Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-08-29
" ASBINGION LETTER.
Washington, Aug. 22d, 1898.


about IS hours out of every "a, trying
to get things in such shape that he
can get away from Washington for
few days of much needed rest. He
could not get over to New York to
see the review of SIMPSONS and
Schley's ships, but he was represented
by the entire Cabinet, excepting Sec
rotary Day and Secretary Long. He
has, asssyet, only definitely settled on
two members of the peace commits
sion-Secreta y Day and Senator
Davis-but expects to announce the
other three this week. He isn't at all
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
some time, but none of their misrep-
reservations have been greater 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 au-
thority that the whole story was
built upon imagination. started to
work by Gov. Pingree's call upon
Secretary Alger, while he was at the
Capitol and his accompanying him to
New York to see the naval review.
Unless he changes his mind, Secretary
Alger will not 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 Sen
ate.
Those pensioners who have attached
revenue stamps to vouchers and other
official documents sent to the Pension
Bureau have spent money they might
have:kept. Revenue stamps are not
required upon any pension papers.
Commissioner Evans has taken spec
ial pains to disseminate this informa-
ton in order that the pensioners may
save their money.
Representative Overstreet7of Indi-
ana, secretary of the Republican con-
gressional campaign committee, has
returned to Washington from tour
of the western states and will remain
at committee headquarters iuntil the
campaign is over. He said: ''The
glorious achievements of the war will
give the republican party good ad
vantage in the campaign. In Indiana
the party was never INCA better con-
dition to carry the state. There the
fight will be sentirely on national is
sues" Mr.. Overstreet thinks the re-
publicans will make decided gains all
through the west.
Representative Mudd of Maryland,
whose nomination will be made this |
week Esays 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 re-
publican, 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 for him to be we'll up in inter-
national law, disposed sof all the fool
talk about this or that foreign gov
eminent being engaged in negotiating
with Spain for the purchase of a naval
or coaling station in the Philippines,
by saying: "By the terms of the pro-
5ocol, entirely aside from the surren-
der at Manila, Spain parted from her
sovereignty over sthe Philippines,
and the sovereignty will lie in abey-
ance until the work of the peace COM
mission, which will meettn Paris Oct.
[, is concluded"
The American members of the
Cuban and Porto Rican Military Com
missions, with the exception of Gen.
Brooke who is in Porto Rico, have
been ordered to come to Washington
20 receive instructions upon such por-
ions Of their duties as are not neces-
sarily left to their discretion. 1t is
not likely that either commission will
get to work before the first week in
September, and it may be later. How
ong it will take them to complete
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