The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-11-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent,

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Washington, Oct 81, 1868.
President Mckinley has no idea nor
has ever had any idea of guaranteeing
one dollar Of the bonded Indebtedness OF
Spain, III the treaty of peace, and our
com mlssioners are acting under his or
ders in everything they do. The story
that this government, in return for the
Philippine islands, would agree to as
suiEe $40, 0O0, 900 Of Spanish bonds, issued
as lien upon the Spanish revenues
from the Philippines, was originated
and circulated in Ibis country bv yellow
kid journals and III Europe by journals
in the pay of Spain, and has no tounda-
ton in fact. At joint session of the
Peace Commission, held o-day at Paris,
the American Commissioners. acting
under instructions from President Nc
kinIey, Informed the Spanish Commits
sioners that we demanded full posses
session and ownership of the Philippine
islands. 1t is expected that Spain will
endeavor to secure money Indemnity
tor the islands. on the ground that it
has spent large sums. including the
money raised from the sale of $40 900
600 of bonds issued several years ago. in
making public improvements on the is
lands. The resul of that endeavor is
yet undetermined, and will depend
largely upon the showing that Spain
will be able to make, as to money actu-
! ally spent upon the island, In deter
mining to acquire possession of all the
Philippine islands, President McKin-
ley has merely complied with the al
most unanimous sentiment of this coun-
try. which he has made special efforts
to ascertain since the signing of the pro-
tocol. lie has no desire to be unfair to
Spain in any way, just because we have
the power to be, and there is no reason
to doubt that if Spain shows its right TO
be paid an indemnity he will agree TO
| anything that will mix this government
up in any way with Spanish bonds or
the SPECTATORS who hold those bonds
President Mckinley, Secretary Alger
and Adjutant General Corbn have vir-
tually decided just what troops are to
be sent to Cuba, when they are TO go
and where they are to be stationed, but
! they have concluded not to make the de-
| cision public just yet.
Lieutenant Hobson has made an ex-
haustive explanation Of the condition
of the Spanish ships upon which he has
been working and the prospect and
probable cost of saving them, to a board
composed of the chiefs of bureaus of the
Navy Department, and that board will
decide whether the prospects of sue
cess are sufficiently strong to justify the
expenditure.
Ever since Senator German carried
New York for Cleveland in campaign
that was full of tricks, he has occupied
a high place in the good sraccs Of Tam
many. and has been invariably called
on for advice whenever the party was
in a hole, so to speak. Dick Croker
sent for German several days ago and
the two had a long private conference.
have given the Tammany boss some
new tricks, but the Roosevelt boom has
reached such a momentum that no sort
of tricks can prevent it's ultimate tri-
umph. At least that is what all the
New York Republicans say about it.
Assistant Attorney General Bovd who
has just returned from North Carolina,
says tine Democratic leaders and press
are responsible for the race troubles in
that state. He expresses confidence
that the Republicans will carry the
state by majority exceeding twenty
five thousand.
1t is known that Secretary Alger will.
in his annual report, recommend Con-
gressional legislation, authorizing the
enlistment OF Spanish soldiers in the
L. S. regular army, for service in Cuba.
1t is believed that the pick of the Span
ish soldiers who will, by preference re-
main in Cuba, and the best men among
the Cuban insurgents, will be glad to
enlist in our regulars, and that they are
especially we'll fitted to do good garri-
son service in Cuba 1t is believed also
a course of army dicipine, under U. S.
regulations, will be useful in fitting
those men 10 become useful citizens of
Cuba when their terms of enlistment
expire. They cannot be enlisted with
out Congressional legislation.