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The times., 1898-06-21
TUESDAY. JUNE q. 1888.
4 Test Vote.

The first day of the Hawaiian an
neXation debate disclosed such q sweep
ing majority in favor of the Newlands
resolution that all hope of successful
opposition should cease and determine
But for an oversight on the part Of
the anti-annexation3st yesterday might
have passed without publicly uncover
ing their weakness. When the Discus
sion opened q test vote was cleyerly
lodged. and the earnest wish of the
majority TO secure a show of hands was
disappointed Then the preliminary
skirmishing began, with the 81 ght but
unmistakable tokens Of temper COM
mon to such occasions An intimation
that long sessions or a continuous one
might be resorted TO was met by the
threat that a quorum would be de-
manded all the time.
The climax of the sitting came when
Senator White took the floor at a few
minutes before O'Clock and stated thai
he did not wish to speak at that time
but would be ready ITO proceed this morn.
ing. He moved 10 adjourn, whereupor
Mr Davis, Chairman of the COmmitte,
on Foreign Relations, called for tbs
yeas and nays. The roll-call brought
out fifteen affirmative and forty-fou
negative votes. So the Senate refused
TO adjourn, and the pitiable weakness:
Of the obstructionists was made mani
fest.
The Tory forlorn hope is butting IFS
head against the wishes of the Admin.
istration. a two-tO-one majority in the
House and Senate and the overwhelm.
ing sentiment Of the American people
It seems 10 us that the time has come
for the Tories TO quit and submit Il
destiny with what grace they can. The
Newlands resolution viii become law a
this session without any possible ques
tion. Filibustering will be useless. T,
resort to tactics of that sort would bG
only TO waste time, and, what is mucl
worse. 10 manufacture a record o.
which the ilibusters will be painfully
ashamed in the not distant future, NJ
matter what present value of one kinC
or another it may seem TO possess in
trinsically or in exchange.
The times., 1898-06-21
AN ENGLISH OPINION.
American Enterprises and Institu-
tions Highly Apprecintcd.


Mr.. Arthur Keen of Birmingham Eng
land well known in the IRON, steel and
kindred trades of the United Kingdom, is
at the Shoreham. Mr.. Keen is vice presi-
dent of the Institution of Mechanical En-
gineers. vice president of the Iron and
Steel Institute and member of the board
OF management of the British Iron Trade
Association. He is also chairman of the
Patent Nut and Bolt Company. Limited,
of Birmingham; a director in the London
and Midland Bank. and also in BoIckow,
Vaughan & Co. Limited. of AIiddlesbor-
ough-on-Tess the largest producers of
pig iron and steel in the United Kingdom.
When seen by a Times reporter last night
Mr. Keen said:
This, my second visit to America, has
been devoted entirely TO health and pleas
ure, my youngest son. Henry A Keen,
travelling with me. 1 have been very
much Interested during the first three
weeks of my stay and have received ev-
erywhere a welcome the kindness Of
which viii always remain in my memory.
have seen many of your prominent men
in New York. Philadelphia and Washing
of the life of this great country. as they
have presented themselves to my notice,
existing, but now made palmer than ev-
dences OF those kindly relations always
existing, but now made planned than ev-
er, between this country and its people
and my own country. In my opinion. il
is important for the countries directly
concerned, as well as for the world. that
most serious attention should be given
to them by the statesmen of both coun-
tries. as well as by all those who. in ev-
cry part of the world speak a common
language and have like ideas and insti-
tutions.
President McKinley's career has beer
watched in my country with an Interest
scarcely less intense than in his own
/ The patriotic motives. the capacity
| which he has shown of knowing wheT
] and how 10 act, his considerate atten
| tion 10 the sentiment of the people d
! other countries. and his manifest low
/ of peace-have impressed our people witt
/ the idea that he is well fitted 10 be th-
| right man for the important crisis il
| your affairs and those OF the world.
MANY changes have taken place il
| Washington since l was here eight year
! ago, and / have been much impressed
| with the success which your people ha<t
! achieved in developing your fine capita
| and especially these great institutions
! like the Congressional Library and th
| various scientific departments and bu
reaus, which I see on every hand. I cal
! easily understand how close is the rela
ton which they bear TO the ma-velou!
industry and intelligence evidences O.
/ which are apparent everywhere
| Mr.. Keen and his had mos
| pleasant interview with President Nc
Kinley. and afterward visited the Wa
| Department, where they were courteous
| ly received by Gen. John NJ. Wilson
| chief of the engineer corps. They the
went to the Treasury Department and [
both Houses of Congress. Mr.. Kee
leaves here this evening for Pittsbur
| and the West, and will close his ton
after a week OF two in Canada and Ney
York, returning 70 England by the Ma
jestic on the 18th of July.
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made ready and sent about its business
with all speed. But that need not in
terfere with the immediate organiZa-
ton Of an army for the reduction of
Havana
We must recognize the fact that our
attempt to starve the captain general.
his people and the reconcentrados into
submission by pacific blockade, which
has not prevented him from getting all
the supplies he needed, has not been
a blazing success. Moral suasion and
the prescription of low diet which the
principal patient would not take, at
last will compel President Mckinley to
adopt more energetic measures for the
expulsion of the Spaniards from Ha-
vana. The sooner he can go about it
the better, and the safer it will be for
his Administration and the country.
The times., 1898-06-21
The London Times on Santiago

