Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-16
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Wnshinqton. JULY 9th 1900.


with General Miles and his fellow
members of the cabinet has Issued the
necessary orders to start more than
six thousand regular troops to the
Philippines, the idea being to stop
them in China if they are needed there
when they get that far on their way.
There is still much doubt about the
fate of foreigners in Pekin, one story
following and contradicting another
several times every day. Owing to
the time that would necessarily elapse
before the other powers could assem-
BILE an army on the coast of Chlua
large enough to forcibly take posses
ion of and hold Pekin and other inte-
rior points, an agreement has been
reached by the powers under which
as may be necessary and go ahead
and perform the task of Furnishing
the outlaw Chinese and restoring
law and order, the other powers agree
ing to pay Japan cash indemnity.
which China will be made to repay
later.
The work of the democratic nation
al convention has made no apprecia-
BILE change in the political outlook,
and will not cause any material
change in the programme of work
mapped out by the republicans. The
election of Mckinley and Roosevelt
will be the logical outcome of exist
ing conditions, but republicans every
where are to be urged to work as
though the result depended upon
each mans individual efforts. The
democratic ticket and platform must
be taken seriously and the evil results
that would follow democratic vic
tory be pointed out to every voter.
That is the republican programme.
There is quite little rumpus among
those who managed the recent re-
ception to the Boer ENJOYS in Wash
ington, and the collection at the re-
ception, which was announced to be
for the benefit of the widows and or
phans of the Boer soldiers. 81, 1874
was collected supposedly for the
widows and orphans, but after pay
ing for CARRIAGES, fireworks, wine,
etc., it seems that only $1S was left
for the widows and orphans, and the
contributors are some OF them say
ing ugly things about those who
collected and disbursed the money.
The memory of man is proverbially
short but democratic memory must
be the shortest of the whole bunch.
Only little more than three years
ago, Hon. Adlai I. Stevenson was
vice president, and as such presiding
officer of the senate, and was being
blackguarded and abused by the sill
yer senators and the silver press for
having sold out the interest of silver,
which he protested to believe in, be-
cause he would not do as the silverites
desired him to do. Whether Mr..
Stevenson deserved that abuse is
neither here nor there. What atten-
ton is called to is that the same men
who abused him then have again
nominated him for vice president.
Mr.. Stevenson is personally liked in
Washington, but nobody believes, re-
has strengthened the ticket by a
single vote. Mr.. Bryan is the whole
thing and no votes will be cast for
Bryan ard Stevenson by anyone ex-
cept those who are willing to endorse
and swallow Organism and all that
the term implies, just as Mr.. Bryan
forced the Kansas City convention
to swallow the 16 to 1 silver pill
General prosperity is reflected in
the business of the .. S. Patent office,
which was larger during the fiscal
year just closed than ever before, the
cash receipts having been 81, 35S, 2SS.,
and the number of patents issued
g. $40.
Postmaster General Smith has re-
ceived a unique invitation to attend
the second state postmaster's- con-
vention of Texas, to be held at Dali
las, July 10, 20. The invitation is a
mammoth affair in pamphlet form,
and came to Washington in a big tin
box. 1t was presented to the Post
master General by Mr.. William Ter
rell, of the sixth auditors office,
whose home is in San Antonio. Mr..
Smith has the invitation under con-
sideration, although it is doubtful
whether he can attend.
The Sultan of Turkey has made
another specific promise to pay those
American missionary claims, this
time within ninety days. Secretary
Hay has decided that Minister Straus