The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-12

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Chang, the great special ambassador
| from the emperor of China Mr.. Cleve-
land has never displayed any liking for
| great spectacles and demonstrations.
| and his receptions of foreign ministers
and ambassadors have always been
simple and arranged to suit his own
| convenience. On several occasions he
| has been out of the city of Washing
| ton when the foreign representatives
have arrived. and the latter, after
brief informal call on the secretary of
state have been compelled TO await the
return of the president. II Mr.. Cleve-
land should pursue the same course
with Ii Hung Chang the latter would
depart for his country without calling
upon the president.
Mr. Cleveland could not receive the
Chinese ambassador at Gray Gables.
as there would be no accommodations
there for the suite of forty or fifty
which Ii Hung Chang has in his train.
1t is thought, therefore, that the presi-
dent will be compelled to return to
Washingto ton in the hottest month Of the
year, reopen the white house, and put
himself to all manner Of Inconvenience
to entertain this oriental visitor who
proposes to be in Washington for the
between the United States and China
would seem to make it imperative that
all honor be paid to this special envoy,
inasmuch as important commercial adj
vantages may depend upon the manner
in which he is received.
The manner in which Ii Hung Chang
Is treated officially in this country will
be watched closely by the political man.
ayers who are grasping at every straw
that may be used to their advantage.
When men Ike Chairman Faulkner
of the Democratic congressional COM
mittee can make campaign material
out of the fact that there were more
Bryan men in a common railway mail
coach than there were in Pullman
sleeping car attached to the same train,
he is not likely to let pass any pohti-
cal point that may show in the visit of
this Chinese official
Probably there never was a campaign
in which trifes were exaggerated into
matters of great importance to the ex-
tent they now are The election in a
little town In Maryland, where the sill
yer question has not been heard Of, was
taken by Chairman Faulkner as proof
positive that the state will go Demo-
cratic, because the result in the cleo
cratic candidate. During the last few
days, however, nothing has occurred TO
raise even that much hope in the breast
of the Democratic chairman. There
has been a good deal Of disappointment
displayed at Democratic headquarters
over the action of the Populists In Ne
braska and elsewhere in refusing 20
indorse Sewall and insisting on Bryan
and Watson electors.
The greatest problem that seems TO
be troubling the Democratic leaders
just now is to secure effective fusion
in southern and western states that
will result in the election of the Demo-
cratic ticket. In the week that has
just ended there has been much pro-
sress made at both the congressional
committee headquarters. The Repu5-
qican mana gers have received hundreds
of letters from states beyond the Mis-
souri, which indicate that there Is good
reason to expect success in the very
stronghold of the silver people. Many |
communica tons have come in from Ida |
no, where Senator Fred Dubois is max |
ing such tremendous effort to carry |
the state for Bryan and Sewall. His |
colleague, Senator Shoup, and Cover |
nor Mcconnell, according to their own |
statements, which are borne out by !
hundreds Of letters received at head |
quarters, declare that the vote Of that |
state will be cast for Mckinley and |
Hobart. The same encouraging news
is received from Wyoming, while the
Republican workers in Nebraska and |
Kansas represent a hopeful condition !
in those states, and declare that the |
silver tide is receding.