The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON, D. c., j,

The destruction OF Cervera's feet,
and the pending surrender of The Span.
ish at Santiago has made peace talk
very prevalent on the other side of the
Atlantic, but up.to this time there has
been no official word from Spain on
this subject. Members Of the diplo.
matte corps say that the peace talk is
being encouraged by the Spanish gov
ernment, a. a "feeler" Of public senti-
ment both In Spai, and this country.
In administration circles, 1t Is said that
nothing short Of a request from tue
government of Spain will this
government to name It's terms Of peace
they will not be named I, any other
government acting for ~Spain-and that
nothing short of an absolute and un.
qualified acceptance OF those terms
will cause the slightest change In the
plans for the further crushing Of
SPANS power. 1t 10 stated ut the navy
department that the feet of COmmO.
dore Watson will start for Spain this
week, and that the campaign against
Porto Rice is To be pushed ahead ~
rapidly as possible. Some think that
peace IL In sight, but those who know
the Spanish character best, say that
some more whipping will be- necessary
to bring 1t about. The whipping will
be- done oil right, as fast as the oppor.
tunity 10 given u boys. In fact, our
soldiers are afraid that peace will be
reached before they have all had an
opportunity to do some fighting.
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Congress came very close to adjourn.
ing In the midst OF q hight on the floor
Of the house between members. Fit.
tingly enough, the would-b beligerents
were Cannon Of Illinois, aud Ball of
Texas. Cooler headed men succeeded
In keeping the Cannon and the Ball
from getting at each other until they
had o chance to cool down a little,
thus escaping q d~isgraceful scene that
would have been witnessed by hun.
dreds Of school teachers from every
section Of the country, who are in
Washington In Connection with the
National Educational Convention, and
who crowded the galleries at the cap
itol To witness the closing of the session
OF congress. Representative Cannon
withdrew his remarks from the Record
and apologized for having called Rep.
resentative Ball q liar, but Representa-.
tive Ball did not withdraw the Ian.
guage that provoked the epithet. The
whole incident was based upon a item.
pest In u teapot" started by the at.
tempt of Representative Handy of Del.
aware, TO have the house order strick
en- from the Record, a portion of the
speech made by Representative Raw OF
New York, which reflected upon Rep
resentative Champ Clark Of Missouri
an attempt that failed.
Unless some persons In Washington
are very badly informed, Gen. Mile!
has no idea of rough hing il in Cuba, O.
in the campaign against Porto Rico
which he IL 20 command and which il
10 be at once begun, unless tho Spanish
really ask for peace or just talk abou
It.. On the contrary, his headquarters
which, according 10 this information
will be on the magnificent passenge
steamer Grand Duchesse," will hay,
even more elegant aui luxurious sur
roundings Than were contained in tn,
private cur in which he and his stat
made that inspection trip to Floridi
several weeks ago. The leadauarter
of General Miles will remain on th
steamer until the campaign is over,
those who give out lnls information
have things as straight as they thin
they have, and the steamer carries
large supply OF The sort Of provision
that are usually only furnished at big
priced hotels.
80
The session Of congress that came I
such an abrupt end after the senal
adopted the resolution for the anne,
alton of Hawaii was one of the mos
important ever held. 1t appropriate
1861, 7SS, 095 for the prosecution Of tn
war, but it did a great deal more tina
legislate for the war, it may be Judge
from the fact That IL appropriated 10
other purposes $3.50, 739, 500, making
grand total appropriated for all pun
poses Of $500 ,527 ,99l, II larger amour
than was yer before appropriated at
single session. In addition u the an
nexalion of Hawaii, the following in
portant laws upon subjects not col
nected with the war, were placed upo