The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-11-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Personal AND POLITICAL PARA
GRAPHS PICKED UP
In The Capital Of The Nation.

In The Capital Of The Nation.
Washington, Oct. 30. That
Mr.. Mckinley has become some-
what alarmed by the harsh crili-
cism of Gen. Otis, by the press
of the country regardless Of party.
is shown by the semi official an
nouncement that Gems. Lawton
and Macarthur, who are said TO
be slated for the vacancies in the
regular army, made by the re-
tirement Of Brigadier General
Shafter, and the death Of Briga-
dier General Guy ". Henry, who
was buried today at Arlington,
with military honors, are to have
practically independent COM
mands in the coming campaign
on the island Of Luzon. That
is to say they are TO carry out
the general plan Of the campaign
as arranged by Gen. Otis, but
are to be left independent as to
the movements Of their respective
commands while in the field, and
free to do as they may think
best, without having to first get
the consent Of Gen. Otis.
The administration il bending
every effort towards counteract-
ing the adverse sentiment against
its Philippine policy, which il re-
alizes is increasing. The Philip
pine commission, which met in
Washington, today, has been orr
dered to hurry preliminary re-
port in favor Of the adminis.ra-
ton policy, so it can be put be-
fore the public at once. Mem
bers of the commission present
are Admiral Dewey, Col. DENLY,
Prof. Schurman and Prof. Wor-
cester. The meeting are held
with closed doors.
Gen. Fitz Lee is in Washing.
ton, on his way home from Cuba,
on leave Of absence. His posi-
ton in the army keeps his mouth
closed as TO conditions in Cuba,
but he tells his friends privately
that there is an awful mix up on
the island, and his manner indi-
Gates that he could tell some in
teresting things If he we're at
liberty TO do SO.
John Sherman has been talk
ing again, and what he said made
it evident that the old man had
neither lost interest in Ohio poli-
tics nor the faculty OF properly
sizing up the situation in that
state. Mr.. Sherman predicts ;e-
publican defeat, because OF the
opposition Of the German voters
to the foreign nolicy Of the ad-
ministration, of which he said:
"It cannot be sustained in NOR
ais and is in contravention TO the
American declaration of indie.
pendence, and the teachings of
the brave men who signed that
instrument, and of the republic
can opposition TO "A continuation
of Hannas s leadership. Mr..
Sherman didn't say that he woui !
be glad OF republican defeat in
Ohio, or that resentment OF his
own treatment by the Hanna
Mckinley clique was responsible
for. the attitune OF any Of the re-
publican voters, but there are
some things that are fully UNDER
stood without being said.
At the last meeting Of the
branch of the anti i-imperialist
league, Gen. Wm. Birney, a life
Hong republican said: "Imper-
ialism respects no law. To it the
congress is nothing, the COM
mander-in -chief Of the army ey-
erything. IL disregards constitu-
ton and statutes and transfers
all power to the executive. The
writ of habaas corpus does not
exist in the imperial colonies.
The prisons Of Cuba. Porto Rico
and the Philippines are vocal