The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-24
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., Ju

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The wal ne " is rapidly approaching
the fighting n 1t is o Known
that General Skaters army has AZ.
rived at its point of debarkation and
that nearly all of the men have been
landed in Cuba, and are getting ready
to open the fighting campaign on land,
and it is believed that the first expe.
dition to the Philippines has arrived at
Notwithstanding to the program it is
due there today. Unless the Spaniards
put up a much stouter resistance than
is expected, Gen. Shafter is likely to be
in possession of Santiago before the
clos, Of the present week. 1t is prob.
able that il our troops have arrived at
Manila, they will, with the assis lance
Of Dewey's iieet, go ahead and take
that city without waiting for the ar
rival of the rest Of the troops. Gen.
Merritt will leave San Francisco at
once with the third and last expedition
tor the present. 1t is understood in
Washington that as o as our troops
are ia possession Of Manila, President
Mckinley will issue a proclamation an.
~nOuncing the military occupation Of
Philippine islands and declaring them
to be under the control of the United
States. Members Of the cabinet take
no stock in the European reports o II
Meeting Germany with a scheme to oh.
tain possession Of the Philippines, eth.
er through purchase or by force, and
IL is an open secret that the Germans
would have to fight il they tried to in
~terfcre in any way owe there, further
than may be permitted by Admiral
Dewey for the protection Of the inter.
ests of German citizens.
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The report that a Spanish fleet had
sailed from Cadiz for Cuba is treated
lightly by the administration because
ii is not thought that Spain would be-
apt to do anything that would please
us 50 much rs would the
sending of its last llect where we could
get a whack At H..
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Labor leaders representing II cen
stituency of more thar coo, 900 hay
been wrestling with the senate com
mittcc on education and labor to over,
turn the arguments presented by ship
builders aud others against the t
eight hour bill, which has been passed
by the house, and to secure u favorabi,
report on the blll from the committee
The labor men called attention 20 tn,
failure of the corporations to say {
word against the bill, which merely
makes the present eight hour law OPP
erative, when it was before the house
also to the fact that the bill would no
interfere with or hamper government
war contracts, because it expressly eX
empts from its operation military anl
naval work in times Of war. In an
swer to the argument that with thei
men only working eight hours Il day
~forty.eight hours n week-Americal
shipbuilders could not compete will
Europeans, it was shown that the me
in the shipyards on the Clyde, wher
more ships are built than in any Oh
country, only work fifty hours \ week
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The fight for the annexation q
Hawaii is regarded AS having been VII
tually won when the joint resolution
was adopted by Il more than twO-third
vote in the house, although the mi
noriry in the senate is known to inten'
TO put up heir best fight in the conteS
which opened up To-Day in that body
But the opposition fights under diff
culties that make it practically impos
sible for them to win. They have go
to do all the speech making, whic|