The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-31
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
(COmmunicated).
WASHINGTON,
August %, 1900.

ing in China, his actions are diff
ficult to explain. Although ad-
viSed by some of the longest
headed men in his party, includ-
ing the United States Minister
to China, to take advantage of
Il he opportunity to withdraw our
troops from China, now that the
American citizens who were in
peril are safe, and leave those
nations which are hungry for
Chinese territory to settle the
squabble among themselves, he
has declined to do so. Several
days ago, when it was announced
that all the troops now on the
way to China would be sent to
Manila, it was thought that he
intended to follow that advice;
but within forty eight hours it
has been officially announced
that the troops in China would
be kept there, and since then the
significant announcement was
made that the troops which would
go to Manila would not 90 TO
! take the place of volunteers to be
sent home, but to reinforce them.
and that no troops are to be sent
home until further notice. If
that does not indicate an inten-
ton on the part Of Mr. Mckinley
to play further hand in the
Chinese game. what does it indi-
cate!
Now that it has been anthem
tically announced that ex Senator
German, now at Saratoga, will
return to Maryland about the
middle of September and take an
active part in the campaign until
election day, those Republicans
who have been actively circulat-
ing stories of his lukewarmness
towards Bryan and Stevenson
must feel that they are very
clumsy liars. 1t has never been
doubted in Washington that Mr..
German would do his full duty
towards the party that has hon
ored him i'll the past and that is
likely to honor him in the future.
Evidence continues to multi
ply that Illinois will be found in
the Democratic column this year.
After expressing his opinion to
that effect, Mr.. w. Ii. Broad. of
Chicago, said: ''There are num-
hers of reasons for believing this,
but | am convinced that opposi-
ton to Imperialism will have
greater influence in the undoing
of the Republicans than any of
the other issues. There is big
German vote in Illinois. espec-
tally in Chicago, and the Ger
mans, almost to a man, are OPP
posed to the imperialistic policy
of the administration. There is
also very bitter factional fight
among the Illinois Republicans,
and although it does not come
much to the surface, the feeling
is so strong that it will be impos-
si6le for them to make a progress
siye and harmonious campaign in
the State. Opposition to the
trusts will also lose the Republi.
can ticket good many votes,
and with the labor troubles in
Chicago, and all the suffering
that has resulted from them, the
Republican orators will find it
difficult to convince the working
ingmen there that the country is
blessed with an overabundance of
prosperity"
That the Democratic leaders
are thoroughly posted on what
the Republicans are doing and
are meeting every Republican
move, is made apparent by the
following remarks of one of them:
against the prosperity statistics
which are being manufactured by
the Census Bureau, we will place
some hard facts which indicate
that many classes of men who
have to depend on their labor for
a living are not prosperous.
Take for instance the anthracite
coal miners. The coal trust has
cut down the number Of work
days so that the miners are ex.
pected to live on three days work
a week. This means that they
can hardly exist. In New Eng
land, some of the cotton mills are
shut down and others are running
on half time. The silk mills of
New Jersey are running on short
time, and one Of the big silk man.
utacturing companies has, within
the past week gone into bank
ruptcy. We are looking for the
scare which the Republicans have
lntlmated they will give the coun-
try, that attention may be called
to the money question. 1t NAV
come at that time, and the small
volume Of trading in Wall street
indicates a fear there that a
money squeeze may be impending.
When the West begins the NOV.
ing of its crops and calls upon