The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular Oorresp ondent.l

WASHINGTON. d. O.. July 8, 1893
President Mckinley is too we'll pleased
with the news OF the week to allow him
self to be worried by the resolution which
has been introduced in the Senate by
Mr.. Pettigrew and in the House by Mr.
Berry, of KY, to give Commodore Schley
the thanks of Congress and all the cred.
1t for the capture OF Admiral Cervera
and the destruction of his entire fl let
He knows that the motive behind this
resolution is not a desire to honor Schley,
but one to emharaes the administration
and to create jealousy and enmity he
tween two able and gallant naval off
cers-Admiral Sampson and Commo-
dore Schley-and their friends. This
sort of firing in the rear of the admins
tration is not creditable to those engaged
in it. The same crowd that is engaged
in this work has been trying to arouse
antagonism between the War and Navy
Departments and the army and navy
ever since the war began, by exagger-
ating every little friction that has oc-
Cured between the representatives of
the two branches of the service The
real object of this SORT of nshwacking is
politics, and very dirty politics, too.
War is being conducted entirely to sue.
cessfuly to please tn ener,ies Of the
Republican party. This particular res
olution will slumber in the Naval COM
mittees of the senste and House until
President Mckinley has made his rec
concentrations, " which has been received;
then, a resolution giving proper credit
to every nava, officer concerned therein
will be reported and adopted.
Gen. Shafter has the entire matter in
his own hands. He can complete the
capture of Santiago at once, or await the
arrival of the heavy reinforcements that
will reach him next week before again
forcing the fighting Inasmuch as the
principal object of the campaign against
Santiago-the destruction of Cervera's
fieet-has been accomplished, and that
the Spaniards have been heavily rein
forced, Wax Department officials are OF
the opinion that Gen Shafter will wait
for reinforcements rather than to take
that would probably follow taking the
town by storm with his present force
Another reason for delaying the assault
is the probability that the Spanards
! am nrranIar rho
sion OF the bGmbardment of the heavy
guns of Skaters army aud Simpsons
fleet. President Mckinley has absolute
confidence in the ability and discrs-
SOL, and is leaving them entirely free to
act as they may deem best under the
circumstances.
The success of Gen. Shafter in ex
men was received with delight by ever, :
body in Washington, from the President
down the humblest citizen. The freedom
Of these gallant Americans removes one
OF the principal anxieties that was felt
about the bombardment of Santiago
There is now no danger of their being
injured by American shells.
The campaign against Santiago has
military men that the Cuban insurgents
will pay very small part in the fighting
against Spain; their fort seems to be
bushwhacking, not open fighting.
The Senate has at last adopted the
resolution for the annexation of Hawaii,
which President Mckinley signed at
once. The sentiment of the country
was too near unanimous for the opposi,
ton. As it is, the prediction is freely
made that more than one Senator has
signed his political death warrant by
voting against the resolution. Congress
will adjourn at once.
If, as it now seems likely, Admiral
Camarais really going to the Philippines
with his feet, he is merely carrying it to
certain destruction. He may be able to
get to the Philippines and avoid Admiral
Dewey's feet for q time, but feet of
our fastest and best waiships is going to
be sent out for the express purpose of
running his feet down and destroying
it, and between this feet and Dewey's,
Camara will have no possible chance to
escape the same fate that met Cervera's
fleet-utter destruction.
The departure OF all but two of the
German warships which have been in
Manila Bay for some time 10 naturally
regarded by President Mckinley as con
firmatory OF the several statements msds
by the German government to our own
that the German warships were onl,
there 70 afford protection 70 the German