Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-18

issued yesterday.
Hon. Nelson Dingley, of Maine,
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee, and leader of the Republican
side on the floor of the house of rep.
resentatives, died last Friday night al
1880 o'clock. Mr.. Dingley had been
ill since December 80, when be first
complained that he was not well.
Afterward his case was diagnosed as
grip, commonly prevalent in Washing,
ton, and later it developed into pneu'
monia. Mr.. Dingley was born in
Androscoggin county, Maine, on Feb
ruary Is, 1882. After leaving college
he became lawyer and journalist,
and in 1878 he was elected governor OF
Maine, serving two terms and declining
a third term. He was first elected to
congress in 1881, and afterward re.
elected nine times. President McKin.
ley, sometime ago, offered him the
position of secretary of the treasury {;
but he preferred to continue as chair
man of the committee on ways and
means.
Commissary General Eagan SUBJ
mitted to an interview last Friday
night, says a Washington dispatch.
When the subject of his testimony be-
fore the investigating commission was
broached, General Eagan first made
clear the fact that he and he alone was
responsible for the statements, both as
to facts and language. 81 had my own
grievance" General Eagan said. "a
terrible charge was brought against
me. I was accused of cheating-no, |
mean I was accused of poisoning SOL
diers under the pretense Of expert
ment. If it had not been for that
charge l might not have spoken before
the commission as l did. For three
weeks I chafed under the charge Of
having poisoned soldiers under the
pretense, yes, under the pretense OF
experimenting with chemicals. If it
had not been for this charge, perhaps
I would not have used such language
before the commission. Those that
criticise my language should be placed
in the position in which ] was placed /;
let them be charged as was charged
and they will understand my language
better. 1t is the gored bull that feels
the pain"
- Senator Allen, of Nebraska, intro
duced the following resolution last
Friday: "That committee of five
senators, no more than two of whom
shall be members of the same political
party, shall be appointed to make
full inquiry into the conduct OF the
late war between the United States
and Spain. Said committee shall have
plenary authority to inquire aud report
on the advisability of the selection OF
places of encampment for the troops
by the military authorities of the
United States, the time, character and
places of delivery of commissary, quar-.
termaster's and medical stores, the
quality and quantity thereof, and the
regularity of their delivery, and into
all things in any manner affecting the
care, discipline and health of the
troops in the field and in camp, and
into all other matters and things IN
any manner affecting or bearing on the
health, regularity and discipline of the
army, and whether there is just cause
to complain of the places of encamp-
ment, food, medical stores and quar-
termaster's supplies furnished" Oh.
lection was made to the immediate
consideration of the resolution and it
went over.
Washington correspondence Chica-
90 Record On the Democratic side
only eight or ten senators will vote
against the ratification of the Paris
treaty. Those who have made can
vass of the senate expect not more
than a dozen votes IN the negative
altogether; but the amendment offered
by Mr.. Hoar will receive larger sup
port on both sides of the chamber.
This amendment is a declaration
against the policy and principle Of
territorial expansion. 1t declares that
it is the purpose and the intention Of
the United States to erect republican
form of government in the Philippine
islands, and to voluntarily withdraw
its power and authority as soon as the
people Of those islands are capable of
managing their own affairs. 1t ex-
presses in few words the policy so
eloquently advocated by Mr.. Bryan
and other eminent men, and while
there is no probability that the peace
treaty will be amended, because that
would necessitate the reassembling of
the Paris commissioners, Mr.. Hoar's
amendment will be offered as sepa
rate proposition to be voted upon
before the treaty is ratified, and will
receive the support of nearly all the
Democratic senators and quite num-
her of Republicans who are unwilling
to assume the responsibility Of per-
manent government in the Philippines
or colonial policy anywhere.
The Eagan-Miles controversy, Or
more properly speaking, the attack
made by General Eagan on General
Miles, has proven the sensation of the
day in Washington, says a Wash
ington despatch of last Friday. That
an officer of the army should have
so far forgotten himself as to use