Middletown transcript., 1900-06-16

of officials have gone TO West Point {,
A. attend the commencement exercise,
g at the Military Academy. Neither
: Gen. Miles nor Gen. Corbin are West
Pointers.
3 Hon. ]. P. Dollive1, Iowa's popular
member of the House is being strongly
pushed for secoud place on the McKin-
d ley ticket, and if Iowa wasn't such a
d sure Republican state, he would be al
e most sure of winning, and be may do
n any way. Personally; no better man
$ could be nominated.
Senator Mason, of H., who made
: several speeches during the session of
Congress against administration poll
cies, called on President Mckinley and
assured him that he would take the
stump for the Philadelphia ticket and
assist in rolling up an old-time Repub-
lican majority in Illinois.
Democrats are not doing SO much
talking about the ordering of several
J regiments of the regular army to the
Philippines, since they found out that
the only object of Secretary Root in
sending the regulars was to allow
some of'the volunteer regiments which
have seen the hardest service to come
home.
Senator Hanna has consented to
re main at the head Of the Republican
national committee during the coming
campaign. This statement is mad.
on authority only second to that OF
SsuatOr Hanna himself, who still de-
clines to discuss the matter for pubIi-
cation, further than to say that the
Chai1ma of the Committee Will be |
announced after the State delegations
to the Philadelphia Convention have
chosen the members of the new COM
mittee.
Nothing could more strikingly il
illuminate the friendly relations OF Pres
ident Mckinley with all the prominent
members of the party than that he has
no choice for the Vice Presidency. He
says that any one who can get the
votes of majority of the conven-
tion will be entirely satisfactory 10
him. This leaves the CONTEST for the /
second place open to all Republicans.
1t is usually the case that President
about to be renominated has objections
to some of those mentioned as his run.
ming mate, and expresses them.
When Secretary Long advertised for
proposals fer armorplate fer the battle-
ships that will be ready for it during
the coming fiscal year, be raised the
club which Congress placed In his hand
over the heads of the two companies
which Rave plarts to make this armor.
Whether he will strike depends entire
ly upon those companies. If they will
submit bids for the armor needed al
what he considers far and reasonable
prices, Secretary Long will give them
the contract. If they are two greedy
in their prices he will exercise the au- ,,
thority conferred upon him by Congress
"a high compliment to his integrity
and proceed at once to establish a gov 7
ernment armor making plant, which /
would mean the end of private armor
making. If those armor-makers exer-
else good business sense, they will !
meet Secretary Longs idea of what is 7,
a fair price to pay for armor.
President Mckinley had most in = =
teresting conference with Major Gen 9
eral E. S. Otis, who came direct from Il
the Philippines to Washington, and
who will this week go to bis home in D
Rochester, N. Y, the citizens of which D
will give public reception in his hon h
or on the 18th inst. Gen. Otis warmly n
thanked the President for his promo =
lion, and the President quite warmly y
assured him that the promotion was (
given him because his good work in Y
she Philippines deserved it, and in ad- P
1ition extended his personal thanks.
Zen. Otis gave the President and mem. vi
,ers of the. Cabinet many details Of his n n
work in the Philippines which had .,
necessarily been left out of his Official =
eport, and the information added to ii,
he high esteem already felt for Gen. Jc
Otis, in Washington. When the whole ds
history of our occupation of the Philip St
lines is written, Gen. Otis will be lii
hoWn to possess g wonderful combina-
ion of military aud executive ability, -
10Th exercised under difficult condi- -
ions. ~ ~
President McKinley's instructions TO
nr Minister to China and to the !.
american Naval Officers in Chinese If
waters as TO the policy to be pursued, III
Iuring the revolution in China by the vi
Boxers'' an anti-foreign secret organi Bl
alton, are short, plain and patriotic q
'act in concert with the naval forces ou
{ European powers for the protection ~ >.
{ American and European lives aud
but form no entangling alli-
nces.n In o her words, the President ch
> willing TO have our Naval forces help Ju
rotect lives aud property, but is fully
etermined that the United States
ball not be dragged into any European
chemes having for their object inter- vi
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