Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-05-20
ADMIRAL DEWEY
To Be Given a House In the Philip
pines For the Speakership-The
War With Spain a Great
Benefit.
lFrom our Regnlar correspondent.l

ftTOfn our hezuIaf correspondent
Washington, May Is, Isoo-Secre-
tary Long enthusiastically endorses the
project Of raising a sum Of money
by popular subscription to present
Admiral Dewey with a house in Wash
ington. 1t would be a fitting popular
tribute to the man who in a day raised
the United States to a position among
! the nations Of the world, which, with all
its power and wealth it had never before
occupied, and, moreover, it would be a
tribu c that the gallant Admiral will need.
He will be. until his death, which a CRATE
full country trusts may not occur for many
years. the ranking officer of our Navy,
and as such his proper home will be
Washington. 1t is true that his salary as
Admiral is $4,000 a year, but it wouldbe
a different matter for a man of George
Dewey's generous impulses TO MAINTAIN
an establishment in Washington suitable
to his rank on that amount, and he has 70
other income. With a handsome hon e
given to him, he could live as the highest
officer in the u. S. Navy ought to live,
and, Judging by the reception given the
idea in Washington, there are few per-
sons in the country who will not consider
it an honor 10 contribute to the Dewey
home fund. Those who know the Ad-
miral best say that il would be we'll to
push this project to a conclusion before
he reaches the United States, lest he
should kill it by asking that no money be
contributed for such a purpose.
There has been little change in the
Philippines during the past week. Cen
eral Otis is slowly but surely closing in on
the insurgents, and unless Aguinaldo sur,
renders very soon, his forces will be ar
initiated. Operations are rendered diff
cult over there by the beginning of the
rainy season, but they have never ceased
for a day, and will not cease as long as
there are hostile Filipinos. The latest in
formation from Admiral Dewey is that he
will leave Manila, on his flagship, the
Olympia, in a few days, homeward bound,
coming by way Of Europe. From his
statement that he would take about four
months to make the trip, it is assumed
that he will stop in a number of places,
his object probably being to give himself
and men a needed rest, and not to arrive
in the United States until after all the
warm weather is over. No orders have
been or will be given him by the Navy
Department as to how or when he shall
return. He has full authority to arrange
the matter in accordance with his own
comfort and pleasure.
There is a hull in the Speakership talk,
owing doubtless to the fact that the Pres
ident is away and that only a few men,
bers of the House are in Washington.
Representative Smith, who attended the
conference Of the Illinois delegation in
Chicago, says that Representative Hop
kins is likely to surprise some OF the other
candidates when his full strength becomes
known, especially in connection with the
number of eastern votes he will control.
Several New England members have
been in Washington during the last two
or three days. None of them have COM
mitted themselves, SO they say, and most
o. them express the hope that an arrange
ment could be made to cast the entire
New England vote for one candidate, but
so far known, no steps have been TAX
en- towards that end. II is evident from
their talk, hat hone of them have any
idea that New England willhave a serious
candidate of its own although they speak
kindly Of Representative Moody, of Mas
sachusetts, who has been mentioned as a
possible candidate. They recognize the
fact that the length of time the honor was
held by Mr.. Reed makes it practically
certain that no New England mar has
the slightest chance to become his sue
cessor.
Hon. NJ. S. Taylor, of Ohio, who has
been closely allied with President McKin-
lev in political matters in that state and
who is U. S. Consul at Glasgow, Scot
land, is in this country on a short vaca-
ton. and will attend the Ohio Republican
Convention, although he says he will not
take an active part therein. In a verbal
report to the Department of State, Mr..
Taylor says: 1.-The war with Spain was
of great benefit to the United States, con-
sidering the advertising given US in the
old world. Among the ordinary classes
in Europe, there were not many who had
any appreciation of our size, power or
commercial Importance. The truth is,
they had not given us much thought.
But now every person abroad is talking
about the victorious Nation and giving it
some study and examination. In my
judgment, it will not be a great while be-
fore this will have a wholesome effect
4upon our trade, and give us markets
where Il goods have not heretofore been
admitted"
The Post Office Department wishes
Old Glory to fly from the top of every
post office in Porto Rico, and having no
fund from which the flags could be
bought, asked the War Department if it
could not supply them. Acting Secre-
tary Meiklejohn wa compelled, much to
his regret, to answer hat it could not le-
gally do so. But, Perry Heath, Assistant
?. Nj. g., who is pushing along the move
ment of the flags, says the Porto Rican
post offices shall have them if he has to
solicit private subscription of the money
to buy them. Flags for the school houses
in Porto Rico were contributed by the