The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1899-04-06
Washington Letter.
Washington Anril 3. 18aa.

ilOI Will OuT HdNS DtoH
calculated to create feeling of satisfac-
tion in administration circles. Aguinaldo
has been driven out of his so-called capi-
oil and his army broken up into scatter
ed bodies which must hereafter fight AS
guerillas if at all, and it is confidently ex-
pected that AguiDaldo will save his ear
cass by getting out of American iurisdic-
tion at the first opportunity, if he has not
already done 50. About the middle of
the week there was much uneasiness be-
cause Of the news that American and
English warships had fired on some of the
natives of Samoa, who were apparently
supported by the German officials there,
lest the mix.up should lead to trouble
with Germany; but instead of trouble, it !
seems likely that 1t will lead to a salts
factory Strengthening out of the whole
kinky Samoan business, as representatives
of Germany, Great Britain and the U. s.,
the three parties to the treaty under which
Samoa has been governed for some years, |
have agreed to the appointment of
Joint high commission, authorized to
make new arrangement for the govern
ment of the Samoan islands that will be
permanent, and, it is hoped, satisfactory.
A new indication of the existence of
real brotherly feeling between Americans
and Englishmen was given by the sugges-
| tion, made in the committee that is al
ranging the parades which are to be a
feature of the big peace jubilee, to be held
in Washington May 1926, that a special
British feature be provided for in the
parade of the twenty-fourth, which will
be the anniversary of Queen Victoria's
birthday, in honor of that day. The
suggestion was received with enthusiasm,
and immediate steps to carry it into effect
were taken by appointing a sub committee
| to confer with Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador, for the purpose of
securing his cooperation. By the way,
this peace jubilee is going to be quite
spectacular event, and it will be held when
Washington is at it's best, from the sight
seeing point of view.
1t did not take Secretary Hay more
than about two minutes to convince the
two Cubans sent to Washington to try to
get the $3,000,OO0, promised through
Gen. Gomez. to the Cuban soldiers, in
creased, or the consent of the president
to an assure of bonds by the Cuban as
sembly, that they had wasted the money
spent on the trip. The substance Of
Secretary Hays remarks might be thus
exI ressed: mot a cent more; not a
bond" The delegates, or whatever you
might call them. started for home without
having seen the president at all, having
been assured by Secretary Hay that it
was useless for them to try.
The assistant attorney general for the
post office department. has decided two
specific chain-letter schemes, ,-one offer
ing trip to the Paris exposition, and
the other an SO kodak to be illegal, and
the schemes of that sort now being adver.
=, tist d.
According to Representative Olmsted
of Pa, "the paramount question before
| Uuc CAtlAOHo vi SICdC COuuOIy lO-udJ
is the seating of B. H. Roberts, member
= elect from Utah, to the next congress-.
" Continuing MIR. Omsted said "The way
y happened to know something of tn;
drift of public sentiment arises from m,
service on the committee on privileges
and elections. That committee of thu
next house may have to report on Roberts
and suppose that is the reason why tn
- good people all over this broad land delug
- me with letters. Every day brings M
near a bushel of letters, all protesting
~ against seating the Utah man on tn
y score of his alleged practice of polygamy
~ Bulky petitions with hundreds of sigma
lures of church people come to me fron
north and south, from east and west
Ministers write long communications, ad
If vising that the seating of Roberts woul
70 be reproach and shame of the natior
Hundreds of women correspondents writ
in the same vane, and the seriousness
10 the writer's cannot be questioned. hay
ss no idea what the house will do in tn
matter, but, judging from the powerf,
n. stir the case has created, it will be diff
r. cult, it seems to me, for the house to ignol
" the matter entirely"
Gen. Miles, speaking of the successfu
ar campaign of Gen. Otis, paid this deserve
n- compliment to the men behind the guns
9. "In the fighting which has taken plac
u the American troops, regulars and volul
~. teers, have been doing splendidly. I'll
h. work of the volunteers has been worth
lis of the highest commendation they a
y y fine fighting men and show that they ha'
"a, been accustomed to looking out for ther
ur selves"
nd Uncle Sam will soon be in the mark
for silver bullion, for the first time sin
the repeal of the Sherman act, over whi,
at at there was such furore. True, Il
&C. amount to be purchased is not large, on
enough to mint the $4,000 Lafayet
sou venir silver dollars ordered by act
On congress, to be given to the Lafayet
al, monument commission, to be sold to he
,ar defray the expenses of the Lafayette mon
ment to be erected in Paris as prese
- from Americans to France. July 4,
next year, has been set for the unveilil
of the statue. The Lafayette dollar is
to have special design, which has n
yet been fully determined upon.