The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 16, 1Sg

OF ms testimony, eliminating the
blackguardism, does not condone the
disgraceful conduct of Gen. Eagan in
personally abusing Gen. Miles, his SUI
perior officer-conduct which was ag-
grayated by the furnishing of the
press association of advance type
written copies of the Billingsgate be-
fore is was uttered in the presence of
the War Investigating Commission,
but that revision will at least remove
the dirty stuff from the official record
What else is to be done is yet to be
determined, but it seems to be reason
ably certain that something else will
be done, and quickly.
The senate will this week amend
and pass the Morgan bill for the con-
struction of the Nicaragua Canal,
and if the House Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce would
drop the bunch of Canal bills it is
wrestling with, and report the Morgan
bill even with few amendments. there
would be a reasonable certainty of its
becoming law at this session. Butt
that Committee reports an entire new
measure, as all the secret opponents
of the Canal wish it to do, and as it
seems likely to do, the chance of get
ting it through will certainly not be
encouraging. 1t is either the Morgan
hill lN;I = H.,
Gen. Otis and Admiral Dewey, who
certainly ought to know better than
anybody else, do not expect a conflict
with the Philippine insurgents. In
their official reports to the Govern
ment, they say that they have per
feet control of the situatian in and
around Manila, and that they are
gradually succeeding in making the
rank and file of the insurgents under
stand that Americans are their best
friends, not their enemies, as Agui-
naldo has recently been trying to
make them believe. AS soon as that
task is accomplished, the rest will be
easy. Things will move faster over
there after the treaty has enratified.
All sorts of arguments are being ad-
vanced in all sorts of ways to arouse
opposition to the acquisition of the
Philippines by the U. S. One Of the
most unique being the offer of Mr..
Andrew Carnegie, to pay from his
own bank account, the 100000, 600 the
treaty of peace calls for, if President
Mckinley will withdraw our soldiers
and war ships and allow the Philip
pines to govern themselves. That of
fer is buncomb pure and simple
There are no circumstances under
which the offer could be accepted, and
nobody knows that any better than
Mr.. Carnegie. By the treaty of peace,
the Philippines pass from Spain, their
recognized owner, to the U. S., which
will be held responsible by the ma
lions of the world for the protection
of the interests of their citizens in the
islands. Whatever may be decided
upon, after we have learned more
about the islands, the assumption of
sovereignty over them by the U. S. is
apresent duty that cannot beshirked.
Representative Berry, of Ky, is not
with the "aunties," as may be seen
by the following, from speech made
by him: while | have not in nv
own mind yet concluded what is best
to be done with that new and beauti-
full country, down under the Equator
called the Philippine islands, as much
may be said by the people who occupy
it, am ready to listen to suggestions
and to hear from men like Dewey and
Otis, and Others that are there repre-
senting the U. s., what their conclu-
slons are as to the best course of the
government of the U. S. towards
these people, and having head that,
to give it and other circumstances full
consideration. But, | do not pro-
pose, in spite of that treacherous
scoundrel, Aguinaldo,-tha scoun-
drel who was brought in ship of
,Deweys from Hong Kong to Manila
even in spite of the German Empire,
to stop one moment in forming nv
conclusion as to what are the interests
OF the U. S., even if it involves the
fact that we shall have to whip Ger
many as we did Spain"
Death can certainly be accused of
having been partial to the New Eng
land delegation in Congress, when it
strikes down so close together two
such prominent men as Senator Nor
rill and Representative Dingley. The
funeral of Mr.. Dingley took place to-
day, in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives, in the presence of al
most the same audience of prominent
officials and persons, who attended the
recent funeral of Senator Morrill,. Mr..
Dingley was not an orator, but he
was statesman of hard, horse sense,
and wide experience, whose advice
was always welcome in the highest
republican councils, and usually fol