The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-07-08
4TH AT WASHINGTON.
It Is One of the Quietest Days in
All the Year.
MICHIGAN SOLDIERS OFF FOR CUBA

All Were Happy at Receiving Orders to
Go to the Enemy's Country Secretary
Alger Calls General Miles to Account
for sighting Remark He Is Alleged to
Have Made-President Mckinley vexed
at Some Unjust Criticisms.
Washington. July 5.-The quietest
DAY in all the year in the national CAPT.
tai is the Fourth of July. You would
suppose that this city would be ablaze
with enthusiasm, fireworks, and fire.
water, but such is not the case. We
have no parades. no combinations of
societies for fireworks, and every indi-
the benefit of the children.
The Michigan soldiers are where the
people of Michigan, and where the
Michigan soldiers themselves, desire
that they should be-with the army at
the front. Ten days ago I went across
the Potomac river, over the Virginia
hills on an electric car, to Camp Alger
to see the boys off, and to bid them
good-by and Godspeed. They were
ready to go forward, and a firmer body
Of men never went to meet the enemies
OF the nation. AS General Sherman
said of his veterans in 1865 at the grand
review: mo soldiers on earth have
better legs, better arms, better lungs,
lvers and kidneys, and better hearts
than these hardy fellow under my COM
mand.
Line Up Like Veterans.
Brigadier General Duffield of Detroit
looked proud of his men, and he might
we'll have quoted General Sherman's
utterarices to express his own feelings.
When the order was given the men
lined up like veterans, and they left
camp with the stride and swing of hap
by fellows. Good soldiers always tire
of camp life. Good soldiers are always
glad when they receive the order fall
In" with the understanding that they
are going to seek the enemy. That the
Michigan men are good soldiers was
manifested in every happy face. The
boys knew that marching orders" were
preliminary to fighting orders, and that
they would soon be where the fighting
Is done.
Michigan's soldier-statesman Secre-
tary of War Alger, saw the boys off,
and he witnessed their departure with
palpable pride. He went forth as a
Michigan soldier once himself, and he
would be seeking a place at the front
right now but for the fact that the
country requires his services at the ma
tional capital, where his experience, sa-
gacity, and energy enables him to rem
der services of incalculable value.
Secretary of War Alger has been
greatly incensed with General Miles,
and called him to account before Pres
ident Mckinley on account of rumored
expressions indicating insubodination.
The report which came to Secretary
Alger was that when General Miles was
at Tampa hurrying off the troops, he
remarked What does a money-mak-
ing millionaire lumberman know about
WARP"
Got Hopping Mad.
When this was repeated to the Mich
igan man he got hopping mad, and sent
for General Miles at once. The general
denied the story, but still Alger went
to the president with 1t, and there again
General Miles denied the story. New
ertheless, Secretary Alger is hot about
1T, and still believes that Miles said it.
millionaire lumberman, but he claims
also to know something about war.
Senator Mcmillan has been opposed
to Hawaiian annexation, although he
has been willing to vote for it as a war
never classed with the opponents of
cred it wise policy to make those
Ia fclo dc nf he
the territory Of this country.
Senator Burrows has favored annex
alton all the time, and has openly
worked for the proposition. He says
that those who oppose the annexation
of the Hawaiian islands do not look
very far into the future. He says:
1.-The day is already dawning when this
nation must step forth into the arena
Of progress-a giant whom all other ma
tons will respect If not fear. The
dawn is upon us, and yet many men cry
for the darkness and selfshness of the
past century. No man liveth unto him
self. No nation liveth unto itself"
Absent Congressman.
Congressman Todd has been excused
from attendance upon the sessions Of
he house of representatives on account
IF important business, and he has been
absent now for fully two weeks. There
have been III congressman absent on
he same plea. What business is more
important than the business they were
elected to perform?
Congressman Corliss of Detroit IL q
sick man. His absence is not only ex-
.usable but necessary. All of. his col |
eagues know that and the people ought |
20 know IL, too.
Congressman Shower will not give any
money to Italian organ-grinders There
pust be thousand of them in this city,
ahc they have regular beats over which |
hey daily travel. The dirty, disreputa-
Bile, greasy-looking greasers gather in
hundreds of nickels and dimes, and
ave them. They are withdrawn from
circulation when they fall into the
hands Of the Italians. Congressman
Shower not only will not give them any
but he drives them away from
his door whenever they come around.
War Makes Extra Work.
Colonel Alex Grant of Monroe, assist
ant superintendent of the railway mail
service, says: THE work of the rail-
way mail service has been almost
doubled by this war. This is not only
because Of the increased number Of Of