The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


President Mckinley and the MEM
bers of his Cabinet would doubtless
be much amused at the persistence
with which new war scares are launch
ed through the columns of the yellow
journals, if the subject were not too
serious and important to be regarded
from a ocular point of view. Seeing
how easy the scares have been Heated
and with what avidity they have been
pushed along by the gullible, gang
of Wall street spectators got up one
and according to financial reports
they succeeded il fleeing thousands
of easily frightened spectators 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 unscrupulOus newspapers may
choose to print, it will be impossible
to stop this sort of thing. OF late the
Navy Department cannot order YES
sci 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 i'll few days.
The only remedy is for sensible people |
to exercise their sense in the choice |
of the newspapers they read. As
matter of fact, while the yellow jour !
mails of New York and the specula--
tors of Wall street were hysterical
over the alleged danger of war. the
| President and hisCabinet 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 hu-
man nature to expect that this couu-
trv would never again engage in war,
but it can be truly said that there is
no danger in the good people of the
country going to sleep some night IN
peace and waking the next morning
to find the country at war. President
Mckinley wants no war, and expects
no war with Spain or no other coun-
try. Peace and prosperity are what
he wishes continued,
The keystone of the instructions
given Consul General Lee, who Will
return to Cuba this week with the eX-
pressed intention to remain until the
war is over, was watchfulness of the
persons and interests of the American
citizens in Cuba, and i'll order to I'M
press those instructions the more
strongly upon the mind of Genera
Lee, they were given in person %!
President Mckinley. There are nc
new DEVELOPMENTS concerning the re
lations between this country an'
Spain and none are expected i'll thu
Immediate future, sensational rumor
to the contrary notwithstanding.
! The annual report of Hon. II. Ga.
Evans. Commissioner of Pensions, ha
been made public. 1t shows the ne
increase in the total number OF pen
sions for the year ending June 30tl
last. to have been 1886. and the tota
number drawing pensions ont that dat
976,014. There are still seven widow
and nine daughters Of the revolution
airy soldiers drawing pensions. Anon
the important recommendations
the report are the publication OF
complete list of pensioners, and til
adoption of the legislation by Coz
gress that will prohibit the paymeI
of a pension to the the widow OF an
soldier of the war of the rebellio
who shall marry after the date upo
which such law shall go into effect.
Washington Republicans are muc
interested in the selection of a Repu
Iican successor to Senator German
the Maryland legislature. Locate
makes that interest perfectly nature
but in addition to that is the fact TIN
four of the gentlemen who are BEN
talked of as probable candidates a
as we'll known to Washington peoI
as any citizen OF Washington. Th
are Judge McComas, who was p
upon the bench of the Supreme Cou
of the District of Columbia, by Pre-
dent Harrison, after having made
unusual record in Congress for t
length of time he served; Postmast
General Gary, whose business-like
ministration of his great departing
has made him hosts of new frie1
and admirers; Governor Lownd
who has always been popular inWai
ington, and Representative MuC
whose qualities as an all-around mel
e. political fighter have made him lii
by the rank and file of the par
Others have been named in conn
ton with the Senatorship, but it
nm this quartette in which Washing
Republicans are most interest
With such men TO choose from, tn
is no likelihood that the Marylf
4 legislature will make mistake.
l5- Now that the entire results of
weeks election are observable, il
he seen that out friends, the enemy, h