Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-08-27
THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS.
Vouchers The MASTERING Out of
SoIdiers-O Other Notes.
lFrom our Regnlar Correspondent.l

IS hours out Of every "a, trying
to get things in such shape that he
can get away from Washington for a
few days of much needed rest He
could not get over to New York to
see the review of Sampson and
Schley's ships, but he was represent
ed by the entire Cabinet, excepting
Secretary Day, and Secretary Long.
He has, as yet, only definitely settled
upon two members of the peace COM
MISUNDERSTANDING Day and Senator
Davis-but expects to announce the
other three this week. He isn't
pleased with the attitude of the Span
ish, either in Spain or in Cuba, but is
biding his time to bring them to their
senses, should positive action on his
part become necessary.
! Secretary Alger has been pursued
by the takers of political news for
sometime, but none of their misrepre-
sensations have been greater than
were contained in the story that he
was to aid Gov. Pingree to defeat
Senator Burrows, and that Senator
Mcmillan was to leave the Senate for
the Diplomatic Service and Secretary
Alger to take his place in the Senate.
1t can be stated upon the highest
authority, that the whole story was
built upon imagination, started to
work by Gov. Pingree's call upon
Secretary Alger, while he was in
Washington, and his accompanying
! i'm to New York to see the Naval
review. Unless he changes his mind
Secretary Alger will rot even take an
active part in the Michigan campaign
this year, and he says he has no idea
Of leaving the Cabinet to enter the
Senate.
Those pensioners who have at
tached revenue stamps to vouchers
aud other official documents, sent to
the Pension Bureau, have spent mon
ey they might have kept. Revenue
stamps are not required upon any
pension papers. Commissioner Evans
has taken special pains to disseminate
this information, in order that the
pensioners may save their money.
Representative Overstreet, of In
diana, Secretary of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee,
has returned to Washington from a
tour OF the Western states, and will
remain at Committee headquarters
until the campaign is over. He said:
"The glorious achievements of the
war will give the Republican party a
good advantage in the campaign. In
Indiana the party was never in bet
ter condition to carry the state.
There the fight will be entirely on
National issues" Mr.. Overstreet
thinks the Republicans will make de-
cided gains all through the West.
Representative Mudd. of Maryland,
whose denomination will be made this
week, says the fight will be made in
his district under the slogan, gold
and growth" the intention being to
emphasize the devotion of the party
in the district TO the gold standard
and to the policy of holding all the
territory over which our flag has been
hoisted. Mr.. Mudd expresses conf
dence that Maryland will again go
Republican, and that five out OF the
six members of Congress to be elected
will be Republicans.
An official of the Department Of
State, whose position makes it neces-
sary Tor him TO be well up in interna-
tional law disposed OF all the TOOL
talk about this or that foreign gov
eminent being engaged in negotiat-
ing with Spain for the purchase of a
naval or coaling station in the Philip
pines, by saying: by the terms OF
the protocol, entirely aside from the
surrender at Manila, Spain parted
from her sovereignty over the Philip
pine islands, and the sovereignty
will lie in allegiance until the work of
the peace commission, which will
meet at Paris, October I, is conclud-
ed"
In mastering out the volunteers,
the cavalry and artillery will be the
first to go, and when the infantry is
reached Secretary Alger will endeav-
or, SO far as possible, to leave those
regiments in the service whose mem
bers are DESTROYS OF remaining, the
choice being largely left to the COVER
nors of the several states.