Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-16

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dent Mckinley never signed his name
to document that brought more i'm
mediate or more complimentary re-
sponse from the country than his
straightforward, manly announcement
that he would not accept a nomination
for a third term The White House
has been fairly deluged with kilograms
and letters .cf congratulation, and the
latter are likely to contiue until the
remctest section of the country has
been heard from. The congratulations
come from all classes and from mem
bers Of all political parties, showing
that the approval throughout the coun-
try has been as general and cordial as
in Washington. Representative Dali
zell, of Pennsylvania, who was in this
city when the announcement was made
said of it: You may say what you
please as to differing conditions and
the lack of force OF unwritten law,
but there is absolutely deep-seated
opposition in the popular mind to a
third Presidential term. and Mr.. Nc
Kinley evidently shares in it. 1t is
American to do so, and the President
is nothing if he is not intensely Amer
lean. His declaration, in my judg-
ment, is timely, wise, manly, sensible
and patriotic. 1t will add. if that BE-
possible. to the already high esteem in
which he is held Dy his ccuntrymen.'
Representative Lands. of Ind, said
president Mckinley could not add
to his fame by third term. He has
won his place in history and whoever
may be President from 1905 to 1909,
William Mckinley, if he lives, will be
the leading citizen Of the Republic.
1nere is mole homer in such station
in private life than to continue before
the public as an official Similar
opinions were expressed by other pro
minent Republicans, and the Demo-
Gratis are no way backward in giving
the President credit for having done
patriotic thing, but it sounds odd to
hear some of them say so after hav-
ing called him an imperialist.
Gold makes a great deal more noise
in the world than coal, but figures
are stubborn things, and the statisti-
clan of the United States Geological
Survey has just issued batch of them
which show conclusively that coal is
the mineral king Of the United States.
For 1900 the coal product of the United
States reached the enormous value of
s297 0OO, 900, an increase of 16 per cent
over the previous year, and the largest
in our history; also greater than the
production of coal of any other coun-
try. The value Of our coal for 1900
exceeds by far that of any other one
and was nearly one-third OF
the value of all other minerals pro-
duced. Coal was long ago called
'black diamonds" and it is now more
than ever entitled to the name.
Assistant Secretary Taylor, of the
treasury Department, who has charge
of immigration matters, was asked if
it were true as claimed by some. that
the Treasury Department could IN
some way extend the anti-Chinese law,
which will lapse next year under the
time limit, in case Congress did not
re-enact it. He replied: "Oh, no, we
could not do that. If Congress fails to
act. the Chinese can enter under the
treaty with China, which does not eX-
pire until December 8th, 1904. take
it for granted, however, that Congress
will re-enact the law. The subject is
already attracting wide attention, and
| hear from the Pacific slope that the
opposition to the Chinese is not so
great as it was because labor is scarce
in that section, and the Chinese are
now proving excellent help in market
gardening, farming, and housework,
commanding, in fact, higher wages
than white labor in the same class of
work. If Congress re-enacts the ex-
clusion law we Will enforce it to the
best Of our ability, as we are doing
now.
In a report to the Department OF
State, United States Minister Allen
says of the far away island Kingdom
of Corea: Americans are prominent in
the trade and development Of Corea.
There are 269 Americans resident in
Corea with their families, as follows:
Missionaries 1862; Miners rs; electric
company employees Is, officials of the
government of Corea and the UnlCed
States 10; merchants 6. and one pris
oner." The report goes into details OF
the industries Americans are now push
ing and new ones contemplated,
1t was announced this week thai
neither the Commissioner Of Patents
nor the Assistant Commissioners would
grant any hearings during the months
| IF Iulv and August. and the announce