Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-08-18
wAsEINGTo.N LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

very liberal terms Of peace offered
BY this government without re-
sorting to its customary skuldug-
gerry, by attempting to attach
conditions that would have COM
plicated the work of negotiating
the treaty of peace. 1t is need :
less to say that the attempt was
a failure; the terms of peace were
not hurriedly made, and were not
made to be changed. Spain ac-
ceptcd them, without conditions,
fast enough when informed that
they would be withdrawn if not
accepted at once. 1t is only fair
to say that M. Cambon, the
French ambassador, who has act
ed as Spain's representative in
Washington through all the nego-
tiations, has taken no part in any
attempt at double dealing, and
there are reasons for believing
that he tried unsuccessfully to
persuade the Spanish ministry
not to try it on.
In deciding. to make both Samp-
son and Schley rear adnlirals, the
president has not ended the con-
troversy between the friends of
the two officers. On the contrary,
he has added to it, by making
Sampson the ranking rear adlni-
raj, an honor which Schley's
friends think should haye been
his.
u. S. Consul Frank w. Mahin,
III a report from Richenberg, Aus
tria, says Of the Austrians use of
potato flour: This article is a
novelty to the average American.
It is used as an ingredient IN
many lines Of bakery and confec-
tionary work where we employ
wheat flour; and as corn starch is
unknown here, potato flour serves
in cases where the former would
be nsed in the United States.
Potato flour makes beautiful
white and light cake, and IS bet
ter than corn starch IN lines
where this would be used, because
Of the absence of the peculiar
taste" Potato flour sells for
S1.50 d hundred pounds less than
wheat flour, and for less than
corn starch could be sold in Aus
tria after paying freight and duty.
About the most disgusted men
who have been in Washington
since it was known that the fight
ing was all over are several merl-
bers of the companies of Rough
Riders which were left at Tampa
when their companions went to
Santiago. These men enlisted
solely because they were assured
that they would be sent where
fighting. was going on and kept
there. The Tampa contingent
has gone to Montauk to unite
with the companies that have re-
turned from Santiago. How these
men who remained in Florida
feel about it may be judged by
these remarks made by one Of
them who stopped over III WASH
ing ton a day: !" All we have to
regret is our inability to get to
the front. TO my dying day the
recollection Of that disappoil1t-
n1ent Will rankle, and there are
hundreds who feel the Same way.
We do not blame anybody in par
ticular. twas just our hard luck.
We have been told that we can go
down to Cuba with the army Of
occupation, but there is no solace
in that. Some Of us have given
up positions paying as high as
5000 a year, and we went from
motives of patriotism. We went
to fight, but fate was against us,
and now we will go back as quick
as we can to our paiyate business.
Excuse us from The army ofoccu-
patton. Few Of the volunteers
will willingly go with that army.
Nothing is more indicative of
the weakness OF political partsan-
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