The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-14
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. June II, Is

eral +. s. Otis, who came direct from
the Philippines to Washington, and
who will this week go to his home in
Rochester, N. Y, the citizens of which
will give a public reception in his
honor on the 10Th inst. Gen. Otis
warmly thanked the President for
his promotion, and the President
quite as warmly assured him that
the promotion was given him because
his good work in the Philippines de-
served it, and in addition extended
his personal thanks. Gen. Otis gave
the President and members of the
Cabinet many details of his work in
the Philippines which had necessari-
ly been left out of his official report,
and the information added to the
high esteem already felt for Gen. Otis,
in Washington. When the whole
history of our occupation of the Phil
pines is written, Gen. Otis will be
shown to possess a wonderful combin-
alton of military and executive abil-
ity. both exercised under difficult con-
ditions.
President McKinley's instructions
to our Minister to China and to the
American naval officers in Chinese
waters as to the policy to be pursued,
during the revolution in China by the
"Boxers"an anti-foreign secret organ
ization, are short, plain and patriotic
-"act in concert with the naval forces
OF European powers for the protection
of American and European lives and
property, but form no entangling al
liances." In other words, the Presi-
dent is willing to have our Naval
forces help protect lives and property,
but is fully determined that the Unit
ed States shall not be dragged into
any European schemes haying for
their object interference with the in
ternal affairs of the Chinese govern
ment. That is a policy which every
American should be willing to endorse
and stand by, but the Democrats are
already trying to distort it so that
they can make political capital out of
it. Their desperate need for politi-
cal capital makes them reckless of
facts.
When Secretary Long advertised
for proposals for armorplate for the
battle ships that will be ready for it
during the coming fiscal year, he rails
ed the club which Congress placed
in his hand over the heads of the two
companies which have plants to make
this armor. Whether he will strike
depends entirely upon those compan-
les. If they will submit bids for the
armor needed at what he considers
fair and reasonable prices, Secretary
Long will give them the contract. If
they are too greedy in their prices he
will exercise the authority conferred
upon him by Congress,-a high COM
pliment to his integrity-and proceed
at once to establish a government
armor-making plant which would
mean the end of private armor-mak-
ing. If those armor-makers exercise
good business sense, they will meet
Secretary Longs idea of what is a
fair price to pay for armor.
Democrats are not doing so much
talking about the ordering of several
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 regi-
ments which have seen the hardest
service to come home.
Secretary Root, Lieut.. Gen Miles,
Maj. Gen. Corbin and quite a party
of officials have gone to West Point
to attend the commencement eXer-
cises at the Military Academy.
Neither Gen. Miles nor Gen. Corbin
are West Pointers.
Hon. j. P. Dolliver, Iowa's popular
member of the House is being strong
pushed for second place of the Nc
Kinley ticket, and if Iowa wasn't
such sure Republican state, he
would be almost sure of winning, and
he may do SO anyway, PERSONAL---VERY.
better man could be nominated.
Setanor Mason of Illinois who made
several speeches during the session
of Congress against administration
policies, called on President Nc
Kinley and assured him that he
would take the stump for the Phila-
delphia ticket and assist in rolling up
an old-time Republican majority in
Illinois.
Senator Hanna has consented to
remain at the head of the Republican
national committee during the COM
ing campaign. This statement is
made on authority only second to
that of Senator Hanna himself, who
still declines to discuss the matter for
publication, further than to say that
the Chairman of the Committee will
be announced after the State delega-