The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-12
FROM THE
CAPITOL
Some Items of Political news
from Washington
Schurman is Well Pleased
With the Conditions in
the Philippines
NEW DEPARTURE IN SOUTH
Herbert Endorses a Policy
Of Expansion
Full Quota Of Troops Will
Remain in Cuba Until
After the Elections
NEW DEPARTURE IN SOUTH
Herbert Endorses a Poll icy
Of Expansion

Washington, July &, 1901. Presi-
dent Mckinley has received many con-
CALCULATIONS on the Inauguration of
civil government in the Philippines
but is probable that none ofthem have
been more appreciated than that per-
soAally extended by Prof. Jacob Schu-
man, President of Cornell University,
who was at the head of the first Philip
pine Commission, and who knows the
Philippines as we'll as any man in this
country. Prof. Schurman thinks thai
the civil government will work smooth
ly in the provinces over which it is to
be established now, but doubts if it
can be safely extended to the more UNI
civilized ST ctions of the Islands for
long time to come.
Nothing that has occurred in the
South for some time has attracted
more attention in Washington than
the address Dillon. Hilary A. Herbert,
who was Democratic Congressman
previous to being Clevela nd's Secre-
tary of the Navy, before the State Bar
Association of Alabama, taking the
ground that new departure in noli-
tics is necessary to the welfare of the
South, and strongly endorsing the Re-
publican policy of expansion and the
Supreme Court Decision upholding
the same. This address proves that
the claim that the business interests
of the South believe inl.many of the
cardinal principles of the Republican
party and stand ready to cast their
influence in favor of the continuation
and perpetuation of those principles
is based upon hard plain facts, and
that in denying it, the Democratic
leaders of the South have either will
fully mistated facts, or have been
densely ignorant of existing sentiment
among those they claim to represent.
Secretary Wilson is very proud of
the success of the Department of Ag
riculture in improving the quality Of
American tobacco, and predicts that
in year or two, we will grow all the
tobacco used by us except small
quantity of fine cigar filler which cam
not be grown outside of the tropics,
and that our exports of tobacco will
continue to increase right along,
There is one excellent reason why
neither President Mckinley nor Sec
rotary Root will be likely to favor the
adoption of the recommendation of
Gen. Miles to order one half of the
small force of about 5000 soldiers,
we now have in Cuba, home at once.
We are responsible for the preserva-
ton of law and order in Cuba, and it
would be taking unnecessary chances
to reduce our forces until after the ex-
citing campaign the Cubans are likely
to have for the election of the officials
of their republic is over. 1t would be
a temptation to the disorderly element
TO resort to methods in attempting to
carry their plans through that they
will not now dare to use. Those who
are best acquainted with the situation
in Cuba, believe it would be very uu-
wise to withdraw any more troops un-
Til after the Cuban government is on
it's feet, so to speak. The first con-
sideration of President Mckinley and
Secretary Root, is to see that the
Cuban government is properly estab-
lshed, and that it shall be of the
stable, not the mushroom sort. 1t is
natural enough that the officers and
men on duty in Cuba, should desire to
return home, and that they should
utilize all their influence to get order
ed back, but there is something much
more important to be cons dered in
the matter than the desire of our sol
diers.
Senator Scott, of w. Va, denies in
the most positive manner, that he
wrote any letter, for himself or for the
Republican National Committee, to
Gen. Sickels or to any one else. prom
Using that President McKinleyIlwould
appoint another Commissioner of Pen.
sions after his second inauguration
because neither he nor the committee
had any authority from the President
to make any such promise. He added
that he might have expressed the per
sonal opinion, which was at the time
hel0by him, that Commissioner Evans
would not remain at the head Of tn,
Pension Bureau, His letter to Gen
Sickles bears out the latter claim.
is not expected that President McKin
ley will do anything in this matter fol
time.
President Mckinley and the entir,