Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-06

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There is no installing the fact that sen.
is growing in Congress against the
Morgan proposition to buy the conces.
sions now held by the Maritime Canal
Company and build a ship canal across
Nicaragua according to the conditions in
such concession. A great many sincere
friends of the canal cannot bring them
selves TO bIieve that it would be the best
thing for the Government to go ahead UNI
der this particular concession. They con-
tend that to do SO would be to commit
this Government to the expenditure of
anywhere from $40, 100000 to $4,000
600 over and above the actual cost of the
canal proper. and they do not see the me-
cessity of assuming my such responsible
ity. They honestly believe that it will not
concession to the American company to
expire and begin negotiations direct with
the Government of Nicaragua for the
country.
The American peace commissioners and
their assistants have been obliged to pay
all their personal expenses out of the COM
pensation allowed them by the President.
The expense which the Government de-
frayed included office rent, stationery and
general expense. The hotel bills of the
commissioners were not betrayed by the
Government. AS the personal expenses
of the commissioners We're very high, q
comparatively small amount was left to
each commissioner and each officer of the
commission out of the Presidents allot-
ment of salaries. Each commissioner will
receive about $1,000 for his services, and
out Of this he must pay all personal cx-
pcnses contracted ON his trip abroad. Sec.
rotary Moore will receive half the amount
paid to each commissioner, and as his
personal expenses were as heavy as those
OF the members of the commission he will
fare worse than his superiOrs.
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OF the 100 letters which President
Mckinley received one day last week one
OF the most interesting was from a Chi.
cago man named D%ougherty. He offered
this suggestion: ''The United States went
to war to set Cuba free. Now we have it
in our power to libcrate another country
OF far greater Importance and interest
without going to war. That is Ireland.
We have on our hands the Philippine Isl.
ands, which we may offer to England az
a compensation as well as to relieve our.
selves Of what may turn out to be a white
elephant. McKinley's ancestors were
Irish and his great-granduncle, Francis
Mckinley, was shot down by the British
soldiers as an Irish rebel after a farcical
court martial about 100 years ago"
Under the provisions of the bill for the
increase Of the army the regular force will
consist Of S,942 commissioned officers and
96,S16 enlisted men, making a total Of
1OO.767 men in all. There will be one
lieutenant general, six major generals,
twenty-four brigadier generals, ia colo
nels, 1865 lieutenant colonies, AT majors,
1858 captains, 1,4O1 first l%ieutenants and
40 second lieutenants. The total enlisted
strength Of each arm will be-: Infantry,
1920 men; light field coast artillery, 90
b08 men; cavalry, 1880 men; medical de-
partments, $3.50; signal corps, $50; ord.
nance department, COS; engineers, 1882;
subsistence department., 100, and the
quartermaster's department, $50 men.
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The President says the idea of placina
the graves of Confederate soldiers under
the care of the Government first occurred
to him twelve years ago, when he visited
the city Of Fredericksburg, Va. He found
the Confederate cemetery in a deplorable
condition, while under the care Of the
Quartermaster's department the graves Of
the Federal dead were nicely trimmed and
kept In perfect order. He resolved then
that he would take the first opportunity
to bring this matter before the attention
Of the country, and he thinks the time has
now come when the dead of both armies
sho,,1I h. 1oo1xol neA.. H.. A.. o------.-A
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The Canadian high joint commission
will soon %reconvcne in Washington. 1t is
not true, as widely stated. that the con-
ference Is a failure and that indications
point to a management upon a treaty
between the United States and Canada.
dian and American commissioners are
gradually getting together upon the impor-
tant points Of difference, and there Is lit
tie doubt Of an ultimate agreement.
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Before the end of January 10000 yolun-
teers will be mustered out Of the service.
the preliminary orders for this having al
ready been drafted. Present plans are
that the troops which have seen foreign
service will be let out first, but the con.
dition OF some Of the Southern m IL
such as to cause apprehension Of an out
break Of typhoid fever, and before the
mastering out program is finally arrang-
ed 1t may be deemed necessary to breat
up those camps.
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All OF the soldiers in the Cuban army
will be taken care of. If they want
they will be given employment upon the
public works. If they nrpfcr Tn ron,ain t.
the army they will be organized into rural
police, the intention being to keep them
together and prevent them from scatter
ing idly like tramps throughout the
try.
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Champions of an extra session Of the
Ffty-sixth Congress for the enactment
of monetary legislation do not hesitate to
admit that they are having a hard time
converting weak members to their way of
thinking. Still, they are keeping ever
lastingly at it.
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