Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-15

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ate and scientific inquiry, made by
men Of broad guage minds and ac-
! ComplishmentS, will be valuable in
! showing up weak spots in our
! present system of running the
| Quartcrmaster, COmmissary and
medical departments of our army
Il system intrenched in laws that
/ right or wrong, under existing
! conditions. must be carried out
until the laws are changed. In
! other words, that thorough in
quirv will result in pointing out
the changes that should be made to
/ improve the system. 1t was be-
cause of this belief that President
Mckinley concluded to order the
inquiry made that was requested
by Secretary Alger. The Commits
sion entrusted with the duty of
making this inquiry, will be COM
| posed of men who are widely known
and whose findings will be accepted
! by the entire country. Generals
Miles and Shafter, who are both
in Washington, say they will wei
come the closest scrutiny of their
every act, and the same sentiments
are expressed by Sergt. Gen. Stern
berg, and Gen. Eagan, head Of the
Commissary Department. The
latter is so confident that his de-
partment is all right that he says
he wishes the President would
have the inquiry made entirely by
his political opponents,
Owing to the rapidity with which
money is accumulating in the
Treasury, Secretary Gage has mott
fed the holders of the old currency
''siXes," which will be payable Jan.
!, next, of his willingness to redeem
them whenever presented. There
are about Sl4, 200, 900 outstanding
in these bonds. He has also offer
ed to anticipate the October inter
est on the four per cent bonds. 1t
will be the special aim of Secretary
Gage to see that the money is got
back into circulation fast enough to
prevent any disturbance in bust
ness circles.
Gov. Shaw, of Iowa, came to
Washington to see about getting
the volunteers from his state mus
tered out, but the matter had been
determined before his arrival, by
the decision of the War Department
to muster out one-half of the troops
from each state. In reply to d
question as to the political outlook
in his state, Gov. Shaw said: "The
| political situation in Iowa is about
as satisfactory to the Republicans
as they could wish. An election
is to be held in November for State
Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney Gen
eral, and two members of the
Supreme Court, and the verdict
will be in favor Of the Republican
ticket by a rousing majority. Our
State Convention this year adopted
about the most emphatic sound
money plank that has been pro-
mulgated anywhere" Represent
ative Cousins, who was with Gov.
Shaw, said the state would send
solid Republican Congressional
delegation, as matter of course.
Commissioner Evans has issued
a statement in answer to the charge
made by Kansas Populists, that
his administration of the Pension
Bureau was harsh and unjust. He
shows that the average number of
pensions allowed under him has
been much higher than under his
predecessor, and the average num-
ber of reflections much lower, a
showing which would not be pos
sible if the charge was true, One
source of grumbling has been that
Commissioner Evans has, from the
day he assumed Office, given appli-
cation for original pensions pre-
cedence over application for an in
crease, on the ground that those
who had no pension should be
waited upon before those who had
d pension that they wished increas-
ed, but no amount of grumbling
can make that an unjust policy.
The five American Peace Com
MISUNDERSTANDING Day, Sena-
tors Davis, Frye, and Gray, and
Hon. Whitelaw Reid-will hold a
conference with President McKin-
ley this week, for the purpose of
receiving their instructions. They
are to sail from New York on the
18th, inst. No official announce
ment has been made, nor will be
made of what demand this govern
ment will make. but there is a