Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-02
FREELAND, Pa, NOVEMBER 2, 1s9
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, October 81,

ton branch Of the Anti-Imperialist
League, General William Birney, a life
long Republican said: 'Imperialisn
respects no law. To it the congress is
nothing, the commander-in-chi of the
army everything. 1t disregards consti.
tuition and statutes and transfers all
power to the executive. The writ OF
habeas corpus does not exist in the
imperial colonies. The prisons OF
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
are vocal. with the cries of men who
cannot be heard beyond the walls. I'M
perialism knows no limit, except the
caprice OF the emporer. 1t has the
sword, it will seize the purse. Nay, it
has already defied the limitations i'm
posed by congress; it has expended two
hundred millions where only eighty
were appropriated. 1t has, without
authority of law, transported immense
bodies of troops to the other side of the
globe. 1t has built up an immense
patronage in its control of military APP
pointments. 1t has used this patronage
for political purposes. Its influence is
used to discredit all the fundamental
doctrines of American institutions"
/ I
Another Republican-Captain O'Far-
rell-said: "We hear good deal about
the trade with the Philippines. 1t
takes from thousand to thirteen
hnnhFnd Iatv 20
transport on the Pacific ocean between
San Francisco and Manila. This coal
is imported from Cardiff, Wales. The
beef supplied to our troops and the
potatoes and vegetables come from Aus
tralia. Many of the uniforms worn by
our officers and men, in the Philippines,
are now manufactured in Hong Kong,
while the cost of our army and navy
amounts to $65O,OOO a day. And the
appropriation made by congress for
twelve months has been expended or
wasted in five months. What pros
pect for the American taxpayer and
workingman"
t /
II,
and what he said made it evident that
the old man had neither lost interest in
ohlo politics nor the faculty of properly
sizing up the situation in that state.
Mr.. Sherman predicts Republican de-
ieat, because of the opposition of the
herman voters to the foreign policy of
the administration, OF which he said:
1T cannot be sustained in morals and
Is in contravention to the American
Declaration of Independence, and the
teachings of the brave men who signed
that instrument" and of the Republi-
can opposition to continuation of
Hanna's leadership. Mr.. Sherman
didn't say that he would be glad of Re-
publican defeat in Ohio, or that resent
ment of his own treatment by the
Hanna-McKinley clique was responsible
Tor the attitude of any of the Republi-
can voters, but there are some things
that are fully understood without being
said.
That Mckinley has become somewhat
alarmed by the harsh criticism of Cen
eral Otis, by the press of the country,
regardless of party, is shown by the
semi-ofhcial announcement that Gen
erals Lawton and Macarthur, who are
said to be slated for the vacancies in
the regular army, made by the retire
ment of Brigadier General Shafter and
the death of Brigadler General Guy v.
Henry, are to have practically inde-
pendent commands in the coming cam
paign on the island of Luzon. That is
TO say, they are to carry out the general
plan OF campaign as arranged by Gen
eral Otis, but are to be left independent
as to the movements OF their respective
commands while in the field, and free to
do as they may think best, without
having to first get the consent of
General Otis.
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The administration is bending every
effort towards counteracting the adverse
sentiment against its Philippine policy,
which it realizes is increasing. The
Philippine commission, which met in
Washington, has been ordered to hurry
a preliminary report in favor of the ad-
ministration policy, so it can be put be-
fore the public at once. Members of
the commission present are Admiral
Dewey, Colonel DENLY and Professors
Schurman and Worcester.
t
General Fitz Lee is in Washington,
on his way home from Cuba, on leave of
absence. His position in the army
keeps his mouth closed as to conditions
in Cuba, bnt he tells his friends private
ly that there is an awful mix-up on the
island, and his manner indicates that
he could tell some interesting things If
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