Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-02-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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the lllulng ul GllNI Oh DOth CO"i"S
by the courl.mariial, lies IN President
:. clemency. Although no official M.
nouncemelt has been made Of the
finding ofthe court-Inartial, and none
is expected until the President has
acted upon it, the opinion is manim-
Gus that it was guilty, simply because
it could have been nothing else upon
the evidence presented. Official red
tape will keep the finding out of the
hanGs of the President for several
days, and he will taSe lis own time
to act upon ii after he gets it. Cor
sequenlly ii is only guessing to at
tempt TO sly when the result will lie
made public, but the great AMI gene
raj interest in tire case makes it pro-
bsblc that it vii net be long delay
ed.
The House will tomorrow vote up
on the HILL army bill, Which has been
amended 80 rs TO make any increase
in the regular army above 10000
men ii. cretionary with the P:esiden';
and lis nassagc is certain. That much
Of the tall, IN the House, against the
Amy ILL, was Hinged with insinceri-
~, especially that relating to the
Philippines, was demonstrated when
Representative Cannon expressed the
opinion Il at 10 member Of ConsrCs>
really desired the departure from the
PHILIPPINES Of oar army and navy.
JUS, two members OF the House
Handy, ofDc, and Todd, of Michi-
gan hal nerve enough to stand up
and ,ay they favored the departure
Of our forces from the Philippines,
aud icy were greeted with j erS.
The anli.cApansioni>ts are going TO
monol o'ize most Of the talk in the
Senate this week. as nearly every ;. u
ator who isopposed to expansion, and
who has rot yet spoken, las given
notice Of an intention to speak dur
ing tie week. Il is also prob'Lle tlit
one of the nunt rOus r,sololioIs
decla. inc the poll cy Of ills caunlry
towards the Philippines will be voted
upon and defeated. S.naiors with
out regard to their attitude towards
the treaty of Peaco, express the
opinion that The treaty will be ra'i-
fed when it is voted upon Feb. Ctr,
in accordance with the agreement
entered into last week.
Senator Butler presented petition
from the legislature Of Moth Car
lima, asking TINT constitution |
amendment for the election of Sens-
tors, ly direct yatc oflhe people, be
adopted, stating that the legislatures
ortweptv.eom states had taken sin.
liar action.
The fact that the newspaper pull
lis,,ers assembled in Washington for
the purpcs oftcling Congress how
nccrs AIRY it Is, to them, to remove
the duty from white paper ana wood
pulp, includ, about as many who pull
lish protection papers as it does pub
fishers of free trade papers, reminds
one IF what the late G. neral Han
COX said ofthe tariff: at i'a loci
question" only these gentlemen seem
to have ma L. tina: portion of The tariff
which alr tn ir business strictly 4
personal question.
Senator German slid in speech
that the war with Spain wolld Prob
,hlt make 10000 new pensioners
an Tat within ih'co years the Az
anal pension payments would I'ac'
3 55,0Oo,oOO. THIS years approwi-
a,ioa Till, now in tho hands of the
Prcsldour, IS 42O,O0o,0OO less than
tat.
The op?on ATS of the seating of
/; prcscnta;iyc-e, c Robtris, #
Uta,, because o. his beintApply =
nit, are harl At work. TIcir lac {
moy isto try to &c; the ASSISTANT
I'd The vie Of every man who viii
/. veay il tn, .xi Con sres@, n
their fight against Roberts. / c
general opiu' II in Washington II
La ,hc women Of the country will
compel the lIouss to cxpl Roberts,
AMI that he would save himself much
trouble by rcsiguing, but nobody ex'
poets lin to resign.
There has been some scnsatio ial
publications alleging That Agoncillc,
Aeuinaldo's Washington agent, VINO
has been making hin'elf obnoxious
and iiiculoas by his absurd demands
and statements, hal been brlLing
officials to get advance news of Or
ders sent 10 Admiral Dewey and
Gen. Otis, but there is not single
good reason TO believe them. In
fact, it would be a waste Of money
for Agoncillo to pay it out for what
everybody else gets for the price of a
newspaper, as the substance OF every
order sent to orr officers in the Phil