The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-10-03
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our O.rn Correspondent.

The United States soldiers have been
ordered withdrawn from Pekin, lcay-
ing only legation guard, and aban-
doning the native Christians to their
fate. This is, of course, oil right,
from Democratic standpoint. If the
United States is not at war with China,
it's soldiers ought to be withdrawn as
soon as possible after they accomplish
ed their mission of rescuing tho minis
ters. IL the United States is at war
with Chinn Congress ought to be
called in session to. consider the
question. In inner circles here,
however, it is positively asserted, that
the orders for withdrawal are not
genuine and that, as soon as the cleo
ton Is over, the President will show
his teeth without fear of consequences.
Meanwhile, he avoids giving additional
force to the charge of imperialism, and
gains time to send battleships around
to the Orient. 1t is said that almost
Immediately after the election, the
United States will formulate an ulti-
matum and force China to comply with
Ou1 uOuuuuuSs "A AiSu OlnCldL VI lIlt3
the local press: "a proper interval OF
time will be allowed in which the En-
peror of China may show his good faith
by vigorously Furnishing. the criminals.
If the Emperor fails to do this as fully
and as completely as America should
do it herself, peremptOry demand
will be made upon him by the United
States ENJOYS. accompanied by the
designation rsaord. Of the whom
mand is ignored, final nitimatum Will vii
be presented to the same effect. If the
ultimatum is ignored, then war upon
ChiDa." Germany apparently proposes
to go to war with the Chinese empire
unless the Boxer leaders are punished
in advance of the peace negotiations.
This "high official Of the Government"
who outlines our policy, declares that
the United States will make war upon
concluded if the Boxer .eaders are not
dealt with according to their deserts.
If this actually be the situation, there
seems, so far as results may be con-
cerned, little difference between Ger
our "peace loving" President has has
moved a long way since March 4, 1907.
Senator Hanna has formulated tie
charge that Mr. Bryan has promised
his cabinet places in the event of his
election. Mr.. Bryan has denied this
and the only interest that remains in
the subject concerns itself with Mr..
Hanna's cheek in charging it. Anyone
might suppose from this that it was not
Senator Hanna but some other man
who promised everything four years
ago, especially in the South, where the
Republican leaders were consulted.
and where they apportioned the Fed
eral offices among themselves even be-
everything of value in the way of
Federal offices was mortgaged by
Hanna long before he was able to
deliver the goods. Without this, Nc
Kinley would never have been even
nominated.
No one here justifies the attack on
Colonel Roosevelt in Colorado, but it
is at least true that it was no worse
than Col. Roosevelt's attack on the
men! who attacked him. Democrats"
he shouted ut st. Paul, "stand for law
and diskonor, for license at home and
for cowardly shrinking from duty
abroad And he expected his audien-
ces, in a State that voted eight to one
for Bryan in 1895, to receive him in tho
most friendly fashion. It is not sur
prising that they failed to do so. Col.
Roosevelt has also gotten himself into
trouble by his unfounded charges Of
cOwardice against the negro soldiers of
own regiment from being decimated at
Santiago. In his magazine account of
this battle, Col. Roosevelt wrote:
"None Of the white regulars of Rough
Riders showed the slightest sign of
weakening, but under the strain the
col0red infantrymen (who had none of
their 0fficers) began to get little
uneasy and to drift to the rear, either
helping wounded men or saying that
they "wished to find their own regi-
mcnts." SO the doughty Colonel drew
to stay in line. Recently one of. their
white officers, who was present and
held the hill after Col. Roosevelt left
1t, retOrted, absolutely denying the
C0l0nel's charges. It was unnecessary.
however. The country knows that the
negro soldier, whatever his other draw
backs. is not q coward.
A very cunning scheme of Senator
Hannas to prevent the drummers of
influence for Bryan this fall, has been
discovered: Through his instrument
tality, all the big trusts-which he says
do not exist-have been induced to
send letters to 6n drummers whose ad-
dresses they can learn, asking them
whether they can accept good job "in
case Mckinley be selected" Mr.. Hanna
suggested, it is said, that the trusts
could so couch their letters that they
would bind them to nothing, and
would yet probably induce some Of the
drummers who were thrown out of
work by trust consolidations to vote
for and support MCKinley in the hpne