The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-05-30
WASHINGTON.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, May 81, 1901.

The pooh bah of the army and
the idol Of pink teas, officially known
as Adjutant General Corbin, has
scored again. He will go a-junket-
ing to the Philippines, and he will
go clothed with authority to make
any changes in quar- ,ering or pro-
viding for the soldiers that he may
see fit without referring them to
Washington for approval-authority
which properly belongs only to the
commander of the army, and which,
as matter of fact, Gen. Miles has
never been allowed to exercise. 1t
is announced that Gen. Corbin is to
go to the Philippines as a personal
representative of President McKin-
ley and Secretary Root: that he is
charged by the latter with the duty
of arranging a cheap scheme for the
maintenance Of the army in the
Philippines, which can be put in the
annual report Of the Secretary Of
War in the shape of a recommenda-
ton for Congressional action, and
by the former with the task Of find
ing out anything that can be made
use of in his annual message to Con-
gress. Wonderful man, that fellow
Corbin ! If he had not got into the
army, society, and politics, he might
have made a frst-class confidence
man. When it comes to persuading
somebody over him to give him what
he wants he never fails.
1t begins to look as though there
was truth in the story of the admin
istration having succeeded in having
the decision Of the United States
Supreme Court in the insular cases
held back until next fall, because
of its being adverse to the Mckinley
policy. The court will adjourn
Monday until October. 1t may hand
down the insular decision that day,
but if it does it will surprise men
who are usually well posted about
such things, and odds have been
freely offered without takers, that
it will not.
Col. John G.. Madison, of KY,
expresses himself very vigorously
about Ex-Governor Taylor. For
instance, he said: Kentucky stands
i'll false position before the nation
today. Within the state itself there
has been an almost complete re-
vulsion of such public sentiment as
was opposed to the efforts to appre-
hend Taylor and bring him to trial,
but outside people know nothing of
this, or so little about it that it has
not altered the impression that Tay-
lor is the victim of persecution.
Many men who even yet mold Taylor
blameless for the death Of Goebel,
now believe that for the good of the |
State he should surrender himself |
for trial. The testimony of former
Governor Bradley, and others, has |
tended to dispel the belief that a
Goebel suspect cannot get a fair
trial in Kentucky, and they concede
that if Taylor is innocent he has
everything to lose and nothing to
gain by being brought to trial. At
the time ofGoebel's death there was
no doubt more or less thirst for
revenge and a determination that
someone should be made to suffer
for his murder, but all that is now
passed. Kentuckians are proud of
their state and its good name, and
to man they realize that any in
justice in the case of Taylor would
be quickly taken up and made the
pretext of attacks on the common
wealth. If Taylor will surrender
himself, he can have as fair a trial
in Kentucky as he could in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and should he be
acquitted, he can live in the State
in perfect safety and at peace with
his neighbors.
The first annual report of Gov.
Allen, of Porto Rico, has been
made public. Naturally, he says
the government of which he is the
head is the best that could have
been given the island, and incident
ally. he tosses a few bouquets at
Congress for its part of the work. |
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