The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-09-07
HONORED
Are the Democrats of Ohio
by the Nomination
of Mclean.
CHICAGO PLATFORM
Is Being Re-ailirmed by the Eastern
States.-Newsin In OfIlcIal Circles
OF Washington.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, S99.-Wash-
ington democrats are much pleased
with the nomination Of Hon. John
r. Mclean for governor, by the Ohio
democratic State convention, not on
ly because they believe him to be a
strong candidate but because they
like the man and think the Ohio
democrats honored themselves in
honoring him.
Those who know what is going on
under the surface, in Washington,
are wondering neither Mr.. McKin.
ley is going to BE so unwise as to
allow himself to be used by the little
clique of New York millionaires to
increase the value of their property
in Santo Domingo, by putting his fin
gers in the revolution now going on
there. They have had power enough
to bring Secretary Hay back to
Washington two weeks earlier than
he was expected, and 1t is understood
to be at their request that Mr.. Nc
Kinley will return tomorrow, instead
of week later. They are not ask
ing much Only that Mr.. Mckinley
shall stop the revolution and declare
U. S. protectorate over Santo DOM
lingo. A nice mess that would be,
with all the other race troubles we al
ready have on our hands.
The rush for commissions in the
new volunteer regiments for the
Philippines is greater now than it was
1or those in the ten regiments recent
ly organized, but reports from the
various recruiting stations show that
enlistments are much slower 80
much slower that the War Depart
ment has notified all the recruiting
officers that they are expected to get
more recruits than they have been
getting.
A prominent Boston business man,
who was in Washington this week
said of the platform that will be
adopted by the Massachusetts, demo-
cratic State Convention, which will
meet Sept. 81: ut will reaffirm every
plank Of the Chicago instrument,wil
roast the trusts in stinging English,
denounce the inhuman massacre of
the liberty loving Filipinos, and
declare that the imperialist policy
of Mckinley, if unchecked, will be
the death knell of the republic"
The same man predicted that Massa-
cbusetts would send a solid Bryan
delegation to the National Conven-
tion.
In view of the promise made In the
official proclamation of the Philip
pine Commission. Issued last April,
that Local funds collected for local
purposes, shall not be diverted to 9TH
er ends" there is ground for the
complaints at Manila, reported by
uncensored cablegrams, via Hong
Kong on account of the action of Gen.
Otis in using funds collected as local
taxes collected for the support of the
army. The country was told that
every effort would be made by the ad
ministration to obtain the confidence
of the peaceable Filipinos. Taking
the taxes collected for local benifit to
help support an invading army will
strike most persons as a very poor
way to obtain the confidence of the
Filipinos. 1t was because of broken
promises that they revolted against
Spain. The Mckinley administrator
has repeatedly stated its entire ap-
proval of the acts of Gen. Otis; it is
therefore directly res soonsible for this
wrongful use of money collected over
there. 1t may have been the knowl-
edge that portion of the expenses
of the large army in the Philippines
was to be paid with taxes collected
from the natives which prompted
Secretary Gage to say that neither
additional war taxes nor more bonds
would be necessary to meet the in
creased expenditures caused by the
increased army. The American peo-
pie, as whole, regardless of individ-
ual opinions as to the future of the
Philippines, will never endorse ma
tional policy that includes deception
and oppression of weaker people.
Such policy will quickly wipe out
Mr.. McKinley's platitudes about the
Stars and stripes standing for the
same thing in the PHILIPPINES that
they do in this country. The people
of this country would not allow such
imposition upon themselves, nor will
they stand for it's being practiced up
on the people of any other country
by the government of the u. S. For
tunately the days of reckoning with
the officials of our government are
not SO far apart as they are in other
countries.
So much has been written about
the better class of Cubans favoring
annexation that most readers have
accepted it as a fact but New York
business man who was recently in
Havana declares that he hunted in
vain for this alleged annexation
sentiment among any class OF Cub
ans. He says that after talking with