The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-09-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. September 18th.

WASHINGTON, D. c., September 18th.
Mr. ED1ToR:-"End the war in the
Philippines speedily, or the result will be
disastrous to you and to the republican
party" That is the sum and substance of
what is being daily dinned into the ears
of Mr.. Mckinley, not by his opponents,
but by leading republicans, who know
how unpopular that war is becoming all
over the country. MIR. Mckinley is grad
ually becoming convinced that the reaction
in public sentiment concerning his Philip
pine policy, predicted more than year
ago by Col. Bryan, is at hand, and once
fully convinced there is no telling what
he may do, for this country has never had
President who feared the public senti-
Kinley does, or who tried so hard to make
his official acts meet its approval, regard
less of his own opinion.
The most striking thing connected with
Commission, was daring and somewhat
scandalous attack upor Vice Chairman
Philips of the Commission, who is con-
nected with an Independent oil company
in Pennsylvania, by officials of the Stand
ard Oil Trust. Mr.. Philips denied the
charge that he had been mixed up in an
offer to dicker with the Standard Oil
Trust, but the charge left bad taste in
<oI
toadd anything to the prestige of the
commission, which isn't any too great at
best.
: Senator Stewart is fine specimen of
stalwart radicalism in all his views. He
never trims on any question, and conserva-
tism is unknown to his mind. lie has got
it in for France for several reasons, the
latest of which is the second conviction of
Dreyfus, and says that country really has
no..government at all, and that we should
break off diplomatic relations until France
gets a government The Senator threat
ems to offer a joint resolution to that effect
when Congress meets; also bill repeal
ing all official recognition of the exposi-
ton at Paris next year.
The administration appears to be still
determined to leave Gen. Otis in supreme
command in the Philippines, although
Secretary Root is understood to have
recommended change, and to favor send
ing Gen. Miles over there. There is poll
tics in this determination, and it isn't the
sort of politics that reflects any credit
upon Mr.. Mckinley. The Hanna crowd
are afraid of Miles now, and if he should
go to the Philippines and do what Otis
has so signally failed to do they would
fear him still more. They know that Otis
is not likely, under any circumstances, to
develop popularity enough to make him a
political rival of Mr.. Mckinley. That is
why they wish to keep Otis in command,
Notwithstanding the overwhelming evil
dences from all sources of his unfitness,
not to call it by harsher term. The
agent of the non-partisan Associated Press
in long letter from Manila, just published,
after going into details, showing the fail
ure of Otis, sums up by saying: "The
secret Of the whole trouble here is that
the government has left small man to
deal with most delicate problem, requir-
ing broad craftsmanship. Everyone agrees
that Otis is honest, and that counts for
much in a position affording such chances
for dishonesty, but everyone agrees also
with the most remarkable unanimity, that
he has bungled affairs from the beginning"
1t is evident to even the most casual OBJ
server of those political currents which
are to be found by those who know how,
just below the surface of party waters,
that the republican leaders are carefully
paving the way to drop Mr.. Hobart if they
shall consider it expedient to do so. The
state of Mr.. Hobart's health is made the
basis of all these preparatory stories. If
it doesn't improve CHS family will have
to veto the idea of his remaining in poll
tics etc. This is all tommyrot. Mr..
Hobart has shown upon several occasions
during the last three months, notably by
his getting Alger to resign, that his health
is good enough to do what other men, not
on the sick list, failed to do His "health'
is likely to remain in precarious condi-
ton until Boss Hanna has fully made up
his mind whether it will be best to have
him run again with Mr.. Mckinley, and he
isn't likely to fully decide until the Ma
tional Convention meets. Then Mr.
Hobart's health will take good or bad
turn, in accordance with Hanna's decision
After webbing around the question for
about two weeks, the War Department,
under political pressure, issued the order
for the enlistment of two negro regiments
for the Philippines. They will bring the
volunteer army up to the limit set by Con-
gress, which it has been clear from the
first that the administration intended to do.
Col. W. j. Bryan was unanimously
elected a member of the Council of Ad-
ministraton of the Spanish War Veterans
Association, which has just closed its first
encampment in Washington, although he
did not attend the cEcampment. EX Gov.
Oates, Of Alabama, was also elected a
member of the Council, as was H. H.
Blunt, Louisiana negro, who was lieu
tenant in the 9th Immunes. Gen. j. W.
Keller, of Ohio, was elected Commander
in-Chief of the new organization, which
hopes ultimately to embrace all the State
organizations of Spanish War Veterans
which have been formed.
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