The London Times takes a similar
view Of the Santiago campaign to that
held by the leading journals of this
country. 1t says:
No direct military object will be gained by
the capture Of Santiago. which is remote from
and independent OF the center OF Spanish power
in Cuba. Upon Santiago, however. the military
energies of the United States viii now be con
centTated and the operations against Porto Rico
and Havana must be postponed
AS our English contemporary sug-
gests. the military policy of leaving the
chief center and citadel OF Spanish
power in the West Indies unharmed.
and going TO a remote region already
practically out Of Spanish control may
be questioned, and, but for the presence
of Admiral Cervera's feet at the point
would be indefensible. Indeed, il can
not be questioned that our strange
placidity toward Havana has greatly
depressed the good opinion of our mill
tary powers which Dewey's action al
Manila gave rise to in Europe, and
which has been only redeemed in part
by the heroism Of young Hobson and
his crew.
Notwithstanding this incident, for
eign military critics are not extremely
respectful concerning our neglect OF
Blanco's stronghold, and are lost in
cynical wonder that we should allow
him 10 make an easily assailable place
comparatively impregnable, when hall
of the defenses he has constructed
within full sight of the blockading
squadron could have been destroyed
faster than he could build them. We
are certainly open to that criticism, but
il is useless TO cry over it. What we
need TO do now is to get through with
the Santiago job as quickly as possible
leave a force of Cuban auxiliaries there
10 hold the place, and start out fol
larger game. Since it is deemed imper.
ative that we should take Porto Rice
without further loss of time, the ex-
pedition for that purpose ought to be
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James Gordon Bennett-He.sian.

To the Editor of The Times:
The Novosti. a Russian journal. and
certain other European organs. have as
sumed hostile attitude to this country.
doubtless encouraged by the Paris edition
of the New York Herald. which continues
to misrepresent the public opinion OF this
country, claiming our people are tired
of war and are willing TO rectIfy the error
committed. The edi1or of the Herald has
encouraged hostility to this country in
France. and Ii certain European powers
insist that we shall submit our ''preten-
sions'' to them, our people need not be
overgrateful to the Herald. whose SYM
pathies with Spain. the Bourse and Monte
Carlo are and have been quite evident.
w NJ c.
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If it be true that Blanco has notified
Commodore Watson tnat hereafter he
will fire upon boats bearing a nag Oh
truce, it is very plain that he. is tired
at once of the pacific blockade. " and OF
pretending TO care for the conventions OF
civilized warfare. The veneer of polite
ness is rapidly wearing off from these
chivalrous Spaniards. and perhaps next.
they will openly resort to the black flag.
as they always have done whenever they
had more than an even chance. In their
Carlist wars at home they have murder
ed prisoners. and We know what has
been their cheerful custom during the
Cuban revolution.
The times., 1898-06-21
GREAT DEMAND FOR BONDS.
The Subfreasury mt Boston Bus.
With Subscriptions.

