Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-06-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.

! CsPEoIAL ooRREsPc N oBNoR OF THE MONITOR
Capt R. L. Howe, of the Sixth U. S.
! Cavalry, who was colonel of the 34th
| Volunteers, recently mustered out,
| and who is to be given a com mission
as Brigadier General of Volunteers,
because Of his splendid record in the
Philippines, is in Washington. Be-
sides rescuing Lit. Gilmore, and his
men, his regiment rescued over $500
| Spanish soldiers and officers held as
prisoners by the Filipinos. Speaking
of them, Col. Howe said: "The Span
ish prisoners very apparently did not
try seriously to escape from their in
surgent captors. They were largely
responsible for the ideas that the in
surgents entertained regarding Amer
leans. They made the Filipinos
believe that we were the very incar-
nation of cruelty; that their women
would not be safe if the American
soldiers prevailed. The insurgents
marched the Spanish prisoners about
With them. On arriving at a town,
the prisoners would be turned over to
the president or mayor, and he in
turn, would quarter them among the
residents within his Jurisdiction. The
householder, who was given twenty
of the prisoners for example, to care
for, was held responsible for their re-
turn to the president, and to the in
surgent commander. The insurgents
were martinets in those matters and
did not hesitate to shoot down the
Filipinos who allowed prisoners to
escape. When we rescued those
Spaniards they were a sorry looking
set. Many of them had almost no
clothing and some we're in rags;
others wore the insurgent uniform.
We had great difficulty in keeping
them from looting and destroying the
Filipinos."
Senator Foraker has closed his
Washington house and gone with his
Washington, the senator said he ex-
pected to take his usual active part in
the Ohio gubernatorial campaign,
and that there was no reason to doubt
the reelection Of the entire republican
ticket. It is understood that the re-
publican State convention will declare
for Senator Foraker's re election, but
he asked to be excused from discussing
a matter SO personal. Official figures
fatty contr adict the pessimistic theory
that men are growing more dishonest.
Certainly the men who handle money
belonging to the United States gov
eminent are not growing more dis
honest. The total defalcat tons of
United States government officials
from the foundation of the govern
ment amount to SIC, 100000, not a
large sum when compared with the
enormous amount handled during
that period. The defalcations for the
ten years from 1860 to 1870 were great
er than for any similar period owing
to the Generalization consequent up
on the Civil war, but since then the
percentage of losses by the govern
ment through dishonesty, has grown
less and less.
Ex-senator German is playing for
a bigger stake than his old seat in the
senate, in trying to re-establish his
hold on the state of Maryland. He
wants the senatorship, Of course, if he
can get it, which Maryland republi-
cans do not believe, but it is to be
only stepping stone to the demo-
cratic nomination for president. Ac-
cording to a senator, who presumably
knows all about it, Mr.. German has
the promise of a number of influential
democrats that if he can get himself
back into the senate and Maryland
back into the democratic column, they
will support him as a candidate for
the presidential nomination. This,
however, is only interesting as gossip,
as the 'if'' which must be surmounted
to get this promised support is little
too big for Mr.. German to get over.
LETTER TO c. w. TENNEY.