The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-10
FROM THE CAPITAL.
OR Correspondent Talks IN
General About Wash
lngton.
<tNrrnpn Gated.

VIII cSiCa lie cotton growers ana
manufacturers. II is now semi
ofNcially stated THAT the admin
iStratlan. which claims 10 have
secured verbal promises from Eu-
ropean governments which have
been grabbing Chinese territory,
that American commerce should
enjoy equal privileges with their
own. in I'll the Chinese territory
controlled by them. has demand
ed of those governments formal
written agreements. to accord
with the verbal promises and
intends. if the demand Is not &c
Quiesced in. to back it mp with
force. This is said to have been
the real reason for the recent ma.
terjal strengthening Of the Amer.
lean naval forces al Manila. The
same statement adroitly points
ont ihe ma eTjal advantages TO the
>ou'h. lie Chinese trade will
I.Fs hecaa>e Il The increased
demand. ana 4 course. increaS.
Il prices for al kinds Of cotton
goods. The men who are manip.
ll4..uS Imperialism are very sly
.ll putting on, his bid for South.
en- support. They know that
Tie cotton rai>erS of the South
have had hard lines of late. and
hope hat this promise of better
times will create an imperialSt
sentiment among them.
The administration has hatch
ed up scheme to commit the
country irrevocably to imperial
ism. 1t has already began the
work OF securing promises from
Senators and Representatives
to vote for joint resolution. to
be offered as soon as Congress
meets. declaring the intention of
this government to permanently
retain the Philippine Islands.
Nothing could more onelv
show the steady growth of i'm.
perialiStic ideas in administration
circles. Only short time ago.
Mr.. Mckinley said that he in
tended, and had always intended.
that Congress should decide
whether we should keep the Phil
ippineS. Now he will say to
Congress, in effect, Il have de
clded to keep the Philippines,
and ! demand that you shall rat
liy my decision" The reason for
this change is obvious. Mr.. Nc
kinley fears that if Congress
takes up this question and thor
oughIy discusses it, so many good
reasons will he presented against
eur colonization business to the
extent o! keeping the Philippines,
That Congress may decide against
their retention. Therefore, he
Will endeaNOr to head off anything
like free discussion, by saying
t" Congress that it is necessary
to end the war in the Philippines.
that this Joint resolution should
he adopted, know that if he sue
ceeds amy future discussion of the
matter i'll Congress will be with
ont effect i'll determining the pol
icy of the government. He will
have no serious trouble in getting
his scheme through the House,
but the anti-imperialists of the
Senate will have something to
say before it can be put through
that body.
Senator Chauncey Depew has
found out that Boss Platt, who
made him Senator, isn't the
whole thing in Washington, and
he does not rejoice over the
knowledge. Plat compelled
Depew to join him in making a
fight upon the acceptance by the
Treasury Department of plans
for the New York Custom House.
chosen in open competition by a
Committee of Architects, and en-
dorsed by the New York and
Philadelphia branches of the
American Institute of Architects.
not because he knew of any de,
tects in the plans, but because the
successful competitor was Mr.,
Chas. Gilbert, of Chicago. and
not a New York machine noliti.
clan. Secretary Gage, to his
credit be it recorded, refused to
be influenced by political pres
sure, and decided in favor of the
report of the Committee of Ar.
chitects. This was Mr.. Depew's
first taste of humble pie, and il
ne could control his own actions
it might be his last, but having
agreed before being elected Sen.
ator, to do everything in a polit.
ical way that Platt asked him TO.
it probably will not.
If prominent men from the
eastern section of the United
States who come to Washington,