West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-01-12
Our WASHINGTON Letter.
Mckinley Still Working The Senate
For Ratification Of The Peace
Treaty.
he ola Confederate soldier Daa.t
Want Any Tensions or Help From
The Government
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Mr. Mckinley Is still piaving fox.v
on ihe Philippians q ,e -tion. ana hc viii
prS''aoiy keep II up nntH the Senate
rttites the treaty. The aie~s,gs he
'ent wits thr treaty % peace 10 the
Senate was purely formal. aud nisht
nave O'en nut ia four woris, here /,
the treaty athOu.i Tue aIniaistri.
ton must be IN possession OF macn
lhiormttion relating u the present
critical relations between our tre. ps
and the Philippine insurgents which
the senate, aaA the people, would like
To know. Not a word received from
Gen. OTIS oy tue administration since
he insurgents in possession o. uoio
virtually dehed Gea. Miller and his
rpp2i who had been sent by Gen.
Otis To take possession of the town.
has been male puOlic except that re-
Inducements had been sent to Gen.
Mil Ter. Although tho news from
Manila Is carefully censored it has
made il plain that the situation is
alarming and that fght between the
Insurgents and our troops is mong the
daily probabilities should the natives
start Il revolution against our author
ity, IL would undoubtedly result in
increasing the sentiment against our
keeping the Philippines; that may
account for so much official rotcvnce.
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The treaty of peace was taken up
by the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, and the expectation As that
IT will be reported To the Senate some
time next week. Opinion differs as to
how soon vote will! be reached. In
fact, there will be nothing tangible
upon which to base an opinion until
the opponents of the treaty indicate
their intentions. 1t is claimed that 40
Senators have promised to vote for
ratifcd ton. Even if that claim be
correct, enough Senators would be
left against the treaty to prevent, ii
they are so disposed, its being voted
upon ut tins session, as the appropria-
ton bills, not one of which has vet
been passed by the Senate, the Mica
ragua Canal bill and other measures
will all be pressing for action, with
the probability that an extra session
will be necessary growing stronger
every day.
Jerry Simpson was in his seat when
Congress reassemble,l, for the first
tins this session. lie is the same old
Jerry; defeat hasn't soureA him at all.
lie says he is still in politics and OK
poets to be as long rs he lives lie is
strongly opposed 10 the large stundins
army provided for by the Hun bill, ana
will be heard from before tho dill i.
jamined through the House
-
Southern men vh0 come to Wash
inSton these days nearly all have
some lining To say about tie proposition
To admit Confederate. veterans to soy-
eminent Soldiers HoIue.anL rae Den.
sion roll, and the sU~st,.nce Of the
opinions Of 1Iue- teutns y. them is con
tanned In the fo,lOwia,s roluLrls, made
by Mr.. A. ID. Mcclure, of Ga: I'll
amy one sapposes that Tho southern
people have the rcmOt idea that tn.
veterans OF the Confederate Army or
their friends expect pensions of the u.
D. Government, or even reception into
the Soldiers Homes, IA grievously mis-
taken notion is cherished. Our people
are not dreaming of any such idea, for
they are TO sensible to entertain any
proposition SO utterly romantic, not to
say absurd. The OLD Johnnies are do
ing hrst-rate without any bounty from
Washington. Our pension list is al
ready big enough. and there is no need
for further burdens. The whole idea
is Quixotic and the very irst to de-
nounce it would be the proposed bone
ficiaries."
Whether the publ,c gets a chance to
SEQ the report Of the army board of
survey, which is now secretly inves-
tigating the charge of Gen. Miles, that
the beef furnished our soldiers in Cuba
and Porto Rico was "sm6ulmed" with
chemicals, which rendered it unfit to
eat and dangerous 10 health, will do
pend entirely upon what Secretary
Anger slys after the report has bean
suOInitted TO him, ana what he will
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