Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-08-10
BURROWS OPINIONS.
The Senator's Exception to the Ex-
pansion Policy Not Understood.
THE INTERVIEWS CAUSE SURPRISE.
The Advices from the Philippine Islands
Received by the President-The War
May BE Ended Before Con-
gress Meets.


Washington, Aug. 7.-Members OF
the administration still in the CITY are
at q, loss to understand the repeated
interviews of Senator Burrows, OF
Michigan, in which he takes exception
to the expansion policy of the admins
tration, and speaks in the most dis
couraglng terms of our prospects in the
Philippines. Senator Burrows has been
counted as one of the warm supporters
of the administration in the senate. It
is true he was one of the peace-at-any-
price men before war was declared, and
he has never been bold and aggressive
in his defense of the administration
war policy. But he has voted with the
administration and fallen into line
with the presidents followers after
the course had been clearly
marked out by ADLER leaders.
He has had the support of the admins
tration in all of his political efforts in
Michigan. The administration gave
him recognition and material as well
as moral support in his candidacy for
election to the senate. He and Senator
Mcmillan have been allowed to abso-
lutely control the federal patronage in
their state. Much of this they have
demanded as help to the reelection
of Senator Mcmillan as an administra-
ton leader. The president has done
everything possible to aid the Michi-
gan senators in their control of the
politics of Michigan, because he re-
garded them as the opponents of the
administration and its policies in that
state.
President Mckinley was, therefore,
surprised to read the interview by Sen
ator Burrows in which he took sub
stantially the same ground as that
taken by Gov. Pingree, of Michigan,
against the Philippine policy. It was
at first supposed that Sen ator Burrows
had been incorrectly reported and that
he would take occasion to set himself
right before the public. But the SEN
ator, in an interview given out at Kali
amazOo, Mich, says that he only stated
what have been his convictions from
the first. He repeats that the Ameri-
cans have secured control of very
small territory adjacent to Manila
and there are thousands of miles
yet to subdue and full 10000, 900
of people yet to subjugate. This
rather startling declaration from
Senator Burrows is not in harmony
with the advices the president, the sec
rotary of war and the secretary of state
have received from the highest author
ity in Manila. Gen. Otis, Admiral
Dewey and the civil members of the
Philippines commission all agree that
the instruction is confined to the
Tagals, and does not include major
ity of that tribe. The Philippine COM
missioners have for some months been
in constant communication with va
rious parts Of the archipelago and have
received numerous delegations who
proffered their allegiance. They rep
resent that peace is restored through
out the Philippines save in the single
island of Luzon, and that only small
part of that island is in rebellion.
President Schurmann' dispatches to
the president show that the sovereign
ty of the United States has been well
coined by large majority of the peo-
pie of the island and that the rebellion
has been limited not only in actual
hostilities, but in sympathy. Nine
tenths of the whole people of
the archipelago would view the
success of the Taga1 rebellion
with keenest apprehension. They
are ready to serve the United States
in any way to prevent such a result.
From tribes in Luzon other than the
Tagals the commission has received
Acknowledgements of American sover-
eighty. These voluntary overtures
have been coupled with offers of native
forces to help subdue the Tagals. These
offers could not be accepted, but it is
an interesting revelation regarding the
extent of the rebellion in the Philip
pines.
The ADMINISTRATION has no doubt that
with permanent force of 80, 600 men
Gen. Otis will be able to subdue the re-
bellion in few months after the rains
cease and he is able to resume opera
tions. The general will have fully 5O,-
600 men by the end of October, and the
president believes that he will be able
to report to congress in December that
the rebellion is ended and that Aneri-
can sovereignty has beeu accepted
throughout the Philippines. With
this confidence in Otis and his army
the friends of the president are unable
to understand the pessimistic views
formed by Senator Burrows, of Michi-
gan. It is therefore expected in adj
ministration circles that Senator Bur-
rows has some other political purpose
in view than that of simply warning
the country and the administration
that this rebellion must be subdued
before the next national convention is
held.
A Girl Burned to Death.
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