The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular corrospondent.l

growing numerous owing to the
nearness of the opening of the
session of Congress, all speak of
his deep sorrow over the death of
his friend and associate, Vice
President Hobart He has done
little except to receive callers since
the news was received, because
when alone his grief has untitled
him for work; and he is also much
worried about Mrs. Mckinley, who
has not recovered entirely from the
shock given her by the news.
Secretary Long has decided to
recommend legislation at this
session of Congress providing for
eighteen now warbhips - six
cruisers, three armored and three
protected, and twelve light draft
gunboats. The latter will be for
use in Philippine waters. No
battleships or torpedo boats will
be asked for, because a number of
both classes of boats are now under
construction.
Senator Deboe, of Kentucky,
who was in Washington this week,
greatly interested the politicians
by positively asserting that the
legislature just elected would be
-Goebel and anti-Blackburn.
If Senator Deboe has that straight,
and he says he has, it means the
election of an administration
Senator to succeed Senator Lindsey
perhaps Senator Lindsey'sre- -elec-
ton. Senator Lindsey is demo-
crat, but he supports the expansion
and gold standard policies of the
administration.
A delegation of prominent
Cubans had a talk with the Presi-
dent, this week, on affairs in Cuba,
and afterwards expressed them
selves as being pleased with the
Presidents ideas. Before the
President saw the delegation he
had decided to postpone indef-
initely the appointment of a civil
governor for Cuba, owing to re-
presentation which were made to
him of the inadvisability of such
an appointment at this time.
That public favor is tickle and
public opinion hair-trigger affair
was shown by the shower of adverse
criticism that was this week poured
upon the head of Admiral Dewey,
who was so recently public idol.
And it has already been shown
that the clamor was based upon
incomplete knowledge of the
Admiral's intention. The whole
tempests in teapot was caused by
the transfer Of the house given to
Admiral Dewey to his wife. 1t
was supposed that he intended the
house as gift to his wife, whereas
it is now known that it was merely
the first step towards placing the
title of the house in the name of
George Goodwin Dewey, the
Admiral's only child, in a way that
would make it legally unassailable.
The last step was taken when Mrs.
Dewey placed deed on record
making young Dewey the owner
of the house and its contents.
Had the bitter criticisms been with
held few days they would never
have been made, and brave man
would have escaped the 'mortii-
cation of feeling that he no longer
had the esteem of his fellow
country -men-a modification he
will remember to his dying hour
and Mrs. Dewey would have escap-
ed the humiliation of being charged
with trying to deprive the Admir-
ais son of the property, a charge
which the announcement of her
intention to make young George
Dewey the sole heir to her large
fortune shows to have been base
less. There is a lesson in all
this for those who are inclined to
go off half-cocked. Mr. John
r. Mclean, Admiral Dewey's
brother n-law, seems to be entirely