(:3, C. are waiting. WON 1101111111 The Administration Getting Ready for Any Emergency. PREPARATIONS GOING ON Putting the Army and Navy on a “731' Footing—Opposition 'of Senator Hale and KT. Boutelle Fin Belittling the Efforts of the Navy Department. *WaShington, Feb. 28.—President Mc~ 'Kinle‘y realizes that the United States are nearer war than they have been at any time since the close of. the re- bellion, and he is using every means 5 ~31. -his command to place the country in‘condition for meeting whatever may ’Uome. Not once since the terrible dis- ~fias‘ter'at Havana. has he attempted to deceive those near to him or himself as to the consequences that may de- ipend on the report of the Naval Board 'of Inquiry. He is in thorough accord with the preparations for hostilities which are being made by the War and ' INavy Departments, many of which are in line with the President’s own sug- LgeStions. Through all this trying per- ~of Inqufiry asceitains that the Maine mined attitude, and has not been swerved‘from his expressed opinion ‘that war will be inevitable iif Ethe Board pOf Inquiry ascertains that [the Maine was destroyed through foul means, 'which the Spanish authorities, while not directly responsible, "might have taken measures to prevent. VI-Iis pur- pose to see justice done, no matter what the result, has secured the admi- tration not only of political supporters, ubut not strong opponents in Congress and elsewhere. Unfortunately for the patriotic fore- Sight of Mr. McKinley, opposition to ‘ his purpose has developed in a quarter ‘where there should be the greatest ap- ‘proval of all the administration wants to do. The chairmen of the two Naval Committees, Senator Hale and Repre- sentative Boutelle, both from the State in whose honor the lost battleship was named, have shown themselves to be against any preparation whatever for an emergency and. are using all the in- fluence which their prominent places give them to belittling the efforts of 'the Navy Department in getting every- ' thing in readiness for facing a resort to' arms. This defection in the Republican ranks, when many Democrats are ready to'support the President to the : end, is causing amazement and some display of feeling among the leaders of the majority in both houses. Senator Hale’s frequently expressed opposition toany efforts in the Senate in behalf of the struggling patriots of Cuba has not lessened the surprise of his col- leagues over the-position he has as- sumed. Other Senators who have not been friendly to the insurgent causexlo not let their opposition extend to the steps now being taken for vindicating nationai Donor, but MrII—Infle has shown a. disposition to ‘stick by Spain, and not by his country, in the'pr'esent alarming Situation. Over Mr. 'Boutelle’s:att‘itude there is felt-an intermixturezof annoyance and amusement—~annoyanee because his po- sition as head of the Committee on Naval Affairs gives him a distinct ad- vantage in opposing 'the plans of the Government, and amusement because he has the unhappy faculty of getting on the wrong side of vital political questions. It will be recalled that Mr. Boutelle was the only man in the House who was not in accord with President Cleveland's Venezuelan boun- dary policy. Fortunately, hOWever, in that case he was not so situated as to be able to prevent anything that Mr.. Cleveland wanted from :being carried -out. Nothing has occurred within the past twenty—four hours to change the atti- tude of the administration. In a word 'the President and his eexcutive ofl‘icers They know nothing more .about the cause of the Maine disaster than the country knows. Every scrap -of official information bearing on the catastrophe has been given to the press and there is no intention to keep any- thing back. This statement is It ‘~ on authority that is above suspicion VI .doubt as to its truthfulness. A member of the Cabinet, .in speak- ing of the attitude of the President, said: ' “President McKinley is giving thoughtful and earnest consideratiOn to every phase of the Cuban situation as it appears, but he will not be jin- goed into war or act in anticipation of events which may occur. He fully realizes what war means and will not go to this last direful extremity with— out the approval of his conscience and a firm conviction that such a. course would be right in the sight of God and man. But whenever the honor and integrity of the nation or its people become involved, the President may be depended upon to do his whole duty and do it promptly.” Sensational newspapers are constant- ly repeating the “suppressed dispatch" story, which Secret:- “y Long has sev- eral times branded 1 false. There have been no suppresed 1 :patches. All of Capt. Sigsbee’s tele rams have been given to the press immediately after their receipt, and the public is in quite as good a position to judge of whether the Maine was destroyed by accident or design as the President and his Cabi- net and the other officials who are in his confidence Secretary Long has acted throughout the affair with a fairness and a. frank- ness that proves his honesty. - He is not, it is true, taking the people into his confidence in regard to the prepa- tions‘for an emergency, which every- body will admit is quite the proper po- sition to assume, but he has not con- cealed anything contained in the re- ports from the Maine’s captain. This last statement cannot be- made too em- phatic. One thing has become apparent since the Maine met her fate, and that is that Cuba’s independence is assured. The Maine affair is only an incident in the bloody struggle of the last three years. It has for the moment diverted atten- tion from the main question at issue, but even if the present crisis should pass away without a. rebort to arm! or even a rupture of diplomatic rela- tions between 'Spain and the United States, the Cuban situation will not be' permitted to drag along as it has for . any length of time. FIGHT FOR THE NEXT HOUSE. - Preliminary Campaign Work Begun on Both Sides—Democrats Are Confident. Washington, Feb. 28.