The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-31
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our O,rn Correspondent.

HFOM Ouf OtCh Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 90. 1900.
President Cleveland has registered
and presumably intends to vote. But
he does not intend to advise anybody
else. He has given out an authorized
statement on the subject, which reads
as follows: 'T am surprised that my
opinions and intentions as related to
the pending canvas should at this
stage SO suddenly be deemed import
ant. I am daily md nightly sought
out by newspaper reporters and politi-
clans with all sorts of questions; ena.a
of which seem quito senseless. If in
good nature say few harmless
words, they are so padded before
publication as to be unrecognizable, or
are made the pretext for utterly unau-
thorized presumptions. 1t seems to
me that my situation ought to be suffi-
ciently understood and appreciated by
thoughtful friends to Justify in their
minds my determination to remain
silent during this exceptional and dis
tressing campaign" This means, of
course that Mr.. CleYeland is etill op-
posed to free silver as he has always
been, and that he is also opposed to
the imperialistic politics Of the Repub-
lican party. His views on the financial
question are parallel with those enter
tanned by thousands of Democrats who
are this year supporting Mr, Bryan on
the issues of imperialism and the
trusts. feeling that those issues are
paramount,
President Mckinley has undoubtedly
done well to keep silent IN this cam
paign and to refuse to mske any
speeches, as thereby he avoids the
necessity Of making any explanations,
leaving this to his second in command,
Governor Roosevelt, who can better
afford to insult and browbeat any one
who asks for information. Among
other questions that Mr. Mckinley
might find hard to answer if he were
making addresses, is one sent to him
in writing by Senator Jones, Chairman
Of tho Democratic National Commit
tee. Mr.. Jones says in his letter:
''The instructions, given to the Com
missioners on the part of the United
States to negotiate the treaty with
Spain in Paris in 1893 have never, so
far as l know. been made public.
When the treaty was before the Senate
for ratification there was great de-
mand that these instructions should be
made public. But for some reason,
and doubtless not an unimportant one,
this desire was not gratified. The
President in his letter of acceptance
quoted partof these, as I understand,
secret instructions. I addressed him
in q note on October 8, calling his at
tention to this fact and requested that
as part of the instructions which he
considered favorable to the position of
his politicc' party was 30 used by him
the remainder should be made public.
Conceiving it impossible that the Presi-
dent Of the United States would use
part of secret document for the ad-
vancement of his personal fortunes
and the interests of his own political
party and at the same time refuse to
the public the remainder Gf this docu-
ment, expected to have prompt
answer from the President. / have
now waited for more than two weeks
and have not had the honor of an ac-
acknowledgements even of the receipt of
my note" Of course, the President
can ignore this as long as he is not on
the stump. He undoubtedly wishes to
do SO because he knows that the re-
mainder Of the instructions would
show lamentable case of wobbling on
his part.
Attention has recently been called
to O most remarkable statement by
Governor Roosevelt, who boasts, with
details, how he shot Spanish soldier
at the battle of San Juan, while the
latter was running from him and was
only some thirty feet away. The
Governor says: "When we reached
the tre1icheswe found them filed with
dead bodies in the light blue and white
uniform o. the Spanish regular. Lieu
tenant Davis first sergeant, Clarence
Gould, killed Spanish sole;er with
his revolver just as the Spaniard was
aiming at one of my Rough Riders.
At about the same time, 1 also shot
one. was with Henry Bradshaw, run
ming up at the double, and two Span
iards leaped from the trenches not ten
yards away. AS they TUNED to run
closed in and fred twice. missing the
first aud killing the second. At the
time, I did not know of Gould's ex-
ploit and supposed my feat to be
unique" Certainly the Governors
action in telling IF it is unique. So
far as known no officer in modern war
fare has heretofore boasted Of shoot
ing down flying enemy in cold blood.
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