Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-06-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.


army met with any mishap ON ac-
count of being moved before every
thing was ready, and that the delay
has been necessary and unavoidable
President Mckinley is taking mat
ters as coolly as the boiling spell of
weather now upon Washington will
allow him. He knows that no time
has been wasted, and that none will
be; that Shafter's army is out for
business, and that results are going
to follow its landing in Cuba. The
administration is not to blame be-
cause newspaper men who were not
informed of the real causes of the
delay printed their guesses, that the
troops we're held back because of
rumors of the presence of an al
legged new and dangerous Spanish
fleet in Cuban waters, etc, as facts
censorship of news relating to inn
portant movements would be use
less if the Government contradicted
all the rumors started. Admiral
Sampson has landed force OF ma
rines in Cuba, at Guantanamo har.
Dor, which will be held as base of
naval supplies
Generals Coppinger and Lee, who
are to command the army that is
going to Porto Pico, have been sent
orders to get their command INTO
condition for embarking at the ear
liest possible moment, which is tax
en- to mean that the movement up
on Porto Rico is not to be post
poned until the movement against
Santiago is successful, but is to go
ahead independently as soon as
ready. Secretary Alger says that
in ten days time every man in tie
army will be fully equipped for war.
The Navy Department has pub
lished Admiral SIMPSONS official +, -
port of Lieut. Hobsons daring fea
the sinking of the Merrimac-and
it is just as enthuiastic as were the
newspaper descriptions and is cal
culated to make every American
proud to he citizen of the country
that produces such men.
Senator Butler, of n. c., chair
man of the populist National Com
ittee, formally read Senator Kyle
out of the populist party because he
voted for the war revenue bill. The
reading out process did not appear to
worry Senator Kyle, who stated that
he was responsible to his conscience
and his constituents, and not to But.
Ter, for his official actions. Mr.
Kyle disposed of some them as
Intentional and malicious false
hoods"
The House is now engaged in de-
batting the Hawaiian annexation
resolution under an agreement tc
vote upon it Wednesday afternoon
Its adoption by more than two
thirds vote is certain. Speaker
Reeds course since this matter has
been under discussion has been
greatly misrepresented. He is per-
sonally opposed to annexation, but
his prompt decision when a point of
order was raised against Gen. Gros-
venor's motion "to proceed to pub
lie business made in the House
for the first time in fifteen years.
in favor of Gen. NGrosvener, know
ing that the motion was made to
get the annexation resolution be-
fore the House, was proof enough
of the falsity of the stories about
his resorting to all sorts of parlia-
mentary tactics to prevent the
House getting an opportunity to
vote on annexation. Two weeks
ago Speaker Reed stated his posi-.
tion to Chairman Hit and other
members of the Committee on For.
eign Affairs when they went to him
for special rule from the Com
mittee on Rules. He said to them 4:
my advice personally is to post
pone consideration of this question
until next session. frequently
think am wiser than the Repub-
lican party, while as often the Re-
publican party is wiser than 1 am.
You gentlemen must take the con-
sequences. The only trouble with
the Speaker in this case is that his
Judgment is against that of 95 per
cent. of the Republican party and
probably majority of all other par
ties.
There is no buncOmb about Presi-
dent McKinley's good will towards
the ex-Confederates, or he never
would have nominated 7. L. Rosser.
Of Va, to be a brigadier general.
Rosser got a lot Of notoriety several
years ago by making a crack brain
ed speech announcing himself to be
an unreeonstructed rebel, etc. Pres
ident Mckinley only remembered
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