The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


President Mckinley is gratified but
not at all surprised at the commenda-
ton he is receiving from all quarters
for his promptness in ordering troops
to China to join with those of other
civilized nations in protecting the
persons and property of foreigners.
Neither this government nor any
European government considers itself
at war with China, but the Chinese
government having failed to protect
foreigners from the boxers" the
civilized governments are going to do
it themselves. Ii Hung Chang has
cabled to Secretary Hay promising to
restore peace and to see that all
foreigners are protected, and the
Chinese Minister to the United States
has received cablegram saying that
all the foreign ministers at Pekin are
safe and well, but all that hasn't
stopped any of the preparations for
sending reinforcements to China
from the Philippines just as quick as
they can be gotten there. The
Chinese Minister insists that there
can be no war between China and
the civilized nations, and that his
government has not sanctioned any
of the fighting. All that he says may
be strictly true, but the fact remains
that there has been fighting and that
it is still going on, and that one side
is made up of soldiers and marines
belonging to the civilized nations,
and the other side of Chinese. The
question of the responsibility of the
Chinese government may be deter
mined later, but the first and fore
most duty of the civilized powers is
to put stop to the fighting by whip
ping the Chineee fighters into sub
mission and President Mckinley
intends that the United States shall
do its full share of that duty.
Director Merriam, of the Census
Bureau, has given the press a state
ment intended as an answer to
thousands of letters asking for figures
shown by the Census in various To-
calities. By showing the routine
through which the returns from each
enumerators' district must go the
impossibility of giving the informa-
ton at this time was made apparent.
As fast as the official count is COM
pleted the totals will be bulletined at
the census bureau, cities being taken
first. Notice has also been given that
there will be no more examinations
for appointment to clerical positions
in the bureau, the eligible list already
containing many more than will ever
receive appointments.
The Treasury Department has
issued circular creating Porto Rico
a Customs Collection District, with
San Juan as the port of entry, and
Ponce Mayaguez, Arecibo, Aguadilla,
Humacao, Arroyo, and Fajardo as
supports, under the law enacted at
the late session of Congress-.
Secretary Gage, who has been I'M
well for couple of weeks, has gone
to the seashore for a short rest by the
order Of his physician. There is
nothing serious the matter with him,
only little run down.
Secretary Root has gone to his sum
mer home on Long Island to spend a
few days with his family, which is of
itself an indication that there are no
complications at the War Depart
ment in connection with the Chinese
instruction.
Judge Denny, prominent Ken
lucky Republican, who firmly be-
lieves that the electoral votes of that
state will be cast for Mckinley and
Roosevelt, who came though Wash
ington ON his way home from the
convention, said of that remarkable
gathering: II have been going to
National Conventions as a delegate
for 20 years, but l have never seen
such convention as that of Phila-
delphia, and l never expect to see
another such. mean that l have
never before seen both men named
on the ticket by reclamation"
Mr.. Henry G. Adams, one of the
Republican leaders of Indiana,
assured President Mckinley that
Indiana was one of the sure Repub-
lican states this year, and that the
majority would be quite as large, if
not larger than it was in '96.
One of the most enthusiastic men
who has been in Washington since
the Republican convention was Mr..
G. Leland, Jr., a member of the
Kansas delegation. He says that
President Mckinley would have car
ried Kansas no matter who had been
put on the ticket with him, but that
the nomination of Gov. Roosevelt for
Vice President, makes Kansas as Ger
tainly Republican as Pennsylvania.
Mr.. A. Mcpherson, of the Chicago
Financial Rerie7D. who has lust