Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-14
The Politician.

Washington, Oct. 13.-Secretary Hay
Presidential party and returning to
Washington fully justified by the stu
alton in South Africa. While this
government has nothing whatever to
do with the quarrel between Great
Britain and the Transvaal Republic,
and intends maintaining a strict neu
trallty, everybody was glad to know
that the opening of hostilitles found
the Secretary of State at his desk.
There are hundreds of Americans in
South Africa engaged in mining and
other occupations, and they look to
our consular officers over there for the
protection of their interests, and the
consular officers look to the Secretary
of State for their orders One Ameri-
can warship, the Montgomery, has al
ready received orders to proceed to
South African waters, and it is expect
ed that the Chicago, which will be Rear
z.dmiral Schleys flagship, which will
be ready to START in two weeks, will
receive similar orders. When Schley
gets over there, those who had so
much to say about the insignificance
of the command of the South Atlantic
Squadron will s,e how little they knew
about it,
Secretary Root declines to discuss
the military movements this week in
the Philippines further than to say
that he is perfectly satisfied with what
is being done and that Gen. Otis is be-
ing allowed to conduct the campaign
to suit himself Although the condl-
ton of the roads over there will not
permit of any extended movements of
large bodies of troops, the movements
that are being made are all a part of
the general plan of the campaign,
which has for its object the crushing
of the rebellion. Although the details
OF the campaign are not known outside
the War Department, it is known that
it Includes a general advance on the
part of the entire army and that all
towns of the least importance which
are taken will be garrisoned and held
ais othat the increased naval force is
to play an important part in the cam
paign.
Advices from Ohio indicate that Mr..
A.cLean's scheme of carrying the state
by getting Republicans who for one or
ano,.-er cause We're disposed to be dis
satisfied to stay away from the polls
looks very different since he and his
assistants have been trying to put it
into practical operation from what it
dad when they first discussed it among
There has at no time been
any doubt in Washington that Ohio
would sustain President Mckinley and
his policy by electing the entire Re
publican ticket by rousing majority
That there are Republicans in the
state who have real grievances, and
others who think they have, is true but
even if there were enough of them to
affect the result, would it right their
grievances or help them in any man
ner to elect Mclean? Most assuredly
net, and nobody knows it any better
than the men most directly concerned !
None of them have any grievances
against President Mckinley, and it is (
not at all likely that any considerable
of them will help bring about
a result which the Democrats would
hail as a condemnation of the national
administration and its policies Ohio
republicans are not in the habit of
biting off their noses to spite their
faces and they will not do so this year
Kentucklans who visit Washington
these days are eagerly questioned con-
cerning the campaign in that state
The Democrats are divided in their
opinions, but the Republicans are con-
fdent of success. One of the latter.
e. Allison-sald: "The Republican
will defeat Goebel by 10000
votes. 1t will be the worst landslide on
record in the state. 1t will give Ken
tucky to the Republicans for a long
term of years, because the dissensions
that have been bred in the Democratic
party this year are the initial stages
of feud within its ranks compared
with which a Clay county vendetta is
like a fight between fake puglllsts. 1t
will also result in giving the state to
next year by an oyerwhelm-
ing majority"
The decision fthe Treasury Depart
ment to anticipate the payment of the
interest on the public debt for the re-
mainder of the fiscal year ending June
30, 1900, which was announced this
week, is based upon the soundest busl-
ness principles, and means a consider
able profit to the government-'nearly
a quarter million dollars-if all the
holders of bonds should elect to pay
the rebate charged by the Treasury
and receive their interest in advance.
The Treasury has nearly $780, 200, 900
of available cash at It's disposal. and
II all the holders of bonds take their
interest in advance it will only require
sz6 100000 to pay them.
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