The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-06-14
SLOW BUT SURE
Seems To be The Drag OF
Affairs in War Circles.
5000, 1000, 900 BONDS
Soon TO be Sold TO The Banks and on
The Crushing Goes.


to Cuba. 1t is said that some of the
orders sent from Washington were
hot enough to melt the wires.
There was evidently occasion for
the use of hot words, as the delav
in getting the army started from
Tampa prevented Santiago being |
captured when Admiral Sampson |
knocked the outer Notifications to
pieces so completely that he was
able to land force of marines to
spike the guns tnat his bombs had
not made useless and to take pos
session of several positions, aided
by insurgents. Gen. Miles did not
go south day too soon. His report
of the condition of affairs at Tampa
caused CONSERVATION in admins
tratiCn circles for awhile, but he
was ordered to adopt heroic meas
ures to straighten out matters and
to hurry the army off, and he has
at last got the army off, if he
hasn't strengthened out everything;
and is now engaged in getting an
other army ready to be started to
Porto Rico just as soon as it is
known that the movement against
Santiago has been successful. Con-
gress has found it difficult to keep
quiet, but the disposition to regard
all we'll that ends well is causing a
suspension of judgment until the
end is shown to be well or other
wise. That it will be all right in
the end is certain enough, but there
can be no other reason than politics
for dragging this war along until
the Congressional campaign.
Although the Treasury Depart
ment has widely advertised its in
tention to offer the $200,0OO,00O in
bonds, which will be the first issue
under the authority conferred by
the war-revenue bill, the people,
Secretary Gage makes no secret Of
his belief that the greater portion
of these bonds will be bought by
banks. 1t is probable also that he
will much prefer seeing the banks
get them; he is banker and has
always looked after the interests Of
the banks.
Alabama men are are telling
many stories illustrating the pecu-
liarity, grit and deter mination of
the family of Lieut.. Hobson, the
hero of the daring feat of sinking
the Merrimac in the entrance to
Santiago harbor. This remarkable
family lives in the little town of
Greensboro. Lieut.. Hobson has a
brother at West Point and another
practicing law. His lawyer brother
earned reputation by the way in
which he argued the first case he
had before the Alabama Supreme
Court. 1t was an appeal from a
lower court, and the following was
his opening speech: "Your honors,
this case has been decided by you
already seven times and each time
it has been decided wrong" He
lost his case, of course, but he got
advertised ali over his state. The
whole family seems to make a
specially of upsetting precedent
and doing things in their own way.
Lieut.. Hobson and his companions
will all bepromoted as soon as they
are restored to liberty. and Con.
gress will give them all medals of
honor.
When the warts over a Congress
ional investigation into certain
transactions in which the govern.
ment has been made to pay large
sums of money for ships, and other
things bought in connec tion with
the war is likely to bring about
sensational developments and to
result in public disgrace for certain
individuals who have used their
pull with the administration to
profit by this robbery of the public
treasury. Much information is in
possession of Senat ors and Repre-
sentatives, but patriotism has kept
them quiet, and will keep them
quiet until peace is declared; then
they will talk, and there will be
day of reckoning.
There is much humbug in the
civil service discussion in the Sem
ate over the bill providing for TAX
ing the next census. Everybody
knows that Congress intends to
have the employees of the Census
Bureau appointed by pull, just as
all of the employees of Congress are
now appointed, and that the very
men who have been advocat ing
having the appointments made
through the Civil Service Commits
sion will be In the front rank of the
scramblers after these places when