Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-11
1T is A GROUNDING.
SOME SATISFACTORY SOLUTION
OF THE WAR REQUIRED.

! OF THE WAR REQUIRED.
The Annual Deficit will Reach Hundred Mill.
ons-how to Keep AIser Still Another
Trouble for the Administration Sup.
preston Of a Cuban Newspaper which Crit.
cised the Military Commandant Another VIC.
lation Of the Principles Involved in Cuba S
Freedom.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, August 4, 1899.
Will there be change in the Phil
ippine policy of the administration?
That question has been asked quite
frequently since Senator Burrows
made the flat-footed declaration that
McKinley's reelection was largely de-
pendent upon the successful ending of
the Philippine war before the Presi-
dental campaign. There is no doubt
that the administration fully realizes
the correctness Of the statement made
by Mr.. Burrows, but so much was 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 Bur-
rows in administration circles for hav.
ing let such troublesome cat out of
the political bag. Although Secretary
Root has yet done nothing openly to
confirm the talk about bis being in
structed to win Gen. Miles over to the
administration side, by allowing him
to have the direction at the Washing
ton end of future military movements
in the Philippines, there are many
who think there is foundation for the
talk. The plain truth of the situa-
ton is, that unless a satisfactory peace
satisfactory to The people at large,
not to the office-holding brigade, who
will express satisfaction at anything
done by the administration-is
brought about before the President ial
campaign, Mr.. Mckinley will not
have ghost of show for re election:
and those most familiar with the stu.
alton do not believe that continue
ton of the military methods of Gen.
Otis will do it. The people will over.
throw any administration that stands
for perpetual war in the Philippines,
or anywhere else.
The deficit for the first month of
the new fiscal year was close to So, OOO,-
600. Officials speak OF this as salts
factory showing, but it remains to be
seen what the people will think OF a
showing, which if maintained during
The remainder of the fiscal year will
mean deficit for the year of more
than $I00,OO0,OOO. That certainly
will not be satisfactory.
The very mild nature OF the state
ment made by Mr.. Alger just before
he left Washington, and which he
was pleased to call . vindication of the
charges against his administration of
the War Department, indicates that
he was persuaded not to attack the
administration publicly, but whether
he will be OF the same mind after talk
ing with Pingree. who is nothing if
not q Observation-Disclosures fight.
er of everything that gets in front OF
his plans, remains to be seen. Mem.
bers of the administration are hugging
the belief that Alger will not give
away the secrets he 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, mill
tary commandsnt OF that city, has
been much discussed. At the War
Department it is said that Gen. Lud-
low acted without any orders from
Washington and that no further ex-
planation of his action has been re-
ceived than was contained in the press
dispatches. On general principlesthe
average American believes in free
press and free speech and for that rea-
son nearly everyone who speaks OF the
matter condemns the suppression OF
the paper by Gen. Ludlow. Gen. Gar
cia, who is still in Washington talked
freely Of the matter, as he sees it. He
said: "The suppression of the Ha-
uand Reconcentrado was, in my judy
ment, q serious mistake. 1t was tho
Spanish custom, you know, to arrest
editors and suppress their papers for
daring to criticise Spanish methods,
and it would seem from Gen. Ludlow's
action that he is pursuing the Spanish
policy which has 60 Justly and 90
rightly been denounced by the United
States. Again, this act on the part of
the military authorities will be con.
strued by many Cubans to mean that
the civil authorities are mere figure.
heads and will no doubt produce bad
feeling. There can be no independ-
ence or personal liberty without free
speech and free press. What would
the people of the United States say if
the authorities should suppress q
Newspaper for abusing justly, or I'M
justly, the administration imagine
there would be q great outburst of
popular resentment against any such
proceedings. The people of the Unit
ed States would not tolerate it. Of
course. do not know all the facts,
but l do know that to be consistent
Gen. Ludlow will have to suppress
other papers thst have the temerity TO
criticise the officials appointed by
Gen. Brooke; also that he has estab-
lished what is likely to be trouble.
some precedent" Dem.
The new Secretary OF War Root
promises to push fighting in the Phil