The Red Cloud chief., 1899-05-06
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

IneTe ISL tne slightest UOuDt aDOu
the end Of the fighting being at hand
IL is expected, of course, that Aguin
aldo's Spanish training will make hin
%endeavor TO put off the inevitable a,
long as possible, by submitting new
propositions 90 Gen. Otis, but Genera
Otis will stand by his refusal TO recog
nize any Philippine government, ant
will continue to whip the Filipinos AZ
fast as the men can catch up with
them, until terms Of general amensty
for unconditional surrender .are &C.
cepted. He will not consent 10 g
tiations OF any sort; A~guinaldo mus,
choose between more running, more
licking or unconditional surrender,
and all the information received from
the Philippines indicates that he will
choose the latter very shortly.
Nothing but admiration for the vol.
unteers In the Philippines Is heard in
Washington. Adjutant General Cor.
bin freely expresses the opinion that
every one Of them should receive a
medal Of honor from this government,
because, by the terms Of their enlist.
ment, they were entitled to withdraw
from the service as soon as peace be.
tween Spain and the United States was
declared, but instead Of taking advan.
tage Of that they remained voluntarily
performing more than was required Of
them, and more than the ordinary duty
of soldiers, giving the world an object
lesson in fighting quality and patriot
ism OF the American volunteers, which
Is deserving of specisi recognition.
The medals canno be given without
the action Of congress, but it is proba.
bic that such action will be recon
mended to congress by the president,
and will be promptly acted upon. Ev.
erybody is proud Of those volunteers
and their gallantry.
Representative Joy of Missouri, is in
a joyous frame Of mind over the good
news from the Philippines. Speaking
on the subject he said: IL am very
glad that there is a prospect Of peace
in the Philippines. Our people in the
west are generally in favor of expan.
sion, but one could hear, at the same
time, considerable discussion as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of continuing the struggle,
which was sacrificing American lives.
There was also some criticism OF the
wholesale slaughter of the Filipinos
and q very general hope was being OK.
pressed that the fighting might soon
come to an end. Now that Aguinaldo
is to surrender, the ground for crit.
Is removed, and there will be q
very general rejoicing"
Mr.. John p. Dorch, of Kansas. said
OF Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease, who is wide.
~ known outside Of her " state, as
\ politician aud lecturer: ut appears
that Mrs. Lease, after making . ma.
tional reputation on the political ros.
trum, became weary of the effort to
existing conditions, and gave
up the job as beyond mortal strength.
She became thoroughly disguised with
al parties and all platforms, and Small.
" concluded that the game OF politics
was largely n Of greed and ambition.
She studied s%pirtuslism and finally
concluded that it would do more to
mankind than all the parti-
'an,politicians who had ever lived. Her F,
'uture mission will be to talk others
nto believing the same way" Mr.. ,
Dorch didn,t say so, but it is taken for
granted that Mrs. Lease will exact the
Usual price per talk. |;
As long as the president of the Unit.
ID States and the emperor of Germany
continue to extend such cordial per.
onal cablegrams Is have followed the ,
.ranting permission by President Nc
iinley for the landing of the the new
iermsn cable in New York, the yellow
ournals are wasting space in trying to I
1t appear that there is even the
lightest probability Of q break be. ]
ween the two countries. Publications
n both countries show that each has a
hare Of indiscreet. hot.heads, but they
re powerless to make serious trouble
5 long as the president and emperor
re on such cordial personal terms.
IL any more anti-American literature ]
,oes from the United States to the
philippines Il will have to be struggled
nto the islands as the post Office de-
'artment has issued an order forbid
ing the carrying Of pamphlets issued
y the anti-imperialistic league at Bos.
on, in the United States mails to the
There was some talk in
iicial circles of prosecuting officers Of
hat organization for circulating SO.
itious documents, but 1t was conclud-
d the wiser plan not to give them an /.
pportunity of posing as martyrs. 4,