The Delta independent., 1899-10-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.


ing In the West, and 10 some extent In
the East. with = view of securing \
cruits and q ship for the expedition. II
IL proposed. as far rs possible TO hate
each recruit to equip himself. Tie
main body Of recruits will be cob
posed OF hardened frontiersmen. M.
dian fighters. cowboys, miners ard
daring Adventures. not unlike ne
Rough Riders Of the Spanish WAR. II
is stated that the plans are so far com
pleted as to enable the expedition 10
start upon comparatively short notics.
II IL claimed that the United Sta,es
government would be powerless a pr-
vent the starting OF the outfit by reason
Of the precautions to be raken to prove
that filibusterirlG expedition is not
Intended.
Twenty thousand pension claims
growing out OF the Spanish war have
been presented 10 the pension bureau
up-to-tiate OF this number about 80
have been granted. ''The Spanish war
claims are being taken up In Segul,r
order, along with those coming from
the Civil. Mexican and Indian warS"
said Pension Commissioner Eyark.
I'VE are not pushing any one clats
ahead OF the other. When all the Span-
ish war claims are In. we expect 10
throw out a good many. ] learl1 thaila
great many were filed by soldiers Who
went to Cuba and who afterward wett
to the Philippines. II stands TO reason
that II these boys were able TO pass
the physical examination required ftf
enlistment In our Oriental army. they
are not entitled to pensions for die.
bilities sustained In the Spanish VIZ.
for they enlisted a second time. We
Will find hundreds. perhaps thousand
OF theHc Spanish war claims concoCtei
by the ever active pension atiorneys.
These fellows swarm nbou, every army
post. I have just returned from The
Pacific coast. and while out there W
tied the Pre~idio. The commanding t.
ficer told me he has been obliged 10
chase the~e attorneys away from tle
camp time and time again. ThAy sneak
into the army hospitals and work up3n
poor sick soldiers; they visit reiarivts
OF the dead and In the house Of gritf
make widows and orphans sign pap-S
Is II any wonder the pension ).
grows."
Immediately upon Secretary Hays
return Tuesday preparations began b.
the State Department for the compb-
tion Of the modus vivendi relative 10
the Alaskan boundary. General 70
ter was hard at work upon the details
Of the mosius. and the expectation WIS
that In the courpe Of day or tWo tie
agreement would be In effect. The 70
gotiations OF late have bsen entirely In
the hands Of Secretary Hay and Nir.
Tower. the British charge here. II hss
not been determined even yet whether
the agreement defining the bh,ndafy
temporarily shall take the fofm Of
document signed by both parties. or BE-
merely q series Of notes. but In either
case II will be just - effective as =
regular moius vivendi. binding both
parties to Observe the boundary laid
down temporarily. state Department
oficials are confident that Americnss
will have no cause 10 complain thtf
their rights have been abandoned when
the full SCOPE Of the ngreement V
made known. while on the other hand
the Canadians cannot claim properly
that they have lost any right that they
have enjoyed. The purpose Of this
particular effort at q mosius was 10
regulate the boundary line on the ives,
side Of the Lam canal. The two parties
had placed the line Of demarkation on
Chiicoot and White passes right nj the
top Of the passes. and there has never
been the slightest friction at these
points. but because Of the fact that
the westernmost Of the three passes
namely Chilcnt pass. was fully forty
miles removed from the sea, the same
rule could not he applied by our rep
rerentntives without great losse There
fore. recourse has been had To another
expcdient. and the line Of dcmarka-
ton will run along the klchana river
and from q point near the kluckwnn
cross To n mountain peak on the south
west. The effect will t,~ to give to the
United States control Of the tide wni.
er~. the British being nf,ccn miles
above: to maintain the American con
troll Of the new and impo0ant rorcu-
pine country. and lastly. M scsvc the
rights Of all American mines Ai,o are
now on the Canadian side Of the line.
II is understood that the modus will
live at the pleasure of both parties TO
II: there will be NO date fxesi for Its
expiration.
senator Davis Of Minnesota Is.undcf-
stood to believe that the ncxt Cdhgrc~
will not provide for the ultimate dis
position Of Cuba and the Philippines.
says the correspondent of the Chicago
Record II Is unslerptood that the
President believes that Cuba and the
Philippines should he. for the prvSens.
left In control Of the executive. ThI.
opinion seems TO bc shared by most Of
the administration Rcputaican sepa-
tors who have had talks with the Prcs-
iicnt. This may he said To be the
chief reason why the administration is
70 earnest In securing the support u
the people In Its Phiiippinc policy
The President knows that ali of the
islands win eventually have their fate
aettled by Congress. lie thinks that
now II the time for Congress to deal
with Porto Rico sud Hawaii. lie
thinks the time has not arrived to deal
with the other islands. With thIa con-
vtctSou he must ncrepasrily 70 hrfore
the proplc. seeking their coincidence IN
support the wis1om and ability cf thu
administration 10 deal with the re-