Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-06-24
The Politician.

from his desk. The rumor that Gen.
Miles was to be sent to tue Philippines
to command the army was an entirely
new one, and entitled to medal for
utter absurdity and senselessness
Secretary .lger and the entire admin
istration are entirely satisfied with
Gen. Otis conduct of affairs in the
Philippines and have no idea CT plac-
ing such an indignfty upon him as the
sending of the commanding General Of
the army to the Philippines would be.
Their were lot more senseless rumors
about what had been decided about the
army in the Philippines, which are
not worthy of specific mention, for the
simple reason that persons of average
intelligence should have known that
with the President and the Secretary
of War both away from Washington
there was no one left with authority to
decide upon anything important con-
nected with the army, but, of course,
every one knows that the yellow jour
mails, which originate these rumors,a are
not printed for persons of average in
telligence.
More or less amusement was caused
in Washington by the solemn an
nouncement Of one of the big Chicago
dailies, which was duly telegraphed
all over the country, that 1t had sue
ceeded in getting Trustworthy informa-
tion that Representative Payne would
continue at the head of the House
Ways and Means Committee, Repre-
sentative Cannon at the head of the
committee on Appropriations and Rep
resentative Hit at the head of the
committee on Foreign Affairs. In
Washington this great bit of news was
fully known from the day that
a Republican majority of the
House was elected. Those three men
would have retained their chairman
ships no matter who had been chosen
Speaker of the House, simply because
their extensive experience made them
the right men for the places There
has been discussion about other chair
manships, but none about these, ex-
cept by those who were seeking to Gre
ate pickering in the Republican ranks
by saying that it existed.
Mr.. Charles H. Mullen, we'll known
Pennsylvania Republican, who is Wis
ting Washington, said of politics in
the Keystone State THE larger part
of the delegates ito the Republican
state convention, which meets in Au-
gust, have been elected. The Phila-
delphia men have not been chosen yet,
but they will not be a very large part
of the convention, not matter what
their affiliations may be. 1t is safe to
say, from the delegates already select
ed that the entire convention of 205
members will not contain more than 40
anti-Quay men, or insurgents, as the
regulars cal lthem. The sentiment of
the party is really with Senator Quay,
no matter how much noise the ants
may make"
Col. Dick, who has been chosen to
lie chairman of 0he Ohio State commit
tee, has host of friends in Washing
ton who value him as friend as well
as admire him as a political manager.
He smiles when anybody asks him
about the extent of the alleged Ilepub-
lican revolt IN Ohio, which the Dem
ocrats are so fond of talking about,
and says wait until the votes are
counted. He declined to discuss the
alleged Republican kicking because he
was made chairman of the State COM
mittee, but said of the head of the
ticket: THE nomination OF Judge
Nash was the best that could have
been made. He is a popular and
strong man all over the State, and his
name on the ticket will be worth many
votes to the party" Col Dick seems
to take very little interest in who the
Democrats nominate for Governor,
because he doesn't think that it will
make the slightest difference in the re-
suit.
Postmaster General Smith has made
public letter from F. w Vaille, Dl-
rector of Posts at Manila, concerning
the absurd story that volunteers let
ters to the United States were being
opened and censored before being for
warded. Following is an extract
1T is not necessary to as
sure you that l am not risking person
Al liberty by allowing any letters to be
with, and 1t will be useless
% assure the originator of the absurd
story Of censorship of the mails that
ne is mistaken, because he knows
hat the story was manufactured for
political reasons"
Gen. Leonard Wood, who has such
brilliant record as commander of the
Rough Riders and as Military Cover
Tor of Santiago, is in demand. The
Dig syndicate of capitalists, which
includes ex-Senators German, of
Maryland, and Smith of New Jersey,
md which has just bought nine Wash
ngton railways and two electric light
which 1T intends to oper-s
tie under one management, has offered
zen. Wood a very large salary to re-
iign from the army and become it's
president, and he has the offer under
1t is "Dr." SchIey Now,