Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-09-29

Col. J. A. Sexton, of H.; Capt. e.
P. Howell, of Ga. Maj. Gen. j. NJ.
Wilson, L. S. A.; Hon. Chas. A.
DENLY, of Ind; Ex-Governor L.
A. Woodbury., of VT; Ex-Gov. j.
A. Beaver, of Pa. Gen. A. ID. Nc
Cook, of n. Y, and DR.. p. S.
Conner, of Ohio. 1t has not yet
been decided whether the commits
sion will do all of it's work in
Washington, summoning such
Witnesses as may be able to give
information, or will later visit
some of the camps. There is work
enough to keep them in Washing
ton for awhile, anyway. Daily
sessions will be held, and work
pushed to a conclusion as rapidly
as possible.
Hon. Binger Hermann, Com
missioner of the L. S. Land Office,
who represented an Oregon Dis
trict in the House for twelve years,
thinks the Republican gains in the
extreme West, this Fall, will sur
prise those who accept the apathy
in Maine and Vermont, which re-
suited in a large stay-at-home vote,
and a consequent reduction of Re-
publican majorities, as representing
the general condition of the Re-
publican party. Mr.. Hermann has
recently returned from an extensive
trip through the West, and his
knowledge of the people and con-
ditions in that section, make his
judgement trustworthy, He said:
"This country has fought with
brilliant success, a great war since
President McKinley's election.
The West, fired with enthusiasm
over our territorial acquisitions in
the Pacific, and enjoying an era of
great crops and plentiful money
supply, will be heard from en-
phatically in November. l think
the casting up of votes out there
will be a surprise to nearly every
body"
The conference of Gov. Holcomb
and Col. Bryan, at Washington,
has added to the belief of Republi-
cans that Nebraska is coming back
into the Republican fold this year.
The following from Mr.. f. f.
Meperhoff, is a fair sample of the
talk of Nebraska Republicans seen
in Washington: "There is a very
decided decline in the free silver
sentiment in Nebraska, and / do
not think the State could be carried
again on that issue. Mr.. Bryan,
too, | think, lacks great deal of
his former popularity, and many
men who voted for him in '96,
would not support him if he should
again head the Democratic ticket" "
1t is believed that Gov. Holcomb
told Col. Bryan that he feared the
Republicans would carry the State,
and that if they did, his chances
for again heading the Democratic
Presidential ticket would not be
very promising.
Nothing more than amusement
is felt in Washington about the
story that Aguinaldo, the head of
the Philippine insurgents intends
to drive Our army out of the Philip
pines and turn the islands over to
Germany. Admiral Dewey and
Gen. Otis are not men to be driven
out by any country's soldiers, and
the idea of being driven by the
rabble which composes the insur-
gent army is too ridiculous to be
entertained for a moment, and
that Germany has any idea of
openly assisting the insurgents in
any movement against the Ameri-
cans is not at all probable.
Nothing official has been given
out ON the subject, but ii is known
that the request Of the Spanish
Military Commissioners to make a
six months job Of eyacuating Cuba
has been very positively refused.
The Spaniards have been cour-
teously, but firmly told that the
evacuation OF Cuba must begin not
later than October, and must be
completed before the end of Dec
ember.
Capt. r. W. Austin, L. S. Mar
shall for the Eastern District Of
Tennessee, now in Washington,
said of public sentiment in his
State: "The most popular man
with Tennesseeans is President
Mckinley, whose course in the war
won for him the appreciation of
men Of all parties. The idea of
retaining every acre OF conquered
territory is favored in our State.
The opening up OF Cuba and Porto
Rico will be of immense advantage
to the South, for it will give us d
splendid market for our coal and
iron, flour and other products. To
a man we are in favor of building