Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-09-18
Washington correspondence:

Industrious Place Hunter.
Washington correspondence:
The Republicans announced with
great flourish of tfumpets that Col.
Denby, member of the former Philip
pine commission. will support McKin-
ley in his campaign Well, Why not!
1t was to be expected that he should.
DENLY served as minister TO China
through three administrations, first
Cleveland, Harrison, and second Cleye-
land and then distinguished himself as
most enthusiastic champion of the
administrations policy in the Philip
pines. DENLY may have been Cleye-
land Democrat at one period in his ex-
istence, but he has always been on the
Lookout to get places for Col. DENLY
and his relatives, no matter what adj
ministration was in power
II is an odd coincidence that since
De!iby has announced his fealty to Me-
Kinley, his nephew, Stephen DENLY,
has been appointed an agent of the
imperial Chinese customs service on
the recommendation of Sir Robert
Hart, the Englishman who manages to
direct the whole customs service in
China. This appointment gives an in
teresting side light on the understand
ing between the administration and
Great Britain. If any son of an Amer
lean citizen wants TO get into the Chi
nese customs service he must have the
approval of Sir Robert Hart or his APP
plication will not be considered Sir
Robert seems to be custodian of the
open door" and none may enter with
out his august permission.
This is not the first time that Col.
DENLY has secured lucrative places for
his relatives. When he first went to
China be secured the appointment of
one son as secretary of the legation
and another under Sir Robert Hart. 1t
is unnecessary to add that Col. DENLY
has always had a most cordial under
standing with Sir Robert Hart and this
made DENLY a specially good appointee
Of the first Philippine commission. be-
cause through him the administration
could keep in touch with Great Britain
without exciting suspicion at home.
DENLY a Place-Hunter.
Col. nenby's arguments in relation
TO the Philippines are expected to hold
the Republicans in lire. Thus far they
have made Democratic converts. In
the letter in which DENLY announces
himself as an imperialist Republican,
he says, among other absurd things:
In this contest the Democrats stake
their all on the continuance of fighting
n strikes one as odd thar a great party
should base its hopes of success on the
killing and wounding Of our troops"
What nonsense. WHO sent the troops
to me Philippines? Mckinley. Who
provoked the opposition of the Fill
pinos? Mckinley. Who keeps the
troops thersf Mckinley. Who censors
the news that the troops may be kept
there longer? Mckinley.
On the other hand, who protested
against an imperial policy in the Phil
ippines from the day the peace treaty
was signed? The Democrats. Who
declared that the Filipinos should be
gwen independence and our troops
withdrawn? The Democrats.
Each Republican orator who takes
the stump emphasizes the fact that his
party has no defense to offer for impe-
.rialism. Abuse of the Democratic po-
sition Is not argument and will not CON
vince the people that Mckinley should
be reelected. 4 just, righteous and
constitutional policy could be success
fully defended against all attacks.
But, for instance, here comes Sena-
iSr Davis and declares that imperial
ism is no issue, merely "a broomstick
ghost" If SO. the country ought to
quit paying war taxes to keep the
ghost in evidence. 1t ought to spend
the four millions a month now wasted
in the Philippines en- internal improve
ments 1t ought to have home at once
whatever remnant there is of the TO-
900 troops dying by scores in the Phil
ippines from disease. climatic condi-
tons and guerrilla lighting.
Senator Davis dismSseS militarism
as a ''bugbear" II is bugbear that
is rapidly becoming a terrible reality
-Four years ago we had standing
army OF $4,000. Now we have 100000
At this rate of increase we will rival
the standing armies of continental Eu-
roDe in another four years And at the
present moment we are paying out one
IssIrd the entire revenues of the coun-
try to support this "bugbear." Veil
them as you will, Imperialism and mill
\yarlsm are mighty expensive and
Mighty dangerous.
When. too. the Republican orators are
not\at ali accurate in their statements.
GEM GrosvenOr Spouts about the
troop. (which were ready at Manila TO
90 to Me rescue of our citizens in
china. Nhe fact is, and the country
has no Nrgotten il, that when the
news ca of the peril of our citizens
in Pekin. beggarly few hundred
soldiers N marines could be spared
from our 10000 troops quartered about
Manila. Thousands of troops were
taken from Cuba and every garrison in
this country emptied to put 10000 sol
diers ON the way to China. They have
been arriving there from this country
in shiploads for the last two months.
Now when there is lun in hoStilities
some OF them are being temporarily di-
verted to Manila until Great Britain
gives the word rs TO how and when
and where she wants the cooperation
OF the administration in her territory
grabbing.
Issues Will Not Down.
The Republican apathy is not to be
diSpelled 10y claims which are absurd
on their face. President Mckinley
would be obliged to give courageous,
frank and spirited defense Of his pol
icy TO arouse the members Of his party.
His reelection is against tradition. For
twenty years no party has reelected
its President for two continuous terms.
BESIDES the big hole made by the de-
lection Of the antlimperialistS from
Republican ranks. there Is the horde Of