Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-06-02
WASHINGTON LETTER,
From our Regular Correspondent

troops and expressed doubts OF peace
able surrender of the Filipinos. All
of the regulars that can possibly be
spared arc to be sent TO him as fast
as.thcy can be transported, but they
will not increase the total OF his army
unless his project of persuadlng the
volunteers to re-enlist as organic -
tions, instead ofcoming home, can be
successfully carried ont. Thera Is al
so some anxiety felt over the sllua-
ton ia Cuba. 1t is known that the
Cuban leaders who have persuaded
the Cuban soldiers to retain the 7
arms rather than surrender them and
get their quota ofthe S3,OOO'OOO now
in Havana, awaiting distribution, are
not friendly to the L. 5. and that
they would willingly make tronble,
if they dared. There are also myster-
ious hints of outside influence and
money being used in Cuba to toment
dissatisfaction. And well-informed
men are expressing fear that more
troops are likely TO be needed in Gu
ba as well as in the Philippines.
Commissioner General of Immigra-
ton Powderly, is wrestling with a
knotty problem~whether natives Of
the Philippines have a legal right to
come to this country without COM
plying with the immigration laws.
A New YorI, amusement manager
engaged party of Filipinos, said to
be actors, IN Manila, and brought
them to San Francisco, where the
Immigration Commissioner refused to
allow them to land on the ground
that they were destitute aliens. lie
New York manager appealed to Com
missioner Powdprly, making tine ar
gument that the Philippines beng a
part of the L. s., the natives have
the same right to travel from one
part of the country to another part
that is possessed by the natives of
any of the states or territories; he
also claims that the Immigration laws
90 not apply to actors who come tot
the country for the purpose OF giving
exhibitions. Mr.. Powderly has the
case under consideration and his Dc
cision Is expected in few days.
Representative Zenor, Of Indiana.
occupies sort of neutral position on
the general question Of expansion,
but is quite certain that we do not
want the Philippines for keeps. lie
said: II am not what You would call
an auti-c1pansionisi. We can hard
ly get out eff the Philippines without
fist giving them a lesson in civillza-
ton. That means that We must 90
on until we compel them to look at
the matter in the proper light. Still,
don, beleve that in the end We
want the islands. The oriental char
actcr is something that we, as Caucas-
ians, can have no conception OF. 1t
is because it would he impossible for
us 10 gage the character of the III
habiants that the islands would
make dangerous possessions for us.
Pper money cannot be safely used
in the Philippines. Uncle sam las
recently gained this information and
1t came near costing him million
dollars. knowing the prejudice the
the average American has to carry
ing around 4 lot of coin, the War
Department shipped 81 100000 III
paper money Of small denominations
to Manila, to be used in paying off
the troops Iy good luck the mon
ey WIS saved from destruction by the
myriad Of ants winch attacked it, !
whert i, was stored after It's arrival |
at Manila, and if they had not, at
once, been discovered, would have
eaten the notes up entirely. The in.
formation was got to Washington m
time to stop another big shipment Of
paper money. The troops in the
Philippines will hereafter be paid eX-
drsively in gold and silver.
Up to this time, the various fEnds
that are to be used for brass band
and hurrah welcomes to Admiral
Dewey, in various places, are many
many thousands larger than the fund
that il being collected for the pur-
chase ofa home for Admiral Dewey
in Washington. The comparatively
small total of the contributions re-
ceived by Treasurer Roberts indicates
either apathy on the subject ola gem
er Il belief that so many contributions
would be made that it was useless
for any single individual to bother
about making one. The value Of
his fund will lie more in the promyt-
l,>s and sponlaniety with winch
/ is contributed than in its grand
.oiaI, Thousands remember the d's-
last that WIS felt at the slowncss
with which the money Tor the Grant