The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-07-08
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From our regular Correspondent
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From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. G. July 3, 1898.
President Mckinley, his Cabinet,
and Congress as whole are much
pleased, as they have every reason to
be, with the news from Cuba Gener-
al Skaters campaign has been a sue
cess from the moment his army land
ed. Every fight with the Spanish has
resulted in victory for his men, and
each day has seen his army nearer
Santiago. He is free to use his own
judgment as to whether he Will at once
storm the heavy Notifications at San
tiago, defended by an army more nu-
merous than our own, the men of
which being acclimated do not suffer
from the heat as our men do, or wheth
er he will await the arrival of the rein
forcements now on the way to him
from Tampa. If he decides to go
right ahead, news of a big battle may
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ling and wounding of Americans in
the bush fighting that has taken place
between Skaters men and the Span
ish, while, of course, deeply regretted
was no more than what was expected
to accompany fighting on land. The
storming of Santiago, whether at once
or later, is certain to result in the cap
ture of the town, but it is expected to
be bloody work.
If the report from Madrid saying
that a new ministry was at once to be
chosen for the purpose of sueing for
peace was started with the hope or ex-
pectation that it would cause the
slightest cessation in the vigorous pros
ecution af the war by this government,
its originators must have been entire
! ly ignorant OF sentiment on this side
of the Atlantic, and may as we'll pre-
pare for a disappointment. Spain can
get peace by asking for the terms of
of the U. S., and accepting those terms
without the slightest change, and in
no other way. Having taken the
trouble and gone to the expense to
get ready to crush Spain, this govern
ment will not order the slightest de-
lay in the crushing in response to
Spanish trickery.
Senator Hoar, Chairman of the SEN
ate committee on the Judiciary, says
of the compromise Bankruptcy bill.
which is now awaiting President Nc
Kinley's signature to become a law:
"In getting it through we have been
obliged to leave in it some crudities
and imperfections, which must be
remedied by subsequent legislation.
The bill will enable from 10000 to
100000 bankrupts to get on their feet
again. 1t will enable manufacturers
and merchants to get fair division
of their debtors property, and will
prevent great deal of fraud, embez-
Element, and wasteful dealing with
property"
The attention of the would-be mill
| tary critics, who seem to think it as
easy to move an army as it is to trace
lines over map with pencil, is cal
led to the fact that Gen. Skaters ar
my was moved SO rapidly after landing
in Cuba. although the movements
were made in the face of fighting en-
emy, that the supply trains found it
difficult to keep up with the men.
No one will be much surprised should
the opposition to the Senate voting on
the resolution for the annexation OF
Hawaii utterly collapse during the
! present week, as many believe it will.
I he stand of President Mckinley and
more than two-thirds of the House
against any adjournment of Congress
until the Senate has voted it has
shown the opposition, with few except
ions, that filibustering will not help
them, and that as long as vote has
got to be taken before adjournment it
would just as we'll be taken now as
later. Adjournment is likely to speed
lily follow the adoption of the annexa-
tion resolution by the Senate, as all OF
the important business of session has
about been disposed of, and President
Mckinley is conducting the war so
successfully that Congress perfectly
willing to leave its finish in his hands.
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