The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-08-19

From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON. Aug. Is Mr.. McKin ey is
sti in doubt as to the policy we should pun
sue toward the PHILIPPINES 1t was that doubt
that caused the temporary peace agreement,
signed by representatives of the two govern
ments, to provide that the Commissioners to
negotiate the treaty of peace, which shall de-
termine the final disposition of the Philippines
should meet at Paris, not later than Oct, l,
when it would have boen easy to have saved Il
month by having the Commission meet Sep
TENDER l. The Spanish government has been
quick to recognize this doubt on The part of
Mr.. Mckinley, and to act upon it; it has issued
II statement to the Spanish people saying that
they had reason to believe the peace commits
sion would allow Spain to retain the PHILIPPINES
What the policy of the administration is to be
towards the Philippines will be palmer after
Mr.. Mckinley names the five American peace
Commissioners. The only one yet known is
Secretary Day, who may be considered as Mr..
Mc>inley's mouth piece and personal repre-
sentative. 1t is daily becoming palmer that
a great mistake WIS made in allowing Spain TO
have any say US to the disposition of the Philip
pines, While there are differences of opinion
among our people as to our keeping the is
lands the opinion is practically unanimous
that Spain should not be allowed to retain
them. 1t will be farcical for us to talk about
driving Spain out of Cuba and Porto Rico for
sake of humanity, and then to allow Spain to
keep the Philippines after they were practi-
cally in our possession. We should not con-
fine our humanity to the Cuhans. else foreign.
ers will refuse to believe that it is humanity.
The government Ia preparing TO send food to
M only the lint for oil
that need it. including the Spanish soldiers, but
the Red Cross Society is ahead of the govern
ment as it is already distributing food and
other relief in Cuba.
If the Democrats do not elect a majority OF
the House, this year. it will not be the fault of
the Democratic Congressional Campaign Com.
mittee, which is preparing for a vigorous CAM
paign with confident expectations of success
While the Committee will, as usual, furnish
| the candidates with the kind of literature they
think will be most effective in their districts,
it will also distribute literature criticising the
war revenue law, because of its being harder
upon the poor than upon the rich; showing up
the many evils resulting from Secretary AL.
gers using the War Department us Repub-
| lican partisan machine, and the financial ques-
ton will not be neglected. hut will be discussed
| in accordance with the Chicago platform,
Democrats who have visited the Committee
| headquarters, without exception, regard the
| close of the war at this time as decidedly adj
| vantageous for the Democratic party be-
| cause it will enable them to bring other ques-
| tions to the attention of the voters and be-
| cause it will prevent the other side going into
campaign with false plea that a vote against
| d Republican candidate would be vote against
| the conduct of the war. 1t has not yet been
determined whether tho administration should
be attacked for its action in giving spain too
much TO say through the three joint commits
sions provided for in the terms of peace, when
it could just as easily have settled everything
i'll the terms themselves, which Spain would
have been bound to accept anyway, although
such action is being strongly advocated.
There is some very strong talk among the
Senators and Representatives, who have beer
in Washington since Sampson was advanced
eight numbers and promoted to be Real Ad
miral, while Schiey, who was also promoted t,
be Rear Admlral,was only advanced six mum
bers, which makes SampsOn one number aheat
of him, instead of one number behind him d
he was before these prom were made
While it is not regarded as likely that an!
attempt will be made to hang up Sampson
promotion in the Senate, it is almost certain
that occasion will be taken in both House an
, Senate, to show that he owes it more to favorit
ism than to anything he did. 1t will not h