Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
E~OEl or Rogut1r fprrosp"ndent)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10th, 1899.

Nobody realizes more fully than
President Mckinley that the re-
vision of his testimony, eliminat-
ing the blackguardism, does not
condone the disgraceful conduct Of
Gen. Eagan III personally abusing
Gen. Miles, his superior officer
conduct which was aggravated by
the furnishing to the Press Associ-
ations of advance typewriter
copies of the Billingsgate before it
was uttered in the presence of the
War Investigating Commission,
but that revision will at least re-
move the dirty stuff from the
official record. What else is to be
done is yet to be determined, but
it seems to be reasonably certain
that something else must be done,
and quickly.
The Senate will this week amend
and pass the Morgan bill for the
construction of the Nicarauga
Canal, and if the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce would drop the bunch of
Canal bills it is wrestling with, and
report the Morgan bill, even with a
few amendments, there would be a
reasonable certainty of its becom-
ing a law at this session. But, if
that committee reports an entirely
new measure, as all the secret op-
ponents of the Canal wish it to do,
and as it seems likely to do, the
chance OF getting it through will
certainly not be encouraging. 1t
is either the Morgan bill or no bill
at this session.
Gen. Otis and Admiral Dewey.
who certainly ought to know better
than anybody else, do not expect d
conflict with the Philippine insur-
gents. In their official reports to
the Government, they say that
they have perfect control of the
situation in and around Manila,
that they are gradually succeeding
in making the rank and file of the
insurgents understand that Ameri-
cans are their best friends, not their
enemies. as Aguinaldo has recently
been trying to make them believe.
AS soon as that task is accom-
plished. the rest will be easy.
Things will move faster over there
after the treaty has been ratified.
All sorts of arguments are being
advanced in all sorts of ways to
arouse opposition to the acquisi-
ton Of the Philippines by the L.
S. One of the most unique being
the offer of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie,
to pay from his own bank account,
the 500, 900 the treaty of peace
calls for, if President Mckinley
will withdraw our soldiers and war
ships and allow the Philippines to
Govern themselves. That offer is
buncombe, 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 re-
sponsible by the nations of the
world for the protection of the
interests of their citizens in the
islands. Whatever may be de-
cided upon, after we have learned
more about the islands, the as
sumption of sovereignty over them
by the U. S. is present duty that
cannot be shirked.
Representative Berry, Of KY, is
not with the "aunties," as may be
seen hv the following. from speech
made by him; "While I have not
in my own mind yet concluded
what is best to be done with that
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