The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-08-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington. Aug. ~. 1901

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pean editors regard as such are al
ways more or less amusing, but
those cabled over alleging that the
present revolution and war be-
tween Columbia and Venezuela, 1t
seems to be com bination of both,
has been instigatcd by the gov
ernmcnt OF the L. S. for the pur-
pose of opening the way for an ex-
cuse to take forciblc possession OF
the Isthmus of Panama. are more
than amusing; they are ridiculous.
The European editors write OF the
great gathering Of great fleets OF
American warships on both sides
of the Isthmus, when, as n matter
of fact there isn't single warship
within ten days sail of either the
Atlantic or the Pacific side of the
Isthmus, and only three,two small
vessels and the battleship Iowa,
have been ordered to Panama wa
tcrs, and neither Secretary Hay,
nor acting Secretary Hackett, both
of whom are familiar with the sit
uation on the lsthmus, has any
idea that either OF them will have
any serious work to do after they
get there, which will probably not
be before the first week In Sep
tember. Publications in our yell
low journals, are In a measure re-
sponsiblc for the misinformation
oi European editors. Our own
people know how much their wild
statements are worth; the Euro
pcans do not.
The latest story about the Sch
ley court Of Inquiry, alleging that
the Navy Department would not
furnish Schley with list OF Its
witnesses ..as r, maslsh'e-on,y- v fec
the ignorance 1t showed concern
ing the methods of the Department.
II Is the invariablc rule OF the De-
partment to furnish the officers
who asks for a Court OF Inquiry
with list of the witnesses sum
moned by the Department, rs soon
It is fully made up, and the rule
will not be departed from In the
Schley case. Schley,s thDee law
yers were at the Department to-
day, and submitted to Acting Sec
rctary Hachctt, a complete list Of
the witnesses chosen by Admiral
Schley.
Hon. Thomas ii. Cater, Ex-
Senator from Montana, and Ex-
Chairman OF the Republican Ma
tional Committee, who is now at
the head OF the Y. S. Commission
for the st. Louis exposition, has
been in Washington several days,
in company with ex-Gov. Francis
of Missouri, who Is at the head OF
the exposition organization, look
ing after the foreign interests of
the exposition, and the forwarding
through the Department OF State
of the Presidents proclamation,
inviting the participation of all ma
tions In the exposition. Speaking
OF the matter, Mr.. Carter said :
"The President will issue the pro-
clamation in n few days and the
great exposition will then be ON
cially inaugurated. Everything
promises that the st. Louis expo
sitian will eclipse anything of the
kind ever held in the world. Close
study of the best points OF every
International Exposition has been
made and the best features of each
adopted. There will be wealth ol
original conceptions and a magni-
Rcence OF detail, together with a
general world representation,
which will make the Louisiana
purchase exposition worthy of the
new century and OF the great terri
tory, the acquisition OF which has
added so much to the wealth and
prestige OF the country.
The statistics of the native popu-
lation OF Hawaii for the last hal
century present an interesting stu.
DIV, showing decrease so large
and steady that ii it be kept uI
another half.century,there will b'
practically no natives or descend
ents OF natives, left on the island
In 1853, when the first authentic
census was taken, there were Ill