The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-06-21
FROM WASHINGTON
Come the News Direct, of
the Affairs of State.
LOBBYISTS
Get n Scoring In Congress, Strange
to Say.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 20,
1S9S.-If it took three weeks or
more to get Gen. Skaters army
embarked at Tampa, after the men
and the transports were there, how
long will 1t take to land the army
In Cuba after this much conveyed
fleet of transports joins Admiral
SIMPSONS fleet, off Santiago? This
is the conundrum of the hour, and
1t is by no means an easy one to
answer. According to the figuring
of War Department officials, the
army will reach the points chosen
for debarkation about today, and it
ought not to require more than "a
hours to land the troops, but IL the
discrepancy between the time it
ought to take and that actually
taken should be rs great as it was
at Tampa, he is a wise man, indeed
who can tell when this army will
begin operations against Santiago.
Late last week, relying upon his
advices from Washington that the
army had started for Cuba, Admir-
al Sampson captured Guantanamo
Bay, where he will establish navy
supply station, and landed 600 mar
Ines to hold position from which
his shells had driven Spanish troops
and where he hopes to put cable
station. For three days they sue
cessfully maintained an almost
continuous night and day fight with
force of Spaniards outnumbering
them five to one, but there is little
doubt that these marines would
have been to a man killed had they
not been reinforced by a consider
able body of insurgents. Thanks
to the Cuban insurgents, the mar
ines, with the exception of few
who were killed-sOme of the corps.
es being barbarously rnutilated by
the Spaniards--still hold the posi-.
ton they were sent to hold, and
Sampson says can do so until the
army arrives.
Some of his colleagues are dispos.
ed to poke little fun at Senator
"Billy" Mason, of ILL.,, because of the
marked discrepancy between that
portion of his speech to the Illinois
republican state Convention, in
which he said of the conduct OF the
war: ave went out to the world
as good Samaritan, and while
performing the act OF good Sam
aritan l want no larcency on be-
half of my country" and the follow
ing sentence in the platform adopt
ed by the convention: "Resolved,
that the U. s. should hold all of the
possessions it has conquered and
may conquer from SPAIN"
So many members OF the party
favored the annexation of Hawaii
that it was deemed iinadvisable to
have the democratic House caucus
take any more positive action
against annexation than the adopt
ion Of a resolution declaring an
nexation dangerous and unwise
and that IL reverses our traditional
policy and may lead to colonial ag-
grandIzement and intimately to
the destruction OF republican insti-
tutions. The vote upon the resolu-
tion was so to IL, but more than
fifty Of the democratic members of
the House were absent from the
caucus. Upon the vote by which
the House adopted the resolution
for the annexation Of Hawaii l8
democrats voted aye and rs no,
while number were purposaly alb
sent. The total vote was 2l0 to so.
Representative Vincent, of Kan
sas, Is so much like Senator Sulli
van, who succeeded the late Sem
ator George, OF Miss, that the two
men are constantly being taken for
each other, ~
The Senate this week adopted
without division the resolution
offered by Senator Lodge, instruct
ing the committee on Claims TO In
vestigate the statement that a lob
byist had received SO per cent Of
the amount recently appropriated
by Congress to pay q war CHAIN Of