Boston, June Pup to 3 p. m. over
500. coo had been received today by Sub
Treasurer oNeill from applicants for $500
Government bonds One banking house
sent 3d. 900 for 26 bonds of $500 each.
Mr.. O'Neill thinks this small percent
age of the amount loaned by New Eng
land people.
Blanks are given out at postoffices, saw
ings banks. etc. all through New Eng
land, and from there the subscriptions &c
direct to Washington.
The times., 1898-06-21
FAILURE of Hobson,s Exchange.

The arrival at Key West of Capt.
Ludlow, of the monitor Terror, with an
account of his negotiations With Gen.
Blaneo for the exchange of Lieut.. Hob
son and the crew OF the Merrimac, re-
moves all doubt as to the barbarous in
tentions of the Spanish authorities.
When first approached on the sub
ject the captain general replied by flag
of truce that he could do nothing in the
matter for day or two, until he could
hear from Madrid. Later he dispatched
word to Capt. Ludlow that under no
circumstances would the Spanish gov
ernment consider proposals for the ex-
| change of the prisoners in question.
This can only mean that, true to their
natural instincts of devilish inhumani-
| ty, the Spaniards intend to use the
lives of these heroes as fortifications
against our attack upon the principal
defense of Santiago harbor. Hobson
having blocked Cervera's exit with the
hulk of the Merrimac, the latter Will
obstruct SIMPSONS ingress with the
bodies of Hobson and his comrades. 1t
is a method truly Spanish, and the ac-
ton of Blanco makes US suspect that
ii was not so much to pay tribute TO a
gallant enemy that Cervera sent his
flag captain TO visit our fleet as to let
Admiral Sampson know that shot
fired at the Morro Caste would be aim
ed at the hearts of the captives. That
/ theory is quite consistent with what
we know of Spanish cunning. veiled by
| the pretense of courtesy and chivalry.
Doubtless Blanco thinks it convenient
that cur men should be kept in posi-
! ton under the fire of our guns. II he
took it into his head to have them muir
| dered in order to popularize himself
with the volunteer rabble of Havana.
! ii would be easy to swear that they
We're killed by shells from Sampson S
| fleet. 1t is certainly possible that Ad-
miral Cervera might not agree to such
/ thing, and has removed them To a
! place of safety, seeking to make us
think they are still in the Morru fore.
Such a report. alleged TO come from
authority. was extant yesterday, and ii
| was asserted that the order not to
| fire on that position had been re-
| scindsd.
in any case it is certain that if the
| Spanish government or its responsible
agents should allow any harm to be
fall the Merrimac prisoners. that would
be a short and easy way to raise sucf
a storm of revengeful rage among tbs
American people that they would
thenceforward be satisfied with moth.
ing less than the determination of SpaiT
as state.
The attack upon Santiago will los;
nothing of fierceness by the evidence
that its defenders and their countrymer
are Indifferent TO the rules Of civilized
warfare, and the conviction that i
would be better to die on the field il
any manner than to fall alive into tn
hands of a savage enemy like the Span
iards will tend to make the fighting OF
our side relentlessly desperate.
Blanco's refusal to exchange Hobsol
and his crew is piece of infamy which
need not surprise anyone who remem
bers the torture and murder of Dr.
Ruiz, the Spanish butchery of litu
children or the treacherous destruction
of the Maine. If harm comes of it h
and others will be held responsible.
The times., 1898-06-21

The action of, the Senate Committee on
the Nicaragua Canal yesterday was a
movement in the right direction and will
be received by the American people with
qualification. The committee agreed 10
report bill providing for the construc-
tion of the work, nominally under the
charter of the Maritime Canal Com
pany, but all the shares are to be owned
by the governments of the United States.
Nicaragua and Costa Rico. For work
done up to the present time the present
stockholders, if the bill passes, will be
paid s., 900, 900 and surrender their mold
ings. The country is wide awake TO the
commercial and military necessity for the
ditch, and if any opposition TO its speedy
construction is developed, it will render
those guilty of it about as unpopular
as could well be conceived. The pros
poets are that this or similar measure
will be passed without difficulty.
The times., 1898-06-21

A strong reac .ionary movement is re-
ported from Germany, where the Bund-
esrath, the house representing the allied
states of the empire, is actively work
ing TO restrict the constitutional guar
antees of the lower orders. The emperor
is credited with having abandoned all
hope Of making himself popular with the
socia!istic element of society, and is not
disinciined 10 a policy of repression. OF
course, before such designs can be ac-
complished, ,here is the more or less pop
ular body, the Reichsrath, to count with;
but it must be noted that for two dec
ades the tendencies in all continental
coun ries have been definitely in the di-
rection of less liberal institutions. lmpe-
rialism is stronger in the land of the hais-
er than it has been since the days of the
first Napoleon.
The times., 1898-06-21
A Doubtful Compliment.

