Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-11-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From o-.- Regular co---si-o-1eF'
Wssl.inston. Nov. !. 1893.


Tia. Mr. Mckinley has bec,ms some
VIA, alarmed BY he har-! criticism .!
Gen. OTIS. " tie press II the country,
reyardl. IS d par::, is shown ~ he -eMl-
Official announcement. TIA. Gerls. La"'on
and MacArtl. ur. WHO are said 70 re slated
for the vacan,ie. in lie regular army.
made b. the retirement 0: Brigad.er Gen
era Shai'sr an! n: death Of Brigafier
Genera Guy V. Henry, 10 VA. recent?
buried a. Arlington, With military honors.
ar. 10 have practically Independent: coi:l-
m4nIs in the coming camlSign on the
Island o: I.uzon. TIA, Is 10 say. they
are ~ carr out .he general plan u cam
paiyn az arranged by Gen. Otis, ont are
10 BE- le;. irdefe Dent az II the move
rnents ii their rs=,ec.ive ccmnands while
in the fed, and Tree TO % az they may
think best, without having to first get
the consent of Gen. Oiis.
The administrator is bending every
effort towards counte.ac'ing the adverse
sentiment against it's Philippine policy.
which II realizes is increasing. The PHIL
ippine Commission, which met n Wash
ingson, has been ordered 10 hurry pre-
lim;nary report in iavo. oi the admins
tration policy. 30 i, can he put before the
public at once Members Of the commits
sion present are, Admiral Dewey, CO...
DENLY, Prof. Schurman aid Prof.
Worcester. The meetings are held with
closed Doors.
Gen. Ftz Lee is in Washington, on his
way home from Cuba, on leave OF abb
sence. His position in the army keeps
his mouth closed as to conditions in Cube,
but he tells his friends privately that
there is an awful mix.up on the isIa, d,
and his manner indicates that he could
tell some interesting things If he were at
liberty to do 80.
John Sherman has been talking again,
and what he said made it evident that
the old man had neither lost interest in
Ohio politics nor the faculty Of properly
sizing up the situation in that state. Mr..
Sherman predicts republican defeat, b'.-
cause Of the opposition Of the German
voters to the foreign policy Of the admin.
istration, OF which lie said: ut cannot
be sustained in morals and is IN contra
vention to the American Declaration Of
Independence, and the teachings Of the
brave men who signed that instrument"
and o. the republican opposition to a con.
tinua,ion Of Hanna's leadership Mr..
Sherman didn't say that he would be glad
Of republican defeat in Ohio, or that re-
sentiment Of his own treatment by the
Hanna Mckinley clique was responsible
for the attitude Of any Of the republican
voters, but there are some things that are
fully understood without being said.
At the last meeting Of the Washington
branch Of the Anti-Imperialist League,
Gen. VIM. Birney, lifelong republican,
said: imperialism respects no law. To
it the congress is nothing, the commander.
in.chief 0! the army everything. 1t dis
regards constitution and statutes and
transfers all power to the executive The
writ Of habeas corpus does not exist in
the imperial colonies. The prisons OF
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines are
vocal with the cries Of men who cannot
be heard beyond the walls. Imperialism
knows no limit, except the caprice Of the
emperor. 1t has the sword, it will seize
the purse. Nay, it has already deiied the
limitations imposed by congress; it has
expended two hundred millions where
only 80 were appropriated. 1t has, with
out authority Of law, transported immense
bodies OF troops to Tho other side OF the
globe. 1t has built up an immense pat
ronage in it's control Of military appoint
ments. 1t has used this patronage for
political purposes. Its influence is used
to discrcdit all the fundamental doctrines
OF American institutions" Another re-
publican, Capt. O'Farrell, said: 1--WE
hear good deal about the trade with
the Philippines. 1t takes from thou.
sand to thirteen hundred dollars day
to coal each transport on the Pacific ocean
between San Francisco and Manila. This
coal is imported from Cardiff, Wales.
The beef supplied to our troops and the
potatoes and vegetables come from Aus.
tralia. Many Of the uniforms worn BY
our officers and men, in the Philippines.
are now manufactured in Hong Kong,
while the cost Of our army and navy
amounts to $65O,OOO day. And the
made by congress for twelve
months has been expended or wasted in
five months. What a prospect for the
American taxpayer and wolkingman!"
lnquisitive persons are asking if Mr..
coachman is considered to be
in the classified service? The reason for
he question is that Mr.. Mckinley hav.