The Republican., 1899-10-05
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 2, 1885,

States-President Mckinley and Ad-
miral DEMONSTRATING side by side
on a platform made to initiate the
prov of a warship, to review the big
civic parade, which inaugurated the
Dewey festivities in Washington,
should have aroused such enthusiasm
as was never before seen on the
streets of Washington. 1t was an
occasion calculated to arouse the en-
thusiasm of every American.
The scene presented when Admiral
Dewey arrived at the White House,
whittier he was escorted from the
railway station, by a troop of regular
cavalry, was one worthy to be pre-
served for future generations in a
historical picture. The President
and every member of the Cabinet
was there to meet him. The.Admiral
was met at the door by Secretary
Long, who escorted him to the Presi-
dent. The hearty hand shake of the
President and the Admiral and the
admiration on the faces of both as
they looked into each others eyes
will meyer be forgotten by those who
We're present. There was general
jolification for few minutes, after
which the party started for the re-
viewing stand amid the plaudits of
thousands.
The Governor of Louisiana having
informed the Department of Justice
that he could not submit an official
report on the killing of five Italians,
at Tallulah, some months ago, until
the grand jury, which will meet in
January, investigates the case, At
torney General Griggs has sent a
special agent of the Department to
make an official inquiry, in order that
all the obtainable facts shall be on
hand when Congress meets. The
Italian authorities have made an in
vestigation of the killing of these
men, and will claim indemnity, and
get it for several of them, unless it
can be shown that their report is in
correct.
According to Judge A. L. Krumler,
of Indiana, who is good authority,
that state is safely and permanently
anchored in the Republican harbor,
because of the growth of its manu-
featuring interests and the general
good times, speaking of which he
said: "Our people are enjoying a
flood tide of prosperity. Everybody
is satisfied with current conditions.
Money is plentiful, crops are immense
and the demand for labor is unprece-
dented. In the West there is over
whelming approval of President Nc
Kinley's Philippine policy. l read of
objectors to that policy in the East,
but we have no Hoars or Atkinsons
in our section. The sentiment is
well-nigh universal that the Filipinos
deserve punishment, and they are
going to get it,
Judge d. K. Watson, formerly a
member of the House from the Col
umbus district, and now engaged in
legal work for the government, has
accepted an invitation to take the
stump in Ohio. Just before he left
Washington, he said 81 think |
know Ohio, and tell you our people
are in favor of standing by the flag.
That's the first thing in all this war
standing by the flag. We must
establish the supremacy of the United
States over there. There is no get
ting out of it. We simply can't afford
to come running back from the Phil
ippines with our heads bowed in
shame and our flag trailing in the
dust. There is but one thing to do,
and that is to fight it out just as the
President has planned"
Secretary Long is inclined to be
amused over the claims put forward
by the friends of several gentlemen
of credit for the selection of Dewey
to command the Asiatic squadron.
While Senators and other prominent
men wrote to Secretrry Long recon-
mending Dewey's assignment to that
command, just as others wrote in be-
half of other officers, the Secretary
SAYS the selection was a natural one
and would have been made if not an
outside word had been said. AS to
who is entitled to the credit of the
assignment, which produced so much
glory for Dewey and for the country,
Secretary Long said "The credit of
it belongs to no human being except
Dewey himself, who, by reason of his
special fitness, by rank, by his turn
to go to sea, and by his meritorious
qualifications, was the natural desig
nation of the Bureau of Navigation
The action of Secretary Root il
sending General Theodore Schwan
who, in addition to having reputa
tion as one of the best executive Off
GERS in the army, is also good law
yer, to the Philippines as Chief o
Staff and Principal Assistent to th'