Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-06-09
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
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Washington, June >, lS9S.
The administration several DAYS ago
announced its belief that the Spanish feet
was cooped M in the harbo, at Santiago
de Cuba. and that Commodore Schlev
with his stronr fleet WAS at the month of
that horho, and hoih have been daily
reiterated Gut tLr administration has
thrown doubts unon its oan condolences
in IFS announced belief hy t,i,;ra t9 order
fine invasion If Cnl1. Steamers puorah
West Tamn, AMI nearby uaints. under.
Government char,rr. M au eypen.. ss,n,-
thin, like $40 COZ doy. and The tro9us
are also ready to embark AT I'm hours ro-
tice. Bnt no order has been aiven. all
though if had been officially stated that
the invasion Of Cuba woull lie ordered
the hour that il became absolutely GER
tain that the Spanish fleet was where it
could not interfere. Ii if is on the inside
of Santiago harbor and Schlev is on the
outside. it could not interfere But is it
there The man who can answer that
orestion knows more than the whole adj
ministration outfit. Everybody homes.
but nobody seems TO know. Schlev
snent two dave wotch;rg tba month of
another Cnban ba,ho, last week under
the impression that the Spanish fleet was
inside His mistake has made him
ments. That is why he has not gone fur
ther nm 70 This time than 70 say that he
had received from insurgents and others
that the fleet is inside al the harbor at
SANTIAGO. before fhe month al which he
is now watching He has been instructed
TO find out to a certainty.
Two more prominent Observation-Disclosures
have been given generals commissions
nv Mr.. McKinlev-cx.Se Senator Butler. Of
S. C. major general, and ex. Congressman
and Ex-Governor Oates. of Alabama.
bricadier eeneral-aad it is stated at the
war department that several more will be
similarly honored this week.
Senator Cockrell. in strong speech in
favor Of coming the seignioraee Of the
silver bullion owned bv the governments
and OF issuing areenbacks instead Of
bonds. said: "-acriices must be made
in this war. 100000 men have been taken
from the industrial pursuits OF the couu.
Try. and are engaged in waste and lestru-
ton. War is waste. War creates loss
and destruction All the people should
bear the burdens alike. Sacrifices must
be made. but we cannot tighten the bur
dens or prevent the losses Of the war by
an issue OF bonds.' After ridiculing the
calling Of the proposed issue OF bonds "a
popular loan," and characterizing it as a
"iraud and fake on the very face of it,"
Senator Cockrell said: "The golden op-
portunitv OF the bankers and the bond
holders has come. and now they rush in
for more bonds in order that they may
more securely fasten the single gold stan
dard on the country. We want the war
carried on. for we believe it to be a hui
name and lust war. We feel some re-
sponsibilitv for having forced the war
upon the country. But we are patriotic.
We are not demanding the substitution
Of fine timetable system. but we are ask
ing that instead Of bonds. I shall vote
arljust any bill that contains q nroyi-icn
ior interest bearing bonds"
Senator German said in his s,5erh on
the ptoposi,ion to coin the silver seionior-