Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-10
GENERAL SHAFTER
IN COMMAND OF THE SANTIAGO
TROOPS.

He is Not as TOney as Miles, but
/ Will Make a Good Record-Som.
Hope of Vigor in the Campaign
Senator Chandler Rcvivcs Som.
CnwelcOme Memories of Incon
sistency-CZar Reed Holds His
Own Against Annexation OF
Hawaii.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, June :, 1898.
! Brigadier Gen. Shafter, who is il
command Of the troops sent to Santiago
de Cuba to help Commodore Schle,
capture or wipe ont the Spanish flee
that Schley has barred up in tina,
harbOr; didn't travel in luxuriou.
observation car, nor carry Il porcelain
bath tub with him-only Gen. Mile:
travels in all those frills-bnt he and
his men will give good account Of
themselves all the same. News of the
capture of Santiago by Gen Shafler is
daily expected and about the same
time Schley will either destroy OF
capture that entire Spanish fleet; he
has already disabled the outer forts
and some OF the warships.
From leakings through the govern
ment censor mill there are reasons to
believe that about the same time Gen.
Skaters command left Florida for
Santiago another large body of troops
embarked bound for Porto Rico, which
is to be captured and permanently
held. If these two movements succeed,
the public will be disposed to forgive
Gen. Miles fo- having succeed in post
poning the general invasion of Cuba
and movements on Havana, although
it will probably continue to poke fun
at his ideas of how a soldier ought to
travel. He says he needs at least 1OO,-
600 men to invade Cubs, and his
critics add, "a special train, with
private observation car and porcelain
bath-tub attachments"
Major General NJ. c. Butler, ex-
Senator from South Carolina was, this
week, commissioned and ordered TO
duty as commander OF the first division
of the End Army Corps. at Camp
Alger, under Major General Graham.
Ex-Gov. Oates, of Alabama, has also
received his commission as Brigadier
General.
Senator Chandler created quite 4
sensation. in q speech on the war
revenue bill, which is still before the
Senate, in which he accused Mr.. Mckin-
ley of duplicity in connection with the
silver question, and jumped all over
Secretary Gage for his efforts in at
tempting to irrevocahly commit the
administration to the gold standard.
He read 4 letter that he wrote to Mr..
Mckinley last September, predicting
the failure OF the bimetallic com.
mission headed by Senator WolcOtt,
and stated that it had never been
answered. He recalled the fact that
Mr.. Mckinley, Senator Allison, and
other prominent Republicans had
upon several occasions voted for silver,
and was quite sarcastic at their ex-
pense. He incidently referred to the
Republican party not having hesitated
to reorganize the Supreme Court in
order to assert the right OF the United
States to Issue irredeemable paper
money, and said that national honor
was not in danger by the free coinage
of silver if it was not endangered by
the issue Of paper. Mr.. Chsndler's
reference to the Supreme Court legal
tender decision nagged Senator Hoar,
who considered it reflection upon
his brother, at the time Attorney
General, and he made reply, ending
as follows: "Stating my belief that
the honorable Senator (Mr. Chandler)
has been misled, declare upon my
responsibility as Senator and as q
gentleman the charge that the
Supreme Court was packed to declare
the issue OF legal tender notes consti-
tutional 10 as vile SANDER as ever
thrust up its dirty head from the
stump"
The House, this week, passed the
bill, already passed by the Senate,
removing all political disabilities in.
Cured by violation of the third section
of the fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution. Incidently there was
some patriotic and some breezy talk
about the right of Gen. Wheeler, who
is on duty with the army, to retain
his seat in the House. Representative
Bailey, Of Texas, took strong gsound
against the constitutionality of one
man holding a military and civil
Office ut the same time.
Car Reed is still holding his own
in the fight he is making against the
annexation of Hawaii. In fact, he is
doing better than holding his own.
He gained victory, although it may
be only temporary, when Senator
Lodge was compelled to withdraw his
annexation amendment to the war
revenue bill, and the Senate agreed to
let annexation alone until after the
war-revenue bill was passed. Reed
had told those members of the House
who wished him to allow the annexa-
ton resolution to be voted upon that
if the Senate acted first he would at
once do 90. They are still after him
in the House, but the most he will
promise is to allow a vote after the
war-revenue bill lie passed. But he 10
likely to pay dearly for his triumph,
temporary as it is, as it is semi.
officially stated that if Congress
doesn't act, Mr.. Mckinley will seize
Hawaii as war measure. Unless
shrewd members of his party are mis-.
taken, he has by his attitude on this
question destroyed any chance he
might have had to be nominated for
President in 1900. Dem.