Middletown transcript., 1898-05-14

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" W - naval warfare
was promptly acted upon. Chairman
Boutelle, of the House naval commit
tee, has reported joiEt resolution O
thanks to Commodore Dewey, and I
bill creating an additional rear admira
in the navy. The latter will enabl,
the President to promote Commodor'
Dewey. Immediately upon receipt o
bis official report of the battle of Ma
nilla harbor, Secretary Long in th'
name of the President cabled t.
Commodore Dewey promoting him tt
Acting Admiral, and rendering hin
the thanks of himself and of thu
people for his great achievement.
The more the official report Of Com
modore Dewey is studied the NOR
wonderful his victory appears. He en-
tered Manila harbor, protected by
mines, heavy Shore batteries. feet o.
eleven ships, mounting about ono hun.
dred guns and carrying about 2,00t
men, and destroyed all eleven of tbs
ships and captured all the batteries
And the most wonderful exploit wa'
that not a single man on an American
ship was killed and not single shiI
was materially injured, and only hall
a dozen were wounded.
Troops are to be sent to garrison
the Philippine Islands just as soon a;
the ships to carry them from San Fran
cisco can be got ready. About 10,00(
will go.
News Of an important victory IL
hourly expected from Admiral Samp'
sons feet, although its exact where
abouts is secret known only to the
officials. The general belief is that II
is on a double errand-to whip the
Spanish fleet, If it can be found, and
to capture Porto Rico. The army is
also likely to move on Cuba any day.
Senator Sewell's acceptance of the
commission of major general in the
volunteer army, to which he was nom.
mated and confirmed at the same time
Gen. James II. Wilson, Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, and the
brigadier generals OF the regular army
we're, is not certain, and will depend
upon the opinion of Attorney General
Griggs, to whom the matter has been
referred, as to whether the commission
can tie accepted without vacating the
seat in the Senate now held by General
Sewell. II it cannot, the Senator will
decline the commission, and the gen.
eral impression is that it cannot.
The House has made record at this
session Of which Republicans, who have
controlled and directed it's course may
we'll be proud. It has passed 208 bills
that have become laws, and about 20U
other bills that are now on the Senate
calendar. The war measures-the
$50,000.000 appropriation, the armed
intervention resolution, the declaration
of war, the volunteer army bill, the
bill for recognizing the regular army,
the war revenue bill, the bill appro-
priating $S6, ,000, 600 for the expenses of
the army, and minor war bills-have
probably net taken more than . week
OF the House altogether, so promptly
have they been disposed of.
The opponents in the Senate Of the
annexation of Hawaii having made it
practically certain that the annexation
treaty would fail to receive the neces-
sary two-thirds if pushed to a vote in
the Senate, the machinery for securing
annexation by joint resolution has been
put in motion, and the House Com
mittee on Foreign Relations will this
week favorably report the same, and,
If the opport unity occurs will at once
push it through the House. Presi-
d, Mt Mckinley would be justified in
taking possession of Hawaii as a war
measure, even II the present govern
melt OF Hawaii had not formally ten
dered The islands to the U. S., and he
may yet do so, but he much prefers
that annexation should come through
Congressional action.
Some decidedly interesting informa-
1lOu 10 CUDt0IuCu III auT1uCC Suoctn Vi
Consular Reports" /" issued daily by the
Bureau of Foreign Commerce of the
S ate Department. For instance, that
the island of Luzon, on which the city
of Manila, the scene Of Commodore
[sincs promoted to be Admiral)
Dewey's great naval victory, is lar
ger than the states of New York and
Massachusetts,; that the entire area
of the Philippine Islands, now under
Old Glory is ten per cent greater than
the t of the New England States, New
York, New Jersey, Maryland, and
Delaware combined. Many -persons
who consider themselves well inform-
ed upon commercial affairs have been
greatly surprised to learn that the q.
S. has more trade with the Philippine
Islands than all the rest Of the world
combined has. What the u. s. will do