The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.


of the longest headed men in his par
ty including the u S. minister to
China, to take advantage of the
opportunity to withdraw our
troops from China, now that the
American citizens who were in peril
are safe, and leave those nations
which are hungry for Chinese terri
tory to settle the squabble among
themselves, he has declined to do
so. Several days ago, when it WIS
announced that all the troops now
on the way TO China would be sent
to Manila, it was thought that he
intended to follow that advice; but
within forty-eight hours it has been
officially announced that the troops
in China would be kept there, and
since then, the significant announce
ment was made that the troops
which would go to Manila would
not go to take the place OF volun-
tiers to be sent home, but to rein
force them, and that no troops are
to be sent home until further notice
If that doesn't indicate an intention
ON the part of MIR. Mckinley, to
play a further hand in the Chinese
game, what does it indicate?
Now that it has been announced
that ex-senator German, now at
Saratoga, will return to Maryland
about the middle of September and
take an active part in the campaign
until election day, those republicans
who have been actively circulating
stories of his lukewarmness towards
Bryan and Stevenson must feel that
they are very clumsy liars. 1t has
HSNSt DSSH uOuDleu III washing toH
that Mr.. German would do his full
duty toward the party that has
honored him in the past and that
is likely to honor him in the future.
Evidence continues to multiply
showing that Illinois will be fonnd
in the democratic column this year.
After expressing his opinion to
that effect, Mr. W. II. Broad, OF
Chicago, said There are number
OF reasons for believing this, but |
am convinced that opposition to
imperialism will have a greater in
huence in the undoing of the repub-
leans than any oil the other issues.
There is big German vote in Hi
nois, especially in Chicago. and the
Germans, almost to a man, are OPP
posed to the imperialistic policy Of
the present administration There
is also very bitter factional fight
among Illinois republicans, and al
though it doesn't come much to tbs
surface, the feeling is so strong that
it will be impossible for them to
make progressive and harmonious
campaign in the state. Opposition
to the trusts will also lose the repub-
lican ticket good many votes, and
with the labor troubles in Chicago
and all the suffering that has result
ed from them, the republican orators
will find it difficult to convince the
workingmen there that the country
is blessed with an ver-abundauee of
prosperity"
That the democratic leaders are
thoroughly posted on what the re-
publicans are doing and are meet
ing every republican move, is made
apparent by the following remarks
OF one OF them: against the pros
perity statistics which are being
manufactured by the Census Bureau,
we will place some hard facts which
indicate that many classes of men
who have to depend on their labor
tor living are not prosperous
Take Tor instance the anthracite
coal miners. The coal trust has cut
down the number of work DAYS so
that miners are expected to live on
three days work a week This
means that they can barely exist.
In New England. some of the cotton
mills are shut down and others are
running on halt time. The silk mills
of New Jersey are running on short
time, and one of the big silk manu-
featuring companies has, within the
last week, gone into bankruptcy |
We are looking for the scare which
the republicans have intimated they |
will give the country, that attention
may be called to the money question. |
l may come at any time, and the
small volume of trading in Wall
street indicates fear there that
money squeeze may be impending
When the West begins the moving