Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
NOTES AND COMMENTS ON MATTERS
ABOUT THE CAPITAL.
Not Dealing Honestly With the volun-
teer Soldiers in the PhilippInes-Ds-
wsy's Home-ComInR-visws of = Silver
Repubiioap-Noxt Years Platform.


RepubiiOan-NoxtY Years Platform.
Washington, D. c., May 10.
The administration has not dealt
honestly with the country in regard to
the volunteers In the Philippines. 1t
has given out one thing about bringing
home these men, who have been worked
and fought so continuously that many
Of them are now unfit for duty, when 1t
knew that another thing was to be done.
1t has told the country that General
Otis had been ordered to send the volun-
teers home as fast as transportation
could be secured for them, when Otis
had really been instructed to keep the
volunteers as long as he needed them
and could make them appear to stay
willingly. This has been suspected for
some time, but when two transports left
Manila for San Francisco last week,
with only sick and wounded men aboard,
and tive more with no soldiers aboard, it
became certainty. 1t is now privately
acknowledged by members Of the ad-
ministratlon that it had, from the first,
been the intontion OF Otis to keep the
volunteers until the Filipnos surrender
ed, and that the bluff about bringing
them home as fast as vessels could be
made available was thrown out because
it was thought that the surrender would
occur before there would be any oppor-
tunity to send them home. govern
ment OF the people can never add to its
strength or popularity by deceiving the
people. Every such deception is an i'm
pugnment of the patriotism OF the
people. 80
The disappointment felt in admins.
tratioR circles over tho failure OF the
expected surrender OF Aguinaldo to
materalize Is so acute than 1t cannot be
hidden aud officials who have been so
glib for several weeks past, in predict
ing the speedy finish OF Agulnaldo, can
not now be coaxed to talk about the
probabilities over there at all.
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Mr.. Mckinley still holds to his policy
of rswsrding the Gold Democrats for
making him president. The first census
plum given to Ohio was the appointment
Of General Americus v. Rice, by direct
order OF Mr.. Mckinley, to be purchas-
ing agent Of the census bureau.
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Admiral Schley has accepted an in
vitation from ex-senator Manderson,
to pay him a visit, at his Nebraska
home, and will leave for tho West at
once. He will probably take advantage
Of the opportunity, while in that sec
tion, to visit number Of other Western
points, to which he has been cordially
invited.
II the idea Of popular subscription
to buy Washington home for Admiral
Dewey ia as well received all over the
country as II has been In Washington,
enough money is likely to be subscribed
to buy him a whole town, instead OF q
single house. Dewey has notified the
navy department that he will leave
Manila in few days, and will get to
the United States In about four months,
which indicates his intention to make
the hOmeward voyage in a very leisurely
manner, as the trip could easily be
made inside Of two months. His friends
say that the admiral wishes to give him.
self a chance to get good and strong
and the cool weather OF fall to arrive
before he tackles the ovations which
he knows await him In this country
Dewey is long headed chap.
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Ex-Representative Hartman, OF Mon
tana, who voluntarily resigned from
congress at the close of the last session
is in Washington. He says the wish wa,
fathcr to the story that the Silver Re
publicans OF his section were not friend
ly to the denomination of Colone
Bryan, and that Colonel Bryan has
taken exactly the right position toward,
those who bolted the Chicago conven
tion; that the Silver Republicans who
bOlted McKinley's nomination and plat
form and supported Bryan would have
just as much right to attempt to dictate
to the Republicans as the Gold Demo
Gratis havo to dictate to the Democrats
Continuing, he said: II would as soor
think Of going to Mark Hanna for infor.
nation as to Democratic faith and
Democratic principles, rs to 60 to Perry
Belmont. They are both supporters OF
the same interests, advocates OF the
Same financial policy, and brother op
ponents OF the producing and wage
earning classes OF the United States"
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Mr.. Hartman thinks that II the elec.
tion was this year, instead of next, there
would be no doubt of the tickets being
headed by Bryan and Mckinley again
and expects that they will be anyway
Speaking of next years Democratic
platform, he said: 1.-The three most
prominent features in the platform, in
my judgment, will be, first, its declara-