The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-02

BY Admisnl Dewey 70 his wife Of tns
property in Rhode Island avenue pre-
seated 10 him BY popular subscription
and u Incident. according to his
brother-in-law. John II. Mclean, II
practically closed. Since the publlca-
ton Of the statement by Admiral Dew
ey 10 defense Of his action. the tide
has turned from criticism to sympa.
thy. People are beginning to realize
that after all the failure on the part
OF the public on q matter OF purely
domestic concern Ia insignificant COM
pared with brilliant achievement of
national and world Importance. Report
OF the threatened prostration Of the
admiral from the effects Of the recent
severe criticism. too. has won sympa-
thy. and the people here appear to be
inclined to allow him to manage his
own Affairs and disturb him no furth-
er. He continues to receive many let.
tiers OF sympathy and friendship.
Admiral Dewey called at the navy de-
partment to-day In response to q tele-
gram from Secretary Long to discuss
the question Of establishing q naval
station At Cavite or some other point
~
operation at Cavite. but II Is foreseen
that the requirements Of the navy may
he much greater than those which are
temporarily attended to at Cavite. The
admiral brought with him portions Of
his report OF the Philippine commission.
This discusses the establishment Of q
permanent naval station In the Philip
pines and regards Subig bay. about six
~ miles from Manila. ~ preferable to
Cavite, a. this has q nne hArbor Of q
capable depth Of water and has many
natural advantages for making this q
strong naval establishment. While Ad-
miral Dewey's view will doubtless pre-
vail when q permanent station 10 e.
tablished, this will he for congress to
deal with and the present purpose II to
use the Cavite station for the current
work on the warships.
1t 10 stated that the Republican eau.
Gus committee OF the House Of Repre-
sentatives has formulated q currency
measure which will probably be the
first act after the commencement Of the
session In December. The matter will
be taken up N the caucus at which the
speaker and other officers will be nomi.
mated. and II II receives the indorse-
ment Of that body II will he offered -
nm indept ndent proposition on the floor
at the first opportunity. 40 that II can
go over to the Senate before the holi-
days. This plan as far as known con.
taina: ]. A declaration In favor OF Q
single gold standard Of money. 2. A
provision TO prevent such n situation
as occurred In the Cleveland admins
tration by requiring that greenbacks
received nt the treasury In exchange
for gold shall bc withheld from circula.
tion unless redeemed with gold. In
other words. the endless chain" is
made impossible. ns the treasury de-
pnrtment Ii forbidden to use green
backs that have been redeemed for
the ordinary disbursements Of the gov
crnmcnt or In exchange for gold. :. An
amendment to the national banking
law permitting banks to issue notes up
to the par value Of the bonds deposited
to secure them. and permitting the es.
tabllshment Of national banks with a
capital Of $4,000 under certain con.
ditiona.
II Mr.. Roberts Of Utah Is requested
TO step aside when the remainder of the
memhsrs-ele.t nrc sworn In on thu. first
day Of the Congress. as will probably
he the case. there is nothing in the stat
utes or In the rules to prevent him
from going before a Justice Of the
peace or amy other magistrate and tax.
ing the oath Of ONCE ns a member Of
the House Of Representatives. While
II is customary for members to he
sworn In by the speaker. II II not com.
pulsory. They cnn take the oath Of Of.
nee NJ any plaSr and at any time. and
ON several occasions members elect
have bss'n sworn In At their own
homes. Mr. Rois.rts can Outwit his op-
ronents by going tomorrow to any ju.
dicinl officer In Brookiyn. where he Ia
now stopping. or any other person nu-
thorized to administer oaths. nnd being
sworn In. II he takes no such step the
House will undoubtedly ask him to
step aside until the other members mn.
sworn In. and then send his credentials
to tho committee on elections. just a.
II ts customary TO do with the cresien.
tiala Of members whO~e r4.ntr nre con-
tested. Then the lenders Of the crusade
against Mormonism In Congress-. will
have mn opportunity Of presenting their
Indictment They arr confident that
public opinion has ls,en aroussSi 10 that
few members will dare vote In favor
Of seating Roberts. notwithstanding
rour''u'lour hnu hthfutsN hnu rules
and pr,Ss1icnts ~ the headquarters
Of the League for aocinl Service In tin.
United Charities building one day last
week wagonioad Of petitions, signed
by hundreds Of Thousands Of men and
women. against the seating Of Roberts
was unloaded. and about a bushei were
received In the mornings mail.
The secretary Of war hns decided In
favor Of Adjutant General Corbin and
the War Department stan generally
against General Niles and General
Brccklnridg- In the matter OF general
or,icr No. li3, which sought to give the
Inspector generals department enlarged
powers. This order proposed Ia Invest
the Inspector general with the right a.
Inspect nii stan mud army departments.
II bcinr urg,Si nt the time that had
such n right bsn enforced during the
war with spain there would have lst.i,
no scandals. There will shortly In.
somc Interesting disclosures IN rrgnri
10 the relations of General Miles 10 the
war department. That officcr II still
Ignored In all military matters. md this
fact. with others of equal seriousness.
viii bc divulg~,i during the coming as.s.
sion of congress-. either NJ the sessions
of the military romitf~r or by means Of
n special inquiry. which General Miles
friends any h~ has t~eu advised to sak,
to the end that th~ dutics and privilege
Of the general commanding the army
may ts fully deaned and rrcognisets.
The alleged rrusarks of Admiral