The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-01-06

1 Jul itS correspondents
WASHINGTON Jan. MIR Mckinley is SC
| anxious for the Senate TO promptly ratiEy the
| Treaty Of Peace that he took occasion TO breach
| the subject to number OF Senators who shook
| HANDS with him ut the New Year reception, al
the White House. to-day. 1t is the antics OF
4 AEuinaldo, believed to have both Spanish and
Y German Inspiration, which are causing Mr.. Nc
4 kiniey anxiety He told the Senators that his
4 hands We're tied. outside of tue territory al
4 ready occupied by our troops, until the Treaty
4 was ratified. Democratic opposition TO the
A Treaty itself has almost entirely disappt AIRED,
4 but Democratic opposition to our keeping the
| Philippines permanently appears to be increas-
4 ing. Present Indications are that whatever de-
i lay there may be III reaching u vote on the
| Treaty, which will go to the Senate this wees,
will come from Republican Senators, such as
Hoar, Hale and Perkins. Nearly all the Dem
| ocrats say that the Treaty should be promptly
\ ratified, because it does not commit this cuun-
4 Try 10 keeping the Philippines, and delay may
\ result in serious trouble.
Colonel DENLY. one OF the Democratic MEM
bers of the War Investigation Commission,
dropped u hint that indicates surprise for
somebody when the report of the Commission
is made, which will be inside of four weeks, he
thinks. He said: when they make their re-
port think that all fair minded people will ad-
| init chat they have performed their work con-
scienlously and that it is not so much of II
whitewash Commission rs many persons have
imagined.
The magnates of the beef trust have been
trying to scare General Miles ever since he told
the Investigating Commission that the ''em-
baImed" beef sent to Cuba and Porto Rico was
utterly unit for use, and expressed the opinion,
backed up by that of physicians, that the en-
forced eating of it had been responsible for
| much OF the sickness, but they have not sue
! ceeded, and are not likely to. As Il feeler, they
threaten TO sue General Miles for heavy dam
ages. but the threat was quickly dropped when
Gen.Mles said that court OF law was precisely
where he would like to get the men who sold
that "embalmcd" beef to the War Department.
l Smift ~ Co, and Armour Co, members of the
beef trust, have sent long communications to
the Commission, telling how good tie beef was
that was condemned by General Miles and
other officials. and an eX-Sergcaut cf volun-
teers, now in the employ of the Commission,
| has overdone the thing by testifying that the
1 beef sent to Cuba and eaten 10y his regiment
was better than most of the men have had
\ since they were mustered out. This same wit
ness was made to admit thai lot of beet issued
| to his regiment was condemned by phvsiciens
| but tried To uusIify the admission ny saving
that he didn't soc ANYTHING the matter with rho
| beef. A Bnord of survey composcd of army
\ officers has heeu oDnointed to investigate the
| beef both canned and r.,riprratcd furnished
the army
/ Senator Mason. of Illinois ia The lofpst Re-
| publican Senator TO dt clair AGAINST eypansion.
| He said: II am not an expansionist, but
think the Treaty will he ratified ut this session.
The ratification OF the Treaty, however, viii
not commit this country to the expansion idea
7 The retention or disposition Of the Philippines
and other matters relating TO expansion will
have to be settled inter on. The subject is toe
bp tn he pussed tinor hastily I admir- tho,
! popular sentiment seems To he in favor or the
| expansion idea ut present, but later look TO,
u change The people apparently do not com
prefend JUST what expansion means"
The announcement from New York that Mr.
| -, >9N 1' Nv '''~et :"
cahuluate fSpeaker oil the next House, ant
| consequently the leader of the Democrats il
| that n d,, ,r,s ny. ,.,o,;,,od NM, IA ,,,,,i
" q" ''' e' '''s ''o Ple"s.'''i'
by democrats III washington. There Is M
personal objection to Mr.. SuZer who is cx