Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-07-29
The Politician.

Washington, July 2S.-President
Mckinley will enjoy his well earned
vacation all the more because of the
knowledge that he left public business
in very satisfactory condition. He
has secured a man for Secretary of
War in the person of Hon. Elihu Root,
who will take charge of the depart
ment Aug. l, aginst whom no word of
criticism has been said even by his
partisan opponents; Secretary Hay
has succeeded in getting the trouble
some Alaskan boundary question fair
ly on the road to an early diplomatic
settlement more than half of the vol
unteers wanted for the Philippines
have enlisted, and Gen. Otis has cabled
that so man yof tie volunteers already
in the Philippines wish to reenlist that
third regiment-two have already
been enlisted-can be enlisted from
lnem. The length of the Presidents
stay on Lake Champlain will depend
upon Mrs McKinley's health and upon
the state Of public business.
Representative Landis, of Indiana,
who was in Washington this week,
looking after some business for his
constituents, said of the situation in
his state: "Our people are too well
satisfied with the prosperity under
this administration to desire change.
Everybody is happy and prosperous.
Farmers are paying off their mort
cages and lending money. They have
seen that the price of wheat is not de-
pendent upon the price of silver, and
they have abandoned the belief that
free coinage is necessary for good
times, II the Democrats have
spoke left in the wheels of their poll
tical chariot do not know it. ! don't
believe that one hundred Democrats
will march to the same music in any
one county in Indiana. Expansion is
very popular in Indiana, especially
among the country people. The farm
er generally likes to hold on to all he
can get, and he carries that idea into
national matters. The Democrats will
make great mistake if they attack
the administration for determining to
hold all we have in the Philippines.
Notwithstanding Bryan's attempt to
get all the Kentucky Democrats to
support Goebel, Kentucky Democrats
who have been in Washington this
week admit that the state will probab-
ly go Republican. Representative
Berry said that it seemed probable
a new convention would be held and
a ticket headed by Ex-Governor Brown
be nominated by the independent
Democrats, and that if that probabil-
ity became a fact the Republicans
would almost surely carry the state.
Senator Elkins, who was once Secre-
tary OF War himself, had this to say
OF his retiring successor: Secretary
Alger has been compelled to endure a
series of undeserved, not to say brutal,
assaults. He did not deserve the
harsh things that were said of him, but
he bore them bravely, standing man
fully under the abuse which might
otherwise have been thrown at the
President. Time will vindicate him.
!. There will be a reaction in his favor.
| said these things all the more read
lily because Secretary Alger and ! have
not been of the same way OF thinking
in our party. / am no apologist for
him. do not want to be drawn into
any controversy, but / hope l may
never hesitate to do justice to any
man. Secretary Alger has gone TO
New York on private business and win
not return until next Tuesday. when
be will formally turn over the War De-