Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan 2, 1899.

Mr.. Mckinley is SO anxious for the
Senate to promptly ratify the treaty of
peace that he took occasion to breach the
subject to a number of Senators vino shook
hands with him at the New Years recep
ton, at the White House. 1t is the antics
of Aguinaldo, believed to have both
Spanish and German inspiration, which
are causing Mr. Mckinley anxiety. He
told the Senators that his hands were tied,
outside of the territory already occupied
by our troops, until the treaty was ratified.
Democratic opposition to the treaty itself
has almost entirely disappeared, but Demo
cratic opposition 10 our keeping the Philip
pines permanently appears 10 be increasing
Present indications are that whatever
delay there may be 10 reaching vote on
the treaty, which will go to the Senate this
week, will come from Republican Senators,
such as Hoar, Hale and Perkins. Nea ly
all the Democrats say that the treaty
should be promptly ratified because it does
not commit this country to keep the
Philippines, and delay may result in seri-
GUS trouble.
Colonel DENLY, one of the Democratic
member Of the War Investigating commits
sion, dropped hint that indicates a sur
prise Of somebody when the report of the
commission is made, which will be inside
of four weeks, he thinks. He said: When
they make their report think that all
fair minded people will admit that they
have reformed their work conscientionsly
and that it is not so much of whitewash
commission as 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
" embaimed beef sent to Cuba and Porto
Rico was utterly unfit for use and expires
sed the opinion, backed up by that OF
physicians, that the enforced eating OF lit
had been responsible for much of the
sickness, but they have not succeeded, and
are not likely to- As feeler, they threaten
to sue General Miles for heavy damages,
but the threat was quickly dropped when
General Miles said that court of law was
precisely where he would like to get the
men who sold that embalmedD beef to
the War Department. Swift q Co. and
Armour & Co, members of the beef trust,
have sent long communica ions to the COM
mission, telling how good the beef was that
was condemned by General Miles and
other officers, and an ex sergeant of v0lun-
teers, now in the employ of the commission,
has overdone the thing by testifying that
the beef sent to Cuba and eaten by his
regiment was better then most of the men
have had since they were mustered out
This same witness was made to admit that
lot of beef issued to his regiment was
condemned by physicians, but tried to
qualify the admission by saying that be
dldn't see anything the matter with the
beef. A Board OF Survey, composed OF
army officers, has been appointed to inves-
tigate the beef, both canned and refriger-
ated, furnished the army.
Senator Mason, of Illionis, is the latest
Republican Senator to declare against
expansion He said 81 am not an
ca pansionist. but l think the treaty will
he ratified at this session. The ratification
of the treaty, however, will not commit
this country to the expansion idea. The
retention or disposition of the Philippines
md other matters relating to expansion
will have to be settled later on. The sub
iect is too big to be passed upon hastily
admit that popular sentiment seems to be
ID favor of the expansion idea at present,
but later / look for a change. The people
apparently do not comprehend just what
expansion means
TIE announcement from New York that
Mr. Croker had selected Representative
Sulzer as candidate for Speaker of the
uext House, and consequently the leader OF
the Democrats in that body, was not recei-
we'd any too pleasantly by Democrats in
Washington. There is no personal oblec-
ton to Mr. SulzeT, who is extremely we'll
liked, considering the short time he has
0een in Congress, but resentment is express
sed towards Mr.. Croker for trying to NEEDLE
with this matter. There ha, been more or
less talk among Democrats about this or
that man being selected to fill the place in
the next Congress that Representative Bal
ley, of Texas, does in the present House,
but according to Mr. Bailey's friend, he
will be the man. Representative Swanson,
of Virginia, said Friends of Mr.. Bailey
have made most careful and conservative
canvass OF the Democrats elected to the
next House. He has pledges and assur-
apces from more than ninety and when the
Times comes will get more than 100 votes.
Outside of about twenty five men he is the
second choice of all those who will vote for
other candidates on account of local con-
sideTations."
Pressure upon the administration was
strong enough to cause the cabinet to
10 instruct Secretary Hay to squelch the
Pacific Cable Company, by exercising bis
right to disapproye the concession for a
cable monopoly obtained by this company
from the late Government of Hawai-,
inside of six months from date of conces-
sions The six months expired to-day
This is the company that wanted this
Government to grant it subsidy of $500
600 a year for twenty years enough 10
build the cabIe-for the free use of the
cable from California to Hawaii