Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-07-06
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

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WASHINGTON, July 2nd, 1900.
Republican gall is no new thing
but striking exhibition of 1t is tn,
attempt OF some Republicans TO blow
about the $S0,O00,OOO treasury snr
plus for the fiscal year that endet
Saturday. III it had not been foI
the SlO0,00O,0OO produced by tn,
war taxes, which the Republican
Congress refused to reduce. Their,
would have been $2O,OOO,OOO deficit
instead of surplus, and even with
the war taxes unrepealed, there will
oe no surplus next year if the Re.
publican Congress keeps CD its ex.
travagant appropriations at the next
session. There is more for the Re-
pubiicans to be ashamed of than to
blow about In that surplus.
That Chinese puzzle hasn't grown
any easier to solve during the past
week. The Chinese Minister'S news
that the foreign ministers were safe
In Pekin, has been confirmed. but
with the confirmation came the
allegation thet they were there
because they refused to get out within
"a hours, although ordered to do so.
1t is not stated who ordered them 10
get out, but it is clear that the pnb-
llcls desired to infer that it was
the Chinese government. The news
that the Imperial Chinese troons
attacked the marines. under Admiral
Seymour, who lost heavily in killed
and wounded. in his unsuccessful
attempt to get to Pekiu, seems also
TO be intended to stir up public sen.
tIment In this country against the
government of China. I'm the ab-
sence of Mr.. Mckinley, who has gone
to Canton to enjoy his gold-trimmed
bath-tub, and other things, for an
indefinite period, members of the
administration, Secretaries Hay. Root
aud Long, especially, are posing as
being very considerate toward the
Ohinese government, because thew do
not accept these things as war. They
are doing so much talking that thew
have aroused the suspicion that tbey
are doing it for effect and probably
to detract attention from the real
designs of the administration in
China. The superstitious are in
ctined to regard the knocking of \
hole In the bottom of the battleship
Oregon by rock on the coast of
China, as a bad omen.
According to an official report of
Gen. Davis, large number of Porto
kicans will not do any work as long
as they can draw free rations from
the government. Gen. Davis has
been ordered to give notice TO the
Porto Ricans that the issue of FREQ
ratlons will be discontinued july
10Th.
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, who
has gone to Kansas city to attend the
Convention said just before leaving
washington: 81 am not, have nor
been, and will not be candidate for
The Nice-Presidency, and do not
ieslre that my name be mentioned
n that connection. | have never
authorized or made any other strte-
nent. Senator Daniel declined TO
iay who he favored for the second
place on the ticket. lie is an en-
.husiastic Bryan man and has been
light along.
That there has been extravaganza
IS well as stealing in the Cuban
'ostal Service was practically
acknowledged by Fourth Assistant
'ostmaster General Bristow, who has
ust returned from Cuba, when he
aid that he had made reductions in
'ostal salaries while there that ag-
'regated 100000 a year, and he
hnched that Acknowledgements when
he added: mo clerks have resigned |
lnce the reduction, because of being
ll-paid, and l am satisfied that thew
re now paid all the work is wortb
I any of them should resign. there
you'd be no difficulty in filling their
'iaces at the same salaries"