Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-30
The Politician.

Washington, now all completed, thar
President Mckinley, who in addition
to L..ng an old personal friend of The
Admiral has a boundless admiration
for the manner in which he performed
his difficult duties as commander oil
the Aslatic Squadron from the day he
entered Manila Bay and destroyed the
Spanish fleet to the day he left for
home. There is also another reason
why President Mckinley is glad that
Admiral Dewey is coming TO Washing
ton. He has another position for him
to fill-that of Adviser-in-Chief on
4 nilipplne affairs-which is an import
ant one although it will carry no of
fetal title. The President has not de-
termlned upon a Philippine policy,
further than to put down the rebellion
and to restore law and order on the
Islands. He has absolute confidence in
Admiral Bewey's judgment, and there
is little doubt that his advice will be
a powerful factor in deciding what the
Philippine policy of the President will
be after peace has been restored; and
the fact that Admiral Dewey will be
the Presidential adviser will be likely
to cause Congress, the members of
which lave the same confidence in him
that everybody feels, to endorse what
ever Philippine policy he may finally
determine upon.
There is a possibility that Admiral
..ewey may join the Presidents party
in the trip to the west, which will fol-
low the Washington welcome, but as
yet it is only possibility, because Ad-
mlral Dewey's wishes have not been
ascertained and the President desires
him to follow his own wishes in the
matter, believing that he has fully
earned that right, although he will be
delighted should the Admiral decide to
go, as will the people of the section to
e visited by the party.
Qune a number of officials went over
TO New York to participate in the well
come to Dewey, Assistant Secretary
Allen, of the Navy Department, Icing
the special representative of the Sec
retary of the Navy, 1t was decided
some time ago that no member of the
cabinet should go, being deemed more
fi.ting that the entire cabinet should
stay in Washington with the President
TO receive him.
Tie publication of story alleging
a serious difference of opinion between
members of the Board of Construction
as to the speed which the battleships
authorized at the last session of Con-
gress should have was not warranted
by facts. There is no difference of
opinion. On the contrary, the Board
is unanimously in favor of obtaining
as great speed as possible. Rear Ad-
miral Melville, who is a member Of the
Board, said on the subject: Each
member of the Board is striving to Sc
cure for the U. S. navy ships that will
De superior to any yet built. Natural
ly the preliminary designs, tentatively
drawn up by each member of this
Board will differ and the problem be-
fore the Beard will be to secure in the
designs that which it, as a body deems
to include as many as possible of the
advantages of every proposal by any
of its members In the matter of
speed, each member of the Board seems
to desire as high a speed as possible
consistent with the maintenance of the
other offensive and defensive qualities
of the ship"
The Pope's appointment of Arch
bishop Chappelle, of New Orleans, to
be Apostolic Delegate to the Philip
pines, was well received in official cir
cles, as it is believed that the moral eff
feet upon the islands of putting an
American at the head of the Catholic
church will be good, just as it has been
in Cuba and Porto Rico, to both of
which Archbishop Chapele was ap-
pointed Apostolic Delegate more than
a year ago.
rhe President and Mrs. Mckinley
held a special reception in honor of the
delegates, who came from all parts of
the civilized world to the seventh
council of the Pan-Presbyterian Alh-
ance. now sitting in Washington.
Owing to Chief Justice Fuller and
Justice Brewer, of the U. S. Supreme
Court, being delayed in Paris by the
Venezuela cour. of arbitration,
of which they are members, the prize
case N which Rear Admiral Sampson
and the officers and men of the North
Atlantic Squadron are interested can
not be taken up by the Supreme Court
upon the day set, October 1G, the i'm
portance of the case being such that
it is desired that it shall be heard and
passed upon by a full bench. The
case in question grew out of the prizes
captured by the North Atlantic Squad
ron during the blockade of Cuba. The
amount involved is so large that the
claims were by mutual consent Of the
Treasury officials and the naval Off
GERS combined in a case to be decided
by the Supreme Court.
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