—Although the Congressional elections are more than paign work has already begun. The activity on the part of the party man- agers will continue until the day pre- ceding the voting, and eyery indication points to one of the hottest fights on record. The Democrats realize that they have an unusually brilliant pros- pect of winning; in fact, they say that they are sure of having a majority in the Fifty-sixth Congress. "While not :making many predictions as to the out- come the managers at the Republican Congressional Committee are fairly confident, and intimate that when the poll of the next House is taken it will be found that they have a comfortable margin. It is announced that both committees will follow the same general plans laid down during the campaign of 1896 for their fight this summer and fall. In other words, the battle for the Congres- sional elections duringl898 will be on the financial and tariff iséues. The Repub- lican committee will confine its labors to these two questions, but the Demo- cratic committee will devote most of its time and attention to propagating the free silver theory. They will, of cou1se, have much to say about the high protection Dingley bill and its fail- me to provide sufficient revenue dur- ing the first year of its operation to cover the expeditures of the Govern- meni It is given out at the Republican committee that the main work of the managers will be to secure the election of sound money men to the Fifty—sixth Congress. Everywhere that Republi- cans stand any show of being elected, the "aid of the committee will be given to them, but no secret is made of the fact that the chairman of the Repub- lican committee will also lend assist- ance tosDemocratic candidates for Con— gress running on a. sound money decla- ration when opposed only by free sil— verites. Chairman Babcock and his associates realize the importance of se- curing a sound money majority in the next Congress, and they will bend ev— eryrexertion to bring about this end. It is even said that sound money Demo- crats will be assisted When lined up , against free silver Republicans. It will i'is considered of more importance than the question of Republicanism. "The National Republican Committee is mell organized and has been doing 1 active work at its headquarters in this ' city for some months past. It has a large sized literary bureau in full blast. This committee will work independ- ently of the Republican Congressional Committee but in certain cases will join forces. E Theie is no denying the fact that l Senator Jones and other l'eading Demo- ."(1ats a1e worried at the lack of prog- iess that is being made by the Demo- oiatic Congressional Committee. Up ’ to date the managers of this commit- tee have done practically nothing to shape the campaign of 1898. The mem- bers of the committeee have been an- nounced, but they have not organized, have no quarters engaged and have not even begun the wOrk of preparing cam- paign material. Senator Jones has no actual connection with this committee, but is, of course, much interested in it. Senator White of California was elected chairman of the committee some time ago. The day after his election he left for his home in Califor- nia and has not been here since. Law- rence Gardner, who was secretary in 1896, declined to stand for re-election this fall, and err-Congressman James Kerr of Pennsylvania was elected in his stead. Notwithstanding the fact that Kerr was an active candidate for the place he has done nothing to pre- pare for the campaign: in fact, he has not even been in Washington to arrange for committee headquarters. With one or two exceptions the mem- bers of the Democratic Congressional Committee are all radical free silver— ltes. Those who have been consulted state in the most positive terms that the fight this fall will be strictly upon the financial question. They will put forth their utmbst efforts to bring about the election of every free silver candidate for Congress, and will make this their main point of attack. The position of the committee on this point was very clearly outlined by the adop- tion of the following resolution, pre- sented by Chairman White just before he left for California: Resolved, That in the opinion of this committee there should be earnest and active co-operation on the part of all who believe in the policy of bimetallism as outlined in the Chicago platform, and that all honorable and legitimate means should be taken to unite the voters of the United States who are op- posed to the single gold standard. Owing to the fact that the commit- tee has not got down to work yet it is difficult to state what detailed plans will be followed during the campaign this fall. The first gun of the coming .-ontest will be fired in this city on the 111th of ,April, when the National Asso- ciation of Democratic Clubs will cele- brate the birthday anniversary of Thomas Jefferson with a big banquet. William Jennings Bryan will be pres- ent, and will make a speech, in which he will outline the policy to be pur- sued by the free silverites. Big prep— Iuntions are now being made forithis :elebration and prominent Democrats Tiom all over the country are being is}; ed to attend and speak. To Test Trust Law. Chicago, Feb. 28.—Attorney-General 2k 11 ins been asked to begin proceed- 1-;j;.-' for a forfeiture of the charter of e (.lucose Sugar Refining Company, . ,-: to test the Illinois Anti-trust law, ; 1-vE-i:::_~; this request, Atorney George 1 ‘Z'ljillg asserts that he has evi- 10 show that the concern is a . f'e intimates that the Attor- ‘ -! :'131 la: signified a Willingness ' . 1 proceedings if the evidence is . .L‘ILL. Big: Street. Railway Combine. :5 0‘1 11 11:1;rt91nce in the city of Chi- 1 v.11: lac ._-.. 2-nsolidated in a short .