The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-09-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

T
Washington, Sept. 25.-"Porto Rico
will have civil government, and practi-
cally all of the U. S. troops will be With
drawn from Cuba, before Congress
meets" 80 said a Senator, who bad
lust had talk with the Pres dent, TO
friend. He added that the most Of'our
troops would have been out Of Cuba hs
this time if the yellow fever had not go'
n fuothold among them and down South.
After the yellow fever made its appear
ance, it was thought best to leave the
troops already on tie island, until cold
weather. for fear that they might bring
the disease with them if brought- home
earlier. Tie authorities seemed salts
fed that there is 70 lorger necessity fol
keeping any considerable number of U.
s. troops in Cuba, although the form OF
the military government over the island
is likely to be keptup as a sort of warning
restraint, for some time. 1t is stated uu-
officially that Gen. Brooke has asked, on
account of his health, to be relieved of
his duties as Military Governor of Cuba.
and that bis request will be complied
with. He is coming home on visit
soon, ard it is considered doubtful
| whether lie will return. The min most
likely to succeed him is Gen. Leonard
Wood, now in command of the Santiago
district.
Governor Stone, of Pennsy lvania, is
! hobnObbiug with numerous Washington
friends he made during his service in
| Congress, and Mrs. Stone is dividing her
time between social pleasures and the
company of her daughter and grand
daughter, who live in Washington
| Coy. Stone thinks we are going to keep
right on with the ..'good times" He
said: "This country is ente.ing upon a
career OF greater prosperity than it has
ever known. We are fast becoming the
workshop of the world, and the granary
of the nations. We produce more of
| the necessities of existence than any
country on The globe, and we can sell to
the people abroad altIcles essential to
their comfort and well.being cheaper
ihan 'hsE can pFpdtnce t6s%; t6s1ovJ Our usy sy
and increasing at o rapid rate. One Of
our fire. ght cars will carry three times aR
much rs an English car, We can load
ore on great lakes at S cents ton,
which cannot he duplicated In cheapnese
by any competitor. Our workmen get
! double the wages Of foreign workmen.
but they DO lnOrS than TWICE the amount
CT work, because Of their greater skill
and ingenuity. With all these odds iu
our favor. it is easy to see that in the
century that is being usbered in, the u.
| ). will take It's predistined place at the
head of the proc sssion of nations, and !
doubt not that it viii! keep that place
| for all time"
Many army officers wives who have
been figuring on d nice little fall ja,lnt to
the Philippines, OH q government trans
port, ard pleasant winter over there.
with or rear their husbands, have had
their dreams rudely shattered by the
War Department, which believes with
Gen. Otis, that Manila ia not desirable
resort for American officers wives, as
long as the rebellion is going on, and is
consequently refusing al! appl cations for
transportation for the wives Of officers
who are now il the Philippines.
Mr. Il. j. Schaffer, President of the
Amal algdmated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers Of the u. S., was an in
teresting witness before the industrial
Commission. He had some very posi-
tive opinions On the question of immi-
grafton, saying that the government
should learn from every Immigrant
whether he intends to remain in the
country, require him to take the oath of
allegiance, and to possess an EDUCATIONAL
and money qualification and possibly
impose head tux, which would effect
uti!y shutout The lowest aud least desira-
1,e class OF immigrants. Mr.. Shaft
alsO expressed the opinion that in the
iong luD, the labor-saving machinery in-
!roduced takes care of all the men who
are displaced by il.