Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-28
The Politician.

, | tnls country would 40 IL some Otner
nation, or a combination of nations,
should attempt to help the Beers
against Great Britain, or should at
tempt to prevent Great Britain from
reaping the benefit of the triumph it
is bound to achieve over the Trans
vaal Republic Up to this time there
are no more substantial grounds for
expecting outside interference in the
South African war than irresponsible
publications in certain newspapers
Consequently there is no occasion for
this government to make any an
nouncement ana the only object of
those who have been seeking to obtain
one is to embarrass the administra-
tlon. Without attempting to predict
what this governmentwould or would
not do, it can be said that any nation
or combination of nations will do we'll
to move very slowly and carefully in
medonng with Great Britain. Ameri-
cans are not ungrateful, and they
have not forgotten that had 1t not
been for the firm and courageous atti-
tude of the government Of Great Brit
ian, Spain would have had the assist
ance of one or more European powers
in the late war with us.
Secretary Wilson is still talking of
me strong expansion sentiment he
found in the west. He said: you
may find an anti-expanslonlst here
and there in the west, but they are as
scarce as hungry men, and the latter
are mighty scarce these days. The
western people want the flag to stay
where it is, and there is no doubt of it.
They haven't forgotten that when
Dewey was forced to leave Hong Kong
with his fleet, by the neutrality laws,
there wasn't a stake in the whole east
ern hemisphere to which he could tie.
We've got one now, and we are going
to keep it. We have home in the
Orient for our war ships and our mer-
chant vessels, and starting point for
commercial expeditions into all Asia
|
know the value OF this They realize
that every year their products of farm
and factory are going int othe Pacific
ocaen in increased ratio. They want
to keep it up. Our people are not go
ing to tyrannize over the Filipinos.
They will contribute money to send
them school teachers and missionaries,
and they will make the Philippines to
blossom like the rose. These little
fellows who are barking a tthe heels
of President Mckinley and carping at
his doing what the constitution, the
laws and the people require, do not
alarm the western people. The resi-
dents of that section do not forget that
the land which they live on was ac-
quired by treaty. They have no in
tention of alternating Iowa and Mime
sofa, nor of alternating any other ter
ritory we have more recently obtained
by treaty.
Archbishop Chappelle, the Apostolic
Delegate to the Philippines who is
now in Washington, has given the
antis new nut to crack by coming
out good and strong for permanent
American ownership of the Philip
pines, and strongly endorsing this
government for having acquired the
islands by the treaty of peace with
Spain.
Admiral Dewey is now the owner of
a handsome Washington residence,
the deed for the same having been for
mally turned over to him by the COM
mittee which made the purchase. The
Admiral has announced his intention 4
to make two trips early next year r,one
to the South and one to the West, in
order to show the people of those sec
ions how much he appreciates the cor
dial invitations which he has been
compelled by the advice of his physi-
clan to decline for the time being.
From the talk of Republican mem
bers of the House there is reason to !
believe that a new committee will be
created when the House is organized !
which will have control of all legis-
lation relating to Hawaii, Porto Rico (
Cuba and the Philippines, the idea
seeming to be general that such
committee composed of the ablest men
| in the House is needed.
In the Dairy Division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture there is on exhi-
bition a strip of thin, almost trans
perane material, that looks like cellu-
loid or hard rubber This material,
which was made from skim milk, rep
resents a discovery which is believed
to be very valuable by the capitalists
who have obtained patents on the pro
cess for making it, as it is claimed it
can be used to make anything now
made of hard rubber or celluloid and
that it has some advantages over both !
those materials in addition to its
cheapness. Mai, Alvord, chief of the !
Dairy Division, while not dsparagng
the discovery itself, expresses doubts |
as to whether it will enable the manu-
facturers who intend using the pro-
cess for its manufacture to pay prices
thatwil make it advantageous for
dairymen to sell them their skim milk !
instead of feeding it iudciously to the
stock on their farms.