The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-11-17
Washington Letter.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Boss Hanna will
have fight On his hands when he returns to
Washington, just as hard as the one he had IN
Ohio, and one in which he cannot buy victory
with cash. Notice has been served on Mr.. Nc
Kinley by leading men in his party that Hanna
will be too heavy q load to carry through
| another National Campaign; that his record
was bad enough before he made those speeches
| in the Ohio campaign in defence of trusts, and
| that it has since then become an imperative
necessity that he should retire from the head
| of the Republican National Committee. Mr..
Mckinley, who, 10 addition to considering him
| self under many obligations, financial and
| otherwise, to Hanna, is believed to be little
| afraid Of him, attempted to argue with those
whe demanded Hanna's scalp, but he was AZ
once told that it was not case for argument;
that he could, If so disposed, give Hanna q tip
l that would result in his voluntary retirement
| on account of "his health" or any other old
/ thing, but that if he declined to do So an open
| fight aginst Hanna would be started by some
/ of the most prominent Repu blicans in Congress
l as soon as the session opened. Mr.. Mckinley
did not say what he would do, but there is
| reason to believe that he will stand by Hanna,
/ at least until convinced that his opponents are
| strong enough to down him. Consequently a
| red-hot fight, In which Democrats will be in
| tere9ttd spectators, is expected during thu
| coming session of Congress. Whether il will
1 resultin defeat for Hanna will depend largely
| upon circumstances, but it may play an I'M
portant part in the legislation of the sessions as
Mr.. Mckinley will ask much of Congress, and
| the Republican majority in both House anu
| Senate is entirely too slim to leave room for
| any considerable kicking out of the admins
| tration traces.
| According to an official report of the U.
| Consul-G General at Stockholm, the Governmer
of Sweden owns and operates 2,2s4 miles q.
| railway, the rolling stock of which consists OF
| SOP locomotives. 42S baggage cars, S92 pas
| senger coaches, 3 dining cars, 45 postal wagons
q combined coaches and baggage. ii prison
| vans, PIG fiat cars, and IL. 161 freight cars.
| The annual profits during the forty-three years
| OF government ownership of the railways bav.
averaged more than one and one third million
| dollars in American money. besides the &C.
cumulat.on of fund of S2,2S2, 16i for pen
| sioning employees retired on account of age or
injury. and a fund of s2,O79,219 for the re-
lief of widows and children of deceased en-
ployes.
Copies of the following petition to Congress,
understood to have been prepared by ex -Sena-
tor Edmunds, who is honorary President of the
| Philadelphia branch of the anti-imperialist
| league, are receiving the signatures of those
who are opposed to the administrations Philip
pine policy: I'VE, the undersigned, citizens of
the United States of America, especially petit
| ton your honorable body to bring about an
| immediate cessation of hostilities in the Philip
pine Islands, and to announce to the people
| thereof, with promptitude, that it is the pur-
posc of the U. S., not to interfere with their
aspirations for independence. or to subject
| them to our authority. but oGly to aid them in
| setting up an independent government of their
| own choice and TO protect them against hostile
| foreign interference, and to assist them with
| the military and naval forces of the U. S. so
| far as may be required in the m aintenauce of
order and security until such a government
be established"
In these days when the average Republican
is stretching everything to prove that the re.
suit of the State elections was an endorsement
of the policy Of Imperialism, there is pointe
for them in the plain words of that plain man,
Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, who Is
| now in Washington. He said that the peorle
of his State were in favor OF expansion as ap.
pied to development of trade, but that they
did not understand it to mean imperialism and
1 al otahdiuS diHgt dDu WOuIu uOL
| support such a construction oft.
There is much protesting on the part OF many
Republican Senator'S and Representatives
against the programme that Secretary Gage
and other radical gold men have arranged to
| have the coming session of Congress enact q
law placing the country upon single gold
standard. The most of this protesting Is on
| the quiet, but several Senators, including Haw.
ley. of Conn.,, Chandler. of N. H.. and Thurston,
of Neb., have publicly announced their op-
position to the programme. With the excep.
ton of Chandler, these gentlemen favor tn,
gold standard, but oppose the legislation fro
policy. because of their belief that it will los,
the Republican party votes which they can
keep along with the single gold standard as
now established and maintained by edict OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury. Most Demo-
Crafts hope that Cages programme will be
carried out; then there will be no lodging the
question by Republican Speakers and editors
| in next year's camDaipn