Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-18
The Politician.

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against the Flllpinos. A few more
days of the same sort Of work and
Agulnaldo will either be a prisoner or
a fugitive and his followers will have
an opportunity to ascertain how badly
they were deceived when they allowed
themselves to be persuaded that the
Americans were their enemies. There
will be NO let up in the aggressive feat
ures of the campaign of Gen. Otis as
long as there are hostile Filipinos to be
found. The details of the fighting
show that the Filipinos do not stand
before American charges, even when
they have three times as many men,
any better than the Spaniards did.
They also show that the American SOL
dier, either regular or volunteer, is
without superior as a fighting man,
no matter what circumstances he fights
under; that he always fights to win
and always does it.
Negotiations for reciprocity treaties
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Britain, for the British West Indies,
which were interrupted by Commits
sioner Kassons duties as member of
the Anglo-American Commission, have
been resumed and are being pushed ,as
the period within which the Dlngley
tariff act authorizes such treaties to be
made will expire on the oath of next
July. Russia has also opened negotia-
tions for reciprocity.
A level head is one of mans most
rare and valuable possessions. Had
Civil Service Commissioner Proctor
possessed IT he would not have expos
ed his chagrin because Congress in
the exercise of it's unquestioned privil-
eges, chose to provide that employees of
the Census Bureau should be chosen
without the assistance of the Civil Ser
vice Commission, by announcing in
newspaper interview his intention to
worry Senators and Representatives
by advising Office seekers to follow
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all the time Should he attempt to
live up to his announcement he would
soon be hunting for job, as he would
certainly not be allowed to keep the
one he now holds Competency to fill
The position will be required of every
employe of the Census Brueau, but
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of them being Republicans. The cen
sus to be taken under Republican ad
ministration.
Representative Joy, OF Missouri, thus
characterized the story alleging an an
ti-Reed movement among the Republl-
cans of the next House, which has ap-
peareI in various versions in the
news of the country recently: 81
guess that the dull season for the pa
pers has arrived and that the boys
must have something to write about.
But to reiterate such nonsense as this
argues also the arrival of the silly sea-
on. If the gentleman from Maine
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sixth Congress without any opposition.
So far as know Mr.. Reeds health is
very robust"
Secretary Alger has issued an Of
fetal order to army officials calling at
tention to the clause of the army act
of the late Congress abolishing "army
canteens" and forbidding the sale of
liquor at any camp or post under con-
troll Of the United States.
The antics of the socaled Cuban
Assembly" are cutting no figure in the
plans of this government for placing
Cuba upon a peaceable basis and Civ
ing its people an opportunity to organ
lze a government of their own, to
which the islands can be turned over;
nor are the schemes of the American
money-lenders, who have offered to
float an issue of bonds authorized by
,he Cuban Assembly" at a usurious
profit, if the United States government
would guarantee the bonds. The Unit
ed States government isn't going into
the business of guaranteeing bonds,
even were they issued by recognized
government of Cuba, and it isn't going
to recognize the "Cutan Assembly"
as having in any way the right to rep
resent the people Of Cuba. This gov
ernment has arranged with Gen. Go
mez for the disbandment OF the Cuban
army and the distribution of SO, 900 900
among the men, in order that they may
return to peaceful engagements, and it
expects those arrangements to be sue
cessfully carried out.
The idea of erecting a handsome
building in Washington to be known
as the American Battle Abbey, and to
be filled with relics of our wars, which
was started by the G. A. r. few years
ago and abandoned because the time
was not ripe for such a project, has
been revived and is meeting with
much favor. Surely the soldiers of no
country were never more deserving of
such monument than American SOL
diers have been, and no country has a
more interesting collection of war rel
les than we have, to place in such
building. And interest Is added to
our relics by the fact that they are
all of successful wars as we have
fought no other sort.