-;e, if the report now circulated in. :rncinl circles is true. It is officially riled that there is any idea of con- ldaiion, but there is undoubtedly a ,- upheaval in street railway affairs w in progress, and evidence is not tubing to point_ to a colossal scheme 1' consolidation. eight months off the preliminary cam-- thus be seen that the issue of finance, ‘zicago, Feb. - 28.—Every street rail~_ HAVANA IS QUIETER. the Board of Inquiry to Take Testimony -at Key West. New York, Feb. quieter now than she has been at any time since the Maine dis- asteI in her harbor. The first week' 5 work of the Naval Court Of Inquiry was finished on Saturday and the Court sailed on the Mangrove to Key West, where it met again to—day. Every bit of testimony to be obtained in Havana bearing on the Maine explosion, it is believed, has been gathered. It is not probable, however, that the Court’s re- port -will be made public at present. - At the direction of Consul‘General Lee the Court heard the evidence of 28.—~Havana _ is . several persons as to the supposed ex-' istence of a plot against the United States battleship. This evidence came principally from Cubans. Senator Proctor arrived in Havana from Key West Saturday and had a long consultation with General Lee, though nothing of the subject matter was allowed to become known. Mr. Proctor denies that he went to Cuba. as an emissary from President Mc- Kinley, and General Lee says he knows nothing of any mission. Americans in Havana, however, despite these denials, believe the Senator’s visit is significant. _ In line with the plans of Mr. McKin— ‘ey, Secretary of State Sherman in con- versation with several Senators in Washington, said that if the explosion .vhich wrecked the Maine was not in the interior of the‘ battleship Spain would be held responsible, and that an indemnity would he demanded. Mr. McKinley still believes that the affair can be settled through the medium of diplomacy, and has declared himself opposed to war. No new information as to the cause of the wreck has reach- ed Washington. To meet emergencies which may arise, however, precautions will not be relaxed. Steps are being taken to strengthen the defenses of New York city by submarine explosives. Experts say the city is now fairly safe, but rapid- fire guns are needed, and the supply of powder is low. The monitor Terror has been ordered to this harbor, and will remain here until further orders. It is proposed that the monitor Amphitrite shall be placed to protect Charleston and Port Royal, the Puritan to protect Balti- more, Washington, Richmond and Norfolk, and the Mia-utonomoh to pro- tect Philadelphia.’ Measures have been taken to replen- ish the magazines of the men-of—war, am an appropriation which would be sufficient to obtain a large supply of coal has been asked for. It seems, however, that the 1, 500 men requested by the Navy Department will not be forthcoming for a week or more yet. ARMY RESOURCES. Contracts for Supplies Made and;La1ge Stores on Hand. Washington, Feb. 28. ——The Secretary of War has received nearly- -all the re- ports of the chiefs of staff in the army on the condition and resources O'f their various corps. The heads of the ord- nance and engineer bureaus ha’ving' charge of coast defense show that their work is. in a. highly advanced state and all that is needed isadditional artil- lerymen. The quartermaster and commissary 1 generals report the practical comple-’ tion of all the responsible preparations confided to them, including the con- tracts for large quantities of supplies in addition to the vast stores on hand and the arrangements that have been perfected for the speedy transportation of troops and food to various points. Gen. Merritt, commanding the De- partment of the East, has reported his arrival at Atlanta, which will practi- cally be his headquarters. He is in close communication with the depart- ment. In case the gravity of the situ- ation increases materially in the next few days it is proposed to order troops from Chicago and Buffalo and Colum- bus barracks to go into camp at Chick- amaugua Park, where they may be more quickly transported to Tampa and Savannah. WORK OF AN AMERICAN. John P. Sherman of [Chicago Makes a Startling Statement. Chicago, Feb. 28.-John P. Sherman, who has just returned from a. three years’ sojourn in Havana, corroborates the statement that an American placed the mines and torpedoes in Havana harbor by order of General Weyler. Sherman says the American was for- merly a. member of the crew of the United States ship San Francisco. “When Gen. Weyler left Havana,” continued Mr. Sherman, “the map showing the location of- these mines and torpedoes was transferred to the custody of a spy known throughout Havana as Captain Delpedria, a bitter enemy of the United States, and who was seen on more than one occasion on board the battleship Maine in his ca- pacity as captain of the harbor police. “The mines and torpedoes were con- nected with an e. ctric fire engine plant in the magazine diagonally across the channel from Morro Castle.” Hastings Doubts Early Conflict. Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 28. —Governor Hastings, in discussing the SpaniSh war scare, indicated that he was not apprehensive of at least an early con- flict between the United States and Spain in conSequence of the disaster to the Maine. Even if there should be war between the two nations, he said, weeks would elapse before active hostilities would naturally begin. The Governor ex- pressed the hOpe that the present diffi- culty would demonstrate to the United States Government the necessity of in- creasing the numerical strength of the army and the effectivenes of the navy. He would like to see a 'tanding army in this country, he a 1.11. of at least 100, 000 and twenty ad tiOnal ironclads. As to the coast de .ses, he declared they should be great y strengthened as a precaution against foreign invaSIOn. Gen. Gobin on Quay’s Slate. Lebanon, Pa... Fe). 28.—State Senator Gen. J. P. S. Gob 1, of this altar. and (‘ommander- in- —Cth of the G. A. 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