Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-05-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, May 10th, 30.

The daily mail Of u. s. Treasurer
Roberts has grown wonderfully since
the formation OF the Dewey Home
Fund Committee, OF which he Is the
treasurer. Letters containing con-
tributions for the tuud are pouring
In by every mail. Temporary re-
ceipts are forwarded to each contrib
utor, but as soon as the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing can do the
work, a handsome engraved receipt,
which will be worthy Of preservation
as a souvenir, will be sent to each
contributor. National hanks In al
most every section Of the country
have made requests to be allowed to
cooperate In raising this money, and
the committee has decided that they
may receive contributions. The CON-
mittee has not decided upon the
amount to be expended for the Wash
ington home for Admiral Dewey. and
will not do so until later, hut it has
decided that what remains of the
fund after the purchase of the home
shall be invested IN good securities
for the benefit of the Admiral.
Gen. Otis continues to send salts
factory news. His forces have cap
tured the last capitol of the alleged
Filipino government, and Aguinaldo
and his demoralized followers have
retired to the mountains to escape
capture.
Secretary Hitchcock has Joined
President Mckinley at the Virginia
Hot Springs and will remain there
until the party returns to Washing
ton, which will be In two or three
days, as the President has promised
to review the military parade which
Is to be the special feature Of the
opening day Of the Washington Peace
jubilee and that will take place next
Tuesday.
Representative Heatwole. of Min
nesota, who Is now In Washington,
says the expansion question has al
ready become a party one in his
state, with the Republicans for and
the Democrats against. When asked
whether the Republicans would gain
or lose on that question, Mr.. Heat
wole replied: "There will be no
trouble In carrying the state for Nc
Kinley next year."
The veterans of the civil war are
taking an active part in the Speaker
ship campaign, through their organ
ization and otherwise. They are
throwing their influence to Col. Hen
derson, of Iowa, the only candidate
who is an ex-soldier, and will doubt
less make some votes for him.
Secretary Alger has sent a mum Der
OF printed questions concerning the
army "canteen" to army officers at
every post where "canteen" is main
tanned, with the request, that they
be fully answered. The object of
Secretary Alger is to be able to place
facts and figures before Congress
that will show beyond question
whether the "canteen" is the evil
its opponents say it is, or the benefit
to the soldiers its friends claim it to
be. He has no prejudice either
way, and would have ordered the
canteen abolished under the act of
the last congress, had not Attorney
General Grlggs rendered an opinion,
that the act In question did not affect
the status Of the canteen.
Major e. f. Taggart, OF the sixth
Infantry, who has been doing duty as
a cOmmissary officer In Cuba for
some time, reported to the war de-
partment, this week. He expresses
the opinion, that our military au.
thorities over there will eventually
succeed in getting things upon a
satisfactory basis. He says the first
things they have to do. and the most
difficult, are to provide the masses
with an opportunity to earn a living
for themselves, and to break up the
influence which the so called Cuban
Generals have over them. He re-
CARDS these Cuban officers as a troub-
lesome and disturbing element, be-
cause they all expect to be provided
with offices with good ray and little
work. 1t is their influence, he says,
which has retarded the disarmament
Of the Cuban army; with disband-
ment they will have to do something
to support themselves, and they are
unwilling to do anything except to
hold office.
According to Gen. Clay, chief Clerk
of the Department Of Justice, who
has just returned from q trip to Gen.
trail America, taken for his health
and incidentally 90 look after some
mines 10 the interior of the United
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