The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-01
AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
During the week some important
events happened: The Philippine IN
surgen!s tried to burn the city OF Ma
Mia, and succeeded in destroying
much property before they were re-
pulsed by the American troops un-
der Gen. Otis, who finally drove them
back and restored order in the city;
Aouinaldo issued manifesto in
which be claimed that the corrupt
rule OF Spain was preferable to that
of the United States; the natives Of
the Island of Negros Zone OF the Phil.
ippine group declared their allegi-
auce to the United States and placed
themselves unreservedly under the
care and protection of the American
commanders; Admiral Dewey cabled
to the navy department that the bat
t!eship Oregon should be sent to Ma
Mia Immediately for political rea-
sons (from which fact there is much
apprehension in administration cir
cles of Threatened foreign compllca-
tions); the House passed bill ap-
propriating s2o,OoO,OO0 with which
to pay the bonus to Spain under the
terms OF the treaty of peace; It also
passed the naval appropriation bill
with a rider reviving the grade OF
admiral for the purpose of having
Rear Admiral George Dewey ad-
vanced to that grade (the Senate hav-
ing previously passed separate bill
providing for the same thing; the
Senate passed the river and harbor
bill with the Morgan Nicaragua bill
added as al amendment; Representa-
tive johnson (Rep.) of Indiana made
another sensational attack upon Pres
ident McKinley's policy in general,
paying especial attention to the Pres
ident's recent Boston speech; the
House committee on the judiciary
reported that the representatives Gin
Guiding Gen. Joseph Wheeler of Ala
bama) who had accepted commissions
in the volunteer army, thereby for
feited their rights to sit as members
of the House of Representatives;
Representative De Almond (Dem.) of
Missouri submitted a minority report
in the House, holding that the same
principle applied to the Senators who
served as members of the Paris treaty
commission; the administration con-
sented to a compromise upon the
army reorganization bill, and bill
(drawn to meet the objections OF the
opposition to the Hpil billy was in
troduced in the Senate and read in
the House. This compromise bill
provides for the increase of the army
to the limit of 100000 men for a Pc
riod of two years-65,0OO of such
t1oops to belong to the regular army
and $4,000 to be composed OF vol
unteer force. Rear Admiral Winfield
Scott Schley sent to the Senate (in
obedience to a request from the naval
affairs committee thereof mastery
and most conclusive defense against
certain ugly charges preferred by the
Secretary Of the Navy as reasons why
his nomination to the grade of rear
admiral should not be confirmed by
the Senate-the Secretary having
charged the rear admiral with being
guilty of reprehensible conduct dur
ing the naval campaign in Cuban
waters; but Schley showed conclu-
sively that he was, at the time of this
charge, simply obeying the orders
given him by Rear Admiral Sampson,
his superior oficer-producing the
original order under which he was
operating at the time, that order hav-
ing been purposely suppressed from
the navy department files Gf Sampson
ever turned it in). Representative
Lentz, (Dem.) of Ohio introduced
bill reviving the grades of Admiral
and Vice-Admiral for Dewey and
Scbley, respectively, with the proviso
that these grades should lapse with
the retirement or death of these Off
GERS unless Schley should outlive
DeweY-in which event Schley should
succeed to the Admiralty and that
Office die with him. It was agreed
that both Sampson and Schley shall
be confirmed.
The shooting in Columbia last Sat
urday might not have happened if the
liquor constables were under bond
the same as other officials. The con-