(From the Cleveland Plain DeaIer.)
When the train bearing the Fifth Regiment
reached Atlanta the men got out and gladly
stretched their cramped limbs. OF course, the
officers needed the same grateful exercise, and
they were soon strolling about the station, look
ing curiously on the Southern spectators and hold
ing merry talks with the decidedly friendly ma
tiyes.
Surgeon Love- however, remained near the
train and while he was standing there big,
long -whiskered Georgian came up and not recog.
nizing the surgeons branch of the service by
the emblem his collar, slapped him heartily
on the back and cried out:
That's right, cap'n! Kill all you can OF
'em.''
The surgeon blushed
The times., 1898-06-21
Indian Nan,es for Ships.

To the Editor of The Times:
Cannot something be done to save us
from the threatened "ciassicalism" in
naming ships of which the ''Brutus'' is
the beginning?
Can we not instead draw on the names
of our Indian tribes? l have often dis
puted with Gen. Crook about the rela-
tive bravery of the Apaches and Lakotas,
enormously called Dakotas, but both are
brave and both good ship names, for both
are distinctively American.
GEO. WILSON.
Lexington, Mo-, June Is.
The times., 1898-06-21

Preparations for the Egyptian
advance upon Khartoum are being hur-
ried. The expedition will consist of four
thousand British and sixteen thousand
Egyptian troops. They Will start from
Wady Halfar in three weeks. by which
tiEle the railway TO the confluence of the
Atbara and the Nile. their point of con-
centration. will be completed. By August
the Nile will be full enough to allow gum
boats 10 accompany the column which
viii march along the bank close to the
boats. Short daily marches will be made
and the distance of one hundred and
eighty miles 10 Khartoum will be covered
near the first of October Little opposi-
tion is expected on the way, but stout
resistance is looked for at the place where
Gordon fell. The Nile expedition, so far,
has offered brilliant Illustration of mill
tary organization. energy, persistency.
pluck and endurance.
The times., 1898-06-21
To Amerd the Tax Iaw

Mr. Morgan reported bill favorably
to the Senate yesterday from the Select
Committee on the Construction of the
Nicaragua Canal This bill is a substi-
tute for bill now on the calendar for
the same purpose.
The times., 1898-06-21
May the Tribe Decrease
(From the philadelnhia LedcerN

lFrOm the PhlIadeIphla Ledger
Hereafter, Americans who settle in Germany
and insist living there are to be regarded
as Germans, especially for military purposes.
Well if people will make themselves inhabitants
of a country, why should they not conform to
its laws and usages? And if the United States
is not good enough ior Americans, they should
not have much sympathy if they go farther and
fare worse.
The times., 1898-06-21
The Postomce Clock.

To the Editor of The Times:
You would be doing the people of the
District a great favor If you would de-
mand some improvement in the dial of
the postoffice tower clock. so that per-
son one block distant from it could tell
the time. Why no. whiten the dial and
remove the misleading and confusing
gilded tail-ends from the hands? Let US
have a clock there for practical value in
stead of ornament merely. AS it is,
might it not as well be a dummy?
j. A. BONNET.
The times., 1898-06-21
pIunus for Soldiers
From the Minneapolis Tribune.l }

tFrom the minneapolis Irioune-l
suggestion made at the Red Cross meeting
was TO make pillows TO send 10 the soldiers.
This suggestion is enough to make veteran
laugh. The only pillow soldier in the field
needs is his saddle if he be a cayairyman. or
some article of equipment clothing rolled up,
IL he is an infantryrnan. The soldier has enough
to carry without carrying pillow. The chances
are that the pillow would be thrown away early
on the first march. Pillows are all right for
hospitals. and may be properly included among
the donations flr hospital supplies
The times., 1898-06-21
TO READERS GOING OUT OF TOWN.

