Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-24
WASHINGTON GOSSIP

N~S~A
A COSBY LETTER REGARDING
LEGISLATION AND OTHER MAT
TIERS.
Washington, July 22.-General Jacob
H. Smith has been placed upon the re-
tired list of the army by the president,
as a result of his verbal orders relative
TO the Samar campaign. The presi-
dents action has been commented upon
by republicans as a complete vindica-
ton Of the action Of the majority in
the senate when this matter was up
for discussion.
The president, in digniied language,
raprimands General Smith for his con-
duct as calculated to mislead Junior
officers and privates in their ideas Of
what civilized warfare should be.
The presidents action is following
exactly the line of his speech made on
Memorial Day. in which he said that
the acts of cruelty in the Philippines
were the exception and not the rule;
but that every individual cas of al
legged cruelty would be investigated
and those guilty punished.
In the senate the republicans were
a unit in declaring that they favored
a full investigation and legal punish
| ment if deserved. The democrats,
however, on hearsay evidence, de-
nounced the army in wholesale fashion
as a set Of butchers and murderers.
The order OF the president retiring
General Smith. shows that while he
regrets the necessity for taking such
action. in view of General Smiths long
and brilliant war record, he has no
thoughts OF whitewashing the affair
or making the facts other than they
are. ..
Governor Taft is holding important
conference with the pope on the friars
question in the Philippines. This
subject is developing some little
trouble. The vatican is stated as OPP
posing the expulsion of the friars from
the Philippines, whereas the United
States is determined upon such {
course. Governor Taft, other officials
and amass of testimony have shown
that these friars have been responsible
for n In roo aroo7Iut of tho trr,1hlt
among the natives; that they are mar
row, bigoted, and intolerant of any o
the improvements o. Innovation
which the United States is introducin,
!: in the islands for the good of the ma
tives; and that while they hold som,
influence over some of the natives the.
i are detested and hated by them, tn
latter believing that they have bee.
: robbed in wholesale fashion by tn
!. friars. Governor Taft has a nice piec
of diplomatic work on hand, but hi
attitude and that of this country j
Z very firm on this point p
| RI x11ClIL LIZ WI - AASi
n Washington, 1T is remembered that b
insisted from the time Pekin was isl
lated from the rest of the world, thu
the American, English, and other TO
eign embassies were safe, and his fait
j.. in this belief remained unbroken, eve
when practically all hope had bee
given up by our own officials. To NJ
n WI Secretary Hay entrusted the me
le sage to- Minister Conger, which was d
livered in that time OF horror throue
~ Mr.. WIS good relations with soutl
ern viceroys. and through him the sta
department received in cipher the L
IS Spouse which thrilled the nation like
voice from the grave, and gave to Il
TO world the first official news that Il
1e foreign representatives were still aliE
= The output of gold in South Afri
has steadily increased since the al
of peace have been again resumed.
-, the Rand mines the product has i
creased from 10000 ounces. last Z
cember, to 10000 ounces in June, V;
&c. ued at about S3.O00,O00.
tie -
OF Bradstreet's states that the wages
-. 10000 iron workers in the rolling mi
II. of the county have just been increase
as 49,
OF Bumper crops of corn and oats a
liberal yields of rice, barley, hay a
fruits are predicted by the departing
Of agriculture. The area in corr
in about 4 per cent larger than that
last year, and crop conditions for II
grain are fine. Continuing fayora3
DIS conditions may result in record-brea
ID ing crops Of possibly 2,6O0,00Ol
70 bushels OF corn and 9O0.O00,0DO bus
els of oats. Wheat prospects are ]
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