Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-06-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
FrOm Our Regular C Correspondent
WASHINGTON. June x. 1894

WASHINGTON, June D, 1899.
Mr.. Mckinley has given the country
another exhibition OF lightning change
of mind. After allowing those who
talked with him during several days to
get the impression that he was about to
call for volunteers for the Philippines,
he suddenly changed his mind and an
nounced that the Cabinet had decided
not TO call for volunteers, but to replace
the volunteers now in the Philippines,
with regulars, and to authorize General
Otis to enlist natives. II is believed
that the principal factor in bringing
about this lightning change, was cable
gram from Prof. Schurman, president of
the Philippine Commission containing
fairy story announcing the early sur.
render of Aguinaldo. Similar fairy
stories by the same author were the ba-
sis of the hope of early peace INDUCED
in by the Administration some weeks
ago. The rainy season, which lasts 3
months, is on in the Philippines, making
1t impossible for Gen. Otis to worry
Aguinaldo much for that length of time.
That's why no early surrender is at all
probable.
Hon. A. j. Warner, President of the
Timetable League is in Washington. He
said of the probable democratic plat
form OF next year: 1.-THE democratic
party viii stand by the Chicago plat
form. The money plank will be made
as full and as strong as il there were no
other issues. 1t would be in favor also
OF making declaration against trusts.
as II that We're the only issue; and the
same with our declaration against i'm
perialism and the Philippine war. Meth
or question can be said to obscure or
take precedence of the other, but all
combine to make an issue that believe
the people viii support"
Whatever may be the defects In other
branches of the government service, and
they are numerous enough, everybody
knows, Commissioner Bell, Of the u. s.
Patent Office, Is conducting that Office
with more satisfaction to inventors, pat
ent lawyers, and everybody doing bust
ness Herewith than has been done for
long time He has the business so near
~ to date, that C. A. Snow & Co, Wash
ington's most successful firm of patent
lawyers, make the positive announce
ment that they can secure patents for
inventors in from four to ten weeks.
Representative Gordon, Of Ohio, who
Is visiting Washington, talks interest
ingiy of the political situation in his
State. He said "whoever thinks the
republicans are invincible in Ohio, this
year, viii be badly fooled. There never
was time when the party was so badly
split by factional dissensions, as now,
and II the democrats are awake to their
opportunity, they will beat Senator
Hanna's candidate for Governor. Ihaye
no idea who will be named as the dem
ocratic candidate, but we have plenty
of good material to draw from. Ohio Is
naturally republican, but the people do
not kindly take TO political bosses, aud
they are going TO show their resentment
at the polls this year"
In Austria. process for making arti-
i.cial cotton out of the fibre Of the fir
tree has been discovered. and reported
10 the State Department. By the. U. s.
Consul, at Reichenberg. He quotes
description of the process, concluding