Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-04-07

II IS DIFFICULT TO LICK Pack OF FOOLS " all
Street Manipulating Cuban Bond Issue
Ex.Rcpresentative King and Representative
Sulzcr Thinks Bryan Gave Belmont Too
Much Prominence BY a Public Declinaton
of the Invitation to the JefferSonian'' Ban.
quet-Easan Again on the Gridron.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1899
Gen. Otis is still winning victories,
but Aguinaldo still has an army, and
we have not undisputed possession of
a single island OF the Philippine group.
The administration seems to have &C
quired the manana" habit along
with other Spanish property. So far
as known, our victories over the Fill
pinos have not been very productive OF
results, although the country has been
daily told that tomorrow will end
the organized fighting" Mr.. McKin-
ley told his cabinet that he didn't like
the situation and asked for opinions
on the ACCESSIBILITY of calling for the
$4,000 volunteers authorized by the
last Congress. 1t was pointed out to
him that nothing could be accom-
plished by enlisting the volunteers
now. as the rainy season in the Philip
pines would stop all active military
movements long before they could be
got there. An army officer came very
near to correctly sizing up the situa-
ton when he said: 1--WE lick the
Filipinos every time we fight them,
hut they are such fools that they
won't stay licked, and we have to
keep doing it over again, which is mo-
notonous; also expensive, both in
blood and money"
The two Cubans who are in Wash
ington as agents of the Cuban Assem-
bly, have been dropping some mysteri-
Gus hints about their political backing
in the United States and their expec-
tation of succeeding in getting the
consent OF the administration to an
issue OF bonds by the Cuban Assem-
bly,, Notwithstanding the semi-otiicial
statement that the administration
would not recognize them in any way.
Although only Congress can guaran-
tee the payment of these bonds, a
New York syndicate has offered to
take $50, 100000 of them, at half their
face value, il the administration will
sanction their issue.
misrepresentation King, OF Utah, is
one OF the Democrats who express re-
greet that the Jefferson dinner contro-
versy should have occurred. He said :
Il believe that Mr.. Belmont or Mr..
Croker had right to get up a Jeffer-
son banquet or to participate in one
and to invite such gentlemen as were
desired. There would be no impro.
priety, in my opinion, in Mr.. Bryan's
sitting down at banquet with Croker
and Belmont. If | should be invited
to Lincoln dinner l should accept
with pleasure and would he glad TO do
honor to that distinguished States.
man. Democrats should get together
do not think that anything ought to
be done to prevent the establishment
OF harmony in the Democratic ranks
although, of course, we must insist
upon adhering to the Democratic
platform" The last sentence shows
that the difference between the opin-
ions of Mr.. King and Col. Bryan is an
immaterial one, and that upon the
main question they think alike.
Representative Sulzer, of New York
who is now in Washington, said: al
am sorry that Col. Bryan has seen fl
to give Belmont so much free adver.
Using, as Belmont represents no por.
ton OF the Democratic party 10 New
York. Col. Bryan has not impaired
his popularity in the Empire State by
his refusal to count Mr.. Belmont and
his fellow boilers AS Democrats. The
Democracy of New York will zee to j,
that Chicago platform Democrats are
selected to the next National conven.
ton, and all apprehension in this re.
gard is needless and absolutely with
out justification, from the attitude OF
the true Democratic party in New
York"
Gen. Eagan, when he was again
placed on the stand by the Military
Court of Inquiry, which is now sitting
IN Washington, promptly took the cue
given him by the beef contractor. who
testified that Eagan "must have been
mistaken" when he stated that it had
been his intention to make the con.
tracts stipulate that refrigerated beeI
should keep Y hours after being taken
from the reirigerators, and that by an
error it appeared in the contracts az
"A hours. Here is Eagan's last state.
ment: "When | was asked here
about the "a hours had totally for.
gotten that / had changed my own
opinion as to the condition from y to
"a hours. recall since in thinking
1T over that l was impelled TO change
it to keep "a hours from the refripeI.
ator on shore. I felt that "a hours
from the refrigerator would be ample
to reach the troops" Things look
blacker and blscker for Eagan. lie
must have seen it in the cold polite.
ness with which he was treated by the
ofhcers In the court room; also by the
looks of everyone present when he
swore that he had never spoken to
Boss Hanna and would not know him
IT he met him. This last was in an
swer to Maj. Lees question-"Were
you present at a conference between
Senator Hanna and some one else in
regard to a beef contract?" The
"some one else" referred to was Secre-
tsry Alger. Capt. Black, who was in
the Commissary Department, did not
help Eagan any when he testified that
Eagan had been greatly excited when
he returned to Washington and told
him that the troops in Porto Rico had
refused to take and eat the meat on
the Manitoba. According to Cant
Black's testimony, Eagan said +:
BLANK, blank them. They had no
right to refuse it; blank, blank, them
l would have made them take it,"