The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
Washington Letter.
(From Onr Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a. 1897.

fresldent MCKINNEY, whose callers
have been as numerous this week
as at any time since mis- Inaugural
ton, SO numerous, indeed, that he
has been compelled for lack of
time to decline seeing many of
them. The most of these callers
were after Office. either for them
selves or others.
There is no probability that the
attempt which is being quietly
made by the representatives OF
several European countriea to get
this country to interfere with the
partition of China by Germany
and other European nutions will
be successful. President McKin-
ley and his advisors are too shrewd
to allow this country to be enbroil-
ed in matter which concerns us
80 little. American interests in
China will be protected, and that
is as far as this administration will
go. It is perfectly satisfied to
leave England, Germany, France
and Russia to settle their acquisi-
ton of Chinese territory among
themselves.
Hon. J. H. Brigham, assistant
secretary of agriculture, has just
returned from Ohio, where he was
about ten days. In reply to ques-
tions as to the sentiment of the
party towards the election of Sen
ator Hanna, which he says is an
absolute certainty, he said: I'm
conversation with leading republi-
cans throughout the state I found
but one expression, and that was
that there is no question about the
senator's election. There are un-
doubtedly few men prominent in
the politics of the state who would
like to see Mr.. Hanna defeated, but
[ do not believe that a single men,
ber-elect as a republican will COM
nit political suicide by refusing to
be governed by the expressed wish
of the state convention. No man
can hope for political preferment
who betrays his party in an emer-
gency like this Senator Hanna
went to Ohio this week, and ex-
poets to remain there until the
senatorship is settled. He is con-
fident of winning.
Secretary Wilson this week no.
tilted senators and representatives
that the seeds for free distribution
had arrived and would be sent out
as fast as the addressed franks Of
the congressman are received at
the department of agriculture. IF
your readers want any of these
seeds they should jog the memory
of their congressman before he has
disposed of his share.
Hon. j. r. Burton, of Kan. who
knows the politics of that state
like a book, said: "Speaking figur-
atively Kansas is now wearing it's
Sunday clothes every day. Our
people have been paying off debts
with a rapidity that has no paral-
lei. This year after discharging a
heavy total of obligations, they
have been able to save $3.50, 600, 900,
and have lived we'll besides. There
has been improvement all along
the line, agricultural, commercial
and political. The republican par
ty, after battling hard since 1890,
and with constantly increasing
vote, at last can see supremacy in
sight. 1t has been a hard fight
against the combined opposition
forces, but I regard it as certain
that the party will triumph at the
polls next year and in 1900. AS
fusion will soon be a thing of the
past, so will populism. That had
a bigger run in Kansas than anv
where else, but it is dying out
everywhere
The house committee on rules
will hold several meetings during
the holidays, and the expectation
is that the new rules for the house.
which will probably not differ rad
lcally from the old rules, will be
reported soon after that body re-
sumes business.
Secretary Sherman has been
considering plan for reorgani-
zation and betterment of our con-
sular service, and the result of his
study will be embodied in some re-
commentator that will be sub
m1tted to congress. One Of those
recommendation will be that Amer
leans citizsns be placed in charge
OF those consula' es now held bv
foreigners, and, another that SAL
aries be increased at the small and
unhealthy ports.
I There is much criticism of the
action of the house committee on
appropriations in virtually refusing
to allow the patent office to spend
g portion Of the money it earns, BY
ignoring the estimates of Secre-
tary Bliss for sufficient additional
help e bring the work Of the pat
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