Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-04-28

thousands, many of whom are
envious because they too are not
on their way to fight the Span
iards.
In accordance with bill intro
duced by Senator Proctor, board
Eof national defense, to formulate
lplans of coast and harbor defense
and to take such action as shall
secure the greatest uniformity,
efficiency and economy practicable
in the war and navy departments,
is to be created. The secretary
of war and the secretary Of the
navy are to compose this board,
with the president for referee in
case they fail at any time to
agree as to what shall be done.
Congress is up to its neck in
business connected with the sue
cessful prosecution of the war,
and there is general disposition
among senators and representa-
tives to act as though there we're
MO such things as partisan politic
cal parties, until after the war is
fought' to a successful close.
Although there was considerable
personal objection on the part of
many individual senators and
representatives to the admif1is-
tration military bill, even after it
had been amended to meet some
E.of the most pronounced objec-
I'tions, the bill was passed by
congress promptly. The objec-
tious were not to the prineiple
involved in the bill to provide
authority fer the organization of
a Federal volunteer army IN time
of war---but to some of the details
connected with the organization
of the various branches of the
volunteer army. The sinews of
war must be provided, and4p the
house ways aud means committee
will report ia bill to add about
500, 900, GOO a year to our reve-
nues. The question of a bond
issue has not been fully decided,
but the chances are that there
will be one.
Although neither Spain nor
the'U. S. were signers of the
European treaty prohibiting the
issuing of letters of marque and
reprisal to privateers by nations
engaged in war, it has been de-
cided by this government not to
issue such letters and not to
countenance privateering. This
decision, which is a tacit recogn1.
4 41tioh of the European anti-priva.
teering treaty, will probably re-
} suit in preventing Spain from
going into privateerihg to any
, extent, because,s her doing st
would inflict More real damage
upon the commerce of European
: nations than upon that of the U
, S. and that she knows would mo-
: be allowed by the European gov
ernments.
Only six members of the house
brewer, of Ma; Loud, of Cal.
Boutelle, of Maine; Mccall, o.
l Mass, Johnson, ,-of Ind, ane
Gardner, of N. J.--!.yoted againsr
the joint resolution, now a law
which is practically a declaration
| of war. The reasons of all o
I them are substantially the sam,
: ---that the Cuban question coult
: have been settled without war
e Although they voted against wa
: none of these gentlemen viii
4 throw any obstacles in the way o
t lighting the war to a speedy an,
$ successful issue; on the contrary
a they will render all the aid posi-
e b1e.'
b There is no organized effort t
7 push along the idea of a world
! controlling alliance of the Eng
q fish speaking peoples, but th
c idea seems to BEGGING ahea
e with its own momentum, aide
e By circumstances. such as tn
n general tone Of the, English pres
q and recent announcements by tn