The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-14
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 From Our Regular Correspondent
 WASHINGTON, May ?, 1898.
 The publication cf the plans to invade
 Cuba this week to the extent of captur-
 ing port and landing six thousand men
 of the regular army to make junction
 with the Cuban army and operate against the Spaniards, few hours after it had
 been determined upon by the authori- ties, aroused the administration to the necessity of taking some steps to pre-
 vent the publication of intended war movements in advance of the move ments themselves, as there isn't the slightest doubt that such publications are cabled to Spaln as soon as they ap- pear. The result is an order that no military information shall be given out by subordinates of the department, and lest the argus-eyed newspaper man might see some scrap of writing that would give them a clew to intended movements they are to be barred out of all the offices in the war and navy de- partments.
 Every scrap of news from our war ships, whether relating to the capture of Spanish prizes, the siIencing of Span ish forts, or the gallant action of our Asiati.; squadron, increases public con tidence in the fighting qualities of our navy, and the hope that the order will soon be issued to give Sampson chance to batter down the Notifications at Ha- vana
 Uncle Sam has too many resources to allow the activity in the fighting branch of his establishment to interfere with the orderly conduct of business in the far more important peaceful branches The war will not be felt to any marked extent in the industrial and commercial progress of the country. and Uncle sam will continue to do his part by looking alter our postal system, puOiic lands, granting patents stOInventors, etc, with out neglecting the war
 It is not credItable, but it is neverthe- less true that many politicians of his party are showing much more anxiety to succeed in their efforts to get Mir. Mckinley to appoint their favorites off cars in the volunteer army than they are in making efforts to help rush the war to speedy close. In addition to a number of appointments that will be at his disposal under the law recognizing the regular army, there are 3S4 officers to be appointed by him in the volunteer army-12 major generals, 34 brigadier generals, and the following staff officers 21 lieutenant ColOnels, 100 majors, 147 | captains and 68 first lieutenants. The | scramble for the staff positions espec- iallyis being participated in by men who make no pretense of having any other claim or ability to fill the places than their political pull. In the appoint ments so far announced Mr. Mckinley has not yielded much to political lnfu ence, and he has told number of dem ocratic senators and representatives that he did not intend that politics should determine a single one of these but it is greatly feared that he will not be able to stand the pressure when it comes to the staff ap- continents.
 The democrats who voted against the republican war revenue bill, which passed the house by vote of 1S1 to 131 only six democrats voted for the bill- did not do so because they did not be- leve in providing the government with ! ali the money JIaJ U viii need I0 iTCE : Spain, aHJ any other European nauou | that attempts 10 neddfe with the turdsn.ns process, .,.. ,o sno" .nv.. not only of the method by which this bill provides for raising mon ey, but of the method resorted by MT. Dingley and his republican associates of the Ways and Means committee III pre- pairing the bill The democratic mem bers of the committee were not asked to help prepare the bill, but an attempt was made to cram it down their throats after it was prepared. although it is all the way through, be- cause all the taxes it imposes will fall heaviest upon the poorest of our people and the richest and most favored classes and corporations will not be made to bear their share of the burden. The democrats also believe that the author ization of the issue of $500, ,00O, ,O00 m bonds is unnecessary at this early stage of the war, and that all of the money needed could be otherwise provided for
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