The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regnlar correspondent.l

the big DattIe until the reIntOrcements
: which are on the way from Newport News
" and Tampa shall reach him. 1t is very
- positively stated that Gen. Shafter has no
orders from Washington further than to
capture Santiago, the Ways and Means
being left entirely to his discretion, and
Gen Miles, who expects to go to Santiago
in few days, from Tampa, with almost as
, many soldiers as Shafter carried with him,
says he is not going to interfere with
Shafter, who he thinks will have Santiago
before he gets there, but to assume charge
Of the military operations of which Santi-
ago. after its capture, will be made the
base. Skaters victories have cost more
good American lives and blood than the
whole war previously, but that was to be
expected. Miracles like Dewey's victory
are not expected to he duplicated. Men |
90 TO war TO kill and to he killed
The Spanish government should have
the various stories which its censor allows
to be telegraphed from Madrid for BAN
boozlng purposes better edited, The stO-
ries that the Codz Spanish feet had start
ed for Manila to attack Dewey, and that
new ministry was to he formed to ask the
| L. S. for peace, are not even consistent,
not to say anything about their PROBABLE
ity. For that Spanish fleet to get to Man
! liza would take something like five or six
weeks, and it would have TO pass through ,
! the Suez Canal, where IFS movements
! could not be concealed: and just as soon
as this government was informed of its
passage through the canal it could send
swift feet across the Atlantic to give the
coast cities of Spain taste Of the war, :
with the certain knowledge that Spain c
would have no fighting ships to oppose t.
them. The peace talk is thought to have II
been sent with the hope that it might de- y
lay our military operations in Cuba. If
50, a more absurd hope was never INDUCED
in.
Diplomats who know the Spanish char r.
acter well regard the publication in Mad
rid of the statement that the L. 5. had Of
ferc1 Spain terms of peace-Spain to sur o,
render Cuba and Porto Rico outright, and
to cede cOaling stations in the Philippine &C
and Caroline lsands--as an indication
that Spain is paving the way at home to h'
asking for peace OH the best terms she
can get. They say that the rigid govern ~
ment censorship of the press in Spain RI
makes it certain that The statement was
given out by the Spanish Government so
Spain will not get peace On as good terms
as these, as it is certain that she will not IN
be allowed to retain the Philippines under II
my condition.
a few of the Senate antics talk about
keeping up the fight against the resolution
or the annexation of Hawaii for an ndef- III
mite period, but to the old-tmers there
re many signs visible Of the early adj IA ,,'
ournment Of Congress. AS it has become
veil known that the annexation resolu-
ion must he voted upon Y the Senate ~,
efore the House will agree to an adjourn re
lent Of Congress. it naturally follows Th
bat tbe sicns also mint 70 an oor,v voto inc
Y the Senate, possibly during the coming
eek When the vote is taken the resolu- '"u
on will he adopted, and no time will be
'st by the President III formally annex
x Hawaii. He would like very much to Lor
nnOunce the annexation on July 1. Gre
Although some one hundred and fftv GOV
Id members of the House had signed a ]
quest asking that the committee Oh rules don
ould report special order for the con- ""'
deratiOn of the Currency Reform bill, "
hich was reported to the House recently, 90
the present session, the bill will not he A
ted upon. As result of the very lively W ', III
mpus in the committee on Banking
ID Currency, during which some MEM "
10 o""lse" o'"erS win having been skip
llty OF sharp practice in submitting the at b
port which accompanied the bill as hav- Fins
been approven by majority of the :"
the committee ordered the bill -
he withdrawn from the House calendar. r
e bill now stands as though it had new
been heard of, so far as its official sta
is concerned. Should the war end be- 7
e the next regular session of Congress
cts, as everybody hopes it will, and be
tIy near the top of the legislative heap. q
hough until the majority of the Senate q
hanged in sentiment it will only he
ate OF time for the House to pass bill
thing like this one
" some extraordinary hustling on the Oh
Of the Bureau of Engraving and III
nting, which has broken all records in II
'unt OF work turned out in a given time. x
the temporary use of postage stamps q
ONE cases, the embarrassment tnat IT ,
feared from lack of stamps in putting II ,
stamp provisions of the war revenue III
into effect July |, will be avoided. N
An Explanation. X
he reason for the great POPULAR. X
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