The Iola register., 1899-08-11
bUhAOWS OPINIONS.
The Senator's Exception to the Ex-
pansion Policy Not Understood.
TIE INTERVIEWS CAUSE SURPRISE.


gre.s Meets.
Washington, Aug. T. members of
tbr auuu stration still in the city are
tt "a .oss to understand the repeated
interviews of Senator Burrows. of
Michigan, ia which he takes exception
to The expansion policy Of the admins
trat. on. and speaks In the most dis
cuurn-iug term, OF our prospect, in the
Philippines. senator Burrows has been
counted rs one of the warm supporters
of the administration in the senate. 1t
il true ne was one of the peace.at-any-
price men before war was declared. and
he has never been bold and aggressive
in his defense of the administration
war policy. But hc has voted with the
administration and fallen into line
with the presidents followers after
the course had been clearly
marked out by ADLER leaders.
lie has had the support of the admins
tration in all of his political efforts in
Michigan. The administration gave
him recognition and material as well
as moral support in his candidacy for
election to the senate. He and senator
Mcmillan have been allowed TO abso-
lutely control the federal patronage in
their state. Much of this they have
demanded as a help to the reelection
OF senator Mcmillan as an administra-
tion leader The president has done
everything possible to aid the Michi-
gan senators in their control of the
politics of Michigan, because he re-
garded them as the exponents of the
administration and It's policies in that
state.
President Mckinley was, therefore,
surprised to read the interview by SEN
ator Burrows in which he took sub
stantially the same ground as that
taken by Gov. Pingree, of Michigan,
against the Philippine policy. 1t was
at first supposed that Senator Burrows
had been incorrectly reported and that
he would take occasion to set himself
right before the public. But the SEN
ator in an interview given out at Kal-
amazoo, Mich, says that he only stated
what have been his convictions from
the first. He repeats that the Ameri-
cans have secured control of very
small territory adjacent to Manila
and there are thousands of miles
vet to subdue and full 10000. 900
of people yet to subjugate. This
rather startling declaration from
Senator Burrows is not in harmony
with the advices the president, the sec
retary of war and the secretary of state
have received from the highest author
/ ity in Manila. Gen. Otis, Admiral
Dewey and the civil members of the
! Philippines commission all agree that
the insurrection is confined to the
/ Tagals, and does not include major
ity of that tribe. The Philippine com
mssoners have for some months been
in constant communication with va
rious parts of the archipelago and have
received numerous delegations who
proffercd their allegiance. They rep
resent that peace is restored through
out the Philippines save in the single
island of Luzon, and that only small
part of that island is in rebellion.
President Schurmann' dispatches to
the president show that the sovereign
ty of the United States has been well
coined by large majority of the peo-
Pile of the island and that the rebellion
has been limited not only in actual
hostilties but in sympathy. Nine
tenths of the whole people of
the archipelago would view the
success of the Tagal rebellion
with keenest apprehension, They
are ready to serve the United States
in any way to prevent such result,
From tribes in Luzon other than the
Tagals the commission has received
acknowledgment of American sover-
eighty. These voluntary overtures
have been coupled with offers of native
forces to help subdue the Tagals. These
offers could not be accepted, but it is
an interesting revelation regarding the
extent of the rebellion in the Philip
pines.
The ADMINISTRATION has no doubt that
with permanent force of 30, 600 men
Gen. Otis win be able to subdue the re-
bellion in "A few months after the rains
cease and he is able to resume opera
tions. The general will have fully 50,'
900 men by the end of October, and the
president believes that he will be able
to report to congress in December that
the rebellion is ended and that Ameri-
can sovereignty has beeu accepted
throughout the Philippines. With
this confidence in Ot's and his army
the .y1 nds of the presideu' are unable
10 understand the pessimisti views
formed by senator Burrows, az Michi
gan. 1t is therefore eXpectc in ad
ministration circles that Senator Bur
rows has some other political purpose
in view than that of simply warning
> the country and the administration
that this rebellion must be suOdueC
before the next national convention Il
held.
Seventeen persons were killed and q
injured in collision upon the Orlean
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