The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-07-20
Washington Letter.

from our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON. July 16.-The Republicans
are beginning to realize that the opposition of
our German voters to imperialism is not Il
mere passing within, but is based upon prin.
ciple, which will cause many thousand votes
cast for Mckinley in 1896 to be cast for
Bryan and Stevenson this year. DR.. L. W.
HSbercon, who was head of the German
Literary Bureau OF the Republican National
Committee, during the last campaign and
who is now supporting the Democratic ticket,
has made public a statement of his reasons
for abandoning the Republican party, from
which this is quoted: Expansion of the
Union of the American continent is proper.
Expansion not OF the Union, but by the &C.
QUESTION of possessions which are to be gov
erned as dependencies, subject only to tie
will and capri OF our Executive and Con-
gress, unrestricted by the Constitution, and
without the consent and against the wishes OF
the people to be governed, who thereby be-
come subjects. is in my opinion, improper,
unjust. and 4nre2ublican; the government o T
the United States il thereby transformed into
an imperial government for our pos sessions.
A government with imperial powt over pos
SONS cannot long remain Republican at
home. As the government could not. have
lived half slave and half free. SO it cannot
live half impsrialist aud half Republican.
The foreign policy adopted by the Republican
party embroils us in all the quarreis of the
world. and entangles US In foreign alliances.
1t has already entangled us In one-an un-
written alliance with Great Britain. Since
British diplomacy succeeded in persuading our
administration and our Peace Commissioners
to force Spain to cede 10 US the quickly with
drawing shadow OF its already expelled SOW
ereignty over the Philippines, we have been
compelled to 70 hand in hand with England.
The Republican party now stands for the i'm.
perialistic expansion, and 10 already busy
cultivatng the spirit of miIitaIi.m. The Dem
ocratic party has earnestly, clearly and forci-
bly, pronounced sgainst imperialism and its
resultant evils, for the preservation of the re-
public and the Constitution. The issue is thus
made up, and l consider 1t my plain duty to
help maintain the republic by such efforts as
can make, humble though they are"
General Leonard Wood, Military Governor
of Cuba. Is coming to Washington, this week
TO consult with the administration or 30 much
of it as can be found on duty, about the Con-
stitutional Convention the Cubans are shortly
to hold.
ccSlctaEs heOOt 90 70 vi bntp SVuioieuScs AZ
arranging for II Constitutional Convention.
Gen. Wood and will talk about the districts
to be made in Cuba for the election. We will
discuss the time for holding the election, what
number of delegates should constitute tie
convention and the apportionment of these
delegates among the districts or divisions"
Others say, however, that all thess things
could easily have been arranged without
Gny, dSa IN nofn anAf hn
real reason for his trip is to arrange some
thing which is feared could not be safely
trusted either to the mails or to the wires
whether the administration desires official
pressure to be used to get majority elected
to the Cuban Constitutional Convention, that
Can be depended upon to support q declara-
ton of the Convention in favor Of annexation.
The administration is figuring On legislation
at the coming session of Congress, when the
election will be over. for large increase in
the Regular army. This is not guess. 1t Is
based upon plans now being made by. the
War Department to keep 10000 soldiers in
the Philippines, to do police duty, after July
1, 1901, when the two year laws provide for
regular army of less than 10000 men and of
course, the entire army cannot be kept in the
philippines. Therefore. it is absolutely GER
tain that the present plans OF tue war Depart-
We1t are based upon the expectation that
congress in the legislation for tbs fiscal yer
beginning July l, 1901. will provide for
larger regular army. Men are not likely to
fall over each other In their anxiety to enlist
anywhere else. 30 the next step after increas-
ing the regular army, In the Republican i'm
perial programme. is likely to bea law pro-
vlding for compulsory service therein by our
young men. OF course, that would not worry
those with pull enough to keep their sons out.
but how about the ordinary man who has no
pull?
When Perry Heath was chosen to succeed
Representative Dick, as Secretary of the Re-
publican National Committee. it was simply
changing one Ranna- made man for another.
Heath will resign the position of First Assist
ant Postmaster General, but it will not be as q
punishment for having had hand in giving
Medley a chance to steal Cuban Postal Funds.
In fact Heath knows too much about Hanna's
cam paign methods In 1896, to make 1t safe to
attempt to punish him. even If it were con-
sidered desirable. It'll among the possibilities,
II Hanna can win again, that Heath will be q
member OF Mr.. Mckinley's next Cabinet.