Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-01-14
AGUINALDO'S AGENT.
Civil Service James q. Blaine
Predictions Senator Eioar's
Resolution.


WASHINGTON, d. c., JAM 9, -Presi-
dent Mckinley is no more inclined to
officially recognize Aguinaldo's man,
Agoncillo. now that he claims to be
Minister from the Philippine Repub-
lie, than when he came to Washing
ton as Aguinaldo's personal agent.
Then the President consented to re-
ceive him as an individual. with the
stipulation that nothing of an official
nature should occur at the interview.
That is further than Agoncillo is
likely to get this time. This fellow,
aided by the anti-expansionists, in
and out of Congress, is largely re-
sponsible for the present unsatisfac-
tory condition of affairs in the Philip
pines. He gave Aguinaldo advance
notice that the policy of this govern
ment would be conciliatory towards
the insurgents, and told him that the
antiexpansiou element in this coun-
try was powerful, and that If he
would take bold stand, it would aid
him in getting recognition from this
government. The effect of this infor-
nation may be very disastrous to
Aguinaldo and his followers, as it
may cause orders to be sent to Gen.
Otis to put them down by forcible, in
stead OF persuasive means.
Owing to the illness of Chairman
Hull, of the House Military Commit
tee. the Army bill has not been called
up in the House.
With less than one third of it's
members in attendance, the House, by
majority of six, while sitting as a
Committee of the whole, voted to
strike out the appropriation for the
Civil Service Commission, but the
vote was reversed today, when the
matter came up before larger at
tendance.
Senator McLaurin came very near
making bulls eye when he said:
There ought to be law that every
President of the United States should
first serve term IN the Senate or the
House. A very large degree of Presi-
dent McKinleys popularity is due to
the fact that he has been through the
Congressional mill and knows how to
deal with Senators ard Representa-
tives. He appreciates their difficult
ties and helps then to the utmost,
manifestlng toward them a friendli-
ness. which they appreciate. If Presi-
dent Cleveland had had a Congress
sional training he would not have
made so many enemies. His lack of
that experience was one of the rocks
upon which he was wrecked"
The late James G. Blaine fore
Swallowed the annexation of Hawaii
and the Philippine islands in an edi-
torial in a Maine newspaper, years
before he became prominent as
statesman. He wrote-it seems like
inspired prophecy when read IN con-
nection with recent events-that the
time would come when the United
States would have to enlarge its
boundaries, if it was to hold its fair
share OF the commerce of the world,
and pointed out that Hawaii and the
Philippines were within the natural
sphere of our influence, and predicted
that it would become absolutely
necessary for this country to control
the Philippines, as the key to the
trade of the Orient.
There was no significance in the
adoption by the Senate of Mr.. Hoar's
resolution-asking the President, If
notincompatable with public interests,
to send to the Se-ate all the ipstruc.
tons given to our Peace Commits
sioners, although some of the anti
expansionists are trying hard to make
themselves and the public believe
there was. The resolution is no more
binding upon the President than his
discretion makes it; he can give or
not give the information asked for.
The anti's have somehow got the idea
that it will hurt expansion to bring
out officially what everybody has
known unoficially for months; that
our Commissioners were originally
instructed to only demand the island
OF Luzon OF Spain, and that their in
structions were changed upon reports
made by them, after their arrival at
Paris.
The Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons will this week favorably report
the treaty to the Senate, and then it
will speedily become apparent wheth-
er the anti's will dare to delay the
ratification of the treaty, knowing