THE TIMES, in all its editions, Morning,
Evening and Sunday, viii be mailed TO
one address for FIFTY CENTS per month.
Addresses changed as often as desired.
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plenty of Time.

from the Chicago News.)
There need be no hurry about reviving the
grade of Lieutenant general. There will be
plenty of time for that when thee lieutenant
general arrives with his credentials. There has
been no Yichsburg. no Wilderness as yet-to
say nothing OF Appomattox-
The times., 1898-06-21
Our Regular Army.

Tampa Bay Dispatch to the Kansas City STAR
Hundreds OF the men are in the water OF the
bay from morning until long after dark An oc-
casional shark causes a stampede, but one
has been bitten. Some of these men are magnif-
cent swimmers They dive from the rails thirty
to forty feet above the water. They float about
for an hour at time. Their physique is tire
mendous 1t is the result of the care which has
been taken in selecting for the little Regular
Army of the United States. 1t is army OF
athletes
The times., 1898-06-21
Reported a Substitute

Mr.. Mcmillan made favorable report
from the Committee on the District of Co.
lumbia in the Senate yesterday on a bill
to receive arrearage of taxes due the
District of Columbia to July 1. 1896, at 6
per cent interest per annum, in lieu of
penalties and costs.
The times., 1898-06-21

Appearances indicate that the third sec
ton of the Philippine expedition, consist
ing of 4. 400 infantry and artillery, viii be
able to start from San Francisco this
week. when Gen. Merritt will at once
proceed to organize a fourth section, and
accompany it on the steamship Indiana.
1t is satisfactory to observe that the War
Department is now consulting necessity
rather than proprietary interests, and is
impressing such vessels as it can make
use Of The Newport. of the Pacific Mail
steamship line. has been engaged by that
process, and will accompany the last fleet
of the expedition.
The times., 1898-06-21
rhe rimes sympathizes with hts cor

The Times sympathizes with It's cor
respondent, but we have long since aban-
doned the new postoffice building and
everything pertaining to 1T as altogether
hopeless. With the exception of the PEN
sion Bureau. 1t is the ugliest structure
on earth, and nothing that can be done
will ever improve it. The clock-faces, of
course, ought to be changed, but we think
they will not be.
The times., 1898-06-21
He walked.
. Cleveland plain neaIer !

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Fat Citizen-You're a pretty small chap to
be runnin' an elevator, amt you bubg
The Small Chap-Yes. | guess l be. They hired
me cause the darned rope broke so many times
with the heavier elevator boys.
And the fat man walked
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RendN for Him.

(From the Philadelphia Nerth-Ameriean.l
1.-The enemy is advancing upon in force!'
cried the orderly.
''Yery we'll" replied the commander from
civil life ''when he arrives, ask him TO send in
his card"
The times., 1898-06-21

The Spanish minister of foreign affairs
observes TO an interviewer that there are
no Quixotes nowadays, even In Spain.
Perhaps he is right. but it would have
been better had that breed survived extinc-
ton rather than those fiourishing ones of
the Torquemadas, Alvas and Weylers.
The times., 1898-06-21
A Snnppy Veteran.

To the Editor of The Times:
I am minus one arm. one leg and am
totally deaf Please advise me through
your columns whether it would be any
use for me to apply for position as
brigadier general of volunteers. M.
The times., 1898-06-21

We cannot do so at this time. We are
waiting with breathless interest to see
how Keifer turns out
The times., 1898-06-21
Come this morning and get first choice!
Saks and Company,
"Saks' Corner"
A TERRIBLE SUCCESS.

Six hundred pounds OF gun cotton put
up in three packages and hurled from the
giant guns of the cruiser Vesuvius
against the forts at Santiago have pro-
duced noise enough 10 be heard around
the world. The world has been waiting
10 hear those shots fired Naval experts
had speculated upon the effectiveness OF
dynamite guns implements OF warfare.
The defenders of gun cotton and the big
guns asked only for something 70 shoot
at They have made the experiment, and
apparently are vindicated- Cervera and
the Spanish experts have decreed that the
Vesuvius. with her wonderful equipment.
is a terrible success In all the history OF
naval warfare there has not been another
object 10 attract as much attention and
invite as many different opinions as has
the cruiser Vesuvius and her marvellous
guns.
The times., 1898-06-21
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