The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-13
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Sept. 10, IL

Mr.. Mckinley is still in Wash
ington, but instead of devoting his
time to Chinese matters-he has
reason to think that there will be
no withdrawal of allied troops from
Pekin for many months and that
the settlement of the matter will
not be until long after the election
he is hard at work studying up
schemes to help his waning politi-
cal fortunes and to head off the
stampede of republicans to Bryan,
which confidential reports have
caused him to fear. He will send
four members of the cabinet on the
stump. Postmaster General Smith
has already gone to Maine and from
there will go on an extended speak
ing tour, including w. Va, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and any
other states where there is demand
for his services. Secretary Wilson
will stump in agricultural sections.
Attorney General Griggs will not
make long trip, but will speak
wherever Hanna desires, and Secre-
tary Root will make few speech
es, mostly in the big cities. Mr..
McKinley's personal task is to try
to answer in his letter Of acceptance
some of the broadsides fred at the
administration by Col. Bryan in his
speeches, and he recognizes that it
is a difficult one. Secretary Gage
is not a speaker, but he was ordered
to write the answer to the recent
letter of Hon. Carl Schurz, which
tore up Mr.. Cages recent attempt
to create financial scare so effect
lively, and as soon as he finished
the task he went away for months
vacation. The contents Of Mr..
Cages letter may be summed up as
what | say first, ! say last.
Senator Blackburn spent several
days in Washington last week. He
has no doubts OF the result in Ken
tucky. He said Of Democratic pros
poets "Mr. Bryan will carry the
State by a large majority. Mr..
Beckman will also be elected.
There is already movement on
foot to food Kentucky in November
with U. S. Deputy Marshals. 1t
has been talked over by the Repub-
licans and the plan will be carried
out. We have but one U. S. dis
trict in Kentucky, and Judge Evans
presides over the court. He and l
have long been personal friends,
We served together in the State
Legislature, and there has never
been anything to mar the pleasant
social relations between us. But
in politics Judge Evans is a bitter
and narrow partisan. The law al
lowing deputy marshals at the polls
was repealed eight years ago, but
last year Judge Evans claimed
authority for appointing them, and
he will do SO again this year"
1t is stated that the Cabinet con-
sidered the horrible stories of loot
ing and murder in China by the
Russian and French sections of the
allied army, sent by the Associated
Press, and published all over the
U. S. last week, and decided to do
nothing, because the matter did not
concern the L. S. If that decision
was actually made, Mr.. Mckinley
and his advisers have made another
serious mistake. This Government
has made itself an equal partner
with the other powers which have
troops in China and the improper
acts of the troops ofany one of those
powers does very seriously concern
the U. S., as Mr.. Mckinley will
learn when the people are heard
from. The proper thing for this
Government to do is to ascertain
officially whether those stories of
horrible barbarities, which would