The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-04-22

| OARS, MS may De preferred. HIS is an
ticipatory, as this government has the
right, under the treaty, TO defer tie
| payment until six months after the
i date OF the exchange of copies of the
| treaty.
! Senator Hanna denies most positive
! ly the report that he came East from
Ihomasviile for the purpose of calling
a meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Republican National Committee,
and add that he sees no necessity, at
this time, for a meeting of the Execut-
i've Committee TO consider preliminar-
les for the Presidential Campaign. AS
there will be plenty OF time to look af-
ter those matters later.
Secretary Alger, who has Just return
ed to Washington, and resumed his
duties, after a tour of Cuba and Porto
Rico, for the purpose of making per
sOnal inspection of our Military Gov
eminent on those islands, said: Il re-
turn to Washington with renewed faith
All that | had eyer imagined has been
more than realized. Under no circum-
stances would | now consent to the
surrender OF Porto Rico. which is now
our territory, nor would | place the
| slightest check upon the great work
! which is being done for Cuba. The duty
| we have taken upon ourselves, of hold
ing Cuba i'll trust for civilization, is a
noble one. Every cent of money, ey-
cry hour of time, which We are cx-
| pending, is being wisely invested The
army officers have entered upon their
work with earnestness and industry,
and the good results of their labors are
already apparent" The Secretary also
stated, for the second or third time,
| that he had no intention of resIgning.
The only reason why the instructions
given the United States commissioners
to the Cars disarmament conference
have not been made public is that it
| would not be proper 10 state the official
attitude of this government on the
matters to be considered at the confer
ence in advance of its meeting. There
are reasons for the belief that arbitra-
ton fills a large part in the instructions.
1t Is not likely that any official notice
| will be taken of the demand of Gov.
| Lee, of South Dakota, that the volur-
| teers from that state, now in the Phil
| ippines, should be at once mustered
out of service and sent home, because
notice is not considered necessary. The
| W hole m of mr. ~ tha ,-t1-
unteers in the Philippines was placed
at the discretion of Gen. Otis, weeks
| ayo-Aarch Ii, to be exact-no positive
+ order being issued to him by the War
Department except that whatever the
exigency, no Individual who had good
reason for wishing his discharge, should
be kept in the service. Had he car, d
to have information on the subject, be-
fore writing demand which struck
most men as being silly, to the Presi-
dent, Gov. Lee could easily have ascer
tanned that no volunteer in the Philip
pines, from South Dakota or any other
state is being kept in service against his
will. But he wanted the notoriety he
/
! President, or rather by signing a letter
believed to have been prepared by
Senator Pettigrew, with the hope that
1t would be embarrassing to President
Mckinley;a hope that was not realized.
Mr.. X. :. Person, of South Dakota, who
is temporarily residing in Washington,
said of this letter: The sentiment of
| the people of South Dakota is not voic-
ed, and President Mckinley may rest
assured that it is simply another case
of hearing from Senator Petti.rew.
The alleged demand from the Governor
does not represent the sentiment of the
patriotic people of South Dakota, any
more than Governor Lee represents
! the intelligent citizenship Oi that state"
| Mr.. G. c. Donovan, Of Santa Rosa,
! California, who is visiting Washing on,
| said: The most popular man i'll Cal
| forr ia is President Mckinley. ! voted
| for BRYAN i'll 1896, but next year | hope
| to cast a vote for tine present occupant
| # the White House. | have lots of
lem ocratic friends who are az anxious
to reverse their votes as | am. We
think Mckinley has conducted himself
through all the trying war times as
statesman and patriot, and the Coast is
pretty nearly solid for him.