The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-08-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular Correspondent
Washington. Aug. 8. 1901.

Tnose VINO mad calculated upon
making democratic political capi-
tai out Of the Schley Court of In
quiry. because Schley happens to
be democrat, are beginning TO
see that their calculations will not
be realized. The Navy Depart
mcnt would have been glad to have
ordered Court of Inquiry at any
time within the last three years
had Admiral Schley asked for It,
and now that the court is to be
held, It will render every Official
aid possible to Admiral Schlcy, in
order that light may be thrown
upon the dark places in the Naval
Campaign which resulted In the
destruction Of Ccrvera's fleet, and
II II be shown that the Department
was wrong In its assumption that
Schley disobeyed orders without
properly explaining his reasons
and that he displayed lack of
judgement at critical period, no
where would there be more satis-
fact on than in the Navy Depart
mcnt. Every record of the De-
partment has been thrown open to
Capt. Parker. who IL one of Sch
lcy's Counsel in order that he may
have access to every scrap of ofli-
cial evidence that will be laid be-
fore the court. Judge Advocate
General Lemly OF the Navy, who
will be Judge Advocate OF the Sch
ley Court of Inquiry, has gone
away on n vacation and will not
return until September |. His
subordifiates will arrange all the
details, such as making list of
witnesses who appear before the
court, etc.
Secretary Gage Is now the only
member of the cabinet in WASH
ing, the rest OF the members, cx-
cepting Secretary Wilson, who IL
making personal inspection OF
the corn and wheat crop of the
west, being ON vacation.
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The L. S. Civil Service Retire.
ment Association, an organic alton
formed n year or so ago, to secure
congressional legislation, for the
retirement on half pay, OF aged
infirm and incapacitatcd civil en-
ployes of the government, without
expense to the government, has re-
Gently been rcorganizcd, aud now
seems in n fair way to accomplish
something. While the association
doesn't figure on asking congress
to provide the money to pay the
pensioned employees, the bill II
will have introduced will provide
for government control, collection
and expenditure OF the pension
fund, which II to be obtained by
deducting small percentage II
IL estimated that three per cent
will bc sufficient from the salary
OF each civil employe OF the gov
crnment. This plan seem to he
free from the objection which have
killed all previous attempts to Sc
cure civil pension legislation, and
no good reason for congressional
opposition, has yet been brought
forward. 1t only prohoscs author
ity for government employees to
do what the employees OF several
big corporations in this and other
countries have been doing for
some time.
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a communication declaring war
against the I. :. has been rccciv-
cd Mt the War Department, but no
call for troops has been issued and
no excite il visible in Washington.
The letter, which was mailed in
Chicago, and which might have
been written by Dowie. reads NJ
follows;
"To the Government OF the United
States;
sin the year 1893, the God OF
this Earth fought battle against
Spain with the use OF the United
States Army and Navy under the
command OF the Almighty God OF
Heaven. The government officials
OF America, although we'll aware
OF that, undertook to rob the Al
mighty God Of the honor of the
A.,