Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Coryespondent)
WARRINGTON, Sept. 18th, 1899


WASHINGTON, Sept. 18th, 1899.
Ever since the official announce
ment that President Mckinley
would visit St. Paul and Mime
apolis, as we'll as Chicago, when he
goes west, next month, the Presi-
dent has been overwhelmed with
invitations, by mail, by wire and
verbally to visit other western
cities. While this proof of his
personal popularity is naturally
gratifying to President Mckinley,
it is also embarrassing to him, be-
cause of his inability to accept all
the invitations and his unwilling
ness to appear to discriminate.
He may decide to visit other cities
but the chances are, that he will
not. His promise to visit Chicago
during it's Autumn Festival was
obtained many months ago, and it
was his desire to assist in welcom-
ing the Minnesota Volunteers
home from the Philippines, that
caused him to decide to go to
Minneapolis, that caused him to
go to Minneapolis and St. Paul;
his interest in and kindly feeling
toward the volunteers are known
to all who have come in contact
with him.
Representative Eddy, of Mime
sofa, who is an expert in feeling
the public pulse, is in Washington.
Since Congress adjourned he has
been almost continuously on the
move, and has been from Massa-
chusetts to the State of Washing
ton, making it point to find out
the condition of public sentiment.
AS result of his investigation, he
says that the foreign policy of the
administration will be the principal
issue in the Presidential campaign.
OF that issue, he said: '"Phe
sentiment of the country is, in my
opinion, overwhelmingly in favor
of maintaining American supre-
macy over every foot of territory
which came to us as a result of the
war with Spain. The anti-ex-
pansionists of the East have really
done President Mckinley a good
turn by their examinations, , for
they have aroused the sentiment of
the people and made an issue that
will be settled in the Presidential
election next year, and settled
right, as every question involving
American dignity and honor has
always been settled when submit
ted to the voters"
"Jim" Boyle, au old newspaper
man who was Private Secretary to
President Mckinley while he was
Governor of Ohio, and during the
Presidential campaign, but who
has been for the last two years, U.
S. Consul at Liverpool, England,
is in Washington on vacation.
Being a close observer and a care
full man, these words of Mr.. Boyle's
are gratifying to all Americans,
and should be valuable to the AM
e1ican manufacturer who is seeking
to extend his foreign trade, es-
pecially with England: "The
most gratifying thing to citizen
of this country is the ever increas-
ing demand for Yankee manufac-
lures. What I would try to i'm
press on our people is the vital
necessity of sending over only high
class goods. By keeping our pro-
ducts up to high standard we
secure the confidence of the
English, who are always willing to
pay the very highest prices for the
best. But any deterioration from
this standard breeds distrust and
means diminution of imports. In
some lines, by failure to persue
this correct policy, we have already
suffered loss, notably in the bicycle
trade, which in 1898 fell off 80 per
cent from the, proceeding year,
owing to the fact that a great
many trashy wheels were sent
from this country to England, the
result being that some degree of
suspicion was sure to attach to all
American makes of bicycles in the
future"
1t seems difficult for the Navy
Department to issue an order con-
corning Rear Admiral Schley,
which does not put the inventive
faculties of some newspaper writer's
on double duty and produce lot
of stories which anyone at all
familiar with the practices of the
department know to be farcical.
Sometime ago, Admiral Schley
asked to be given sea duty, and
last week he was ordered to hold
himself in readiness to take COM