Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-02-02

If they have to sell out to avoid fall In
values after the states have been 10
the Union little while. There is no
lik hood that the territories will be
any better or any worse off with state
hood than without it
Tue death of Gen. Joe Wheeler has
been received in Washington with
genuine regret, and the decision i'm
mediately arrived at to bury him in
Arlington with all the hOnors that
could be paid to deceased Union gen
era is not surprising. There was new
er anything better calculated to show
that the Civil War WAS over than the
alacrity with which the old Confed-
crates aud the sons OF Confederates
went into the war with Spain. OF
course Gen. Wheeler, as one OF the
most noted cavalry commanders of the
south, was watched with particular
interest. An account may be given
by man who saw him through all Of
the Cuban campaign. He says: Gen.
Wheeler was not only good command
err, but he had the experience and the
faculty of looking after his men and
seeing that his command was in shape
for whatever work it was called on to
do. In the climate of CUBA, this was
an important factor. The best com,
mand In the world could be knocked
out in two days by dvsentary and NAL
aria if the men were not forced to take
care of themselves, and Gen. Wheeler
had just the sort of field experience to
drive this principle home on his sub.
altern officers and men. do not know
positively whether the story is true
about his calling the Spaniards "Yan.
KEGS In the heat OF battle. but l was
up near the front the evening after the
first fight and the story was going
round then and was being 80 heartily
tainly originated Oh the spot whether
it WAS true or not. 1t was just after
the American forces had cleaned gu,
Kettle H ill and Gen. Wheeler 3 calvary
command, which never saw horse at
ter they left Tampa, had come up ovei
the crest that the old General is re
ported to have shouted so that al
around heard him, We've got th,
Yanks going boys. Give 'em hell.
They did.
Gen. Wheeler lived at the front will
bis command to the surrender of San
tiago and fought it out on the SPOT will
the tropical malaria which wae gOO(
deal worse than the Spaniards. There
is no question at all that he wanted te
get killed in the Santiago campaign
aud die with his boots on. But though
he took all sorts of chances on gettine
shot, there was never bullet touched
him. He remarked resignedly one af
ternoon that he supposed he was tot
small to get hit by such damned poo
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ferring Of course to the Spanish lines.
There will be whole nation t,
mourn the passing of the good littl
general. and 1t will be a fitting mark o
affection to pay that be shall rest in th
national cemetery.
The outcome of the rate bill is still
doubtful. The measure has not passe'
either the House or Senate aud Their
is going to be fine old row in confer
ence after 1t does. The House bill. a
is generally known, is more radica
than the Senate's. and there has beef
suggestion that when the bill goes t.
conference that the House will btan'
out for the adoption, in principle, of it
measure and force the Senate to th
wall. The suggestion is almost un
tenable. The Senate is not used t.
giving way to the House and the Eikin
and Foraker bills are 80 much NOR
lenient and have 50 many more loop
holes in them of which the railroa,
companies might take advantage, tina
it is not likely the Senate will submit
to seeing itself shelved and the Hous
measure passed in Its entirety. 1t
said that the House measure is NOR,
in accordance with the President s idea
than is the Senate's, but then as |
known, this is not likely to interfer
with the Senate to any great extent.