Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-11-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
War Soares Are Numerous in
this Country,

of the Recent Election.
President Mckinley and the men, |
bers of his cabinet would doubtless
be much amused at the persistence !
with which new war scares are
launched through the columns of |
the yellow journals, If the subject
were not too serious Ind important |
to be regarded from a iocular point
of view. Seeing how easy the
scares have been hoated and with |
what avidity they have been pushed !
along by the gullible, gang of
Wall street speoulators got up one
and according to the financial re-
ports, they succeeded in fleeing
thousands of easily frightened spe-
culators out of large sums of money
by using their war scare to hammer
down prices of speculative stocks.
AS long as people will swallow any
sort of crazy story that unscrupu-
lous newspapers may choose to
print, it will be impossible to stop
this sort of thing. OF late, the Navy
Department cannot order q vessel to
be repaired 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 few
days The only remedy is for sensi-
BILE people to exercise their sense in
the choice of the newspapers they
read. As a matter of fact, while
the yellow journals of New York
and the spectators of Wall street
were hysterical over the alleged
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. 1t would be expecting too
much of perverse human nature to
expect that this country would
never again engage in war, but it
can be truly said that there is no
danger of the good people of the
country going to sleep some night in
peace and waking the next morning
to find the country at war. Presi-
dent Mckinley desires no war, and
expects no war with Spain or any
other country. Peace and prosperi-
| by ftI6 WllttJ ll6 WISHES CDnblnutu.
The keystone of the instructions
given to Consul General Lee, who
will return to Cuba this week with
the expressed intention to remain
until the war is over, was watchful-
ness of the persons and interests Of
American citizens in Cuba, and in
order to impress those instructions
the more strongly upon the mind of
General Lee, they were given in
person by President Mckinley
There are no new developments con
cerning the relations between this
country and Spain and none are eX-
pected in the immediate future SEN
sational rumors to the contrary not
withstanding.
The annual report of Hon. H.
Clay Evans, Commissioners of Pen
sions, has been made public. 1t
shows the net increase in the total
number of pensioners for the year
ending June Both, last, to have been
5,337, and the total number draw
ing pensions on that date 976, OLA
There are still seven widows and
nine daughter of revolutionary
soldiers drawing pensions. Among
the important recommendations of
the report are the publication of
a complete list of pensioners, and
the adoption of legislation by Coh-
gress that will prohibit the pay
ment of a pension to the widow of
any soldier of the war of the rebel
lion who shall marry after the date
upon which such law shall go into
effect.
Washington Republicans are
much interested in the selection of
a Republican successor to Senate
German by the Maryland legisla-
ture Location makes that interest
perfectly natural, but in addition to
that is the fact that four of the gem
tlemen who are being talked of as
probable candidates are as well
known to Washington people as any
citizen of Washington. They are
Judge McComas, who was put upon
the bench of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, by Presi-
dent Harrison, after having made
an unusual record in Congress for
the length of time he served Post
master General Gary, whose bust
ness-like administration of his great
department has made him hosts of
new friends and admirers Cover
nor Lowndes, who has always been
popular in Washington, and Rep
resentative Mudd, whose qualities
as an all-around nervy political
fighter have made him liked by the
rank and file of the party. Others
have been named in connection with
the Senatorship, but it is this quart
cite in which Washington Repub-
licans are most interested. With
such men to oh oose from, there is
no likelihood that the Maryland
Legislature will make a mistake.
Now that the entire results of last
weeks election are discernable, it is
seen that our friends, the enemy
have been at their old game OF
shouting victory when there is nC
victory About the only place the
Democrats won anything substan
ltial was in New York city, and, un
ess Tammany has changed for tho
better since it was last in power
that victory will, in the end b'
I harmful to the Democratic party a
large. The Republicans have gainet
/ another Senator and learned sOm'
useful lessons ON the necessity O
party harmony that will be certain