Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-07
The Politician.

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Those who profess to believe that
Admiral Dewey is lukewarm on the
expansion question have another
guess coming to them. He has too
true a conception Of the duty of a ma
val officer to speak publicly at this
time on such an important question,
but 1t can be stated on good authority
that there is no stronger expanslonist
in this country than Admiral Dewey.
President Mckinley, his fellow mem
bers of the Philippine Commission and
others know this now, and in due time
the world will know 1t,
Representative Babcock, of Wiscon-
sin, whose successful experience as
Chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Campaign Committee, has made
him high authority on the state of
public sentiment, was in Washington
this week, having recently returned
from a trip through the west and
northwest. He said: "West of the
Missouri rvier the people are unani-
nous in their support OF the admin
istration, and are the most pronounced
advocates of expansion. I have never
seen such enthusiasm as they manifest.
Further east, in the northwest, there
is every bit as much loyalty and sup
port of the administration, though
there are poss.yly more men who are
doubtful as to what the future of the
Philippines should be. There is not
the least question that the entire coun-
try will support every step of the ad-
ministration. They will do so in the
Presidential election in an unmlstak-
able manner"
Representative Boutelle, of Maine,
who was chairman of the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs in the last
Congress and who IS likely to occupy
the same position in the next Congress
participated in an informal conference
with President Mckinley on Philippine
matters, before the departure of the
Presidential party for the west 9th
ers present at this conference were
Secretaries Root and Hitchcock, At
torney General Griggs, Senator Hanna,
eX-Secretary Bliss and Mr.. Myron
Herrick, of Cleveland, o. After this
conference, at which the President
talked freely, Mr.. Boutelle said: 1.-The
administration policy is to carry out
the manifest will of the American peo-
pie in furnishing troops to go to the
Philippines to sustain the fruits of Ad-
miral Dewey's victory. The duty that
now devolves upon this government is
to maintain our sovereignty over the
islands, sustain our soldiers against
any enemy and against any disturb
ance of law and order, everything be-
inc For tho D,IrnOsa of establishing n
rlghtful government for the people of
the islands in such manner as the
American government, through the
Congress, shall determine The cam
palgn must be pushed actively and
vigorously and the opposition to our
army must be ended as rapidly as pcs
sible Peace must be established by
this government and maintained
thereby until Congress shall determine
what shall be done with the islands.
From what the President said,it Is pro-
posed to bend every resource to the
stamping out of all opposition to our
authority, the settlement Of the war,
AMI the establishment and main
tenance of peace"
Admiral Dewey, who will leave
Washington for a visit to Vermont
next week, was one CT the last men
who talked with President Mckinley
before he started to the west, and their
talk was about the Philippines, the ad-
miral having been especially invited to
go to the White House and freely ex-
press his views on the subject, an in
vitation that was accepted and acted
upon the same spirit in which it was
given.
Hon. Charles S. Hernly, chairman OF
the Indiana State Republican committee
attended theDewey festivities inWash-
| ington. He was in a jubllant state of
mind because of the great material
prosperity of Indiana, both in the
manufacturing and agricultural sec
tions. After telling of the increase OF
manufacturing in the natural gas dis
! trict-its tin plate and plateglassfac-
tories are the largest in the country
and OF the good times among the farm
ems, he said. 1T is hardly necessary
to say that the majority of our people
thoroughly satisfied with this fortu-
nate condition, will continue loyal to
the party, the continuation in power
of which means a continuance of good
times. Indiana is for the renOmina-