The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-06-28
From Washington.

caution, hesitation and delay! The
fears of uelay in landing Gen.Shaf-
ter's army after IL reached Admiral
SIMPSONS fleet were all realized.
The army arrived off Santiago on
schedule time, last Monday, hut it
was two days later before Its ad-
vance guard was landed, presum-
ably because of the wild stories
stating that the Spanish garrison
at Santiago consisted of 10000 men |;
and it is unofiicially understood
that Santiago is not to be attacked
until the reinforcements which
have been rushed from Camp Alger
aboard of the auxiliary cruisers
Harvard and Yale, at Newport
News, shall have joined Gen. Shaf-
ter. 1t looks as though that cable
station at Guantanamo Bay, which
put the administration In COM
rnunication with Shafter and Samp.
son, was reopened few days too
soon. Perhaps il there had been no
orders from Washington there
would have been less delay. 1t is
now stated, unofficially, of course,
that the movement against Porto
Rico has been suspended until the
Santiago campaign is oyer and that
the whole available army may be
sent to help Shafter take Santiago.
Caution is a good thing, in modera-
tion, but overcaution in the con-
duct of war is about the worst
policy that could be adopted.
Representative Carmack, OF
Tenn, doesn't fancy the talk of an
alliance with England, and doesn't
believe that the people do; conse-
quently he has offered a resolution
declaring that this country looks
with disfavor on every suggestion
of an alliance with any European
power.
Among the volunteer brigadiers
nominated this week was the no.
torious Adelbert Ames, whose Ca
reer as carpet-bag Senator from
Miss. and as governor of that state
both under the military regime
and during the short time that il
was under negro domination, must
be we'll remembered in that state
His home was in Mass, before he
became carpet-bagger, and he has
resided in that state since the re.
spectacle people of Mississippi
virtually drove him out of their
state, He is a sor-in-law of the
late BENJAMIN F. Butler, and was
educa ted at West Point.
A prominent citizen of Minneso
ia, now in Washington. says of the
political situation in that state
ga thorough fusion has been effect.
ed between the silver republicans,
the democrats, and the populists
and they expect to elect John LIND
governor. The republican machine
which is run by men who are in Of
fec only for what there is in it,, il
offensive to thousands of good citi
zens who will help to throw out az
! corrupt clique as ever disgraceC
state. "Every candidate of the
fusion ticket IS able, clean, anC
popular"
The debate on the resolution fol
the annexation of Hawaii has no
reached the fllibustering stage il
f the Senate, and it may not. Som,
! of the an.i-annexationists have sait
that they did not see what goot
flibustering would do, and that af
, ter they had stated their objection
, they would not oppose taking {
vote. The fact that many demo
Gratis, regardless of their opinion o
. annexation, think it would be ,
good thing for Congress to remain
in session while the war is goin,
on, may play more important par
in postponing vote on annexation
than is now apparent. 1t is wei
known that the republican pro
gram is to hurry adjournment afte
the annexation resolution has beel
adopted by the Senate.
Jerry Simpson managed to pou
a hot broadside into Representa-
tive GrosvenOr for his misrepre
sentation of the democrats, the sill
. yer republicans, and the populist
in his speech to the Ohio republi
can convention, in which he charg
ed nine out of every ten OF then
with having voted against ever,
appropriation for the conduct of tn,
war, except the first one for $50,
100000, before he was shut off on
point of order. Jerry said afte
reading that portion of Grosvenor'
speech containingthe charge: eth
assertion as regards the vote O
members on this side is false