The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-10-13
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondents

Washington D. c., Oct. s 1899.
It is not surprising that two of the
most popular men in the U. S.-Presi-
dent Mckinley and Admiral Dewey
standing side by side on platform,
made to initiate theprow Of warship,
to review the big civic parade, which
Einaugurated the Dewey festivities in
Washington. should have aroused such
enthusiasm as was never before seen
on the streets OF Washington. 1t 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 preserved
for future generations in historical
picture. The President and every
member of the Cabinet was there 10
meet him. The Admiral was met at
the door by Secretary Long, who es-
corted him to the President. The
hearty hand-shake of the President
and the Admiral and the admiration
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 jollification for a
few minutes. after which the par rty
started for the reviewing stand, amid
the plaudits of thousands.
The Governor of Louisiana having
informed the department of Justice
that he would not submit an official
report on the killing of five Italians,
at Tallulah, some months ago, until
the grand jury, which will not meet
until January, investigates the case.
Attorney General Griggs has sent a
special agent to the Department to
make an official inquiry, in order that
all the obtainable facts shall be on
hand when Congress meets. The
Italian authorities have made an In
vestigation 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, be-
cause of the growth of its manufacture
ing 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 immense, and the
demand for labor is unprecedented.
In the West there is overwhelming ap-
proval o. President McKinley's Philip
pine policy. I read OF objectors to
that policy in the East. but we have
no Hoars or Atkinsons in our section.
The sentiment is well-nigh universal
that the Filipinos deserve punishment
and they are going to get it."
Secretary Long is inclined to be
amused over the claims put forward
by the friends of several gentlemen of
credit for the selection of Dewey to
command the Asiatic squadron.
While Senator and other prominent
men wrote to Secretary Long recon-.
mending Dewey's assignment to that
command, just as others wrote in be-
Ealf of other officers, the Secretary
says the selection was 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 as
signment, which produced SO much
glory for Dewey and for the country,
Secretary Long said "The credit of
it's belongs to no human being except
Dewey himself, who, by reason Of his
meritorious qualifications, was the
natural designation of the Bureau of
Navigation"
The action of Secretary Root IN
sending General Theodore Schwan
who, in addition to having reputa
:ion as one of the best executive Off
GERS in the army, is also q good lawyer,
to the Philippines as Chief of Staff
and principal Assistant to the Military
Governor, means that Gen. Otis, who
has also been given number of addi-
tional staff officers, is to have more
time to devote to the purely military
movements of the coping campaign.
It should also put stop to the con-
stantly reiterated stories intimating
an intention either to relieve Gen. tits
or to put some other officer in COM
mand Of the lighting. There has
never been any intention on the part
Of the President or Secretary Root to
do either.
President Mckinley has approved
the sentence Of the Carter court-mar-
|tial, dismissal from the army and five
years imprisonment, and Carter has