Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June 70, 1900.

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mendation he is receiving from all
quarters for his promptness in Or
dering troops to China to join with
those of other civilized nations in
protecting the persons and property
of foreigners. Neither this gov
ernment nor any European govern
ment considers itself at war with
China, but the Chinese government
having failed to protect foreigners
from the boxers" the civilized
governments are going to do it
themselves. Ii Hung Chang has
cabled to Secretary Hay, promising
to restore peace and to see that all
foreigners are protected, and the
Chinese Minister to the e. S. has
received cablegram saying that
all the foreign ministers at Pellin
are safe and well, but all that has
not stopped any of the preparations
for sending reinforcements to China
from the Philippines just as quick
as they can be gotten there. The
Chinese Minister insists that there
can be no war between China and
the civilized nations, and that his
government has not sanctioned any
of the fighting. All that he says
may be strictly true, but the fact
remains that there has been fight
ing and that it is still going on, and
that one side is made up of soldiers
and marines belonging to the civil
lied nations, and the other side of
Chinese. The question Of the re-
sponsibility of the Chinese govern
ment may be determined later, but
the first and foremost duty of the
civilized powers is to put stop to
the fighting by whipping the Chin
ese fighters into submission, and
President Mckinley intends that
the L. S. shall do its full share of
that duty.
Director Merriam, of the Census
Bureau, has given the press a state
ment intended as an answer to
thousands of letters asking for fig
ures shown by the Census in vari-
Gus localities. BY showing the
routine through which the returns
from each enumerator's district
must go, the heimpossibility of giving
the information at this time was
made apparent. AS fast as the Of
fetal count is completed the totals
will be bulletined at the census
bureau, cities being taken first.
Notice has also been given that there
will be no more examinations for
appointment to clerical positions in
the bureau, the eligible list already
containing many more than will
ever receive appointments.
The Treasury Department has
issued a circular creating Porto
Rico, a Customs Collection District,
with San Juan as the port Of entry,
and Ponce, Mayaguez, Arecibo,
Aguadilla, Humacao, Arroyo, and
Fajardo as supports, under the law
enacted at the late session of Con-
gress.
Secretary Gage, who has been
i'll for a couple of weeks has gone
to the sea shore for a short rest by
the order of his physicians. There
is nothing serious the matter with
him, only little run down.
Secretary Root has gone to his
summer home on Long Island, to
spend a few days with his family,
which is of itself an indication that
there are no complications at the
War Department in connection
with the Chinese insurrection.
Judge Denny, a prominent Ken
lucky Republican, who firmly be-
lieves that the electoral vote of that
state will be cast for Mckinley and
Roosevelt, who came through
Washington on his way from the
convention, said Of that remarkable
gathering: II have been going to
National Conventions for 30 years,
but | have never seen such con-
vention as that at Philadelphia,
and | never expect to see another
such. ! mean that I never before
seen both men named on the ticket
by acclamation."
Mr.. Henry G. Adams, one Of the
Republican leaders of Indiana, as
sured President Mckinley that In
diana was one of the sure Republi-
can states this year, and that the
majority would be quite as large,
if not larger than it was in '96.
One OF the most enthusiastic men
who has been in Washington since
the Republican convention wasMr.
G. Leland, Jr., a member Of the
Kansas delegation. He says that
President Mckinley would have
carried Kansas no matter who had
been put on the ticket with him.