Morris tribune., 1898-08-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.


with a round turn when they endeav
ored with characteristic Spanish trick
cry to juggle the wording of their &C
ceptance of our terms of peace, and
when they found their game would
not work they accepted the terms just
as they were offered. This ends the
war for the time, although the Span
iards are so tricky that there is no be-
ing sure of permanent peace until af-
ter the treaty of peace has been nego-
tiated aud been ratified by the span
ish cortesi but that concerns us very
little, as the terms of peace provided
for the evacuation of Cuba and Porto
Rico by the Spanish and for the oc-
cupation of Manila and Manila Bay
by our troops at once. With these
points in our possession no action or
failure to act of the Spanish cortes
will affect our interests to the extent
of a row of pins,
Xxx
SECRETARY LONG has taken advan-
tage Of the easy turn the affairs of
the Navy Department have taken to
sperd few days with his wife, who
is in bingham, Mass. 1t is the first
opportunity he has had for a vacation
since the war opened.
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PROMOTIONS .-President Mckinley
has shown tn t he took no stock in
the talk about Commodore Schley be-
ing Disseminated against in favor Of
acting Rear Admiral Sampson by de-
Gliding to make them both Rear Ad-
mirals as recognition of their SER
vices in the war. All the officers who
participated in the destruction of
Cervera's fleet are also to be promot-
ed, Lieut.. Commander wainwright
getting the biggest jump of them all,
to Captaincy.
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CAMPAIGN IssuEs.-The financial
question being regarded as shelved
for the time being, if not permanent
ly, the literature sent out by the Re
publican Congress onal Campaign
Committee this year will deal very
largely with the record of the repub-
lican and democratic parties at the
last session of Congress, and in that
already prepared the speeches of the
Democrats figure largely. Among the
democratic speeches that will be cir
culated in the interests of the sup
porters of the republican policy are
those made by Senators German and
Lindsay, and representative Amos
Cummings, favoring the issuing of
bonds rather than greenbacks, to car
on the war. Senator Morgan's speech
in favor of the annexation of Hawaii
will also be distributed. Another
document prepared by the committee
under the title of Democratic Oppo-
sition to War Measures, quotes the
remarks of several leading democrats
ON second thought, there is grave
doubt of the existence of "leadin g"
demonstrating special prominence
of those of Bailey, of Texas.
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RELIos.-Assistant secretary Cridler
of the Department of state, is the
proud possessor of some interesting
relics of the battle of Manila Bay,
presented to him by Consul Wild
man. Among them are fragments of
a six-inch she'll from one of Dewey's
guns that struck the Spanish com
mandant's house at Cavite and des-
troyed $4,000 worth of property, be-
sides killing five Spaniards, and pee
uliarly constructed Spa nish shells
taken from the arsenal at Cavite.
These shells are about eight inches
long, and one III diameter, and have
a steel bullet around which is band
of brass. The use OF such ammuni-
ton is violation of the rules of civil
lized warfare.
Xxx
The VoLUNTEERs.-Pre Nc
Kinley is personally interesting him
self to Ste that no time is lost in re-
moving all the volunteer soldiers to
healthier locations than where they
have been camped. It is not consid-
cred likely that any of the volunteers
will be mustered out of service until
the treaty of peace between the Unit
ed States and Spain has been negoti-
ated and signed, and it may take
several months to do that Unless