Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-28
New England Coming to the Sup
port Of the President.
no WORD OF CRITICISM ON THE WAR
The An,i-Expansion Feeling rapidly
Dying Out-Annexationr alk in Can
ada-Observations Of Gen Perry
3. Heath After q Tour.

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Assistant Postmaster General Perry S.
Heath has returned to Washington
after an absence of nearly six weeks in
Canada. For over month in compa-
ny with Col. Bingham and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Heath camped among their
British colonial cousins. Gen. Heath,
when asked for the impressions of his
trip, said:
President Mckinley is regarded by
the subjects of Canada everywhere as
the greatest chief magistrate the Unit
ed States has had, certainly since the
time of Lincoln. There is more talk at
present of the annexation of Canada
and her provinces to our country than
ever before. This grows out of not
only our present prosperity and mag
nificent Americanism, but the admira-
ton of the people for our president. I
heard not q single word of adverse
criticism of the conduct of the war
with Spain. dare say the mere sug-
gestion OF the Atkinson principles of
relinquishing the Philippines or ceas-
ing the war upon Aguinaldo and his
band of rebels would be hooted
throughout Canada and her provinces.
In the minds of those people 1t is not a
question of expansion; it's question
of honor with the United States that
she hold her new territory which the
fortune of war has imposed upon her.
So strong is the feeling that the policy
of President Mckinley should be faith
fully completed that heard number
Of prominent Nova Scotians assert
that the 'treasonable utterances of GER
tain politicians in the United States
should be expiated on the yardarm or
the nearest lamp post, and much as
constituent was expressed by some
public men I met that the patriotic
people of the United States would toll
crate some of the public statements
made against the war In the Philip
pines, intended to cause discomfort
among our troops"
How about politics and prosperity
in the New England states?"
In Boston," continued Mr.. Heath,
where spent few days, 1 met a
number of business men, some of
whom were interested. in the COM
merce between the United States and
our new possessions. All confidently
believe that q free intercourse of trade
will shortly be opened between Cuba,
Porto Rico, the Philippines and the
United States, and that the prosperity
which will follow in those possessions
will bring content and happiness, and,
therefore, peace among those peoples;
and that such commercial intercourse
will quickly obliterate much of the
feeling prevailing in New England.
One of the most intelligent men met
and talked to upon this subject is an
extensive cimmission merchant in Bos-
ton. He is in close touch with all OF
the leading exporters and importers In
New England whose trade affects our
new possessions. He told me that he
had just completed business tour ov-
er three of the leading New England
states, and that more than half of the
anti-expansion sentiment had disap.
peared since his last previous visit,
which was made some four months
ago, and that people were now regard
ing the presidents course in the Phil.
ippines as policy of duty imposed by
the constitution and his oath of Office
and as a patriotic mission thrust upon
him; by the fortunes of war. This man
asserted that he had heard a number
of very prominent men who some
months since were very adverse tc
holding the Philippines, recently ex.
press the opinion that should Presi.
dent Mckinley do anything else than
what he is doing he would be subject
70 impeachment proceedings, as he
would not be protecting the posses.
sions of the United States and her sub.
jects, as required by his oath of office
81 was much pleased to note in Bos-
ton the anxiety Of leading citizens te
have Admiral Dewey visit their city
in order that the people might have an
opportunity to give expressions Of thei,
admiration Of the hero of Manila and
applaud President McKinley's conduc,
of the war in the Philippines. have q
notion from what heard that many
influential men in Boston feel that the
sentiment OF the city in approval Of
President McKinley's policies was no
fully expressed or creditably showr
when he and Secretary Alger visited
the Hub last spring. Mayor Quincy
who is a democrat, told me that hs
was exhausting every resource to In
duce Admiral Dewey to visit Boston
and believed that, he would succeed
Mayor Quincy said nothing along thu
lines Of sentiment I have expressed
but have reason to believe that ht
will leave no stone unturned to give
the citizens OF Boston an opportunity
J to express themselves upon subject
that is just now a very sensitive one
with many New Englanders. / haven't,