The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-17
How the Administration Has
Deceived the People and
Volunteer Soldiers.

now uofs for duty. when il knew that
another thing vas to be done. It has
| told the country that Gen. Otis had
| been ordered 60 send the volunteers
home a. fest as transportation eould be
secured for them. when Otis had really
bsen instructed to keep the volunteers
Is long as he needed them aud could
make them sppear TO stay willingly.
This has been suspected for some time.
but wtsa two transports left Manila for
San Francisco last week, With only
sick and wounded men aboard, and two
more With no soldiers aboard, it became
. certainty. II is now privately sc.
kaowledged by members Of the admin.
istratioo that it had, from the frst,
been the intention of Otis to keep the
volunteers until the Filipinos surrender.
ed, and that the bluff about bringing
them home as fast as vessels could be
made availsbis was shrown out because
It was thought that the surrender would
oceur before there would be any
opportunity to send them home. A
Government of the people can never
add to it's strength or popularity by
deceiviug the people. Every such
deception is az impugnment of the peo-
pie.
The disappointment felt ia admins.
trstion circles over the failure of the
expected surrender Of Aguinaldo to
msterialize is 80 acute chat it cannot be
hidden, and officials wbo have been so
GLIB for several weeks rast, in predict.
ing the speedy finish Of Aguinsldo.
cannot now be cosxed to talk about the
I probabilities over there at all.
Mr.. Mckinley still holds to his
policy Of. rewarding the gold democrats
for making bin President. The 6rss
census plum given to Ohio was the
appointment Of Gen. Americus Y.
| laiee. by direct order of Mr.. Mckinley,
10 be purchasing sgeu: of the Census
Bureau.
Hon. E L Russell, President of the
Mobile aud Ohio Railroad. who is visit.
ing Washington. thinks the chances for
the promotion Of Hon. john N. Allen
c.Pr;vase john Allen of Tspelo'')
from the Houss to the Senate are
excellent, snd he has circulated among
the people Of Missippi sufficiently to be
well posted. He said 1.-The people
of his state spprecia.ing MIR. Aliens
tDeri. and long and useful career 10 the
House, mean to promote hin, and 10 80
doing. they will honor themselves"
Admiral Schley has accepted an
invitation from ex-senator Manderson
to pay him visit, at his Nebraska
home, and will leave for the west .s
ouce. he will probably take sdvsu-
ssge Of the opportunity. while in .has
section, 30 visit punber of other
Western points, to whieh be has been
cordially invitsd.
II che idea Of popular subscription
70 bay Washington home for Admiral
Dewey is as we'll received all over the
country as it has been in Washington.
enough mooey is likely to be subscribed
to buy him whole town. instead Of q
single house. Dewey has notified the
navy department that be will leave
Maails in few days, and will get to
the United States 10 about four months,
which indicates bis intention to make
the houeward voyage 10 9 very leis-
usely manner, as the trip could easily
be made inside of two months. His
friends say that the admiral wishes TO
give himself chance to get good and
strong and the cool weather of fall to
arrive before be tackles the evstions
which be knows await hin in this
country Dewey is long. beaded
ehap.
Ex- Representative Hartman, Of Men
tsna, who voluntarily retired from
congress at the close of the last session,
is 10 Washington. Re says the wish
was father to the story toas the silver