Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-31
NE Politician.

you can, forcibly IL you mist; and let |
it be distinctly understood by the in
surgents that the authority of the |
United States will be maintained at all |
hazards His instructions to all our |
officers in Cuba are equally explicit,
concerning the transfer Of authority |
from the Spanish to our troops-allow |
no unjust treatment of either Span
iards or Cubans by zach other, and so
far as may be possible prevent either
doing anything calculated to bumiliate
the other.
What to do with the Cuban soldiers
is a problem that is receiving much
attention from our officials,s The men
are entirely without clothfhg or money
and the so-called Cuban government
has no money to pay them, although
it gets enough from somewhere to
maintain a number of ornamental,
rather than useful, agents In Washing
ton, New York and elsewhere. Some
of these soldiers have been in the field
ever since the rebellion Started and
never received cent. It would be
unjust, as we'll as dangerous, to dis
miss them ragged and pennilessEi 1T
has been suggested that this govern5
ment advance a sufficient Sum to bay
them all something like $1O0 each, and
repay itself from the Cuban revenues
that will beyeollected by us,s&hjle the
island remains under militaryscontrol,
\ and the suggestion has been faSorably
received and may be carried out.
There is an item of $1,000 900, for
emergencies that could be used for
this purpose, if the President ordered
it done, but this he has not yet decid-
ed to do. II
Few public men have died in Wash
ington whose loss was more sincerely
regretted than Senator Morrill,, of Ver-
mont, who died this week, of pneu-
monia, after an illness of less than a
week. Senator Morrill, had been in
Congress for the last forty-four years,
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useful legislation. He was instrument
ia. In putting through the House, when
he was a member of that body, the
first bill aginst Mormon Polygamy; he
introduced and carried through both
branches Of Congress the first bill
granting public lands for The support
of agricultural, scientific and indus
trial colleges, under which Fact there
are now AZ colleges, with 500 profess
ors and more than 5000 Students; the
war tariff bill, known as the Morrill,
rariff," was largely his personal work
4-in fact there has been notariff or fin
y nanciaf or tariff bill put through Con-
gress during the last forty years that
khe didSRot have hand ins' shaping.
The Congressional Library building,
the finest of its kind in the world, is
a monument to his tirelessy industry
and perseverance, and almost his last
work was to have the Senate pass, for
Il che third tintey his bill to purchase the
square of grbfRd opposite the Library
building as site for Supreme Court
n building. senator ProctoHl his. col
league, told Mr.. MorrilIs character in
"a sentsnceIyhen he said of him: A"All
during his political life he has been
: outspokenyin his expressions of opin-
ion, and in the many years that have
Anown him l have never heard an un-
kind word said Of him. Funeral SER
vices will be held in the senate cham
ber.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, is the Sec
ond Republican on the Finance COM
mittee, of which the late Senator Nor
rill was chairman, but as he is chair
man of the Appropriation committee
position he is not likely to give up
for the vacant craftsmanship Vt is re-
garded as certain that Senator Aldrich
of Rhode Island, who, owing to Sena-
tor Morrilfs feebleness, performed all
the nard work of the chairman during
the amending of the Dfngley tariff
bill and the debate on the bill in the
!
committee, If senator Allison valves
the right to it. No Senator Is better
fitted for the place than Senator Alli-
son.
1t was not surprising to those famil-
lar with the situation when General
Otis cabied the War Department that
Aguinaldo's so-called government had
fallen to pieces by aae resignation OF
his cabinet and his inability to form
another, owing to the indisposition oI
the Fillipinos to assist him in his
bluff at opposing the rule of the United
States. They know that Aguinaldc
sold them out to Spain, and they be-
lieved, doubtless correctly, that he in.
tended to try to do tne same 20 the
United States. They displayed more
sense chan Aguinaldo, as there is nc
probability of his receiving cent
from United States under any cir
cumstances, while there is possibil-
ity that he may be called upon to ac-
count for the various sums OF money
he is known to have stolen from Dusi-
ness establishments and church insti-
tutions which have been looted by the
insurgents.
Only two Republican Senators have
publicly spoken against ratification of
the treaty of peace-Hoar, of Massa-