Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-07-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
I SPECIAL CoRREsroNpRNCE.

SIItl
WHY CAMERON WAS REPLACED
The change in President Lincolhs
cabinet, which replaced Secretary Cam
cron by Secretary Stanton. is frequently
referred to now The immediate motiN,
Of that change was in the objections
made to the manner in which Secrctar!
Cameron was conducting the contract
operations of his department. He wa
made secretary of war In the carrying
out of an arrangement entered mt"
when Lincoln was nominated for the
presidency. Cameron preferred th'
treasury, but Chase was fixed upon FOR
that. Cameron was not supposed to b'
especially fitted for war operations, bu'
he was known to be an able business
man. The trouble with him was just
here. He had too much political bust
ness in the department. 1t was de-
cided that there must he some one else
at its head. but it was not fully com
pretended how great Il man had been
found for the place. Mr.. Stantons
reputation then was exclusively that of
an able lawyer, and it is doubtful II his
immense energy in administrative op-
crations was suspected. lie was the
antipode of Cameron. in not being
politician at all. He had, therefore, no
political followers to make claims upon
him; indeed, in such politics as he had
he had been a Democrat. President
Mckinley need not take Democrat
now for the war office, but If he Will
seek out a man unidentified primarily
in politics. he will be wise. That was
the way Stanton was found and stan
ton was unquestionably one of the great
eet war ministers the world has ever
seen.
THE PROCESSION PASSED HIM
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen, whose
death ha just occurred in the naval
hospital here, was a stout hearted.
faithful, vigorous commander. who did
his whole duty with great conscientious
ness, and was at one time expected to be
one of the great men of the navy. But
his opportunity passed. and he lived to
see II new generation OF masters or the
navy, in which his ram, the katahdin.
does not figure, nor anything OF its
type. Yet we should not forget him, for
he was of the navy in the war for the
/ union. and he gave nearly 30 years of
his life to the service of the country.
Perhaps the most striking incident of
his career was the suppression of n
we'll planned mutiny of very inferior
lot of seamen shipped as passengers for
San Francisco on board Il California mail
steamer in the spring of 1864. 1t was
an exercise of personal power that
showed the stuff there was in him. He
, had the assistance of only the captain
and the boatswain of the steamer and
a handful of volunteers from the other
passengers, but the affair, though brief,
was worth the descriptive power OF a
Stevenson Admiral Ammen wrote a
good many papers on naval affairs, ana
also a volume. THE Atlantic Coast in
the Navy in the Civil War" series of
the SCribncrs.
81 .325, 900. 900 ST. BSRIBED-Thc sue
cess of the 5000, 900 O00 war bond sub
srription is even greater than was an
ticipatcd when the time for subscrip-
tions expired yesterday afternoon. More
than 100000 applications for allotments
/ were received and it is reported that no
tubscribcr for more than 10000 Will he
accommodated. Assistant Secretary
( Nandcrip is authority for the statement
that subscriptions for more than 500
600 900 worth of bonds in sums ranging
from $S5 up to $500 were received. For
sums in excess of $500 subscriptions
amounting to $3.50, ,61O.Si0 had been en-
tered last night and Mr.. Nanderlip cs-
Inmates that the full returns will in
crease the total to more than $,3a.oo",
! COO In addition to these must he add"c
the various syndicate bids for the entire
issue at par and at premium, swell
/ ing the grand total to more than S1.32!.
900, 900 The moral effect of such com
pction for national bonds should have
its weight with the Madrid government
| We have the men. we have the ships, ant
il seems that in the matter Of money We
are equally we'll supplied.
AN INDICTED UNITED STATES
SENATUR-The case of United States
Senator Kenney of Delaware is remark
able. He has been indicted by the granC
jury of his home vcinage for aiding INC
abetting in the crime of IA paying teller
of a bank who had robbed that institu
tion. There was case parallel to II
in the national house of representative:
Il few ye. rs since, when representative
from New Jersey was charged with &
more direct commission of similar of
fence. The business men of Dover. IL
which this bank was situated, appear tt
| have been implicated in the transaction
pretty extensively, and among then
we're politicians of both parties. Sena
tor Kenney has been recently chosen t.
his seat, and his term of Office expire:
in 1901. 1t was the seat over which MI
]. Il. Addicks made so much trouble. anf
il was filled at last by the Bryan Demo
Gratis. If all the indicted parties In thi
bank affair are convicted, it must max
a social sensation.
DOCKED HORSES BARRED TIL
action of the war department in re
fusing to accept any horses for cavalry
artillery, QuarterInaSter or hospital s"r
vice whose tails have been docked i
the first time that bohtailed horses har
been officially passed upon. II woul
be the greatest kind of cruelty, says al
expert to send a bobtailed horse int
the war, for the reason that he could no
protect himself from flies and othe
nests. Besides that he would whip him
s2lf so hard in his efforts to rid himsel
from such annoyances day and nigh
that he would be so tired that he coul
rot he relied upon to do any grea
amount of other work.
Ethel is small, but extremely sober
minded. and therefore to be trusted I
run on household errands.
The other day her mother called ne
from her play and said: Ethel, wan
YOU to run over to the grocer's and &c
me n quart of vinegar
Ethel looked thoughtful, and hesitat
cd. I'D rather get pint. mamma sh
answered.
"Why, Ethel dear?" exclaimed her as
lonished parent. Il need quart. whic
YOU must get"
Again tho little girl paused. mo.
yho ca id 81 II get YOU pint.