Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-06-03
The Politician,

ApDluCo, bul II 10 lNBdihtu BldNlAItii-
ly certain that he will do so in a few
days, the number of volunteers to be
called for to be decided by Gen. Otis,
who has been asked to state how many
men he wants. Secretary Alger says
that Gen. Otis has understood from the
first that he could have as many men
as he considered necessary to put
down the Filipino revolt There will
be no difficulty in getting as many vol
unteers as may be called for. A num-
ber of governors have notified the
President OF the willingness of their
States to furnish as many as may be
wanted, and Gov. Otero, of New Mexl-
co, called in person to tell President
Mckinley that his State is ready to
furnish regiment at days notice;
that the four companies of Roosevelt's
Rough Riders from that state are
ready to man to enlist for the Phil
ippines.
Count de ARGOS, the new Spanish
Minister, arrived in Washington this
week and formally re-established dip
lomatlc relations between the United
States and Spain.
Col. Henderson's candidacy for the
speakership is having a big boom and
his friends are claiming that his cleo
tion is already practically assured.
Repr sentative Babcock, of Wisconsin,
whose familiarity with things Con-
gressional and his known opposition
to making claims for effect, said of the
Speakership campaign: THE action
of the Wisconsin delegation means
LAT Col. Henderson will be recognized
as the only western candidate within
thirty days, and practically assures
his election as Speaker Michigan
will declare for him, when its delega-
tion meets, next week, as will Indiana,
and there Is no doubt where Minneso-
ia stands. We will get Ohio also, and
The Speakership villa be decided long
before Congress meets" Friends of
other candidates do not, Of course, ad-
NIT all the claims made by the friends
of Col. Henderson, but they all admit
the existence of a Henderson boom.
Another old time Democrat who sees
nothing ahead of his party but over
wheIming defeat is ex-Representative
WeadOck, of Michigan, who is in
on business. He said of
the political outlook: Il do not see
wherein there is any solid ground for
hope of Democratic success as long as
present conditions continue 1t must
be evident to every well-informed stu
dent of politics that the men who up
held the Democracy in times past, who
represented the brains, dignity and
true worth of the party, are now in
their tents. They are going to remain
in them, too, long while, before they
will join hands with the Populistic
crowd that took possession in '96, and
who have made shipwreck of a great
political organization. The talk of
healing the breach between the fac
tons is idle, for there can be no basis
Of agreement between those who up
hold the doctrines promulgated at
Chicago and those who are loyal to the
timeIhonored principles of Democ-
racy."
The business of the United States |
Patent Office is a barometer of the pro-
gress and prosperity of the country.
Although applications for patents are
more numerous than ever before, the |
business of the Patent Office has been
brought so nearly up to date by Com
missioner Duell that patents are often
granted In from four to six weeks.
The old and widely known patent law
firm OF C. A. Snow & Co, with a record |
of having obtained more than 10000 |
patents for inventors, and with clients
In every city, town and village in the
paid Commissioner Duell a
high compliment when they said that
never in their twenty-five years prae-
lice before the Patent Ofice have ap-
DEcations for patents been SO prompt |
ly and s. intelligently acted upon as |
Row
Hon. Webster Davis, Assistant Sec
ratary OF the Interior, is now known as |
one of the cOuntry's greatest orators,
although he is comparatively a young
nan. Following is an extract from his
Decoration Day Grafton at Arlington
yes, as these surviy 1rs
march on Decoration Day, by looking
loosely you can see between the lines
hose specter soldiers-the boys who |
never came home; you can see also The |
phantom flags and banners floating
lmong tnom-these were borne by he |
'oys who never came back. Truly, |
he greatest product of our nation Is |
'ur heroes! This nation grows men,
some persons will tell you that com
5 king; some that iron is king; others
has coal is king; then again others
hat cotton Is king, but all are mistak-
Ain this country man is king. And
he nation or country that can grow
aen of such character and such lofti-
iess OF soul, that will go down to
cath. II need be. for an idea, for a
rinciple, can rule the world. For
hese are the men which make coun-