The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
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erations will be conducted in the Phil
ippines before fall. Gen. O;is has re-
ported that $1,000 men are all that he
will need. and regulars will be sent to
him in sufficient numbers to keep bis
army at about that number and still al
low all OF the volunteers who wish to
DO SO, to return home and be mustered
out. Gen. Otis has also been author
lied To enlist as many natives as he
cares to. Adjutant Gen. Corbin says
that all the volunteers viii be on their
way home IN the course of five or Six
weeks.
The speeches made when the new
Spanish minister was presented to
President Mckinley were ont OF the or
binary, in the matter OF plain language.
The minister said: Il have come to re-
new the relations of friendship, which
have existed from of old between Spain
and the United States, and which were
interrupted by the war of last year.
The treaty of Peace which Spain has
signed put an end to that war, and now,
sires that her relations with this repub-
lie may be as friendly as they were in
times past, and from the days in which
this country was struggling to gain it's
independence. President Mckinley
said in reply: You will find, Mr..
Minister, cordial welcome in this
country, not only FROM those whose
friendship YOU acquired during your
former residence, but from all our peo-
pie, who rejoice as | do at the renewal
of the ancient bonds OF amity which,
with a brief interruption, have united
our nations for more than one hundred
wears. That these friendly relations
may be confirmed and strengthened, to
the advantage of both peoples, is my
earnest wish, and | can assure you that
every member of this government will
heartily cooperate with you to that de-
sirable end"
There is naturally much gossip in Of
fetal and diplomatic circles about the
official announcement that Germany
had purchased from Spain its remain
ing island possessions in the Pacific,
paying 5, 900, 900 therefore. A member
of the Cabinet when asked whether
this government felt any concern about
The deal, replied: mo, why should it?
We have acquired all we want in that
quarter" 1t Is now recalled with am
usement that while the Paris Peace
Conference was going on, the German
newspapers. known as government or
gans, fairly teemed with editorials tell
ing the United States to be just and lib
eral to It's fallen foe, and pointing out
the greatness OF magnanimity in ma
ton. it was thought at the time that
these articles were printed because of
ment for Spain, instead of being in
spired by the selfish desire to keep the
United States from taking islands that
Germany had already bargained to
buy, if they were not taheL.
The inventive genius of the country
Is always most active when the country
is most prosperous, and it WAS never
more actiNe tiith 1T 'il'S 'ii'e' but by
t'ie goou li"iia-t'''e"t % oo'i' IL I97 ioiieI
D"'''' ''io en-. 'ei'Iy " '"o q, i''e''
States Patent Office has increased even
faster than the number of applications
lor patents Inns Is SO m&sNr>. that the
I""A''iiien' t'"'oHt al" III III VI - y
nv" N - "i''Ii mas o"'"li'o" i"oie
IMAM -o'"'o P"'eit7 lor inventors III eH-
cry city town ana village III the couh-
try Says 'heN are @e'ihS piohip,er-
t''e average = rom 'o"r 20 zen "eehs-
''''' n'oi - "It'"'i upon "PPll-
'"''o"' loi F"teH'' 'H''' - "a! tliue III
'heI twenty -nNe years bTacllce.
Private" DalZell, who knows Ohio
politics from top TO bottom has just re-
turned from the state. He speaks with
enthusiasm of the republican ticket and
platform, and says there are no serious
schisus in the republican ranks. He
predicts that Judge Nash Will be elect
ed Governor by majority of not less
than 30, 900, and says he will not be sur
prised if he goes q, 900 higher.
IfC,l Henderson of Iowa isn't Tho
next Speaker of the House his friends
will hs the most surnrisa, map who
ever took part IN A good-natured con-
test for an honor within the republican
party. twill reouir. O; votes to NOM
mate in the repuhlirau capcrs Col
lIendersou's friends say that tbav arc
already assured of more ,han that Tho
wittarow,lor Mr. Uonti,s of urs j.,
~ uan,Io.a,. 49,. foo-o, ~
already attracted nron,ises of s,,,or,
from other sections. The supporters of