Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-13

ago When Needsd-A Warning to Castro
7 The Cotton Crop.
& From our regular correspondent
{ WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 1901.
: When General Mac Arthur, former
! ly commander-in-c chief of the military
8 forces in the Philippines, came tol
Flown the other day, he had great
Ideal to say about the situation in the
archipelago. The General, however,
FRAMED his comment with hopefulness
srather than emphasis. Between the,
8 lines OF his interviews there was food
Flor thought. He stated, among other
sthings, that the army of forty thous-
4and men in the Philippines would
Z probably be none too many for some
time to come. This is a bald admis.
Esion that the civil government estab.
lished with such an ostentatious
{ ilourish of trumpets is far from able to
Sstand on its own legs. Largely by in
! ference, General Mac Arthur attrib.
utes the armed uneasiness Of the Fill
tpinOs to the sudden transition from
sSpanish to American institutions. IT.
tis difficult to comprehend how the
[ substitution OF the good for the bad!
.can engender such opposition, especi-
Tally among those who have BEEN
sgroaning under tile burdens and in
sjustices OF the latter for centuries.
Unfortunately, the bill of particu-
lars showing why the Americans and
the FilipinOs are not in accord at the,
Spresent time is left largely to the inn;
kagination of the persons interested in
fknowing. While all must content
Splate with a certain amount OF salts
Sfaction the growth of civilizing and
reforming influences in the islands, III
seems that there ought to be q way of
settling differences of opinion on ques-!
ttions of public policy other than the,
Scontinued determination of the weak,
Ter disputants. A simple friendly ar,
tgument will often do moro to open
1 the eyes of the benighted than whole,
battalion bent on slaughter.
: For some time the lethargy in po-,
litical circles here has been pro-!
Senator Hanna's cavort-'
ling Presidential boom, however, has
kalmost managed to establish normal
wakefulness in those quarters where
xcurious structures are sometimes built
from political straws.
B The boom has become so obstreper-
ous that several aspirants have felt
kobliged TO dodge. Therefore, the
shrewd Ohioan, without appearing on
1.-THE scene, has succeeded in eettingI
into print an explanation to the effect
that he is perhaps more deeply amused,
4by the antics of the boom than any
4other man, woman or child in the,
fUnited States.
The story goes, and it appears AS
leaked from confidential
source, that Mr.. Hanna's sole object
Fin permitting his name to be used isl
to preserve from rust the marvelously
successful machine hitherto estab-'
lished by himself for political pur-;
fposes.
1t is alleged that Senator Hanna in
ktends to refrain from being the next,
President. There are those. even in]
his own party, however, who are mott
sure Of the matter. It is known that
he admires the White House, outside!
land inside. He has never been ac-'
kcused of not being ambitious. The
buzz OF the Presidential bee is sooth-!
ing and alluring. Even his opponents]
have admitted that he is the logical
Republican candidate. And there isl
no doubt that he intends to be the|
controlling factor in the next national
convention of his party il he is alive!
when that body is called to order.
Notwithstanding the public sensa-I
ton OF WEAKNESS. the Sampson-SchleyI
controversy continues to demand that
| it shall be noticed. Forecasts, deni-
Eals. speculations, reports of progress
and differences of opinion related to3
the dispute are forced into prominence
with the regularity OF weather predic. :
tons.
A day or two since it was announced
that Sampson would remain in his
New Hampshire retreat by his friends
4 in Washington. 1t was declared that
physical weakness would prevent his !
before the naval court oil
inquiry. Now an anonymous naval )
(official of high standing declares that
/ the father OF the controversy insists
upon facing the tribunal in order toI
substantiate his charges against Adj
! miral Schley. While Sampson may
be physically unfit to stand the siege
[of the Washington tribunal, there is
1 no doubt as to the construction the [
people would place upon his absence.
They were already recalling the fact
that he was somewhere else when
ISchley reduced the Spanish fleet to
funk and citing ~ prospective paral-
lei his probable absence when the VIC
tor OF Santiago battles for his reputa.
[tion before his judges in the National
Capital.
II Sampson is able to come toJ
Washington, he should, by all means
lido so, for even the champions OF Schley
would not be contented with verdict
in his favor unless the accusing officer
has given by word of mouth all his
testimony in support of the serious
charges against one OF the heroes of |
the greatest of American naval en-
Igagements. SIMPSONS absence, I'M
| less there 10 incontrovertible proof OF
his invalidism. would be universally
interpreted as meaning that he was
Iafraid to face the FIRE OF croes-examin-
lers who will do all in their power to
vindicate Schley.
Secretary Hays recent hurried tripj
ito Canton proves to have been due toz
the continued aggressiveness of Vene-
Pzuela, promising general disturbances
among the South American nations.
The result of Mr.. Hays conferences
with the President was q warning to
Castro, the Venezuelan executive, to
the effect that an end of the imbrog-
! Ito was highly desirable and would be =
appreciated by the United States,
(which is pledged TO preserve tho neu-
trality of the Isthmus OF Panama. I'll
Castro is rs hot-headed as he has been
pictured and sufficiontlv wronobt nm