The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 18th.

WASHINGTON. d. c., July 18th.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The administration is
not toting square with the people in the
matter of giving out news concerning the
extent of the yellow fever in our army ii
Santiago. This is blunIcr almost as
great rs that which allowed the Spanish
to send the yellow fever laden refugees
out of Santiago into our lines, previous to
their surrender. As long as the people
found out before the news began to he 50
vigorously censored that several hundred
cases of yellow fever existed in our army,
it is unwise to keep them in Ignorance as
to the continued spread Of the disease.
Almost every section of the country Is
represented in our army at Santiago. and
it is shame not to allow the people to
know Just which regiments the yellow
fever is in and what success is attending
the efforts that are being made to stamp ii
out. 1t is altogether probable that yellow
fever also exists among the twenty-five
thousand Spanish troops who surrendered
to Gen Shafter. If so, we will have to
take care of them, as the condition of sur
back to Spain, binds us not to allow any
of those infected with yellow fever to 90
upon the ships.
1t is now stated that Commodore Wat
there are still those who refuse to believe
it before it actually goes, and others who
believe that if actually started, it will go
with no other intention than to scare Spain
into asking for peace. Cablegrams from
Madrid and other European points, say
that Spain has already asked for our terms
of peace, but it is officially denicdin Wash
ington.
1t is semi-of1icially said that no move
ment on land against Havana will be
started until fall, owing to the fear of yell
low fever, and officially stated that the
movement against Porto Rico is to be
started at once. "At once has not, how
ever meant Immediately in the adminstra-
ton lexicon. in connection with war move
ments.
Representative James Hamilton Lewis,
who began his Congressional career by
being called dude, but who has long ago
won, by his common sense and all around
ability, the respect of Congress and of the
eastern public-the people of Washington,
the state he represents in the House, recog
nized those qualities long before they sent
him to Congress-has rendered his servi-
ces to the government as a field officer in
the volunteer army. He has been con-
nected with the Washington State Militia,
of which he is now Inspector General, for
about eleven years. Unless the outlook
for peace grows promising enough to stop
army appointments, 1t is likely that Mr..
Lewis will get q commission.
"The war has been very lucky thing
for the republicans of Illinois, for if it had
not occurred they would have been inglor
iously defeated" That is what Mr. p f.
Furman, a well-known democrat of that
state, says, and the same thing will apply
equally as well to other states, for it is as
publicans are going to make their campain
on the war, although they deserve no more
credit for the action of Congress in voting
all the money the administration asked for
to conduct the war than do the democrats
and the populists, who voted for all the
war appropriations. As to the policy of
the party in his state, Mr.. Furman says:
The Illinois democrats stand steadfast by
Bryan and free silver, both of which they
endorsed at their state convention the
other day
The man who claims that any one party
monopolizes all the patriotism in this
country thus proclaims his own ignorance
1t seems to be pretty generally understood
in Washington that the republican Con
gressional Committee intends to make the
implication if not the direct claim, that
republican patriotism in Congress was the
whole thing, the basis of its campaign
documents this ycar-an implication rs
false as it would be possible to make. As
Il matter of fact if any one party in Con
for unseltish patriotism, it is the demo-
Gratis. Although they knew that the ad-
minlstration being republican, and ma
iority of the House being republican, the
successful conduct of the war would nee
essarily be beneficial to the republican
party, not a single democrat hesitatcd
either in advocacy of the war or in pro-
viding the money to carry it on success
fully. If the action of the democrat and
and populists in Congress was not actu-
ated by pure and unselfish patriotism some
republican should tell the country what
actuated those men who voted for the war,
although fully aware that their votes
would, temporarily, at least, be beneficial
to their political opponents. Let the
truth be told no matter who wins
Brave old George Dewey has been at it
again. Results: destruction of the Span
ish fort in Subig bay, five hundred pris-
oners and a notice served on the German
Emperor, through the Commander of the
German cruiser Irene, to keep his fingers
out of the Philippine pie.
VENTILATION OF SCHOOLS.
At the annual meeting of the Maryland
Public Health Association, held in Balti-
more recently DIR AuruStuS Stoblpr