The Republican., 1899-10-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. %, 1899.
President Mckinley has been hard at work
since his return from the West, going over
various matters which will figure in his mes
sage to Congress. which will be unusually i'm
portant this year, and this week he will be-
gin the actual work of writing the message.
That portion of the message which will deal
with Philippine affairs will be deferred until
the Philippine Commission Commission, all
the members of which, excepting Gen. Otis,
are now in Washington, has completed and
submitted its report. 1t is practically certain
however, that the message will recommend
permanent retention of the Philippines.
Archbishop Chappelle, the apostolic dele
gate to the Philippines, has had a conference
with President Mckinley and will have
another before his departure for Manila.
Secretary Gage, who was with the Presi-
Dental party in the West q portion of the
time, has returned to Washington and re
sumed his duties. He said in connection
with his observation of the impression Great
ed by the President on his trip: "ALL classes
of people were cordial to the President in his
expression as to a revival of industry, sound
money and the tariff, but what he had to say
as to the success of our arms at Manila and
other places, aroused the greatest enthu-
siasm. The people were most emphatic in
their approval when the President expressed
the purpose of the administration to sup
press the liberal form of self government
which the people of the islands showed
themselves incapable of maintaining
One of the Presidents recent callers was
Father w. d. McKimmon, Chaplain of the
First California Volunteers, who has just re
turned from the Philippines where he spent
sixteen months with his regiment He in
dignantly denied the recent statement that
our soldiers had desecrated and looted
churches over there, and said on the sub
ject: 1t is true that great many churches
have been looted and stripped, but this has
been the work of Cinnamon in nearly every
case. The looting has usually been between
the evacuation of a town by the rebels and
the entry of the American forces. a good
many of our soldiers have relics and souv-
enirs from these churches, but they got them
from the natives and Cinnamon " OF the i'm
mediate outlook in the Philippines, Father
MckimmOn says: II look for a wind up of
the insurrection during the coming cam
paign. The morale of the insurgents was de
stroyed before my regiment left the island
The leaders who are holding out are doing so
with the hope of a material reward for sur
rendering"
Admiral Dewey has not broken down in
health, but his physician ordered him to can
eel his engagements to visit Atlanta and
Philadelphia, as a precautionary measure,
lest the hustle and excitement might cause
him to do so, and has ordered him to avoid
all excitement as far as possible during the
int 40 10,
been selected and the purchase will be made
this week. 1t is on Rhode Island Avenue
one door from the corner of Connecticut Az
enue, and will be purchased fully furnished.
and at once occupied by the Admiral.
No man in Washington knows the situation
in Ohio better than President Mckinley
does and the fact that he is perfectly conf
dent Of Republican success. tells how other
Republicans feel about it. There was some
fear at ne time that the full Republican vote
might not be got out, but that has passed.
The United States continues to lead the
world in superiority of ordinance. Severe
tests of the new style of four-inch gun adopt
ed by the Navy, have shown the gun to be
vastly ahead Of any arm of the same calibre
in the world. AS long as we can keep up
that sort of progress our Navy is bound to
lead the procession in fighting qualities.
Gen. Alger, who has been giving his undi-
vided attention to his large business inter
ests since his retirement from the head of
the War Department, said of the business
outlook: 1.-The business affairs of the United
States are in a most excellent condition, and
if we can be sure of a steady Republican rule
in the future, it is my judgement that this
prosperous state of affairs will last for many