Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-04
Special to the Leader.

Special to the Leader
Washington. May S.-Secretary Root !
wears broad smile these days. He is |
entirely pleased with the news from |
Gen. Macarthur. The Filipino lead
ers are fairly falling over each other
in their anxiety to surrender and to
recognize the sovereignty of the Unit
cd States. And he is equally well
pleased with the manner in which Gen.
Macarthur is pushing the trial of the
officers charged with Irregularities in
the commissary department at Manila.
Other officials share Secretary Roots
pleasure in this news, but as the mat
ters are under the branch of the gov
ernment of which he has direct charge
he naturally takes a greater personal
interest than do other officials.
Official dispatches from Venezuela
show that if the little republic ever
had any idea OF defying Uncle Sam it
has changed it's mind The United
States Consular Agent who was arrest
ed and made to pay heavy fine by the
government of Venezuela, has been
given satisfaction and had his money
returned to him, and regret for the oc-
currence has been formally expressed
4L;c Tho ncphplt
troubles are to be sertled by the courts
of Venezuela.
Mr.. ]. A. Woolson, business man
whose home is in Cambridge, Mass,
said to a Washington friend: There
is a vast deal of nonsense about this
opposition to granting the degree of
l.. l.. d. by Harvard to President Nc.
Kinley. The sentiment at Cambridge
and elsewhere among the alumni OF
the university is all one way. The op.
position comes mainly from small
group of men. who have been given to
opposition and to bowling for many
years. We are only afraid they will
raise such a noise that President Nc.
Kinley may refuse to attend the com
mencement in June and will not accept
the degree"
DIR. f. C. Stirling, Director of the
Museum of South Australia, and pro
fessor in the Adelaide Medical School,
has reached Washington in the course
of tour of scientific investigation.
speaking of his observations he said;
What has impressed me very forcibly
here in America is the great liberality
of your government and your rich men.
We have not yet reached that stage yet
in. Australia yet to any notable extent,
ant. our people, bent on money making
are less apt to appreciate the value OF
museums or the Importance of scien-
tific research. Australia has a wide
field for investigation; in many re-
spects it is a strange land, and offers
clews to many secrets that the world
of science is seeking. But we do not
have comparatively as many million
aires in Australia as you have in the
United States, and with our govern
ment it is far easier to get money for
a bridge or a road than it is for some
scientific undertaking. But in educa
tion Australia is at the front, for our
public school systems compare favor
ably with those of America. We also
have good colleges, where men and
women are admitted on exactly an
equal footing. My medical classes at
Adelaide are open to both sexes"
President Mckinley would have been
the orator of the day, at the Memorial
Day ceremonies at Arlington this year
if ARRANGEMENTS for his California trip
had not prevented. He some time ago
expressed desire to address his old
comrades, at the National Cemetery
during his term as President, and ar
rangements will be made for him to
do so next year. A committee of the
Department of the Potomac. G. A. r..
are now arranging programme for
this years Memorial Day.
Secretary Root says the probable
time of the withdrawal of our troops
from Cuba did not enter into his deci-
sion to abandon the army transports
between the United States. Porto Leo
and Cuba and have the work done by
the private steamship lines. 1t was
simply question of economy and the
change would have been made more
than a year ago if the private steam
ship lines had not charged more for
the work than it was costing on the
! transports. This time they offered to
do it cheaper, and their offer is going
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