The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-06-29
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Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent
Washington d. c., June 25, 1900

for the last two or three days TO re-
ceiving delegates to the Philadelphia
Convention, who stopped over in
Washington to pay their respects to
the President, and incidentally to
talk little politics and give him the
the latest concerning the sentiment Of
their respective localities. Mr.. Nc
Kinley never appears TO better advan-
tage than when in contact with the
rank and file of the party. Other
Presidents have had knack of appear
ing to consult humble members of
their party, but Mr.. Mckinley really
does consult them, and ask their adj
vice upon matters of party policy,
and more than one important political
move has been made by HIM as the
result of advice asked for and received
from members of the party who are
scarcely known outside of the i'm
mediate locality of their homes. 1t is
because he realizes that man doesn't
have to be rominent TO have good
judgment that President Mckinley
is so we'll liked by the rank and file OF
the party.
The situation in China becomes
worse instead of better, and it may
become necessary for this government
to send soldiers from the Philippines to
properly protect American interests
in China. The break in telegraphic
communication with Pekin has re-
suited in the circulation of many
sensational stories, which may or may
not be based upon truth. The ad-
ministration has not the slightest
desire to meddln with China, but it in
tends to protect our large and increas-
ing commercial interest in that coun-
try at all hazards
An official statement, prepared at
the Treasury Department shows that
during the first three months of the
new financial law, there have been
1852 applicants for authority to organ
ize National Banks, with total
capitalization of $16,196,000, $50 of
which were for banks of $50,000,000 or
less capital. During that reriod, I59
National banks, with combined
capital of SIS, ,645, 900 have been actually
organized and open for business with
an increase Of $51, ,997 $40, in National
Bank circulation. Ii proof were need
ed of the wisdom of the National Bank
ing clause Of the new financial law,
it would be furnished by these figures,
showing the quickness of the people
to recognize the benefits open to them
by a provision for National banks
with less than $4,000 capital.
Senor Nicholas Rivero, editor of a
leading Havana paper, who is now in
Washington, pays this high .compli-
ment to Gen. Leonard Wood, Military
Governor of Cuba: "Gen. Wood is an
honest and wise official and is doing
all he can to give the Cubans a good
administration"
Mr.. James J. Watson, of Idaho, stop
ped long enough in Washington to
give his ideas of the political outlook
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in his state. He said: "Idaho will go
republican this year. We lost the
state four years ago by nearly 2O,-
600, but the elections of the last
two years brought that majority down
considerably, and we think that this
year we will again get control Of the
state. Mckinley and prosperity are
responsible. We have not had such
prosperous times in ten years past, as
we. are experiencing to day. We are
rapidly developing our industries.
Our people are paying off their debts.
We are too well off to think of making
a change. We are satisfied with the
present state of affairs. Mckinley and
prosperity are much better than Bry-
an and demoralization.
Although the farmers in all sections
of the country are prosperous, the
democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee have undertaken to con-
vince them that they are not. The
Committee actually puts out claim
that the farmers have lost two billions
OF dollars under the Mckinley admins
tration by the decline in prices of
farm products. The farmer who
/ remembers that he was heavily
lin debt when the Cleveland admins
tra.ion closed, and who is now out Of
i debt and has a balance to his credit in
4 bank, will be convinced by this sort of
Literature that the correct reading of
the adage should be Figures can lie,"
especially when manipulated by those
who care nothing for facts. The re-
publicans might find it good politics
Ito aid in getting this sort of demo-
Icratic literature into the hands of
prosperous farmers.
4 Chairman Babcock, of the Republic
can Congressional Campaign Commit
tee, who has a record of never having
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