sew it over the mark, and nobody knows the difference; ■ but when a man get« a spot, on his trousers he must buy anew pair.”—New York Sun.