The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-06-03
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Thc administration
serveral days ago announcedits belief that the
Spanish fleet was cOoped up in the harhor ut
Santiago de Cuba, and hat Commodore Schley
with his strong fleet was at the mouth OF that
harbor, and both have been daily reiterated,
But the administration has thrown doubts
upon its own confidence in its announced be-
lief 10y failing TO order the invasion OF Cuba.
Steamers enough TO carry 10000 men TO CUBA
are at Key West, Tampa and nearby points,
under government charter, al an expense
something like $50, 900 a day, and the troops
are also ready to embark at an hours notice.
But no order has been given, although 1t has
been officially stated that the invasion OF Cuba
would DC ordered the hour that it become al
soutely certain that the Spanish fleet was
where it could not interfere. III it is ON the IN
side OF Santiago harbOr and Schley is On the
outside, it could not Interfere Butts 1t there:
The man who can answer that question knows
mere than the whole administration outfit.
Every body hopes, but nobody seems 10 know.
Schley spent two days watching the mouth of
another Cuban harbor, last week, under the
impression that the Spanish fleet was inside
His mistake has made him cautious about
Iaakiug positive statements. That is why he
has not gone further up to this time than 10
fay that he believes, from inform alton that he
had received from Insurgents and Others that
the teet is inside OF the harbor at santiago, be-
fore the mouth of which he is now Watching
He has been instructed to md out TO Il GER
t4inty.
Two more prominent cx-Confederatcs have
been given generals commissions by Mr.. Me
| hiulcy- ex-senator Butler, OF :. e., Major
| General, and cX-Congrcssman and eX-Govcr-
nor Oates, of Alabama, Bri&adCr General
and it is stated at the War department that
several more will be similarly hUnortd this
| week.
of coming the seigniOrage OF the silver bullion
owned by the government and OF Issuing green
backs instead of bonds said: sacrifices must
| be made in this war. 100000 men have been
taken from the industrial pursu. IS OF the coun-
try, and are engaged in waste and destruction
| All the people should bear the burdens allie
Sacrifices must he made, but we cannot tighten
| the burdens or prevent the losscS of the war by
an issue of bonds After rdiculing the call.
| ing of the proposed issue of bonds "a popular
loan, and characterizing it as fraud and d
fake on the very face Of it," senator Cockrel
said: The golden opportunity of the bankers
|
rush in for more bonds in order that they may
| more securely fasten the single gold staucard
on the country. We want the war carried on,
| for we believe it to be q humane and just war
We feel some responsibility for having forced
| the war upon the country. We feel some re-
spons bility for having forced the war upon
| he country. But we are patriotic. We nre
not demanding the substitution OF the bimetal.
| rt,,s
the binetallic system, but we are asking that
Instead of bonds. l shall vote against any bill
tlat contains provision for interest bearing
| bonds.''
Senator German said in his speech on the
proposition TO coin the silver seignorage: III
| my Judgment it would be unwise-it would b.
| fruitless, TO attempt to push that question t.
the front while the country has the Spanish
army and navy to confrOnA That is n question
we ought TO fight out in time of peace. Ihav,
always been u partisan. l have voted for my
party even W hen )me of its candidates did not
quite meet my approval. But IN Il crisis like
this do not know my party, know only tie
| highest interests of my country. Knowing how
sharp is the political division upon this Propo
sition. cannot vote for it al this time, mat
| ter how just it may be in the abstract, or as
| proposition blGUulilS GlbIC nClulOT pbttIliii
| supported the proposition 10 issue bqIrdS, be
| cause he said no war had ever been conductet
| without an issue OF bonds, and because he oe
Iicved that if the bill failed to provide for III
issue of bonds, Mr. Mckinley would issue then
under the law OF 1878, Just as Mr.. CLEVELAND
| did.
1t begins to look as though Hon. Thomas
| Bracket Reed, otherwise known as The Cur OF
| the House. had u big dose Of humble Pie {
| swallow. He played the autOcrut just Orce toe
| often, when he undertook to go against Ar
| Mckinley and ninc-tenths or more Ct his party
on the annexation question. lie was girer
more than 4 week in which TO escape this dos:
| Of humble pie, but lie had succeeded 50 offer
| in having his own way, regardless of wh=
| others thought. that he neglected to take az
vantage of it by Simplifying lis willingness t.
] Y I" for special rule from the COmHitrce Oh
! .C5 setting ii ne for tie House to vote on
| the annexation resolution. Then Mr., Mc!Iiu
| ley got mad, and under his direction Gen
Grosversor secured the signatures ot NOR,
| than three-fourths Of the Republican mcmocrs
| of the House to request for IL caucus TO dc,
| mand the desired rule. Then the uitimatUu
was served on the Gar. He was notified that
| he could eat his humble Pie BY voting for that
rule ut once, or he could wait 70 have it cram.
| med down his throat by party caucus; but
| eat Il he must