Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-10-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular CorTespondent.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 1895

Secretary Long poohpoohs the
story that the battleships Oregon
and Iowa are being held at New
Y ork until it is known whether the
Spanish Peace Commissioners will
refuse to accept our terms of Peace,
in order that they may, in that
event, be available to accompany a
fleet to the Coast of Spain, to do
some more fighting, and says that
the battleships will start during
the present week for Honolulu,
just as they were ordered to do as
soon as they could get ready. AS a
matter of fact, no member of the
administration has the slightest
doubt as to the acceptance of our
terms and the negotiating of a
treaty of Peace by the Peace Com
mission, now sitting at Paris, al
though they expect the Spanish
Commissions to splutter and delay
doing so as long as they consider
it safe to do so. The Spanish Com
missioners are not fools; they can
see the inevitable as well as all the
rest of the world can. The whipped
nation always has to bow before
the conquering nation.
A number Of Washington labor
organizations are openly repudiat-
ing the attempt of certain labor
organizations controlled by Demo-
Gratis, to make it appear, through
misleading publications, that the
organized labor of Washington is
opposed to the reelection to Con-
gress of Representative Babcock,
of Wisconsin. Among the latest
to act was the Eccentric Engineers.
The resolution adopted by this as
sociation arraigned the attack upon
Mr.. Babcock as mean and contemp-
tible and said that it should be de-
nounced by all labor organizations
which believed in justice. 1t clos
ed as follows: Owe have always
found in the Hon. Joseph w.
Babcock, of Wisconsin, a friend
ever ready and willing to advance
every matter presented by the re-
presentatives of this organization
for the best interest of all classes" "
1t is Mr.. Babcock's great success
as Chairman of the Republican
Congressional Committee that has
aroused the Democrats into MAX
ing extraordinary efforts to prevent
his election. He says he is absolu-
tely certain of reelection, and he
never makes predictions on guess
work.
1t is semi-officially announced
that the Executive order exempting
several thousand Federal positions,
which were placed under the civil
service rules by Mr.. Cleveland, for
no better reason than to keep Dem
ocrats in Office, will not be issued,
until after the Congressional cleo
ton. The war prevented the issu-
ing of this order several months
ago, and President Mckinley is
averse to issuing it now, because
he knows that the Democrats would
charge him with doing so for effect
on the Congressional Campaign, if
he did.
The arrangements for President
and Mrs. McKinley's trip to the
Omaha Exposition was sadly inter-
fered with by the killing of Mrs.
McKinley's brother, at Canton,
Ohio. The President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley left Washington Saturday
night to attend the funeral, after
which the President will join the
party and proceed to Omaha, in ac-
cordance with the original pro-
gramme. 1t is probable that Mrs.
Mckinley will remain at Canton,
although she may decide to accom-
pany the President.
Before leaving Washington,
President Mckinley signed an
order authorizing the free admission
to all Cuban ports, in possession of
the L. s. of oxen for work purpo-
ses, animals for breeding and for
food supplies, plows and all agri-
cultural implements, except mach
inery. This order, as yet, applies
to only a few ports, but it will APP
ply to all Cuban ports very shortly,