The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-02-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.


favor its ratification. because nothing
would be gained by rejecting it. 4
motion toreconsider would be made 10y |
one of H., friends. and it would require |
majority to table IT, That majority |
its opponents have not. 80, if it were
rejected Feb. 9Th, all Mr.. Mckinley |
would have To- do would be to call an |
extra session Of the senate, in March,
vheu IL would be promptly ratified
Within the last week, Mr.. Mckinley
has been personally harshly criticised
I'm both House and senate, and in each
body one of his critics was republican.
I'm the House, Representatives Jerry
simpson. and Johnson. of Ind, jumped
ON him for bowling to public opinion
right or wrong; and in the Senate
Senators German and Hoar gave him
fits for declining to furnish the Senate
with copies of the instructions given to
the Peace Commissioners.
Senator German has never posed as
am alarmi,t. but ne never fears to speak
tbe truth because it may be alarming
Just before the Senate passed the
regular pension appropriation BILL
which carries Sll5.O)O,0Oo. Mr. German
made a speech, calling attention to the
fact that although it was estimated
that the war with Spain would add
10000 names to the pension roll unless
our troops were recalled from the trop-
ic, before the sickly season, no provls-
ion. Whatever. had been made i'm the
bin for the increase. Mr. German con-
cuded with this significant predictions;
"Within three years from this date,
the pension roll will amount to Sl63.-
100000. If you add to that, the cost OF
maintaining your army zone thousand
dollars mani. the American republic
will i'm the year 1900 expend more for
IFS army and pensioners than any other
nation ON the face of the earth. That
is fact. which the American people
will have to face, and they ought to
know now. i'm advance. what is coming
to them. if the schemes and projects
which are being forced upon us are
carried out"
The attempt of the Republicans to
Democratic support for the Hull bill,
which will be voted upon tomorrow
by amending it so as to make any in
crease of the regular army above 10000,
discretionary with the President, was
not success 1t made no real change.
The Democrats proved by there votes
for the first war appropriation, that
they we're not afraid to trust the Pres
ident. bat that did not change the
principle of the party against the con-
centration Of authority in the hands of
one man. such concentration does no
harm us long as the right man exercises
the authority but who can say when
the wrong man will come along? The
change was not made for effect i'm the
House, where partisanship will put the
bill through, but in the Senate, where
its fate will be very much i'm doubt, UNI
less the support of Senators, who are
now inclined to oppose it can be Sc
cured The subterfuge was so palpable
that Representative Loud, of Cal, a
Republican. made hot speech against
it., plainly telling his party associates
that they could not hope to catch
suckers with such bare hook.
Gen Miles is ,tillpiling up evidence
official, that the beef furnished our
soldiers in Cuba and Porto Rico was
unfit to eat lie has already about
convinced everybody. except the mem
bers Of the administration, and Of the
War Investigating Commission, that
his charge was true, but they seem
+ determined to stick to it that the beef
was good
Secretary Alger put another slight
f upon General Miles in connection with
i the finding Of the Eagan court-martial
The army regulations provide that the
p finding of court martial shall be for
. warded to the secretary of War through
A the commanding general of the army
- but Alger instructed the Judge
{ Advocate to ignore Miles and hand the
, finding to him directly, and it wa
. done While nobody outside the Court
S and officials can swear what the YER
{ dict was. everybody is certain that II
was guilty, and that the sentence was
dismissal from the army. In handling
e this verdict. Mr., Mckinley would bet
{ ter be careful or he will sign his owl
2 political death warrant; the people
4 have decided that Eagan should b,
ID punished, and if Mr.. Mckinley exer
e cises his authority to shield him, hi
f will find that he may have the punish
# ment to bear himself.
Senator Butler, in presenting a res
ution of the North Carolina legis
Il lature for the election Of Senator's b.
D., vote of the people. called attention t
e this being the twenty-fourth legis
- lature to adopt such a resolution, anC
p said that a constitutional amendmen