Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-01-05
must be available by the first Of

to bear upon President Mckinley
to get him to authorize the pay
rnent by this government of the
soldiers in the Cuban army, the
money so paid to be charged
against the revenues Of Cuba,
which will be collected by us aft
er January i. 1t is argued that
this should be done as an act of
humanity, as we'll as for the
safety of life and property in
Cuba.
The death of Senator Morrill,,
of VT, after forty-four years of
continuous service in the house.
and senate, removes the most in
huential republican anti-expan-
sionist from the senate. He has
alwaystopposed the idea of ex-
pansion and was one of the few
members of his party who voted
against the annexation of Ha-
waii, while Senator Hoar, after
making a speech against annex
alton, voted for it. Mr.. Morrill,
was always consistent, always
persistent in advocating his views,
and always strong partisan, yet
he never made a personal enemy
during his long service in con-
gress. His imprint has been left,
upon many of the most import
ant laws enacted during his SER
vice in congress. There is much
interest felt in Washington in
his successor. The names most
prominently mentioned are those.
of Gen. Grout, and DR.. Steward
Webb, a son-in-law of the late w.
II. Vanderbilt, who is said to
have acquired a residence IN Yer
mont several years ago solely for
the purpose of trying to succeed
Senator Morrill,. Vermont has
heretofore always chosen men of
brains rather than wealth for
senators, but almighty few poor
men have been sent to the senate
from anywhere of late years.
Senator Morrill's funeral will be
held in the senate chamber.
The news from the Philippines
indicates that Aguinaldo may
soon shake the dust of the islands
from his feet and go to Europe,
where it is believed he has sent a
large amount of cash taken from
the money captured by the insur-
gents at various times from relig-
ious institutions and business
establishments. His cabinet re-
fused to remain in Office when
they discovered that he intended
to oppose the United States, and
he has been unable to gel others
to take their places. Gen. Otis
reports to the war department
that the alleged government men
toned BY Aguinaldo is practi-
cally a thing of the past. This
doesn't indicate success for the
Philippine junta, which Agui-
ualdo's agent, who has already
been snubbed by the president,
and the peace commissioners, in
Paris, is in Washington for the
purpose of establishing. Admiral
Dewey and Gen. Otis have been
instructed to go ahead and take
charge of the Philippines, re-
gardless of the insurgents.
The announcement of Senator
Perkins. who is violently opposed
to the ratification of the treaty oil
/ peace, that he will vote for its
ratification, if instructed by the
California legislature to do SO, is
taken by many to mean that the
senator has doubts as to whether
he is correctly representing tht
sentiment of his state in opposing
the treaty, just as many regare
4 Senator Hoar's statement that Ii,
will vote for ratification, if th,
treaty is amended by a claus,
that will prevent the Philippine
lever becoming a state in tn,
union, as an adroit move to pc
himself back in line with the sen
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