Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-10-15
BATTLEsHRs TO SAIL.
rIore Democratic Trickery-The In
dian Uprising Under Control
Secretary Ayers VIM
dication.


From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. Io.--Secretary
Long poohpoohs the story that the
battleships Oregon and Iowa are be-
ing held at New York until it IS
known whether the Spanish Peace
Commissioners will refuse to accept
our terms OF peace, in order that they
may. in that event, be available 10
accompany a feet to the coast OF
Spain, to do some more fighting, and
SAYS that the battleships will start
during the present week Tor Homo
lulu, just as they were ordered to do
as soon as they could get ready. AS
a matter of fact, no member of the adj
ministration has the slightest doubt
as to the acceptance of our terms and
the negotiating of treaty OF peace
by the Peace Commission, now sitting
at Paris, although they expect the
Spanish commissioners to splitter
and delay doing so as long as they
consider it sale to do so. The Span
ish commissioners are not fools; they
can see the inevitable as we'll as all
the rest of the world can. The
whipped nation always has to bow be
fore the conquering nation.
A number of Washington labor or
CARNATIONS are openly repudiating
the attempt of certain labor organiza-
tons, controlled by Democrats, to
make it appear, through misleading
publications, that the organized labor
of Washington is opposed to the re-
election to Congress of Representa-
tive Babcock, of Wisconsin. Among
the latest to act was the eccentric en-
gineers. The resolution adopted by
this association arraigned the attack
upon Mr.. Babcock as mean and con-
temptible and said that it should be
denounced by all labor organizations
which believed in justice. It closed
as follows. 1--WE have always found
in the Hon. Joseph w. Babcock, OF
Wisconsin, a friend ever ready and
willing to advance every matter pre-
scented by the representatives OF this
organization for the best interest OF
all classes" 1t is Mr.. Babcock' S
great success as Chairman OF the Re-
publican Congressional Campaign
Committee that has aroused the Dem
ocrats into making extraordinary eff
forts to prevent his election. He
SAYS he is absolutely certain of re-
election, and he never makes predlc-
tons on guess work.
1t is semi officially announced that
the Executive order exemptiug sew
eral thousand Federal positions,
which were placed under the civil
service rules by Mr.. Cleveland, for no
better reason than to keep Democrats
in office, will not be issued, until
after the Congressional election. The
war prevented the issuing of this or
der several months ago, and Presi-
dent Mckinley is averse to issuing it
now, because he knows that the Dem
ocrats would charge him with doing
so for effect on the Congressional
campaign, if he did.
The arrangements for President
and Mrs. McKinley's trip to the
Omaha Exposition was sadly inter
fered with by the killing OF Mrs
McKinley's brother, at Canton, Ohio.
The President and Mrs. Mckinley
left Washington Saturday night to
attend the funeral. after which the
President will join the parry and pro-
coed to Omaha, in accordance with
the original programme. 1t is proha-
bic that Mrs. Mckinley VIII remain
at Canton, although she may decide
to accompany the President.
Before leaving Washington, Presi-
dent Mckinley signed an order au-
thorizing the free admission to all
Cuban ports, in possession of the
United States Of oxen for work pur-
poses, animals for breeding and for
food supplies, plows and all agricul-
tural implements, except machinery.
This order, as yet, applies to only
few ports, but it will apply to ali Gu
ban ports very shortly, as the Span
iards are to be hurried out of Havana
and the other ports they still control.
The order is intended to help the Gu
bans by an immediate resumption Of
agriculture.