Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-25
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The Politician.
Washington, Dec. 23.-President
Mckinley has received many con-
eratulations on his selection of Hon.,
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri.
at present Ambassador to Russia, to be
Secretary of the Interior The SEN
ate unanimously confirmed the nnmin-
alton, although it was received only
few minutes before adjournment for
the Christmas recess. Secretary
Hitchcock is a successful business man
iust what man must be- TO satisfac-
t9rily administer the affairs Of the In
terror Department
Az The last meeting of the Cabinet
il WIS decided to muster out $4,000
more snohnteersi Just as quick as the
nAceSsaTYt- arrangements to do so can
be made, This decision will add to
pthe Christmas enjoyment of many
thousands. et
The Senate committee on the Mic
aragua Canal will sit during the. re-
cess, with full authority to summon
witnesses. administer oaths, etc, for
the purpose of investigating the work
VI ,lllt lbDDy dSdluSJ Jllb canal Dill.
No better evidence of his acceptable
performance of the arduous duties of
Secretary of the Interior could have
been given to Secretary Bliss than the
| personal request to reconsider the
matter and withdraw his resignation
made of him by prominent Western
Senator'S, including Wolcott, of Colo
/ RADIO; Spooner, of Wisconsin and War
/ rem, of Wyoming. His appreciation Of
this was enhanced by the knowledge
! that mis- selection for the head of the
! Interior Department was not pleasing
J to ,he western men, because they
! thought that particular department
should have western or a southern
man at its head. Having made up his
mind TO retire Mr.. Bliss declined to
Irhange it, but viii remain in office un-
I'll Secretary Hitchcock arrives in
| Washington to relieve him.
In an interesting address on NAT
ienal Progress" Hon. Ellis H. Rob-
eEts. United States Treasurer, said:
President Mckinley pierced to the
! fea1't of pessimism by asking, who
shan haul down the flag Truly, who
shall perferm that act of national
IWnbila on? Mr. Cleveland may be
willing to haa down the flag in Ha-
! wall. Who will haplf.itddown. in the
! philippines? Who in Cuba? Who
in Porto RicOl? Then, will these Lii
fputians summon Stockton and Ere
n 'Tbontl from their graves to haul down
tBe flag from the Golden Gate?
Shall Sam , Houston shake off
His ceremen9s to take Texas
nom the Union b. Shall death restore
. ] Iaff
down the. flag from all the free noun
tain peaks which make ''the Louisiana
purchase gloriOus?'
Gen Sha6ter who was a witness be-
fore the War Investigation Commits
sion this week, said the Santiago ex-
petition was as well fitted out as time
and circumstances would permit, and
that if he had the campaign to make
over again, he would not change the
plan made and followed, in any ma
terial way. Gen. Miles also testified,
but he declined being sworn.
| 1t is regretable that the House Mill
tary committee should have divided on
! PARTY lines when the question of re-
porting the Hull bill, with amend
ments, for the reorganization and in
crease of the regular army came IN.
! put 1t cannot be helped. The eight
Republicans on the committee voted
to, -avoraby report the bill and the
! five Democrats voted against reporting
the bill and gave notice of their inten-
ton to submit a minority bill as well
as a report.
Able speeches showing the right of
uhis government to acquire territory
and govern it in any manner it pleases
| ic IL lN,rSs
and Platt of Connecticut, and no Sem
ator attempted 10 defend the illogical
j position taken by Senator Vest in de-
nElng the existence of that right.
Only one man in Congress was SO
far lost to decency as to attempt to
3lur AT President McKinley's patriotnc
sentbmeht5 expressed in speeches dur
hine hts southern tTlAs and he made
wis abESak all the worse by combining
/ with 1t, 4 slur at Old Glory. The man
is Representative Williams, of Missis-
! SiDPi-DemOcrat, of couHe-Who in
the course of a. Speec4. against the re-
tention of the Philippines by this gov
ernment, used this language conrern-
ing the flag and the President: 1T is
nothing but piece of bunting5 and
when someone announces that il must
not come down, | care not how high
! his station, he says something nm
worthy of himself and his country +"
Mr.. Williams and those who agree
with him viii find out before they are
Jhrough TINT three-fOurths of the peo-
! pie OF this country are ready to hack
up the position of President MCKINLEY
as TO keeping our flag over all can
| tufed territory.
| Senator Putlar nf Nortbi ft.L! nc.