The Southern herald., 1897-10-22
Oar Washington Letter.


reply Of the new Spanish ministry
To Mr.. McKinlsy's Q'1ciie nral-
alton proposiuoq, which vas Use J
to pfeveicCongress taking action
at the last session that would have
brough, peace in Cuba laaE tef"rs
now Having had ou~ cheek tlp!'-
maJically'%lappsaay Spain. ltnyT
remains to be SeEH.-Uhehe' M
Mcknleyw iligrhg0. other cherS
for another slap, " will. rise to the
occasion by promptly recogni-iaG
the independence Of Cuba, or even
the belligrrence Of the Co5aas.
/ Present talk in admlnistra'Ion'cir-
cles indicates that the other chetk
will be turned 20 the Spanlar9s.
The opinion is growing that Con-
gress will have to compel Mr. Nc
Kinlry TO do the night thing by
Cubs.
As though Mr., Mckinley did not
have enough troubles Of his own,
the two factions of Virginia re-
Ipubl;cans have swsoped down upon
him with the demand that he um-
pire their dispute.
After a series Of false alarms
covering period of more than Ten
years, during which he has been
eligible for retirement, il seems
that Justice Field Of the U, 5.
Supreme Court is going to retire
sure enough this time. Attorney
General McKeuna is slated to sue
cerd him, and a Cabine, shake up
l. expected at tbs same time which
it is said NAV land Teddy" "Roosr.
welt in rhr Cabinet as Secretary VI
lhr Navy and bring about other
changes Of more or less importance
Attorney General Terrell, oI
Georgia, who is in Washington on
business before the U s. Suprem,
Court is somewhat indignant at The
misrepresentation which have trer
made Of the shnoting of the mgr,
postmaster at Hugausville H.
said: "A great injustice has been
done to one Of the best and mosI
substantial towns in our State The
repnr, cf the Post Office inspector,
viii bear out my declaration that
there was absolutely no evidence u
any dep seated plot on the part q,
the cinzrns Of HQsansville to re.
move Lo(liu. There isn't a spark
OF evidence to show whether he wa,
shot by white man or negro A
any rate. there was no conspiracy
among the prominent citizens Vi
the town, rs some OF the paper,
put It, aud all such reports are un.
founded a+per,ions on good peo
, pie. | know the cilizrn, there
and there isu't a better community
in any State in theUnion A whol,
town should not be- made to ,uffrr
: for the deed Of one mi-creant. The
State officers are as anxious as III,
Federal authorities to bring IT,,
guilty party TO punishment anC
every means of detection is bein;
used to that end"
Mr. Mckinley il almost in stat,
Of panic on account Of his privat,
advice from Ohio. Boss Ham;
with all his egaiism has become
alarmed at the Indifference of s,
many men who haveheretofore beer
the most enthusiastic workers ir
every campaign. he fears the indif
ference will last until rletion da,
and that it will keep thousands .
republicans away from the polls
and be has communicated his fear,
to Mr.. Mckinley, who is now try
ing to devise some scheme to arouse
little enthu iasm among the For.
aker republicans Of Ohio. Elk Con
gresham Layton, Of Ohio, who al
though a democrat i not lakin.
any active part in the campaign be.
cause Of his pressing legal engage,
ments has been telling hi, Washing
ton friends lhattbB 0hio democrat.
have an excellent chancp tn win, il
they can only succeed in g4tringour
a full vote. He is confident that
the stay-at.hdme. vote will reach
away up in the thousand, aud i:
afraid that the same cause. may
largely reduce the democratic vote
He says he never saw such apathy
among rural voters in Ohio cam
paign as exists at This time.
Consul Gt'neral Lee was ir
) Washington this week preparin.
for his return To Cuba next week