The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1901-07-27
Washington, ID. g., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July %, 1901


Members of the administration
are mum rs CLAIMS about the Phil
ippines since the official announce
ment that the civil government in
four provinces had been suspend
cd and IN active military cam
paign began against the Filipinos.
They don't know what to say
about this renewal of the revolt
just after they had assured the
people of this country that the
Filipinos were delighted with the
establishment of civil govern
ment, and that everything in the
island was henceforth to be lovely.
In fact, the administration was
genuinely surprised at the renewal
of fighting, as it had really ac-
cepted all the rosy Philippine
stories it had caused to be circu-
lated as true. Men who actually
know the islands were not sur
prised. They say it is only what
may be expected as long as we
retain control of the islands; that
it is merely a repitition of the ex-
perience of Spain during a century
past; that there will always be
opposition to American authority,
except in places where the milf
tary force is too strong to make
it expedient to show it.
The anti-Schley gang in the
navy department over did their
last attack on Admiral Schley,
as Schley's friends are up in arms
and are determined to have the
thing fought to a finish once for
all in Congress. Mr.. Mckinley
has also had a finger in the pie.
1t was after q warm telegram
from him that Secretary Long de-
clared his ignorance of the abusive
and blackguard language toward
Admiral Schley in the third vol
ume Of Maclay's history of the U.
S. Navy, written by a clerk in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, and an
nounced that he had ordered the
volume stricked from the list OF
text books used at the Naval
Academy. But in his anxiety tc
stand by the gang, Mr.. Long
showed his own prejudice against
Admiral Schley, even while ex'
pressing his belief in his bravery
and gallantry, by saying that he
had advised his being court-mar
tailed for disobedience of orders
but Mr.. Mckinley had refused tt
order 4 courtmaEtial, and lo
more of the rot that was put il
circulation by the anti-Schley
gang at the time they were paving
the way for an excuse to give the
command of the West 1ndia1
Squadron to Sampson. If Mr.
McKinley was like some presi
dents who might be named, there
would be an immediate vacancy
in the cabinet. When Secretar,
Long made the positive statemen
that Scbiey should have beer
courtmartialed, and followed it b,
saying that the president refused
to order a courtmartial, he wen'
dangerously close to insubordina
ton and disrespect to the pres
ident.
There must have been a doub
in the mind of the postmaster
general as to the carrying out o:
his orders, for the enforcement Of
the laws relating to second clas
mail, since he had the orders fol
lowed by a letter to the post
masters from the third assistan
P. NJ. g., telling them thot thei
bondsmen would be held respon
sible for any losses sustained b.
the government through the i'm
proper admission to second clas
mail of any publications by them
This looks a little like prepara
tory step towards shifting respon
sibility from the post Office de
partment, where it properly be
longs, to the postmaster.
Representative William Allen
of Ohio, more generally known a
"Old Bill" Allen, once gave
definition of democracy on tn
floor of the house that is goo
enough to be pasted in the na1 8
every democrat, and it is as timel
as though it had only been give
yesterday, instead of years age
Said Mr.. Allen: democracy j
a sentiment not to be appalled,
corrupted or compromised;
knows no baseness; it covers be
fore no danger; it oppresses n
weakness. 1t is the sole conser,
ator of liberty, labor, and pror
erty. 1t is the sentiment of equ;
rights, of equal obligations-th
very spirit Of liberty itself il
vading the land.