Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-11-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Wnshinoton. Nor. 8. 1897.

De mucl amused al the P6ESASbGHC0
with which new war cares are launch
ed through the columns of the yellow
Journals, if from a iocular point of
view. Seeing how easy the scares have
been foated and with what avidity
they have been pushed along by the
gullible, gang of Wall street specu-
lators got up one and according to fl
naDcial reports, they succeed in fleec-
ing thousands of easily frightened
spectators out of large sums of mon
ey by using their war scare TO ham
mer down prices of speculative stocks.
AS long as people will swallow any
sort of a crazy story that unscrupu-
lous newspapers may choose to print,
it will be impossible to stop this sort
of thing. Of late, the Navy Depart
ment cannot order vessel to be re-
paired or the General of the Army
cannot discuss the need of additional
coast defenses without it being taken
IN some quarters to mean that war is
expected in a few days. The only
remedy is for sensible people to ex-
ercise their sense in the choice of the
newspapers they read. AS matter
of fact, while the yellow journals OF
New York and the spectators of Wall
street were hysterical over the alleg-
ed danger of war, the President and
his Cabinet were quietly attending TO
the routine duties of their position,
not dreaming of such an awful thing
as war. Tt would be expecting too
mnch of perverse human nature to
expect that this country would never
again engage i'll war, but it can be
truly said that there is no danger of
the good people of this country going
to sleep some night in peace and wax
ing the next morning to find the
country at war. President Mckinley
desires no war, and expects no war
with Spain or any other country.
Peace and prosperity are what he |
wishes continued.
The keystone Of the instructions
given Consul General Lee, who will
return to CubaI this week with the |
expressed intention to remain until |
the war is over, was watchfulness of
the persons and interests of American
citizens in Cuba, and in order to i'm
press those instructions the more
strongly upon the mind of General
Lee, they were given in person by
President Mckinley. There are no
new developments concerning the re-
lations between this country and
Spain and none are expected in the
Immediate future, sensational rumors
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The annual report of Hon. III. Clay
Evans, Commissioners of Pensions,
has been made public. It shows the
net increase in the total number of
pensioners for the year ending June
30th, last, to have been $3.50, and the
total number drawing pensions on
that date $40, OLA. There are still sever
widows and nine daughters of revoiu
tionary soldiers drawing pensions.
Among the important recommends
lions of the report are the puhlica-
ton of a complete list OF pensioners,
and the adoption of legislation by
Congress that will prohibit the pay
ment Of pension to the widow of any
soldier of the war of the rebellion who
shall marry after the date upon which
such law shall go into effect.
Washington republicans are much
interested in the selection of a repub
lican successor to Senator German by
the Maryland legislature. Location
makes that interest perfectly natural,
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four of the gentlemen who are being
talked of as probable candidates are
as we'll known to Washington people
as any citizen of Washington. They
are, Judge MeComas, who was put
upon the bench of the Supreme Court j
of the District of Columbia, by Pres !
ident Harrison, after Eaving made an
unusual record in Congress for the
length of time he served; Postmaster |
General Gary, whose business like
administration of his great depart
ment has made him hosts OF new
friends and admirers; Governor
who has always been popu-
lar in Washington, and Representa-
tive Mudd, whose qualities as an alt !;
around nervy political fighter have I
made him liked by the rank and file Of I
the party. Others have been named 5
in connection with the Senatorship, E
but it is this quarsette in which s
Washington republicans are most in
tereSted. With such men to choose {
from, there is no likelihood that the !
Maryland legislature will make mis-