Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-26
MATTERS OF INTEREST
That are Taking Place at the Capital Of
The Nation.
Special to the Leader.

Special to the Leader.
: Washington, May 25.--Economy |
to be the military watchword in th
Philippines, now that the fighting /
over. BY special direction of Presi
dent Mckinley Secretary Root will
send Adjutant General Corbin to tn,
Philippines to confer with Genera
Chaffee, who will succeed Gen. Near.
thur in the command of the American
army in the islands, as to future mill.
tary needs. He Will leave San Fran
cisco June 25th, on the transport Han
cock, ant expects to reach Manila y
the first of August, by which time the
civil government of the islands will
be fully established and in control.
General Uorbin's instructions are to
impress upon General Cnaffee the de
sire of the President that the admins
tration of military affairs shall be
placed upon as economical a basis as
conditions will permit. and that while
the administration wishes to make ev-
cry essential provision for the care and
| comfort of the troops and to give him
whatever force may be necessary for
the preservation Oh law and order, it
! does not wish to add one cent to the
| absolutely necessary expenses of the
! be clotheI with the necessary authori-
! ty to determine many matters connect
ed with the fitting up of permanent
barracks, hospitals, etc, without re-
ferring them back to Washington.
he is expected to gather the informa-
ton upon which the military estimates
for the Philippines to be submitted to
Congress by the Secretary of War will
be based. and also to give President
cKlnley pointers about existing con-
ditions that will be of value to him
in writing that portion of his annual
message to Congress that will be de-
voted to the Philippines.
The government has been" such a
large loser through the fraudulent
practice of washing and using can
celled internal revenue stamps that In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Yerkes
has issued an order under authority
perforation, and that the cancellation
conferred upon him by an act of the
last Congress, directing that after the
first et next July all stamps upon fer
mented liquors shall be cancelled by
shall linclude the date,
Gov, Aliens first aor.,ual report on
the island OF Por.,o Rico has been re-
ceirea ~ the Department of State, and
will he handed to the president as soon
as he returns to Washington. Gov,
Allen says in his report that he thinks
it would be better to govern the island
under colonial methods, such as gen
orally prevail in the West Indies, than
to provide it with territorial form of
government. He explains why the ISL
and of Porto Rico has been at stand
still for TOUR centuries by saying that
in a place where "a man can lie IN
hammock, pick banana with one
hand, and dig sweet potato with one
foot, the incentive to idleness is easy
to yield to and brings its inevitable
consequences.
Secretary Root this week approved
the recommendations of the board OF
officers which investigated the recent
insubordination of upper class men at
West Point, that five cadets be dis
missed and six be suspended for one
year, and announced that it would be
useless for Congressman or others to
seek mitigation of the sentences in
these cases.
There is much pleasure in Washing
ton over the news of Mrs. McKinley's
continued improvement, as well as re-
gret that her illness should have made
it necessary for the President to aban-
don a portion of his trip. Although 1T
has been telegraphed from San Fran
cisco that the President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley would go from there to Canton,
employees of the White House have re-
ceived kilograms from Secretary Cor
telyou saying that the President and
Mrs. Mckinley would come direct to