Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-06-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

too many orders from Washington are
seriously hampering and delaying our
naval success in Cuban waters. The
Spanish fleet would have been located
several days earlier than it WAS had there
been no orders irom Washington. 1t was
an order ircm Washington that sent Adj
miral SAMPSON 10 take command OF the
blockaiing squadron of Santiago dc
Cuba. after Commodore Schley had run
the game down ami VAS preparing to
ba. it. This may ne: affect the fighting
o. the squadron. hi, i, certainly viii not
increase its efficiency. Without pretend.
ing to say which ii he TWO men is the
hes, 10 tx in command. anyone can see
tina, Justice World have allowed >ch,e,,
vino i in rtall'y >Amp>on'> senior office
they are both commodo,es. >chley the
senior. bn: SAMPSON vas made acting
admiral when The war hesau-.o have an
opportunity % carry OIL, hi. plans and ge,
all the glory lie could eut OF capturing or
destroyin. the spanish fleet. Sampson
was ordered from WASHINGTON not to al,
tack until the army, whic't ought TO be
there by this time. was landed to assist
IN t,kin, Santiago. II was this order
that causei sampson to blockade the en-
trance TO the harbor, and thereby bring
about one II the most heroic deeds Of the
war-the sinkia. oi the L. :. collier
Merrimac in the channel ut the harbor
entrance 10y Il volunteer crew under Lieut..
Hobson. Ii he couldn't 90 in after the
Spanish feet, lie wanted to make sure
sure that the Spanish fleet couldn't get
ont ii one OF the sudden storms, frequent
at this season in those waters. should
COMPEL a Temporary withdrawal IT his
ships. Lieut.. llobson and his brave
crew whose daring deed is unsurpassed
in nava, history, were al captured, but
steps are being taken to bring about their
immediate exchange foc Spanish prison
ers held by this government. Ii the or
ders from Washington are not for a pacific
seige, Gen. >haiter and his army and
Admiral Sampson and his squadron ought
to be in poss .ssion OF the Spanish fl et =,
or SO much oil it as is all at after the as
sault, and vi Santiago before this week is
ended. They cannot, OF course, act con-
trary to their orders. 1t j. about time
for Secretary Long to repeat that fairy
tale about Sampson an Schley not being
hampered by orders from Washington.
Senator Morgan. OF Ala, INDUCED in
. some very plain talk, just after the senate
had by vote OF - TO 81 decided to put
the clause for The Issue Of bonds and Ger
tificates OF in ebtedness back in the war
revenue bill in place of the clause for the
issue OF greenbac&s, which was put in the
bill by the senate finance committee. He
declared that tine national bank combina-
ton, which he believed to be far stronger
in the matter OF controlling the destiny
OF the country than the 10000 soldiers
nov in the ii Id f)r the L. :, wa, behind
the conspiracy to force bond issue upon
the people, and tina, n government has
ever been ridd m by such an incubu, as
this, and no government ons!t to yield
to such an imp )siti)n. No surprise was
caused by the vote in the senate, rs it
had been foregone conclusion I. ON the
first. The democrats who voted for bond,
were, Gallery, Faulkner, German, Gray,
Iindsa", Mitchell and Murphy The
silver RIP ID i,ani vo.ei soijlv against
bon Is; also the rop.li.ts.
The bill t. permit volunteer soldier, in
the iiel to vote a. confessional elections
wherever they are stationed, has been
favorably rep rte to the house from the
elections committee. The report says :
"Ihe justice an propriety Of permitting
our citizen soldiers in the field to exercise
their civil rights as voters during their
military service will b, conceded by all.
Our policy "a nltion has been to call Oh
citizen 10 perform Guty as soldier at
any time when his services may be need
ed. To deny him the right to vote while
performing such duty would deprive many
OF the best OF our citizens Of all participa.
ton in civil government"
Senator Wolcott lost his temper and
said number of things that might better
have been left unsaid, just because Sena.
tor Allen remarked that the money spent
by the bimetallic commission in going to
Europe was usclessly squandered-an
opinion held by nearly everybody in
Washington. Senator Allen replied with
out using language as open to criticism
as Mr.. Wolcott's, closing thusly: "While
do not have the collegiate education of
this most distinguished star from Colo
RADIO, | have respect enough to refrain
from epi:hets. Now, sir, have said
nothing to offend that gentleman, and l
have no apologies to make to him.
Car Reed decided to eat that humble
pie as privately as possible. In order to
avoid caucus action that everybody would
recognize as a slap in his face, he has
promised to allow the house to vote upon
the resolution for the annexation Of la
wall during the present week. 1t has
been limited, however, that this conces-