Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-07-27
THURSDAY. JULY 81, 1899.
SOME OPINIONS ON MCKINLEY.

SOME OPINIONS ON MCKINLEY.
For democrat to speak disparagingl.
of President Mckinley, nowadays, i
rank treason, copperheadism and attempt
ing to "pull down the flag" according te
tho Hannaized press Of the country.
In dread of being called all thos'
naughty things the HERALD has been ex
ceedingly careful Of late, when speaking
OF President Mckinley and Emperor
Mark I. This has been hard on us, be-
cause the HERALD has thought some things
about the president and his political mar
ager, and it really likes 10 talk, 80 that il
is q real relief to find some OF those
thoughts put into cold type by papers,
whose devotion to the gold standard, a
trust creating tariff and imperialism. and
any other old thing Mark Hanna wishes,
is sufficiently we'll known to permit them
to rise in their pews and talk without
danger OF being read out Of the republican
church, so that We can reprint them, and
thus express some Of our thoughts, and
avoid those ugley epithets.
Here are few selections from the
Oregonian, the recognized leading repub.
lican paper in the Pacific Northwest:
"There is now probably some recogni.
ton of General Miles. The politico.mili-
tary cabal, Of which the president permit.
ted Alger to be the head, has been deep
disgrace to the administration. 1t has
impaired the efficiency Of the service and
cost the country many lives" -" y
president Mckinley has shown him =.
self to be mere instrument in the hands
Of politicians. He has shown it in all
possible ways, and the whole country is
talking about it. In civil and military
affairs it has been the same. Such ability
as he has is neutralized by his excessive
amiability. Something more than mere
complaisance in action is required in a
president OF the United States" -
GAS result Of his support Of the Alger-
Corbin ring in the army during so long
period, President Mckinley is not in good
plight. No man Of high chala cter will
now take the Office Of secretary of war,
unless assured that the old gang and it's
influence are to be set aside. And man
OF high character is indispensable. The
president has brought this humiliation on
himself. He had no right to appoint AL.
ger, who was known just as we'll before
his appointment as he is now. Because
he had helped pay McKinley's debts, had
contributed to the campaign fund and
brazenly demanded high Office as his re.
ward. he was given this appointment.
Mr.. Mckinley, with his characteristic
weakness, was unable to refuse his
claims He now pays the penalty"
Even the P..I., whose answering de
yotioa to the president, right or wrong"
takes q whirl at the incapacity Of the ex.
ecAtive as follows;
"Wariare has now been in progress In
the Philippines for almost year. The
president has received reports from the
islands upon almost every conceivable
phase Of the hostilities and Of the general
interests. lie has had the opportunity
of conversing with retiring officers and
returning civilians, many OF them perfect-
ly competent to give judgment and coun.
Sci. But so far as the public has been
made aware, he is no nearer a solution as
to what to do with the islands and
their inhabitants than he was twelve
months ago."
"The volunteers have teen ordered
home and then ordered not to come home
they have been given a choice OF port
and then prohibited from taking it. Re
Inducements have been decided upon one
day, to be decided against the next day
And now that the new regiments are be
ing organized and prepared for early de
parture, the question Of removing tn
general in command is being banded
back and forth between the executive
Offices and the newspapers, until tn
European press and governments join tn
Filipinos in thinking that the Unite'
States has a task on its hands which
does not know how to approach, and
property worth go, 900. 900 in costs whicl
Il does not know what to do with"