Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-06-09

cepting the one to Key West, has
been cut, and General Blanco is
now not only cut off from Spain,
but from nearly all of the Cuban
cities, as the insurgents make it
impossible for him to maintain
overland wires from Havana.
No more daring deed has been
performed during this war, or any
other war. than the sinking OF the
L. S. collier Merrimac in order to
0bstruct the narrow channel at the
entrance of Santiago harbor, by a
volunteer crew Of seven men under
Lieut.. Hobson. These heroes were
all captured by the Spanish, but
they will not remain in prison long
and President Mckinley will see
that they are properly rewarded
when they get out.
The Senate has passed the war
revenue bill. AS passed by the
Senate it authorizes the issue of
$500, ,0O0,O 600 in bonds and directs
the coinage of the silver bullion in
the treasury at the rate of 81 O00,-
600 a month and the issuing of
silver certificates for that amount.
The bill has been sent to confer
ence committee, and the House
cOnferees will insist upon increas-
ing the bonds to 100000, 900, as
in the original House bill, and
upon striking out the silver coin
age clause, and they expect to
carry their point in both instances.
The final vote upon the bill in the
Senate was As to 2S.
Senator Wolcott made a manly
reply to the implied charge of
Senator Allen that the Bimetallic
Commission uselessly and extrava-
gantly wasted an appropriation of
of 100000 during it's trip to
Europe, in which he said: II
desire to inform the Senator from
Nebraska that the three commits
sioners spent more tnan six months
in Europe, travelling where their
duties took them. They were ac-
companied by a secretary, and the
entire expense of the work accom-
plished was only SIG, 200. And |
desire to add that every member of
the commission, in accepting the
appointment and performing his
duties, sacrificed thousands of dol
lars. 1t is undignified and unbe-
fitting a Senator of the Z. S. to
stand in his place on this floor and
suggest that the commission spent
money it was not justified in spend
ing. / am getting tired of hearing
that sort of suggestion from the
Senator from Nebraska. 1t is not
the first, the secord, nor the third
time he has thrown them out.
Through him they are now being
circulated in the west by means of
patent insides, which constitute
the bone and sinew and most of
the brains of the Populist party"
MIR. Wolcott concluded by express
ing his belief in the ultimate sue
cess of international bimetallism.
No one in Washington is wor-
rying over the news given out by
the Spanish government that a
large Spanish fleet 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.
Admiral Dewey is amply able to
take care of any fleet that Spain
can send against him, even without
any reinforcements, and it certain
that the cruiser Charleston and the
first instalment of troops-the
second instalment will start from
San Francisco this week-will be
with Dewey before any Spanish
fleet can possibly get to Mania.
Hawaiian annexation may not
be accomplished this week, but the
resolution providing therefore will
almost certainly be taken up and
adopted by the House this week.
Owing to the latitude given the
minority by the rules of the Senate
no one is predicting when that
body will act. But the adoption
OF the resolution by the House will
open the way for annexation in
another way, if the minority of the
Senate succeed in preventing vote
being reached upon the resolution.
The President has ample authority