Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-10
WASHINGTON LEI TER.
+ SPECIAL coaREsPo NDENoE OF THE MONITOR. |

! ProS1Q60U MCKINNEY has uOtlu0u CAO
| Governments of the several nations
which acted as our allies in China that
| the u. S. has accom- plished the pur-
pose for which 1t sent troops to Pekin
rescued its minister and other
| American citizens who were in peril
and respectfully ask ed them to state
their future intentions toward China.
| And as hint of what he thinks they
ought to do, he has caused it to be
officially announced that no more
American troops will be sent to China
unless conditions change. That is
diplomacy in plain English-they used
to call it shirt sleeve diplomacy, over
| in Europe-and it is up to the allied
powers to answer as plainly. In order
| that there may be no delay in dealing
with their reply, the President has
given up his visit to the G. A. r. en-
campment in Chicago, which he had
| been looking forward to with pleasure
| for months. 1t is strongly suspected
that several of the governments con-
cerned will not give satisfactory
answers.
Speaking of the renewed democratic
abuse of Senator Hanna, Mr.. j. L.
Atterholt, of Connecticut, said: ''They
tried that four years ago without sue
cess, and it seems almost incredible
that they should repeat the mistake.
If it wouldn't win then, it hasn't
ghost of a show now. In 1896 Hanna
was a new proposition to the vast
majority of voters, and some of the
stories they told about him were
really terrifying. But during the
past four years, the country has had
pretty good chance to become
acquainted with the chairman Of the
republican national committee, and
the people find much in him to
admire. Hanna is not statesman.
Even his warmest admirers do not
credit him with being that but those
who know him well know him to be
brave and honest man, with marvellous
executive ability. His honesty some
times gets him into trouble. He
thinks a thing, and says it, with
out stopping to figure out what
the effect will be. IF certain thing
is so, Hanna cannot see the reason
why all the world should not know it.
In this he is far more honest than
many men who pose as paragons of
political virtue. He is entirely with
out frills Or ornament but is possessed
of m a nv bop1alv virtI1as ),
In his annual report, Pension Com
missioner Evans estimates that the
law enacted at the last session OF con-
gress will add from 100000 to
$4,000, 900 to the annual payment of
pensions, and expresses the opinion
that the coming session of congress
will enact new legislation that will
largely add to the number of pension
ers. There was net increase Of POLO
in the number Of pensioners on the
roll, which was 993, $50 on June last,
but a decrease in the total expendi-
lures of the Office of S83, 417. The
report takes strong ground in favor of
a reform in the rules for those who |
shall be allowed to practice as pension
attorneys and says: "There is no
reason why the reputation Of the pen
sion bar cannot be raised to as high a |
standard as that of any bar in the |
land"
Col o. G. Sabin, who organized the
Silver Knights of America in 1896, and
edited their organ, has deserted Bry-
anism and come out for Mckinley and
Roosevelt. He said of the present |
campaign: GAS to this cry of imperi-
alism, that is all balderdash. It is not
made with sincerity by the democrats
history knows that the republican
party has ever been in favor of those
policies which have a tendency to up
build the country. The only question
upon which I have ever differed with
the republicans was the question of
money, and am satisfied that the
results proved that the leaders of that
party are right, and we who went for
silver are wrong. 1t is source of
qualification and joy to me that thou
sands of old silver men are now COM
ing out in favor of the republican
party, and the standard of money
which that party has established"
The navy department. has awarded
contracts for six Holland submarine
torpedo boats, all to be delivered in
eleven months. These boats are to be
stationed at Boston, New York, Phil
adelphia, in Hampton Roads, San
francisco and in Puget Sound The