The Southern herald., 1898-04-15

Congress as a whole regards this
hope as chimerical, but even if
Spain should agree to retire from
Cuba, Congress would not consider
our account with her closed. Con-
gress has not forgotten, and will
not forget, our bAttleship and the
brave sailors who met their death
by Spanish treachery. Peace be-
tween Spain and the U. S. cannot
be certain until Spain has made rep
aration for the Maine.blood repa.
ration.
Boss Hanna has aroused a lot of
new animosity towards himself and
towards Spain by his manipu-
lation Of the peace bureau he has
established at the headquarters Of
the Republican National Commit
tee, for the purpose of getting mon-
eyed men to send copies Of tele.
gram furnished by him to their
Senators and Representatives in
Congress, asking them to work for
peace. A large number ofth1 sign.
ers Of these kilograms have receiv-
ed rebhot replies from their Srna.
tors and Representatives, and it
is certain the kilograms have not
influenced a vote.
The old claim of the heirs OF
John Roach for alleged extra work
on the gunboats Chicago, Boston,
and Atlanta, which has been turn
ed down by several Congresses,
was passed by the Housethis week.
The appropriation carried by the
bill to pay this claim is $3.50, ,l5l y,
Capt. Sigsbee'S positive state
ment to the House committee on
Foreign Affairs that he felt certain
that the Maine was blown up by a
Submarine niue located by the
Spanish authorities at Havana, and
the acknowledgement Of a London
firm that they had sold Spain 4
number Of just that kind of mines
for use in Cuban waters, served It
convince the most Of those whC
were not already convinced tina
Spanish officers were respnns BIT
tor the. loss Of the Maine and tn,
ireacherous aud cowardly massacI
of 50 many Of her crew; also 10 ado
to the feeling that Spain must b,
driven off this hemisphere. WheI
Captain Sigsbee was asked by I
member Of the committee whethe
he believed the mine was fired by
order Of the Spanish authorities
be replied that he preferred not t,
express an opinion on that just now
but his manner left no bOubt in the
minds Of those present that he baC
an opinion on the subject. Lik,
the careful officer that he has obuwI
himself TO be, be doesn't care Il
express an opinion that cannot bt
backed by absolute proof.
The currency bill prepared by
the subcommittee of the commit
tee OIL Banking and Currency
which was this week introduced ii
the House, follows largely the
recommendations Of the so.callcC
"monetary conference" which me-
at indianapolis, as 10 the establish
ment Of an issue and redemption
division in the Treasury Depart
ment, the substitulions for presen
legal tender notes of an issue to b.
known as reserve notes, ant
amendments to the National Bank
ing Laws. This bill has about al
much chance tO become a law dur
ing the life of the present Congress
as Spain has to whip the Unitet
States. The redemption feature o
the bill strikes the lay readers a!
being absurd. Ii provides that thr
legal tender notes and standard sill
yer dollars shall be redeemed il
gold, upon demand, and then ex
pressly stipulates that silver certi
6cates shall not be redeemed il
gold. Just refer to the face of
silver certificate and you will Sc
that they represent silver dollars
deposited with the U. S. Treasur
and payable upon demand to tb
holders Of the certificate. There
fore, should this wise bill becom
a law, all the holders Of silver Gel
tiicates who wished them redeem
ed in gold would have to do woul