The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-16
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.

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resentativeS who have been in
WaShington since the election
have not been disposed to talk
/ for publication on the result. not
because they are discouraged or
/ that they consider the future of
the Democratic party i'll either
doubt or danger, but on the gen
eral principle that it is always
good policy for the defeated party
to let the other fellows do the
talking for awhile, just as they
will have to do the legiSlating
and administering of the country
for awhile. For the same reason
! they think the talk about re or
ganizing the Democratic party,
which has been INDUCED in to a
! limited extent since the election,
premature at this time. The best
policy for the Democrats to adopt
for a while is to keep careful
watch on the Republicans, show
up every blunder they make and
do a whole lot of thinking. 1t
will be two years before there is
another Congressional election,
and until then he Democrats will
have no opportunity to get con
troll of any branch of the national
government. The gentlemen who
are talking about holding CON
ventlonS, etc, for re .organiza-
ton of the party at this time, are
doubtless perfectly honest and
wholly unSelfish in their wishes
for the future welfare of the party,
but if they persist they will surely
be suspected by many of being
more anxious to get the party
reinS in their hands than of really
helping the party. Party Te.or-
CARNATIONS, so far as leaders and
principles are concerned, are
/ things which generally take care
of themselves, as has been dem.
OnStrated more than once in the
history of the Democratic party,
and doubtless will be again.
Party uphcavalS which are genu-
inc, usually start from The bottom
the rank and file of any party
know how to change leaders when
they consider 1t desirable or
necessary to do so.
Secretary Root has gone to
Cuba and for two reasons his go
! ing has caused much gossip in
! Washington, where it is believed
to be connected with matters of
Importance relating to the future
of Cuba. The first of these reaS-
Ons is that the Cuban Constitu.
tional Convention is now in SEES
sion Ill Havana and the second is
that this is considered the UNI
healthy season in Cuba. Mir.
Roots health has not been robust
since he had that operation per
formed on him a month or two
ago, and he hardly would have
chosen this season for his visit to
Cuba, unless his going was i'm
pOrtant.
just 100000 more of good
American money will be invested
in the Philippines if the Senate
ratifieS the treaty signed by Sec
rotary Hay and the Spanish Min
lister, which binds this country to
pay Spain that amount for three
small islands located Just outside
Of the boundaries set by the treaty
which coded the Philippine Is
lands to the United States.
The orders sent to General Mac
Arthur from ashingtOn to take
the field in person in the new
campaign that is to be waged
against the Philippine insurgents
as soon as the rainy season ends
over there, show that the admin
iStratiOn takes no serious stock in
the statement constantly made
during the campaign that the re
election of Mr.. Mckinley would
be followed by the collapse Of the
revolution. That was good
enough talk for campaign pur
poses, but now the orders are to
fight it to finish. In ordering
General Macarthur to take the
field in person, Gen. Otis, who
was so generally criticized for
not doing so, is directly given a
side Swipe.
Gossip has mOrtgaged several
Cabinet portfolios in the second
Mckinley administration. AS
told in Washington, these stories
make Mr.. W. W. Gibbs, of Phil
adelphia, who helped Hanna
squeeze the rich men and corpora.
lions of that town, just as st.
John Wanamaker did previous to
his entrance of the Harrison Cabi
net, the holder of one of these
mortgages, and some go so far as
to say that Mr.. Gibbs is to be.
come Secretary of the Treasury.
If he does it will be an awful
throw down for Secretary Gage,
who had understood that he was
to remain at the head of the
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