The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-08-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

> 1t is humiliating to an American.
pride to know that Chna's defiance OF
the much-applauded demand of Secre.
tary Hay, to be Immediately put into
communication with our minister, i'm
shape of a notice that none of the fore
ign ministers at Pekin wonld be allow.
ed to send or receive cipher messages,
had to be handed by the Chinese min.
lister to an assistant secretary. II is
another case of "like master like MANI
seeing that Mr.. Mckinley did not re-
gard 1t as necessary to stay in Wash
ington and attend to his public duties
secretary Hay, who is supposed to be
personally in charge of all important
matters relating to our foreign policy
went OIL on pleasure jaunt himself
and they say at the State Department
that he is not expected to return inside
OF two weeks, when Mr.. Mckinley
Will be due for another visit to talk per.
sonal politics with his cronies all of
which shows that the administration
wishes to delay the settlement of this
Chinese business.
1t is becoming constantly more evi.
dent that Mr.. Mckinley is quite Jealous
OF the prominence given Gov. Teddy |
In the campaign. That was one Of the
things which brought him to Wash
lngton several days ago. One of the
results of his visit is that a quiet fin
has gone out to the thick and thin
Mckinley men not to mention Roose-
Velts name, either in writing or i'm
speaking, when it can be avoided
That this tip is already being acted
upon is shown by number of inter.
views given out at different times and
places by Mr.. McKinley's friends. in
which Roosevelts name does not an.
pear, but it is always what Mckinley
VIII 10 IN this or that state. This mat.
-er Is Insignificant at this time. but
doV. Teddy may make it important
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when he realizes what Mr.. Mckinley
ma his personal following are trying
o do.
The result of the election in North
'arolina, was not surprising to any
ne In Washington. AS one South.
rner APPLY put it: at is only the be-
inning Of the end" North Carolina
as taken the bull by the horns. The
egro is going to be DISTINGUISHED
lroughout the South. The peonIe
it, and no one is Responsible
~ the politician who has used the
egro, bribed him, bought him. and d,
'graded him at the polls. 1t is certain tn
at Constitutional amendment is Ike
ming In Alabama and Georgia, too. m
l know something of the condition
both statesn fir
The difficulty of getting the truth an
I'M this administration about any, lai
ing and the ability of a man with thu
Ifclent pull to hang on to govern. sh'
mt job after being found guilty of IT
in Office are demonstrated m
the case of George b. Hamlet an in
'ctor of the Post Office department 6
20 was found guilty of issuing govern pee
nt transportations for private in TIL
lduais for personal gain. Fourth
lstant Postmaster General Bristow -
'mmended Hamlet's dismissal. and r
'as officially announced that he has y
dismissed. Then Hamlet brouobt
pull to bear and he was granted
timer time" to answer the charge Of c.
Gu ne had been found guilty. and
Is stlll drawing his salary. Chief |
rector Cochran said, when asked
II this case: Hamlet is still in the w
10y OF the government. For further
| would refer YOU TO the 81.
rth Assistant Postmaster General -
not surprising that so many re- ..
table Republicans are announcing NJ
intention to vote for Bryan and -
ensOn. NJ
. Mckinley's alarm over the de- N
N OF German voters on account If
nperIalistic policy of his admins. Il
~ caused him torequesta personal LII
10 make an investigation. When
Is In Washington, last week. the
OF that investigation was submit. publ
o him, and his alarm was in.
a thereby. 1t is admitted bv
'iicans that if thirty per cent. Of
Germans in the middle western for ,
who voted for Mckinley four =,
ago, vote for Bryan this year his COml
n will be assured; that's wbv stron
re alarmed.
riding to Senator Elkins. Mr. OAio''
ley has promised to make several
rs IN West Virginia durino a. I