The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 6, 1898

with him, that the war movement now
under way will as soon as they are
successfully carried out, as they are
certain to be, bring the war to a close
by compelling Spain to sue for peace.
These movements include the capture
of Santiago de Cuba, upon which
combined attack is to be made by the
army and navy just as soon as the
troops can be got into position-they
have probably already been landed
and the capture or destruction of the
Spanish fleet in the harbor at that
place. Just as soou as Santiago has
been captured, the army and navy
will make a combined move on Porto
Rico, and when that island has been
captured it is believed that Spain will
gladly evacuate Cuba in order to get
peace.
The last cable from Cuba, excepting
the one from Key West, has been cut,
and Gen. BlancO is now not only cut
off from Spain, but from nearly all of
the Cuban cities, as the insurgents
make it impossible for him to main
tain overland wires from Havana.
No more daring deed has been per
formed during this war, or any other
war, than the sinking of the L. S. col
lier Merrimac in order to obstruct the
narrow channel at the entrance of
Santiago harbOr, by a volunteer crew
of seven men under Lieut.. Hobson.
These heroes were all captured by the
Spaniards, but they will not remain
in prison long, and President McKin-
ley will see that they are properly re-
warded when they get out.
The Senate has passed the war reve-
nue. bill. AS passed by the Senate it
authorizes the issue of $500, 900, 900 in
bonds and directs the coinage of silver
bullion in the treasury at the rate of
$4,000, coo a month and the issuing of
silver certificates for that amount.
The bill had been sent to a confer
ence committee, and the House CON
ferees will insist upon increasing the
bonds to S500,0OO 900, as provided in
the original House bill and upon
striking out the silver coinage clause,
and they expect to carry their point
in both instances. The final vote
upon the bill in the Senate was AZ to
2S,
Senator WOlcott made a manly re-
ply to the implied charge of Senator
Allen that the Bimetallic Commission
uselessly and extravagantly wasted an
appropriation of 100000 during its
trip to Europe, in which he said: Il
desire to inform the Senator from
Nebraska that the three commission
ers spent more than six months in
Europe, travelling where their duties
took them. They were accompanied
by secretary, and the entire expense
OF the work accomplished was only
$4,000. And | desire to add that
every member of the commission, in
accepting the appointment and per-
forming his duties, sacrificed thous-
ands of dollars. 1t is undignified and
unbetiting a Senator of the L. S. to
stand in his place on this floor and
suggest that the commission spent
money it was not justified in spending.
| am getting tired of hearing that sort
of suggestion from the Senator from
Nebraska. 1t is not the first, the sec
Ond, nor the third time he has thrown
them out. Through him they are
now being circulated in the west by
means Of patent insides, which con
stitute the bone and sinew and most
of the brains of the populist party"
Mr.. Wolcott concluded by expressing
his belief in the ultimate success of in
ternational bimetallism.
No one in Washington is worrying
over the news given out by the Span
ish government that a large Spanish
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it were true, wherein it would be diff
ferent from any other news given out
by the Spanish government, it would
cause no worry in Washington. Ad-
miral Dewey is amply able to take
care of any fleet that Spain can send
against him, even without any rein
forcements, and it is certain that the
cruiser Charleston and the first in
stallment of troops-the second will
start from San Francisco this week
will be with Dewey before any Span
ish fleet can possibly get to Manila.
Hawaiian annexation may not be
accomplished this week, but the reso-
luton providing therefore will al
most certainly be taken up and
adopted by the House this week. Ow-
ing to the latitude given the minority
by the rules of the Senate, no one is
predicting when that body will act,
but the adoption of the resolution by
the Senate will open the way for an
neXation in another way, if the mi
pOritV Succpp6a6 i'm I1rpVantinU n vote