The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-07
ncKinIey's Unstable Policy.
Gossip. Political and Other.
wise, in Washington.

Wise. III WdsutuStOuo
Washington, June 5-Mr. Nc
Kinley has given the country another
exhibition of a lightning change of
mind After allowing those who
talked with him during several days
to get the impression that be was
about to call for volunteers for the
Philippines, be suddenly changed his
mind and announced that the cabi.
net had decided not to call for volun-
teers, but to replace the volunteers
cow in the Philippines with regulars,
and to authorize Gen. Otis to enlist,
natives. 1t is believed that the
principal factor in bringing about
this lightning change was cable
gram from Prof Schurman, president
Of the Philippine commission, con
tanning fairy story announcing
the early surrender of Aguinaldo.
Similar fairy stories by the same
author were the basis of the hope of
early peace INDUCED in by the ad
ministration some weeks ago. The
rainy seaeon, which lasts three
months. is on in the Philippines,
making it impossible for Gen Otis to
worry Aguinaido much for that
length of time. That's why no early
surrender is at all probable.
Hon A. J. Warner, president of
the Bimetallic League, is in Wash
ington. He said of the probable
democratic platform of next year:
1.-The democratic party will stand by
the Chicago platform. The money
plank will be made as fall and as
strong as if there were no other
issues would be in favor also of
making declaration against trusts,
as if that were the only issue /; and
the same with our declaration against
imperialism and the Philippine war.
Neither question can be said to OBJ
scure or take precedence of the
other, but all combine to make an
issue tha: believe the people will
support /"
Whatever may be the defects in
other branches of the government
service, and they are numerous
enough, everybody knows, Connie
sione- DielI, of the United States
patent Office, is conducting that
Office with more satisfaction to in
ventors, patent lawyers, and every
body doing business Herewith than
has been done for a long time. He
has the business 80 nearly to date
that c. A. Snow & Co, v ashing-
tons most successful firm of patent
lawyers, make the positive announce
ment that they can secure patents for
inventors in from four to ten weeks
Representative Gordon, Of Ohio.
who is visiting Washington, talks
interestingly of the political situa-
ton in his State. He said "Who-
ever thinks the republicans are in
vincioIe in Ohio this year, will be
badly fooled. There never was
time when the party was so badly
split by factional dissensions as now,
and if the democrats are awake to
their opportunity they will beat
Senator Hanna's candidate for gov.
ernor. | have no idea who will be
named as the democratic candidate,
but we have plenty of good material
to draw from Ohio is naturally
republican, but the people do not
take kindly to political bosses, and
they are going to show their resent
ment at the polls this year -
In Austria a process for making
artificial cotton out of the fibre of the
fir tree has been discovered, and
reported to the state department BY
the United States consul at Reichep-
berg. BE quotes description OF
the process, concluding as fellows:
Artificial cotton can be produced
SO cheaply that the genuine article
can hardly compete with it. and one
cannot say that it is sham. for it is
composed, exactly as the natural t
cotton. of pure cellulose " The
consul says himself: I'm country
such as THE, where forests of fir
trees abound and are made perennial
by constant replanting as the large
trees are cut down, and where all
the cotton used in the numerous fac.
tories must be brought from far India
and the United States. such device
should be profitable y This is de-
cided'y interesting. but it need not
alarm cotton growers until it ls
known to have been put into practi :
cal use 1t may be like the chemical
process by which real diamonds can
he made, which works all right, but
the made diamond costs more than
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