The Iola register., 1901-08-16
FROM THE
CAPITOL
Washington Comment on
Matters of Interest
The Registers Correspondent
Writes of Political Con-
ditiOns
NOT EXCITED OVER PANAMA
Says that it is Merely a Pea
nut Revolution
War Department has it's
Hands Full Transport
ing Teachers Brides

Washington, Aug. IL, 1901. The u.
s. Government declines to get excited
over the latest peanut revolution in
Central America, Notwithstanding the
hysteria Of certain gentlemen who
have business interests over there.
We have treaty with Columbia by
which neutrality of the Panama rail-
road is guaranteed, and if Colombia
cannot enforce that treaty, this gov
ernment will do so with its naval
forces, as it has done before. The gun
boat Machias has been ordered to
proceed to Colon, theeastcrn terminus
of the Panama railroad, and it is be-
lieved that no stronger force will be
needed to protect American interests
on the lsthmus. but as percaution-
airy measure, the cruiser Ranger now
on the Pacific coast, has been ordered
gotten in readiness so she can be sent
to the Pacific side of the Isthmus
should it be thought necessary. This
government has nothing to do with the
war between Colombia and Venezuela.
which seems to have grown out of the
revolution against the government Of
Colombia. and will not interfere in
any way unless it becomes necessary
for the protection of American inter-
ests That is the whole story in a
nutshell, which has started all of the
yellow journals to yawping and pre-
dieting that we are about to become
involved in Ian European war on oc-
count of the little rumpus on the
isthmus.
The Insular Division of the War
Department was not, when established.
intended to be a bureau for the promo
tion of matrimony, but glance over
its correspondence files shows that it
has been indirectly the cause OF many
marriages, and Col. Edwards, it's
capable ,and courteous chief, is in
doubt as to whether he deserves praise
or condemnation for the unpremedi-
tated results 1.-THE epidemic of mar
riage was brought about by the regu-
lations adopted by the division for
the transportation of teachers for the
public schools in the Philippines,
which provided thatthe person directly
dependent upon the teacher might, if
practical, sbe furnished free transpor-
tation upon a government transport
That was enough of hint for num-
Der of bright young fellows who had
been appointed teachers, and the
division. was at once overwhelmed
with applications for transportation
for brides, as 'the person directly
much as the teachers alone were n
severe tax upon the transportation
facilities of the government, this was
decidedly embarrassing, but Col.
Edwards, who is a sympathetic man,
was equal to the occasion. and no
bride was left behind. All records
for the carrying of brides were broken
by the transport which carried the
bride to the Philippines, and Uncle
Sam doesn't regret his bridal present
of free passage, whatever some of
the brides may do later. BY the way,
it is officially announced that all APP
pointments of teachers will hereafter
be made by Mr. Fred w. Atkinson,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
in the Philippines. whose address is
Manila. The announcement was made
to stop applications being sent to the
War Department. There will be very
few more appointment, anyway, eX-
cept to fill vacancies.
Once more the Treasurer of the e..
S. has denied one Of the periodical
stories usually originating abroad
and used to defraud those who can be
duped into believing them, alleging
that the L. S. Treasury held a large
sum in trust for the heirs of a man
who deposited it there. This time, the
mans name was given as Dembit2ky,
Pole, who was said tohave deposited
the money there just previous to being
killed while fighting in the Union
army during the civil war. tits need
less to say to those who are acquaint-
edlwith the principles under which
our government is run, that the U. S.
Treasury is not and cannot act as a
trustee for private individuals; con-
sequently it holds no private funds in
trust, but the ignorant and even some
intelligent persons in our own country
60 not know this, as often as it has