Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-11-13
WASHINGTON LETTER
THE w AR SCARE.
The Pres dent lnstruc s
the Consul General.
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(From Our Regular Correspondent }

(From Our Regular Correspondents
WAsHI>e CT IN, Nov. g. 1897.
President VI, K nl-y and The mem
b-rs Of his Cabinet would doubtless be
much AMUSED at thu persistence with
which NV war scares are launched
Through the columns II the yellow
journals, if the subject were not too
serious and impIrtant to BE- regarded
from a jocular point of view. Seeing
how easy the scares have tiOated and
with what avdity they have ben push
ed along by the gullible, gang of
Wall sire t spectators got up one ana
according to the financial reports, tn y
succeened H. q ecing thousands of ea'-
ally fril h-ens d Pc stOis out OF large
sums of money 10y using their wrr scare
10 h MINER down price OF sp. culative
stocks AS long as people Will swallow
any sort of a crazy story that unscru
pulous newspapers may choose To pr
it will b. impDss bic 10 stop this sort OF
thing. OF late, the Navy Department
cannot order n vess'l TO Oe repair d or
the Army cannpt discuss he NEED at
additional cuast defrns. without II
being tat en- in SOM quarters to mean
that war is expected in few days.
rHK ONLY REMEDY,
The only remedy is for sensible peo.
ole TO exercise their sense in the
newspapers they read. As a matter OF
fact. Will. che yellow 'urnals of New
York A. d tn sptcu atOrS ct all , ,
were h, st-rlcal over tn alieg dang +
of war the Prprid nj and his ahin~t
were quietly attending To the routine
duties OF their position. not dreamIn &
OF such an awfu thi as war. J.
would be ZIP -ctirg tOn much 81 per
veree human nature TO expect tat
this country would n-ver again engage
IN war. but il can be truly said that
there is no danger of the good peopl
of the county going e. sleep SOM
night in pea,- and waking The next
morning To fl d the c'untry at war
Pr. s,dent Mckinley desires no war
and expect NJ war with pain or any
other cOunrrs Peace AMI popsr t
are what he wishes continued.
INsTRu OTI jNs TO TIE Null GENERAL
The keyst me OF tn instruc ms v
en- To e., n-ul General Lee. whV viii re-
turn t0 Cuba this week with h ex
spressed intention 20 remain until the
war ia over vas watchfuln-ss of the
persons and inter s. of American citi-
z.ns i'm Cuba, and in order to impress
those instructions the m IRE strong
upnn the mind of General Lee tn,
were gwen in person by Pres dent Nc
kInley.
Washington, 2nd section
There are no ne~ deyel lpments con
corning the relations between IN
country and Spain and nsne are TX
pected in the inmeiiated future, sen
satiOnal rumors TO the contrary nO
wiLhstanding
THE PENSION REPORT.
The annual report of Hon. II. Cha
Evans. Commissioner 0f Pensions. ha
been made public. 1t shows the n
increa Sc in the total numb of pen
soners for the yea endi x June 80
last. To have been $50, and the t'ts
number drawing pensions on that dat
976,Ol4 There are still seven widow
ami nine daughters If revolutinnar
soldiers drawing pensions. Am n
the important Communications Of th
report are the ruDi cation o. q com
plete list of p nsi ners. and the atopl
ion of legi-lation 10y Congress that vi
prohibit the payment of a pension {
the " lido of any soi1ier of the war {
she reb lion VIII sh-l marry aft-r III
date up N winch such aw shall 3
into effect
SENATOR CORN ms SUCCESS
Washington republicans are niue
interest d in the selection of a n
publican ucces -Or to senator q ,rm
by legislature Location makes tn,
interest perfectly natural, but in al
dUIon TO that is the fact that four
the gentlemen who are being talked
a. probable candidates ara AS we
10 r
ciiz-n Of Washington. They ar
Judge McComaS, who was put upr
the bench of the Supreme Court of Il
District of Columbia. by Presid
Htrrisnn. after having made an u
usual rec Dru in Cor gre-s for the leng
of time he serve d Postmaster Gener
Gary, whose bnsiness-liKe admiuiStra
ion nf his great dep trtment has mae
him hosts Of new friends and admlrer
Governor Lowndes. who has alwa
been popular in Washington. and K
pres -ntatIve Mudd, whose qualities
an all-around nervy political fight
have mad him liked by the rank a
fl Of The party.
Others have been named in conneC
ion with Senatorship. but it Is Il
QuartetJe in which Washington repu
licans ara mostsinteres5- d With su
men to choose from, there IL no llt
lihNod that the Maryland lsgIslatu
will make mistake
The ENEMY s OLD TRICKS
Now that the entire r4su t. OF Ii
we-k's election are discern able, it
seen that our friends, the enemy, hs
been at their old game of shouti
victory when there was no victory
About the only place The democr
won nythiDg substantial WAS in N
York city, and, unless TammanY
changed for the better since it '
last in power, that victory will. in
end be harmful to the democTs
party at la ge. The republicans h.
gained another 81 tor and lear,
come usueful lessons on the nec:ess
of party harmony that will be cert
to bear results in the future. 5
cess of the parry, not OF an individ
is the motto can never be depnr
from without danger.
PETPRgRURn SPECIAL.