The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SOlRse News Notes From tlae Ma.
 1iOnaI Capital.

(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
 Washington, Nov Eth, 1883
 Although it has taken the Peace Con-
 mission, at Paris, more than a month to pe down to the srngin orestion # was formed tose,tle,-jile disposition ol the PhiIjppiues-it would be a cafe wager tha it w.l uot take three weeks more to finish tine business. This may seem rash satpent. in view oithc apparent ..-4-.1>G c. ,.C Commission, ~,,,...>l .... the refusal of the Spanish Commission CTS to agree to surrender the Philippines upon the terms offered by our Commis- sioners Ii that deadlock were real, it would be a rash statement, but it is not There are the hest of reasons for the be- lief that this apparent deadlock is a dummy, trotted ont for effect, and that the Congres campaign being over. and the administration no longer having reason for delaying the negotiation of the treaty, the Commissioners will very speedily agree upon the amount of money that We are to pay Spain, and finish up the treaty. Although the treaty will say that we pay this money to Spain for the Philippines, other will regard it as paid for other purposes, in- asmuch as the Philippines are ours by
 tight of cupture. This idea of the vic toiious nation paying indemnity to the conquered nation, has only one thing to commend it-itls original--but that isn't likely to make popular There will be some sharp talk on this subject in Con- gress, this winter, and it will not all come from democrats, ei' her.
 If Lieut. Hobson. who is still in Wash lngton, has any of the superstition which most persons raised in the south have, he probably regards himself as having been hoodooed He had hardly Iecovered on the knockdown given him by the Navy Department when it refused to allow him to continue his eff forts 10 save the Spanish warships, sunk of santiago, when the news reached Washington that the Maria Teresa, the Spanish cruiser raised under his direc- had taurie eli iu a storm. while ou ;t- way l- -~. -o.n. iuere IS much real regret over the loss of this fine ship, estimated to be worth $2,00O, ,OOO, but there are Naval Officiafs-hIgh ones who regard the loss with complacency, because the vessel would have been constant reminder of Lit ut. Hobson, who has, they think, already received entirely too much glory for his work Hohson can't talk about the way he has been treated, but some of his friends can and do most emphaticaliy.
 The fact that the members of the Fourth Ohio Regiment would get home in time to vote was make apparent by Mr. McKinley's treatment of them The regiment, which was brought all the way from Porto Rico, by special or oCi OA tllC 1 lO SCl lIl6lT NOISS in. was stopped In Washington for the purpose of being given a reception in the White House. The regiment was first reviewed from the White House por,ico, and was then received in the East Room by Mir. Mckinley, who shook hands and exchanged a word or two with every member It is the first time that any President ever accorded such an honor to body of soldiers as large as a regiment, but them, yoh know, Mir. Mckinley regarded their votes as being necessary in Ohio, and hoped that he might catch the democratic members the Col. is democrat-by paying them unusual attentions.
 Belva Lockwood, once a Presidential Cani,dA.e. and for years a sort of law