The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-19
.M'KlNLEY SMOOTH.
Always Has a Scapeeoat Handy Il
Carry the Blame.
zen. OTIS is IN FOR 1T NOW.
Must Bear the Burden for the Press
Censorship.
THERE IS ALSO ONE AT WASHINGTON
General Corbln Is the Man Who Shields
Mckinley There.
GREAT EFFECT ON THE RECRUITING.
Men Arc Not Responding SO that the
Original Programme Can BE
Carried Out.
General Corbln Is the Man Who Shields
Mckinley There.
'fAT EFFECT ON THE RECRUITING.
Especial to The Post.)

| tSpeCldl 10 me fOSt.)
Washington, July 1S.-There is no doubt
that Hon. William Mckinley is a poll
ticlan. Maybe Hanna isn't the man he
given credit for being, after all; anyway,
with the Ohio boss in Europe the president
is playing game of politics that is hard
to beat. He keeps Alger in the war de-
partment as foil; he let's IT be understood
through his trusty organs that when mat
tiers are moving smoothly it shows he has
the helm himself; but If there is some
thing wrong, then Alger has interfered and
spoiled plans. For which Alger is roundly
the poor president pitied for having to put
up with the Michigander.
Now, the big press associations and the
Eastern papers have grown weary of hav-
ing their news suppressed and garbled and
have decided to go to war about it, Otis
is the scapegoat, he has done it all with
out instructions from Washington and
to synopisize the inspired excuses from the
Washington departments" really, he has
been sending no news TO the government
except what has been given out" Nothing
about. the rigid censorship which has been
put on the news from Manila right here in
Washington. To read the statement by
General Corbin, it might be imagined that
the correspondents never went near the
heads OF the war department, but only TO
the clerks; it is quite true that the clerks
have been pumped but not until after
~,
anything
AS before stated, Mckinley is smooth
politician. Mark Hanna gets the blame
for raising the corruption fund used TO
elect Mckinley and also gets the blame
for lot of other shady work which Nc
kiney acquiesoes in, at least; and while I
Senator Hanna is politician with loud
stripe, it is not to be denied that there
often appears an ontcroppins of what looks |
to be more finely polished work than he
is capable Of Alger is ''cussed' for the
misconduct Of the war, and yet the Nc /
Kinley organs persist in accredlting all
The good" work TO Mckinley; it would, |
indeed, be strange to see a man who never
makes an error; and 1t is moro than a
probability that some OF the "cusslng'
Alger has been getting lies nj the door of
his superior Eagan was treated mighty
leniently for scapegoat; 1t may be that
he knew too much
Now, Otis Is TO be held up as a shield for |
the Ubiquitous murder of Americans in /
trying to conquer the Philippines. And |
Corbn must stand for the censorship on
the dispatches al this end.
The story that only the news which |
would benefit Aguinaldo has been sup |
pressed won't do The Filpinos have no
long cable messages and special steamers
and couriers to get the news 10 Aguinaldo's |
headquarters. The department knows this |
better than any one could tell them. Otis
are only given out in part, for
the administration is afraid to tell the
people OF the true situation; 1t is not to
be supposed that the administration itself
is uniformed; that will do TO tell the pub
lie, for 1t is concededy better politics to
confess to foolishness than 10 knavery |
while the intent is to keep up the knavery
Those parts OF Otis cables given out by
the department bear good deal of re-
semblance TO the famous Spanish cable
grams at which every one used to laugh |
while Weyler was In Cuba and Augustin |
at Manila.
The truth would appear to be that the
has undertaken an ex
tremely difficult task in trying TO SUBJ
jugate the Filiplnos; that the money OF
The taxpayers and the sons of the people
are being sacrificed at tremendous rate
to no purpose and the administration is
trying to keep the facts suppressed. -
One point that seems TO be overlooked is
he treatment of the returned Oregon vol
inteers. Instead OF mastering them out
n couple OF weeks, as was done in the
case of the volunteers returned from Cuba,
hey are to be kept in camp al The Pre-
;idio, near San Francisco, until the new
'crce has been gotten together and shipped
% "our Asiatic colony" They can be
nuzzled TO certain extent while they are
still in the service; but II they are once
scattered II would be impossible for them
o be kept quiet and considerable more