The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-09
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular Correspondent

(From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, August 4, 1899:-Will
there be a change in the Philippine
policy of the administration? That
question has been asked quite fire.
quently since Senator Burrows made
the fat-footed declaration that Nc
kinley's reelection was largely de-
pendent upon the successful ending
of the Philippine war before the
Presidential campaign. There is no
doubt that the administration fully
realizes the correctness of the state
ment made by Mr.. Burrows, but so
much vas not intended to be made
public, so early in the game, and,
while nothing has been openly said
on the subject, there has been much
private abuse of Burrows in admin
istration circles for having let such
troublesome cat out of the politi-
cal bag. Although Secretary Root
has yet done nothing openly to con-
firm the talk about his being in
structed to win Gen. Miles over to
the administration side, by allowing
him to have the direction at the
Washington end of future military
movements in the Philippines, there
are many who think there is founda-
ton for the talk. The plain truth of
the situation is, that unless a salts
factory peace-satisfactory to the
people at large. not to the Office
holding brigade, who will express
satisfaction at anything done by the
administrations brought about
before the Presidential campaign,
Mr.. Mckinley will not have a ghost
of a show for reelection; and those
most familiar with the situation do
not believe that continuation of the
military methods of Otis will do it.
The people will overthrow any ad-
ministration that stands for per-
petual war in the Philippines, or any
where else.
The deficit for the first month of
the new fiscal year was close to g.
100000. Officials speak Of this as a
satisfactory showing, but it remains
to be seen what the people will think
of showing, which if maintained
during the remainder Of the fiscal
year will mean a deficit for the year
Of more than s100,000,000. That
certainly will not be satisfactory.
The very mild nature of the state
ment made by Mr.. Alger just before
be left Washington, and which he
was pleased to call q v;udication of
the charges against his administra-
ton of the War Department, in6i-
Gates that he was persuaded not to
attack the administration publicly,
but whether he will be of the same
mind after talking with Pingree, who
is nothing if not straightforward
shoulder fighter of everything that
gets in front of his plans, remains to
be seen. Members of the administra-
ton are hugging the belief that Alger
will not give away the secrets be
knows.
In the absence of more important
news the suppression of a Cuban
daily paper in Havana and the arrest
of its staff, by order of Gen. Ludlow,
military commandant of that city,
has been much discussed. At the
War Department it is said that Gen.
Ludlow acted without any orders
from Washington and that no further
explanation of his action has been
received than was contained in the
press dispatches On general princi-
pies the average American 1alieves
in Il free press and free speech and
for that reason nearly every one who
speaks of the matter condemns the
suppression of the paper by Gen.
Ludlow. Gen. Garcia, who is still
in Washington, talked freely of the
matter, as be sees it. He said: "The
suppression OF the Havana Recon