The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-09-28
WASHINGTON, September 90, 1899.

WASHINGTON, September %, 1899.
President Mckinley has promised to
visit Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Sioux
City, Iowa, after he goes to St. Paul and
Minneapolis, where he will be Octo.
ber 12 to receive the Minnesota vol
unteers on their return from the Phil.
ippines. He expects to be at Galesburg,
ILL.,, on the 7th of October, and in Chi
cago from the Sth to the 11th, unless the
celebration scheduled for the 1Olh in
that city is abandoned. He was COM
PEELED to decline the pressing invitation
extended by Senator Fairbanks to at.
tend the reunion OF the Blue and the
Gray, to be held at Evansville, Ind,
from the 10th to the 18th.
While the enemies of the administra
ton were seeking to make it itappear that
Rear Admiral Schley was being sighted
by being offered the command of the
South Atlantic Squadron, that officer
called on President Mckinley and ex-
pressed his perfect willingness to accept
the command, and also except an invi
tation to attend the State dinner to be
given by the President in honor of Ad
miral Dewey. Admiral Schley requested
the President, if it couldJbe done with
out interfering with plans already made,
to attach his old fl 'gship, the Brooklyn,
to the South Atlantic Squdron, and the
request will probably be granted.
No special Importance is sttache ed to
the granting permission by Gen Otis
for two Filipino officers to 90 to Manila
70 negotiate for the surrender of the few
American prisoners in the hands OF the
Filipinos. 1t is surely an incident, and
will not interfere in the slightest degree
with the preparations which are being
made to whip the Filipinos into submis
sion just as soon as the weather will al
low aggressive military operations to
begin.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, chairman
of the Senate Committee on Foreign Re.
lations, is in Washington. He!says Min.
nesota never was so prosperous, and that
a goodly portion of the citizens of the
state will turn out to welcome President
who has been suchIa power
ul factor in bringing about general pros
perity, when he goes to Minneapolis and
St. Paul next month. He also said that
the antis were 80 few in the State that
the sentiment was practically unanimous
in support of the Philippine policy of
President Mckinley.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, passed
through 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
Bryanism in the West. OF the political
outlook he said: "In my judgment, Nc
Kinley will get the delegates of all the
western States and the electoral votes of
nearly all OF them. I dot believe that
Bryan could possibly win on any issue.
The Republican majority will be mach
larger in 1900 than it was in 1896. The
sentiment 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 vigor than ever is especially
endorsed"
Representative Dick, who, aschsirman
OF the Republican State Committee, will
have charge of the Ohio campaign, stop.
ped in Washington long enough this
week to say OF the outlook: "Ws are
quite satisfied with the political situa-
ton in Ohio. We are convinced that we
shall carry the State for the Republican
ticket by an exceedingly large majority.
We have not done much talking so far,
but we have been steady at work map
ping 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. Re-
publicans In every county are alive to
their duty and they will perform it in
the November election to the high sat