Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
IfT0n our heguIaI Oufr6spOHueIUsl
WASHINGTON. June IS, 100

WASHINGTON, June 10, lSUU.
Mr.. Mckinley must have doubts of the
ability of Hanna to carry out the program
in Philadelphia, which no has O. KID.
That is the only explanation OF the very
bad taste be has shown in sending two
members of the Cabinet-Secretary Root
and Postmaster General Smith-to Phlla-
delphia, to help Hanna manipulate the
Republican Convention Smith carried the
platform, which he wrote under orders
from Mr. Mckinley and Hanna, that Will
he adopted by the Convention, and Roots
special business is to see that Boss Piatt
doesn't get in his threatened monkey
business with the Vice Presidential portion
OF the Hanna Mckinley program.
Ii we haven't sufficient number OF
troops in the Philippines to keep the
Filipinos in subsection, how are we going
to be able TO send lot of them to China
to help the Europeans whip the Chinese
boxers into subiection That is the
problem which now confronts Mr.. McKin-
ley and his Cabinet. And after this
government helps the European govern
ment knock out the boxers and set up
new Chinese government, what will come
next? That is the problem which may. in
the very near future confront the American
people Are we ready to assume any new
responsibilities for the government of more
Asiatics Have we not already more of
that sort of thing than is desirable ?
He is a very gullible chap indeed, who
will be convinced by the number of
national banks organized under the ngle
gold standard law, enacted by the Republic
can Congress, that the new law is good
thing But that seems to be the Republic
can idea. Periodically since the law went
into effect, Comptroller Dawes has given
the press q statement showing the number
of banks, etc. The last says that 1862
applications have been made, and 159
authorized to organize, with a total capital
of SIS. $4,000, and that the increase in
National bank mole circulation has been
S5I 997. 80. A careful and correct state
ment of the condition of these new banks
year or two from now will be much more
important than the figures now given out.
The administration was greatly chagrin-
ned by the indifference OF the people OF
Washington towards Gen. E. S. Otis, and
took special pains to add attractions to the
reception given him by the people OF
Rochester, New YORK, his home city.
Secretary Long sent the full Marine Band,
at public expense, and Secretary Root,
virtually ordered Gen. Joe Wheeler. now
an unassigned Brigadier General in the
regular army, to 90 to Rochester to help
add enthusiasm to the occasion. Mr..
Mckinley has been made to realize, by the
indifference of the public toward Gen.
Otis, how unpopular his Philippine policy
is with the people, and with the realization
has come alarm. He knows that the
people know the responsibility for putting
Otis in command in the Philippines. and
keeping him in command after his unfit
ness for the position had been shown up,
belongs to Mr.. Mckinley, and he fears
that the people will be as Indifferent
towards him on election day as they have
shown themselves to be towards Otis now.
The spectre of doubt has become Mr..
McKinley's constant companion.
Senior Nicholas RiVero, editor of one OF
the leading Havana papers, who has been
in Washington few days, thinks there
has been wrong doing in other branches of
the Cuban Government as well as in the
post Office branch. He gave the Senate
Committee a pointer that should not be
overlooked when he said II wish we could
have thorough investigation of the
expenditures of money on sanitary and
tQklHc6IiBE HOlkc. OuCu al AufCctikAtlOb
might reveal some interesting facts. The
reports of fraud in connection with these
works are very persistent in Havana, and
investigation might show that great deal
of Cuban money has been improperly ex-
pended"
Admiral Dewey has found out that he
was never in the raining as a candidate
for President, and has scratched his name
off the entries to the race. In reply to
direct question as TO whether he would
accept the nomination for Vice President,
on the Bryan ticket, the Admiral said Il
have meyer contemplated being a candidate
for Vice President. l am not candidate
for nomination to that Office, and would
not accept the nomination if it were offered
to me. That is plain English"
The Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee is sending out a list of trust
controlled goods. which have been, as
result raised in price; also a table showing
that the farmers of the country are paying
One-third more for everything they con-
sumo, than they were paying when the
Republican administration assumed power
while they have lost since March 4, 1897,
by the decline of prices in farm products,
the enormous sum of 100000 600.