The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-03-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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(From our regular correspondent
Warrington, March. 27sb.-"Tne
ever victorious army" is tho title now
given to the men of Gen. O:is, who
are again fighting and again carrying
everything before them. Since the
fint dispatches coucorning the battle
OF Saturday arrived, the corridors Of
the war department have been filed
~ they were during the few weeks OF
the WAT with Spain, with cfficers and
newspaper correspondents, all on thu
alert for the latest from the front.
Either Acting Secretary Meiklejohn,
or Adjutsut General Corbin is con-
stsntly on duty. They both express
absolute confidence that Gen. Otis
will successfully carry through his
plan to destroy Aguinaldo's army be-
fore thsre is any let up in the fight,
and neither IF them look for any Sc
rious se'. back for cur troops, The
regretab!e feature of the victories has
been the considerable number of cas-
usi ties among our troops, but they
are foaturs Of war that cannot be
avoided. The fighting probably short.
ened President NcKinley's vacation
~ he zen, word as soon as the first de
patches OF Gen. Oils were forwarded
to him rhat he .u!d return to Wash.
ington IT our'.
Tle Ailli.ary Court of Inquiry has
returned to Washington, where the
last witnesses will be heard. Nobody
has any authority to say what the re-
port of the Court will be, but the i'm
preston is general among those who
have closely followed all the testimony,
that it will justify every charge made
by Gen. ID les about bad beef baing
furnished the army, and that it will re-
commend one or more court martials of
army officers who were responsible for
tho purchase and acceptance Of the
beef Should this impression bo cor
rect, Gen. Esgan will certainly catch
it, for a. Cvmmissary General, he is
the man who must be held responsible,
although the real fault may have be-
longed to some ,f his subordiuates.
AZ most men approve of q man re
turning blow for blow, there is lit.
tie personal criticism of M. Bryan's
rebuff and arraignment OF M. Bel
mont, of N. Y, in connection with the
much talked about ten dollars a plate
Jefferson dinner, but many man who
supported Mr.. Bryan in so rcgard
it as very bad break politically, aud
are already q. work in the interest If
other candidates. One Of the is Ex-
Representative King of Utah, wha
said on the subject: "The wiser leaders
are looking for candidate VIII. will
not begin his campaign with alisnat-
ing large section of the party. Such
a man ss enator Teller might stand
= good show of election. The abier
politicians real:za this fact, and are
quietly placing his merits before the
men who will have the voting to do
in convention, although they realize
fully that if the convention were to be
held now, Mr.. Bryan would certainly
be nominated.
According 10 an official statement
made by the U. S. Treasurer, there
is no scarcity Of money in this
country On the contrary, he
says the percapita circulation was
$25 81 on the first Of the present
month, against $23.83 one year ago.
He says the seeming scarcity Of money
has been brought about by large
increase in the volume Of business
done. and by disiD clination in bank
ing and commercial circles, except on
the Pacific coast. to push into active
circulation, the enormous quantity of
gold coin that has accumulated in
government vaults, and in the hands
Of bankers.
eeuor Don Manuel Azpiroz. the
new Mexican Ambassador to the U.
s., has just arrived in Washington.
He speaks Euglish and keeps up with
the newspapers, as may be judged by
his having said, in an interview
NATURALLY my main purpose in COM
ing to Washington, is to strengthen
the good relations between the u. S.
and Mexico in every way possible,
and in particular to develop the trade
and commerce which two goou neigh.
bors should have with each other. |
notice that your papers reproduce
Mexican press comments on the recent
uttsrances of Cecil Rhodes. prophecy
ing ~ absorption by the U. 8. Of
Central and South American coun
tries; but this press comment is purely
unofficial, and in no way reflects the
views of the government Mr.. Rhodes
il an interesting character and the
papers we're quick to sejzs upon his