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Show AlTllli'l 111 III ll'UA. A Wathlnglon corrcapunJenl of tha Chicago Hecord, aoewarlug a query from a reader, glvaa tome luformatlou thai will ba of local Interetl, with raferenoa to Iba aovaral allempla Dial hava bran made by Iba United Hletee lo purohaao tula. Tba flral waa ty Jubn (Julncy Adamt, Whan ba waa tacrcUiy cf tula under I'ratldanl Mo n me be luiirui't d Hugh Nelem ol Virginia, oar mlnlalr lo Spain, under data of April SH, 182.1, to aouod tba Hpaulih lovaroui- ol on the quetllou and aeterlain what tarm aud pnoe would ha accepted. Mr. Neleon eaerot lo bava taken ble lima about It, for more than two yaart later, on the llilb or Juiy, la.o, ua reportt that IheMpeo-lab IheMpeo-lab autborlllaa decline to eoutlder tucb a propoellloo. In IB4 I'reeldenl l'olk luatructed Homulut M. Htundare, than American niluleler at Malrld, to ofler fluU.OuU.UUU for tha bland. Tba prepoaltlon waa rejected lo a mott per eniplory manner. In ItiM, during lha Bdiulnlalrailoa of I'rraldeut I'lerce.lbe repraaantatlvea of lha Uullad Hulee atleudliig tha Uttand oonfarauea, Metera, Houle, Buobauaa aad Matan, tuKgoeled to tba repreeenlatlvea al Mpalll Iba aala of Iba Uland lo Uile govarntuanl, bul no turn of mouey waa mentioned, nor waa lha otter ten. outly oontlderad. During tha aeoalono of lha beuata In loot) and IH69, Mr. ft I lua- II, of Virginia, propoaed lo place $:w,UO0,(Wu In tba baud af tbe 1'rtal-deut 1'rtal-deut fur Ibe acqulaltlon of Cuba, but after auDja debate Iba rtaolutlon waa withdraw a by lha author. |
