Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-21
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Many letters and kilograms are being
received by Senators and members OF
Congress irquirihg when the bodies OF the
dead soldiers who lost their lives in battle
In Cuba, or as the result of disease, will
be sent to their late homes. It is the
intention OF the War Department to bring
home the body of every American soldier;
including those who died of yellow fever
and other contagious diseases. Hermet-
ically sealed caskets are being contracted
for and sent TO Cuba as rapidly as posi-
Bile, but the bodies will not be disinterred
until some time in February, when 1t Is
considered they can be brought here with
perfect safety. The bodies of the soldiers
having relatives will be turned over TO
them, but In instances where there are
rome the body will be inferred Mt Airing
ton, the national Cemetery, a few miles
west OF Washington, and the graves will
be appropriately marked.
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The Morgan bill for the construction of
the Nicaragua canal is measure which
will be pushed through Congress this SEES
sion if Il can be done. 1t provides for
SloO,0U00Q backing for the enterprise.
This amount viii be paid for the stock of
A canal company, the subscription being
taken at par. The Government viii re-
tain S70,OO0,000 of the stock, the remain
der being distributed to the Central Amer
lean governments and to the Martins
Canal Company to reimburse it for money
1t has actually expended. for prosecution
OF work on the canal. The Government
Will, therefore, be the controlling stock
holder in the corporation 1t will escape
the technical responsibility of direct con-
struetion, while the terms of the conces-
sion, which stipulate that its right and
privileges shall not be transferred to a
government or nation, will not be vio-
lated.
The funeral of Gen. Garcia was an i'm
posing pageant. Among the participants
were high officers of the Government,
both civil and military, and the minister
ing clergymen were eminent prelates of
the Catholic Church, Archbishop ireland,
BISHOP OGormap of the diocese of Da-
kota and others. The President was rep
resented ~ the funeral Mrs. Mckinley
sent foral tribute; military escort was
provided by the Secretary of War, and
every possible evidence of respect and
demonstration of honor was made by the
United States to the hero of the Cuban
revolution. The remains will be sent to
Cuba on man-of-war, with full military
honors, to impress the Cubans and the
Spahiards with the respect and confidence
which the United States Government felt
for Gen. Garcia.
There Is unQuestioned division of opin-
on among Republicans as to the advisa-
bility of acquiring the Philippines, and
while there Is Democratic support to the
proposition, the great mass of Democrats
and Populists can be classed with the OBJ
position. Some Republicans who are not
openly against that feature of the treaty,
and who will vote for the ratification of
any treaty which may be submitted,
would have been nightly pleased IL
events had taken such shape that the
United States could have kept out of the
orient II the discussion of the treaty
should develop the fact that the opposi-
ton is sufficiently strong to prevent ratif-
cation at the short session a vote will be
STAYED off and the matter be brought up
after the 4th of March.
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IT there Is any one question which is
asked more than any other in Washington
it is, What hour does the legislative day
Of March endY' This question is pro-
pounded because the life of Congress ex-
pires at that hour once every two years.
That question was settled forty-seyen
years ago. and this was the way It hap
pened March g. 1851, at midnight. Sem
ator Mr. son of Virginia, whose term ex-
PRED tt at day and whose credentials for
another term were on file, asked to have
the oath administered to him, upon the
ground that his right to sit under his old
credentials expired at that hour. The
Senate refused to allow his request and by
resolution declared that the Sc ,sion did
not expire until IL o'clock meridian the
4th.
The Vice-President says he Is a direct
gamer financially by the late war and the
reason he gives is a decidedly novel one.
From his coming to Washington up to the
outbreak of the war an average of 100
babies a month were named after him. or
at least their fond parents so informed
him by letter. In this particular direction
his value has fallen off considerably, for
the youngsters nowadays whose parents
want to start them off under the halo OF
somebody else's name are christened
Dewey, Schley, Roosevelt, Hobson and all
the rest of the recent heroes of land and
sea. -
The President left Wednesday after
noon for journey of seven days through
the South, intending to visit Atlanta, Au-
gusta, Savannah, Macon, Montgomery
and spend day with Booker Washing
ton at the industrial school for colored
people at Tuskegee, Ala This is the first
journey the President has made through
the South since the winter of 1895, before
the nominating convention.
A little girl who had TO leave the Senate
gallery the other day cried bitterly. AZ
ter the big doors were closed the guardian
of the star-chamber secrets asked her
why she was so opposed to leaving. BE
cause" she stammered between sobs, ''be-
cause Christmas is coming and Santa
Claus was in there, and l wanted him to
see me-" She had been looking at Sen
ator Stewart of Nevada.
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Veterans of the civil war enter COM
plant that the army bill which Is being
framed in the House discriminates
against them. They grumble loudest at
the age limitations fixed in the bill and
grow indignant when they talk about the
disposition on the part of the rew genera
ton of Congressman to crowd the old be-
roes into the background to make way
for younger men.
Senator Proctor introduced a resolution
providing for the appointment of a select
committee, to consist of five Senators,
which will visit the West Indies OF the
expense of the Government to inquire into
the military requirements, and another
junketing party Is in prospect which will
In all probability spend the winter months
In Cuba and Porto Rico.
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Washington is suffering from perfect
riot of newspaper taking. More canards
have been sprung under Washington date
lines on the press of the country during
the last six or eight months than In any
time for many years. The practice Is not
confined alone to the yellow journals.
Staid and respectable newspapers have
caught the infection.
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The most appropriate way to celebrate
tha cani+aI centennial would no IN aract q