Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-23
The Politician.

sofa volunteers on their return from
the Philippines He expects to be at
Galesburg, Ills, on The 7th of october,
and in Chicago from the Sth to the
11th, unless the celebration scheduled
for the 10th in that city is abandoned
He was compelled to decline the press
ing invitation extended by Senator
Fairbanks 10 attend the reunion of the
blue and the Gray.to be held at Evans
vile, Ind, from the 10th to the 1SCn.
While the enemies of the adminis-
tration were seeking to make 1t appear
that Rear Admiral Schley was being
slighted by being offered the command
of the South Atlantic Squadron, that
officer called on President Mckinley
and expressed his perfect Willingness
to accept the command, and also ac-
cepted an invitation to attend the State,
dinner to be given by the President in
honor of Admiral Dewey. Admiral
Schley requested the President, If 1t
could be done without interfering with
plans already made, to attach his old
flagship, the Brooklyn, to the South
Atlantic Squadron, and the request will
probably be granted
No special Importance is attached to
the granting permission by Gen. Otis
for two Filipino officers to go to Ma
Mia to negotiate for the surrender of
a., 20 In hn
hands of the Filipinos 1t is merely an
incident, and will not interfere in the
slightest degree with the preparations
which are being made to whip the Fill
ipinos into submission just as soon as
the wea er will allow aggressive mil
itary operations.
Senator Davis of Minnesota, chair
man of the Senate committee on For
eign Relations, is in Washington. He
says Minnesota never was so prosper
Gus, and that goodly portion of the
citizens of the state will turn out to
welcome President Mckinley, who has
been such a powerful factor in bring
ing about general prosperity when he
goes to Minneapolis and st. Paul next
month. He also said that the antis !
were so few inthe state that the senti
ment was practically unanimous in
support of the Philippine policy of
President Mckinley
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, pass
ed tnrough Washington, on his way to
Boston, but stopped long enough to |
say that the good times prevalent all |
through that section had completely |
knocked out Organism in the west OF |
the political outlook ne said: In N.Y.
pldgment Mckinley will get the dele
gates of all the western states and the |
electoral votes Of nearly all of them |
l do not believe that Bryan could pos
sly win on any issue. The Republi
can majority will be much larger in |
1900 than it was in 1896 The senti-
ment regarding the Philippines is
practically all one way. The people |
everywhere favor expansion. The pol
icy of the President to prosecute The
war with more vlgor than ever before
is especially Endorsed"
Representative Dick( who, as chair
man of the Republican State Com
mittee, will have charge of the Ohio
campaign, stopped in Washington
long enoug. this weeA to say of the |
outlook: We are quite satisfied with |
the political situation in Ohio. We are |
convinced that we Shall carry the state |
for tie Republican ticke+ by an ex-
ceedingly large majority. We have
not done much talking SO far, but we
have been steady at work mapping out
the campaign and organizing the party
throughout the state. | am sure we
have got the party machinery in as
good shape today as it has ever been
during the last thirty years. Republi-
cans in every county are alive to their
duty and lhey will perform h in the
November election to the high salts
faction of the people of Ohio. believe
that there Is no friction anywhere in
the party, and / am convinced that we
shall elect our candidate for governor,
Judge Nash"
The Bryan or bust Democrats are
more than ever convinced that Nc
Lean means to throw Bryan down if
he can. The statement, seemingly cor
rect, that Mclean had personally re-
quested Bryan not to take the stump in
Ohio, because he feared that his pres
ence in Onio would result in making
the silver question prominent in the
campaign, has intensified their belief
in McLean's treacherous Intentions
Senator Heltfeld, of Idaho, now in
Washington, said: Fifty per cent of
the silver Republicans in my state who
went out of the party several years
ago nave come back, and believe that
more of them will come in right along
any are coming back on account of
the Administrations expansion policy,
refusing to go with the Democrats on
that issue.
Beauty In Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No