Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-06-13

Washington, June 9th. 1898.
President Mckinley believes, and
every member of the Cabinet agrees
with him, that the war movements
now under way will as soon as they
are successfully carried out, as they
are certain to be- bring the war to a
close by compelling Spain to sue for
peace. These movements include the
capture Of Santiago de Cuba, upon
which a combined attack is to be made
by the army and navy just as soon as
the troops can be got into position
they have probably already been
landed-and the capture or destruc-
ton of the Spanish fleet in the harbor
at that place. Just as soon as Santi-
ago has been captured, the army and
navy will make a combined move on
Porto Rico, and when that island has
been captured it is believed that
Spain will gladly evacuate Cuba in
order to get peace.
The last cable from Cuba excepting
the one to Key West has been cut,
anu 0Su. DIduCO ID AOW hOC OAlJ CuU
off from Spain, but from nearly all of
the Cuban cities, as the insurgents
make it impossible for him to main
tain overland wires from Havana.
No more daring deed has been per-
formed during this war or any other
war, than the sinking Of the .. S. col
lier Merrimac in order to Obstruct the
narrow channel at the entrance of
Santiago harbor, by volunteer crew
of seven men under Lieut.. Hobson.
the Spanish, but they will not remain
in prison long, and President McKin
ley will see that they are properly re-
warded when they get out.
The Senate has passed the war rev.
enue bill. AS passed by the Senate it
authorizes the issue of $4,000 900 in
bonds and directs the coinage of the
silver bullion in the treasury at the
rate of 50 900, 900 a month and the is
suing of silver certificates for that
amount. The bill has been sent to a
conference committee, and the House
co nferees will insist upon increasing
the bonds to $500, 600, 900. as provided
in the original House bill, and upon
stri king out the silver coinage clause,
and they expect to carry their point
in both instances The final vote upon
the bill in the Senate was 4S to %.
Senator Walcott made a manly re-
ply to the implied charge of Senator
Allen that the Bimetallic Commission
uselessly and extravagantly wasted
an appropriation of 500, 900 during its
trip to Europe, in which he said: 81
desire to inform the Senator from
Nebraska that the three commission
ers spent more than six months in
Europe, travelling where their duties
took them. They were accompanied
by a secretary, and the entire ex-
pense of the work accomplished was
only $4,000. And I desire to add |
that every member of the commission |
in accepting the appointment and
performing his duties, sacrificed |
thousands of dollars. 1t is undigni-
fed and unbeftting Senator of the
Unite States to stand in his place on
this floor and suggest that the COM
mission spent money it was not justi
fed in spending. I am getting tired |
of hearing that sort of suggestion I
from the Senator from Nebraska. Tt |
is not the first, the second, nor the |
third time he has thrown them out.
Thro ugh him they are now being cir
culated in the west by means of
patent insides,' which constitute the
bone and sinew and most of the brains
of the populist party" Mr.. Wolcott
con cluded by expressing his belief in
he ultimate success of international
bimetallism.
No one in Washington is worrying |
over the news given out by the Span
ish government that large Spanish |
feet is on the way to Manila. Even |
if it were true, wherein it would be |
different from any other news given
out by the Spanish government, it
would cause no worry in Washington.
A dmiral Dewey is amply able to take
care of any feet that Spain can send
against him, even without any rein
forcements, and it is certain that the
cruiser Charleston and the first in
staln,ent of troops-the second install
ment will start from San Francisco
this week--will be with Dewey before
any Spanish fleet can possibly get to
Manila.
Hawaiian annexation may not be
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