Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-12-07
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON, December 2, 1885
President Mckinley is confident that
the senate will promptly ratify the
treaty of peace with Spain. The
treaty will be sent to the senate at
the earliest possible moment, but
there are formalities that may DELAY
It's being sent until after the Christ
mas recess. As three Of the Ameri-
can peace commissioners are mem
bers OF the senate committee on
foreign relations, it is expected that
the treaty will be quickly reported to
the senate from that committee, with
the recommendation that it be rati-
fed. The treaty does not involve
the question of a form ofgovernment
for the Philippines, nor does it bind
this government to keeping them per-
manently, therefore Senator Lodge
was correct when he said: Under
the terms OF the agreement those OBJ
posing the ratification of the treaty
must take the uncomfortable posi-.
ton OF opposing treaty Of peace
on the ground that the United States
Is getting too much from SPAIN"
President Mckinley has been assured
by a number Of senators that they
Will vote for the ratification of the
Treaty, although they are not pre-
pared to commit themselves in favor
Of perm anently retaining the Philip
pines. That IS a question there is
plenty OF time to consider; upon
which the president has not yet com
mitted himself, and about which
much more will be known after we
have run the islands under military
government for a time.
Ii congress acts as promptly as it
is expected to do on the bill provid-
ing for an increase of the regular
army to 100000 men, it is not likely
that any of the volunteers will be sent
to Cuba. Nearly every senator and
representative who has come to
Washington has called at the war
department to request that some
regiment OF volunteers be mustered
out because the men while willing to
fight are not willing to remain in the
army to perform garrison duty.
The president is anxious to meet the
wishes of the men, but it cannot be
fully done until congress provides
for the increase in the regular army.
Already orders have been issued to
send about 5000 regulars to Manila,
in order that some Ct the volunteers
may be brought home.
Representative Danford, of Ohio.
is one of the millions who believe in
our ability to meet every response
bility which confronts us, whether it
be assumed from choice or from
sense of duty and humanity. He
said on the subject: "That the Ameri-
can people are competent to own
and manage the territory wrested
from Spain Is In the nature of a self
evident proposition. Mr.. Carnegie is
making more fuss by the expression
of his fears as to our competency
than anybody else, and [ suspect
that if Mr.. Carnegie's doubt were
analysed it would be found that his
anti-expansion views grow out of his
dislike to seeing England, Germany,
France. ct al, admitted to equal
trade privileges with the United
States in the Philippines. If he
could get a shade of advantage for
the sale of his steel products over
these, [ think, he would be as good
an imperialist as any"
This week President and Mrs. Nc.
Klnley were presented by j. D. Robin
son. secretary of the Libby Glass COM
pany, of Toledo, Ohio, with the largest
utglass punch bowl ever made. Mr..
Robinson Is a Democrat, out g.
strong admirer of President McKin-
ley's policy, and his personal friend.
The punch bowl is cut to represent
the stars and stripes, and on the
sides are six shields, each with
thirteen stars to represent the origi-
nal states of the union. Scattered
around the bowl are forty-fve large