The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-27
WASHINGTON T
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Ma,

There is more expectation than war
news in Washington, so far rs the pub.
lie is concerned. That is why the hour.
ly finds believers nc matter how
wild it may be. There is news-im.
pOrtant newS-but il is of contemplate
ed movements rather than of battles
fought and things accomplished; con.
%sequently IL comes under the ban Of
the censorship which has been estab-
lished by the government and is not
allowed to be made public. 1t relates
to the movements of our warships
which are trying to get that Spanish
fleet which is lodging around Cuban
waters cornered where it will he bound
to fight, and there are reasons for ex-
pecting the success of the efforts.
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Talk is again prevalent Of postpon.
ing the invasion of Cuba until fall.
The reasons given are that the rainy
season will begin in Cuba about the
tenth OF June, during which it will be
impossible To carry III an aggressive
campaign, and that it will require scv.
eral months to manufacture the
amount OF ammunition that will be
needed by the army. The fact that
this talk is semi.oilicially encouraged
instead of being rebuked, makes it
probable that it is intended to throw
the Spanish of their guard. 1t is only
the Spaniards who have contended
that militsry operations could not be
carried on in Cuba during the rainy
season; the insurgents have proven to
the contrary by making their most act.
i've campaign during that season.
United States troops may be landed in
Cuba any day. What else are the
troops being hurried south fors
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Speaker Reeds vote in the commit.
tee on rules, of which he is chairman,
will decide whether a special rule shall
be reported to the house for the con-
sideration of the joint resolution for
the annexation of Hawaii, the other
four members Of the committee being
equally divided. Although speaker
Reed is opposed to annexation and will
probably vote against the resolution,
it is expected that in Difference to the
wishes Of his party he will vote for the
rule. II he does, the resolution will be
adopted at once by a large majority.
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President Mckinley must have nc.
ceeded in getting exceptional men in
his cabinet. When everybody else is
engaged in trying by hook or crook to
get a pointer on the plans of the army
and navy, the members Of the cabinet
decided that it would be best To con.
fine such knowledge to the president
and the secretaries of war and the
navy, and in accordance with that de.
cision requested the president not to
discuss intended movements at ,abine,
meetings. The gentlemen who have
thus cut themselves off from oppor
tunities to know everything going on
and TO go on, say they did not do sc
from any lack Of interest, but from
-, fear that they might, if they knew
the plans, in an unguarded moment say
something that would serve as a foun.
datfon for publications that might re
suit in frustrating those plans. A
facetious congressman says the mem,
bers of the cabinet merely advertise
their ignorance of war plans to escape
being questioned by their friends and
families, especially their wives. Though
spoken in Jest there may be some truth
hthat idea.
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Although the senate has devoted
practicable An entire week to the con