The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-11-18
AFTER HANNA'S SCALP.
REPUBLICANS TO TAKE A sTAND
AGAINST HIM.
Profits Sweden Makes by Own
ing Railroads.-Against
Imperialism.

Hanna will have fight on his
hands when he returns to WASH
ington, 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..
Mckinley by leading men in his
party that Hanna will be too
heavy load to carry through
another national campaign; that
his record was bad enough be-
fore 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
in addition to considering him
self under many obligations, fl
nancial and otherwise to Hanna.
is believed to be little afraid of
him, attempted to argue with
those who demanded Hanna s
scalp, but he was at once told
that it was not case for argu-
ment; that he could, if so dis
posed, give Hanna a tip that
would result in his voluntary re-
tirement, on account of sthis
health or any other old thing,
but that if he declined to do so,
an open fight against Hanna
would be started by some of the
most prominent republicans in
congress, 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 interest
ed spectators, is expected during
the coming session of congress.
Whether it will result in a defeat
for EHanna will depend largely
upon circumstances, but it may
play an important part in the
legislation of the session, as Mr..
Mckinley will ask much OF con-
gress, and the republican ma
jority in both house and senate
is entirely too slim to leave room
for any considerable kicking out
OF the administration traces.
According to an official report
of the United States consul gem
eral at Stockholm, the govern
ment of Sweden owns and oper-
ates 2,284 miles Of railway, the
rolling stock of which consists of
SOP locomotive, 428 baggage cars,
1872 passenger coaches, 3 dining
cars, 45 postal wagons, 6 COM
bined coaches and baggage. 2f
prison vans, 216 flat cars, and
-, ,161 freight cars. The annual
profits during the forty three
years of government ownership
of the railways have averaged
more than one and one- third mill
lion dollars in American money,
besides the accummulation of a
fund of 50, ,282, 1854 for pensioning
employees retired on account of
age or injury, and fund of
81, 079, 21y for the relief of wid-
ows and children of deceased
employees.
Copies of the following petition
to congress, understood to have
been prepared by ex- Senator
Edmunds, who is honorary Pres
ident of Philadelphia branch OF
the anti-imperialist league, are
receiving the signatures of those
who are opposed to the admins
tration's Philippine policy: 1--WE,
the undersigned, citizens of the
United States of America, es-
pecially petition your honorable
body to bring about an immedi
late cessation of hossiIlties in the
Philippine islands, and 10 an
nounce TO the people thereof,
with promptitude. that it is the
purpose of the United States, not
to interfere with their aspirations
for independence, or to subject
them to our authority, but only
to aid them in setting up an in
dependent government OF their
own choice and to protect them
against hostile foreign interfer-
cnce, and to assist them with the
military and naval forces of the
United States SO far as may be
required in the maintenance Of
3 ol der and security until such
government shall be established"
Il In these days when the aver
age republicans stretching every
thing TO prove that the result of