The Mena star., 1899-08-10
BURROWS OPINIONS.
The Senator's Exception to the Ex-
 pansion Policy Not Understood.
THE INTERVIEWS CAUSE SURPRISE.
The Advices from the Philippine Islands Received by the President The War May Be Ended Before Con-
 gress Meets.

1 the administration still in the city are at a loss to understand the repeated interviews of Senator Burrows, of Michigan in which he takes exception to the expansion policy of the adminis- tration. and speaks in the most dis couraging terms of our prospects in the Philippines. Senator Burrows has been counted as one of the warm supporters of the administration in the senate. It is true he 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 he has voted with the administration and fallen into line with the presidents followers after the course had been clearly marked out by abler leaders. He has had the support of the admins tration in all of his political efforts in Michigan. The administration gave him recognition and material as we'll 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 opponents 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 ~tantially the same ground as that taken by Gov. Pingree, of Michigan, aga,-st the Philippine policy. It 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 sem 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 yet to subdue and full 10000. 000 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 | Fa..~. 1- I. ity of that tribe. The Philippine com missioners have for some months been in constant communication with va rious parts of the archipelago and have received numerous delegations who proffered their allegiance. They rep resent that peace is restored through out the Philippines save in the single island of Luzon, and that only a small part of that island is in rebellion.
 President Schurmann s dispatches to the president show that the sovereign comed by a large majority of the peo- pie of the island and that the rebellion has been limited not only in actual 1 hostilities, 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 a result. From tribes in Luzon other than the Tagals the commission has received acknowledgements 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, GOO men Gen. Otis will be able to subdue the re- bellion in d few months after the rains cease and he is able to resume opera tions- The general will have fully 5O.- 900 men by the end of October, and the president believes that he will be able to report to congress in Decem Der that the rebellion is ended and that Ameri- can sovereignty has beeu accepted throughout the Philippines. With this confidence in Otis and his army the friends of the president are unable to understand the pessimistic views formed l,y Senator Burrows, of Michi- gan. It is therefore expected in ad- ministration circles that Senator Bur rows has some other political purpose in view than that of simply warning the countr~ and the administration
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