The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-10-27
The Presidents Trip Show the
People Want the Philip
pines Retained.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Is Being Prepared-Thinks Ohio
Safely Republican-Germany
OH American Competition.
Special Correspondence of The Gazette.

Special Correspondence of The Gazette.
Washington, Got. 23, 1895. -Presi'
dent Mckinley returned from his long
trip Of more than five thousand miles,
during which he made more than one
hundred speeches. more firmly con-
WINGED than ever that the people Of this
country are overwhelmingly in favor OF
the permanent retention Of the Philip.
pines; also with increased faith in the
patriotism Of the people. He is proud
Of the receptions given him everywhere
he stopped, but modestly says that the
enthusiasm was not for him personally,
but for the principles he represents by
reason Of his being the official head of
the administration. Not a single I'LL.
pleasant incident occurred during the
long trip aud SO perfect were the ar.
rangements for Mrs. MoKinley's com
fort that she suffered no Inconvenience
and returned to Washington feeling
better than when she started.
As there are about six weeks left for
President Mckinley to prepare Il Of
the most important messages ever sent
to congress, he will be compelled to
deny personal interviews, except upon
important public matters, in order to
devote his entire time to the prepara-
tion of his message, which will neoes.
sarily be a long one. It ia already
known that the message will take
strong ground for tile permanent reten.
tion Of the Philippines, and for action
on the part Of congress which will
leave no doubt in the minds Of the Fill.
ipinos of the intention Of this country
to retain the sovereignty Of the islands.
Influenced by the contraotionists Of this
country, the Filipinos now believe, or
pretend to believe. that public senti.
ment in this country against the per.
manent retention Of the Philippines il
on the increase. President Mckinley
wishes congress to show by its action
that this is not true, believing that
such action will do as much for the
permanent paciioation Of the islands
as whipping the armed Filipinos will
do. The message will also probably
contain q surprise for the democrats in
its treatment Of the trust question,
which cannot be outlined at this time
without violating confidence. 1t Ia
sufficient to say that President MoKin.
ey is. as usual, thoroughly alive to the
interests of the people at large, and
that he will show it IN al uninistaka.
BILE manner in his message.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath. who spent several days with
Senator Hanna in Ohio, returned to
Washington last week. He says that
while the campaign il a very warm one
and Mr.. Mclean has the democrats Of
the state better organized than they
have ever been before, he has nc doubt
that the state will go republican by q
large majority. He thinks the only
danger to republican success lies in the
fact that ssthe people are SO prosperous
that many republicans are too busy to
participate in the campaign. and so
confident Of party success that they
may not leave their money.making long
enough to vote. That danger Is, how.
ever. lessening every day, as the in.
creasiDg democratic activity Ia causing
the republicans to see the necessity for
getting out the full republican vote IN
order to make the victory a decisive
One.
Consular reports received by the de-
partment Of state have long ago shown
that tile iron and steel makers Of Ger.
many have become alarmed over Amer.
loan competition in their own markets,
which they were ut first inclined to
make jokes about. A report just re.
oeived from Frankfort, Germany, en-.
closes extracts from the annual report
of the Chamber Of Commerce of b.
chum, which is the center Of II Of
Germany's most prominent iron and
steel districts. It shows an increase Of
16 per cent III the importation of Amer
loan pig iron during the past year, fine
cast and wrought iron 2S per cent,
common ironware rs per cent, and
bicycles aud parts 100 per cent, and
says: ''The value of these American
articles imported into Germany in 1877
amounted to 1850, 900; in 1898 to
3 ,570,0 600. This extraordinary in
crease in SO short a time gives cause
for very serious concern, especially
when it is considered that the demand
in the United States has advanced
enormously, SO that no large stocks
were available for foreign export. Con-
sequently, we have to reckon with Ger.
tainty that the import Of American iron
and steel will continue to increase"
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