Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-10-04
The Politician.

WdSQlnStOu, OCl. l.-T IeSlueHI NlS-
Kinley received the representative of
Aguinaldo, the chief of the Philippine
insurgents, as a private individual,
and heard what he had to say about
the wishes of the insurgents as to the
future government of the Philippines,
but he made no promises. Gen. Greene
brought full official reports from Adj
miral Dewey and Gen. Merritt on pres
ent conditions in Philippines. and the
latter is now on mis- way to Paris, for
the purpose of advising the american
Peace Commissioners. Although there
is no probability that President Nc
Kinley has any idea of turning the
control of the Philippines over toAg-
uinaldo. it may be put down as certain
that all persons having legitimate
right in the Philippines will be fully
protected in those rights, just as the
rights of our own citizens are pro-
tected.
President Mckinley has been per-
sonally assisting the Commission en-
gagged in investigating the. conduct of
the war in making arrangements that
will enable them to getall the informa-
tion desired. Complaints are invited
from the lowest to the highest; all
that is asked is that the matters COM
planned of shall be those which came
under the personal knowledge of the
complainant. Representatives of hte
press associa tions are to be present
when testimony is taken by the COM
mission.
Mai. Gen. Francis V. Greene arrived
at Washington this week from Manila.
While Gen. Greene will not talk about
matters that are covered in his official
report now in the hands of the Presi-
dent, he tells many interesting things
about Manila and our troops there. He
says our men are comfortably quar-
tered, all under roof, and that their
general health is good When asked
how the American soldiers got along
with the natives, Gen. Greene replied,
"Very we'll, indeed. The men have
liberty for mile from their ba tracks,
and they mingle with the natives in
friendly fashion. They seem to ac-
commodate themselves to circum-
stances with the least possible annoy
ance. The natives on their part are
well disposed, and the insurents so far
as l found them. were tractable and
anxious to please us. We lived beside
them for some time and had no troub-
le with them. They are peaceably
disposed people"
Senator Chandler, who is now in
Washington, said: The only reason
why Secretary Alger was selected for
attack instead Of the bureau chiefs Of
the War Department., who are the re-
sponsible parties, is because the Dem
ocrats think party capital may be
made by attacking him while it can
not be made by attacking them. But
the attack is none the less without
reason. The investigation which the
President has wisely ordered, by able
and impartial men-no wiser or more
fearless men exist than Gen. Gran
vile NJ. Dodge-will show what mis-
taxes have been made; and it will ap-
pear that few have been made by the
Secretary, and all by army officers,
who are not politicians, and for whom
the politicians are not responsible |
So the attempt to make party capital
by exhibiting to the world national |
sores, if there are any, will react upon
its authors, and the Democrats for /
their unpatriotic cry will lose ten |
votes in 1900 where they gain one in |
1896. They started to be this time a |
patriotic war party, and not, as be- |
'ore,a copperhead party. They are in
ianger of ending in the garb of band
ID malcontents .,belittleing the war
Ind treating it only as an excuse for
,etty partisan assaults which should