Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-22
The Politician.

Washington, July 21-President
Mckinley has had considerable army
experience himself, and it is not sur
prising that he should not feel called
upon to give any official notice to the
complaint Of certain newspaper cor
respondents at Manila, that Gen. Otis
has not conducted the war against the
Filipinos to suit them and that his
military censor has not allowed them
to cable anything they chose to write
to their papers. The President knows
that the same sort Of complaints we're
made against Gen. Grant, Gen. Sher-
man, Gen. Sheridan, and in fact, every
officer who conducted campaign
during the Civil war He knows that
those officers managed to get along
notwithstanding those complaints, and
he has every confidence in the ability
OF Gen. Otis to do the same. Informa
tion from civil and naval sources, over
which Gen. Otis has no control have
cOinGided too closely with what he has
sent for any unprejudiced person to
swallow the story of his having at any
time misrepresented the situation
Secretary Alger has placed his resig-
nation in the hands OF President Nc
Kinley, to take effect whenever the
President wishes; that ought to stop
a lot OF fool talk, but, OF course, it
wont.
Senator Nelson was given hearing
by Secretary Hitchcock, Assistant Sec
retary Ryan and Indian Commissioner
Jones, concerning the order OF June
%, for the withdrawal Of all intruders
and white tresspassers from the Cass
Lake reservation. Senator Nelson
took the ground that the reservation
was public land and that settlers had a
right to enter it, and asked that the
carrying into effect Of the order be
postponed until there should be oppor-
tunity for Congressional action. Sec
retary Hitchcock has not announced
his decision yet, but will do so in a day
or two.
Secretary Hay has granted permis-
sion to tho Civil Federation, of Chic
ago, through its secretary, to request
all United States Consuls in Europe to
respond to series of questions as to
r the existence and workings of trusts
and trade combinations in the coun-
tries in which they are stationed.
That President Mckinley will be re-
elected is as certain as anything in the
future can be. Even II there had been
no war with Spain, this would still be
certain, on account of the prosperous
condition OF the country. The matter
is thus brlefed by resident OF Wash
ington "All elections in this country
are carried by the laboring vote, the
men who follow the plow and the me-
chanics and artisans are the ones who
elect Presidents. This class of voters
are not yet ready to again embark up
on the sea Of approximate free trade,
which is the chief corner stone of the
so-called Democratic organization.
The laboring man is too near The time
when he walked the street, looking
for work, living in souphouses that
were maintained by public charity,
while his wife and children were at
home without the necessary food to
sustain life and without fuel to keep
them warm. to be ready yet to Join
the party which closed up the factories
and threw them out OF employment
druing the last Cleveland administra-
tion. II William Mckinley had moth
Ing to rely upon except the fact that he
had given employment to every labor
Ing man throughout the length and
breadth OF the land he could rest as
sured OF reelection"
Mr., r. ], Vincent, of California, who
thinks Senator White OF his state
would be the strongest man the Demo-
Gratis could nominate for President,
said: But there is no use expecting
any such good luck. Bryan is already
picked out, and il he hasn't any more
show In the rest Of the Union than in
Caitomla, he will make worse race
than in 's6.
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