The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-22

ed or hsvidg to pay out lot of mon.
ey for indemnity in case it took a
wrong step and Spain afterwards sue
ceeded in putting down the revolt.
1t can be stated on good authority
that the administration will make no
change in its attitude towards Cuba
before Congress meets. unless there
are some radical changes in the stu
alton in Cuba. The Spanish Minister
has told Secretary Olney that it was
absolutely certain that the revolution
would be at an end before that time.
If his prophecy be correct that will,
of course, be the last of the whole
business, until it be revived by ali.
other revolution. But, on the other
hand, should the Cubans still hold
their own i'll December, Congress will
take the matter up, and, is expires.
si"ns of opinion from Members and
Senators count for ANYTHING. il will
direct the administration To reccy.
nize the helligerency of the revnlu
ii"nis's, 1t 1T goes no farther. The
idea of going the who'd hog and rec
"gnlzing the independence of Cuba
does not and will not lack advocates,
10th in and out of Congress.
Senator Teiter, of Kansas, is IN
Washington. He SAYS the farmers oc
Kansas have made good crops and
are very prosperous, and thu, there is
no political agitation in the State
this year ns only county officers and
a Justice of the Supreme Court are to
he elected. Speaking of next wears
contest he sud: "Nationallv il Will
b. The old fight-Repnblicans arainsr
Democrats-and it looks like the
Republicans hav" sure thing. /
;hink they will elect the preSid, mt
and majority of the House of Rep.
ieSentativcs. Then their troubles will
begin. They will soon be in the same
predIcament The Democrats are now
in. a breaking up is sure to come.
and both the old parties may collapse
before 1900. 1t will depend largely
upon the action of Congress. When
the break up canes about - We.
cent. of the Democratic party and
% per cent of the Republican nar,v
VIII become p"pulists and we shall
control every department Of The gov
eminent, which will then be admins.
tered in the interest Of the penplc and
not OF the shylncks and spectators"
Republican and Democratic Seua.
tors have made 1t plain that they do
not propose to allow the populiSts To-
realize any benefit, so far as the r.nr
ghnIzati"n is concerned, through their
holding Of the balance of power in the
Senate. No exact programme has
been arranged, but an agreement has
been reached under which the Demo.
cratic and Republican Senators are
to divide the chnirmanships and pa
tronage of the Senate among them.
selves and not give the Populist Sen.
ators anything, unless it might he
the Craftsmanship Of an umimportan,
committee or two The Populist Sen.
ators who have been In " aShinclon
'l"ce this supposed deal became
known say they do not care to discuss
1t at this time, but express their abil
ity to take care OF themselves.
Although this is often referred To
as the age of electricity there Is one
place III which the use Of electricity
has not been the success that WAS cx-
pccted of it. That is upon tie biz
armored vessels Of the Navy. Expc-
perlence has dem ,nstrated that nearly
all the wires are almost constantly out
of order, and that 1T is an impossible.
lty to repair them when they are most
needed. Few people have any idea
OF the quantity of electric wires there
are on some of the ships. On each
OF several of the new cruisers there
are ten miles of wire used for electric.
ity. An official of the Navy Depart.
ment speaking Of this matter said:
1--WE have simply overdone the cleo.
trio business on the cruisers. and find
ing that the wires cannot he depend
Ell upon, owing to the use Of - much
metal In thc cpns;rucfipn of the YES.
sell We shall retrace our steps toa Ger.
tain extent. There will PR anly he
wires enough left on all the cruiser,
to furnish all the electric lights need
ed and perhaps for other purposes.
bat the wires put in to he used for
signalling orders will be taken nh,