Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-07-20

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Administration Pet-Strens thenins Polite
Fences" in Ohio Great Change in PoIitici
Sentiment Even in Massachus etts-Deme
Gratis May Control the Next House.
From our Regular Correspon lent
WASHINGTON, July IL, 1900.
The issue OF imperialism thrust Tor
ward by the Democratic national plat.
form is already worrying the Republi
cans. The making public OF circu
lar note sent to the great powers by
this government, defining its poll C,
toward China, was intended by the nd
ministration TO counteract the charg,
of Imperialism. While nominally pre-
pared to inform other governments o.
the policy of this government TOWARD
China, that circular note was really
prepared to try to convince the peo
pie OF this country that the Mckinley
administration has no imperial de.
signs against China, and more OF the
same sort OF stuff may be looked for.
Mr. Mckinley knows that the Chinese
question can wait, but that the Presi-
dental question has got to be settled
in November.
The administration has been wob-
bling again. One day il officially an
nOunced that in Difference to the ad-
vice of Gen. Macarthur, no more
troops would be sent from the Philip
pines to China, and the next it or
dered Il regiment of infantry and a
battery of artillery to be sent from
Manila.
Praise for the manner in which the
Democratic platform is written is very
frequently heard, sometimes even
from Republicans. Ex-senator Faux.
ner, of West Virginia, said Of it: al
have never Read better national
platform than that adopted At Kansas
City. 1t is written in plain language,
says exactly what it means and with
out indirectiOn."
Although he has been as harsl,ly
criticized AS any officer in Ouparmy
for various shortcomings, from ,he
time that he was in charge of the con-
structiOn of the big tunnel for the in.
crease OF the water supply of the city
OF Washington, which although con
structed years ago is still being tin
kered with and has never been put to
any practical use, to his more recent
service as military governor of the
city OF Havana, Brigadier General
Ludlow has had pull enough to get
promoted right along and to get the
most desirable assignments. His lat.
est is oneShat any officer in the army
would like to have. He has been or.
dered to Europe for the purpose of
visiting the great military schools to
obtain information to be used in the
establishment of a war college for our
army officers. He was made presi.
dent of the war college board as soon
as he was relieved as military COVER
nor of Havana.
One OF the signs that the Republi.
cans are not so cocksure Of Ohio as
they pretend to be is the announce
ment that Hanna's man Dick has
been made chairman of the State Re.
publican executive committee. That
means that Dick will retire from the
secretaryship OF the Republican Ma
tionsl Committee, which he has held
since the last campaign and which
Carries salary of 5000 a year, while
the position he has accepted in Ohio
has no salary. Who will succeed
Dick as secretary of the National
Committee has not been announced,
but, Of course, it will be some man
thoroughly trained in Hanna methods
OF securing political ends. It would
not cause any surprise in Washington
if Perry Heath resigns as First Assist
ant Postmaster General and succeeds
Dick.
Mr.. Henry Ault, of Boston, now in
Washington, said Of politics in his
State: at Massachusetts was not 60
overwhelmingly Republican it would
60 Democratic this year. The press
and Republican party leaders are in
clined to sheer at the anti-expansion-
lists of the Bay State and to intimate
that they are of no consequences polit.
ically, but when the election returns
are in it will be seen that anti-expan-
sion has more adherenis than it has
been given credit for having. The
question is not looked upon as one Of
purely government policy, as is the
tariff or coinage OF silver, but as one
in which deep principles OF right and
justice are involved. and the people o!
Massachusetts, are not to be laughed
or sneered out of their profound con-
victions."
That the Democratic expectation OF
electing q majority OF the next House
is not a case of rainbow hasing must
become plain 10 any one who will
carefully study the election returns OF
two years ago. With three vacancies,
two in Republican districts aud one
in = Democratic district the Republic
cans only have . majority Of 16 in the
present House and three of them
were seated as the result of contests
from districts, which elected Demo-
Gratis and will do 90 again. There are
twelve Republicans in the present
House who we're elected by pluralities
of less than l,OOO-one from Califor.
MIA with 1l3 plurality one from Hi.
nois with 242, and another from the
same State with SOB; one from Indi.
ana with 252, one from Kentucky
with 10, one from Maryland with l22
and another from the same State with
40; one from Minnesota with 4O3,
one from New Jersey with 1856, one
from Ohio with 406, and two from
West Virginia with respectively 62i
and 1913. II Democrats arc elected
from all these districts and lose none
OF the seats they now hold they will
control the next House. Dem.
An Insane Woman Wanders from Home.