Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-09
T.IS4lNGTON LETTER.

1t is not surprising tina two of the
most popular men in the United States
President Mckinley and Admiral Dew
ey, standing side by side on platform
made to initiate the prov of the war
ship, to review the big civic parade,
which inaugurated the Dewey festiv-
tiles in Washington, should have ar
oused such enthusiasm as was never
before seen on the streets of Wash
ington, it was an occasion calculated
to arouse the enthusiasm of every
American.
The scene presented when Admiral
Dewey arrived at the White House,
whittier he was escorted from the rail-
way station, by troop of regular
cavalry, was one worthy to be pre-
served for future generations in a
historical picture. The president and
every member of the cabinet was
there to meet him. The admiral was
met at the door bygSecretary Long,
who escorted him to the president.
The hearty hand shake of the presi-
dent and the admiral and the admir-
alton on the faces of both as they
looked into each others eyes will
never be forgotten by those who
were present. There was a general
Notification for few minutes, after
which the party started for the re-
viewing stand, amid the plaudits of
thousands.
The governor of Louisiana having
Informed thei Department of Justice
that he could not submit an official re-
port on the killing of five Italians, at
Tallulah, some months ago, until the
grand jury which will meet in Jan
uary, investigates the case, Attorney
General Griggs has sent a special
agent of the Department to make an
official inquiry, in order that all the
obtainable facts shall be on hand
when congress meets. The Italian
authoritive shave make an investiga-
ton of the killing of these men, and
will claim indemnity, and get it for
several of them unless it can be shown
that their report is incorrect.
According to Judge A. L. Krumler
of Indiana, who is good authority,
that state is safely and permanently
anchored in the republican harbor,
because of the growth of its manu-
featuring interests and the general |
good times, speaking of which he !
said: "Our people are enjoying a
flood tide of prosperity. Everybody |
is satisfied with current conditions. |
Money is plentiful, crops are i'm
mense, and the demand for labor is
unprecedented. In the west there
is overwhelming approval of Presi-
dent McKinley's Philippine policy.
I read of DIRECTORS to that policy in
the east, but we have no Hoars or
Atkinsons in our section. The SEN
timent is well nigh universal that the
Filipinos deserve punishment, and
they are going to get it.'
Judge d. K. Watson, formerly
member of the house from the Col
nmbian district, and now engaged in
legal work for the government, has
accepted an invitation to take the
stump in Ohio Just before he left
W
Ohio, and I tell you our people are in
favor of standing by the flag. That's
the first thing in all this war standing
by the flag! We must establish the
sup remacy of the United States over
there. There is no getting out of it.
We simply can't afford to come run
ming back from the Philippines with
our heads bowed in shame and our
flag trailing in the dust. There is but
one thing to do, and that is to fight it
out just as the president has planned"
Secretary Long is inclined to be
amused over the claims put for
ward by the friends of several
gentlemen of credit for the selec-
ton of Dewey to command the
Asiatic squadron. While senator and
other prominent men wrote to Secre
tary Long recommending Dewey's
assign m ent to that command just as
others wrote in behalf of other Of
hcers, the secretary says the selection
was a natural one and would have
been made if not an outside word had
been said. AS to who is entitled to
the credit of the assignment, which
produced SO much glory for Dewey
and for the country, Secretary Long
said: "The credit of it belongs to no
human being except Dewey himself,
who by reason of his special fitness,
by rank, by his turn to go to sea, and
by his meritorious qualifications, was
the natural designation Of the Bureau