The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-28
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ington.
w ASHINGTON,

Sept. "a, 1900.

w HClH HCl MI. IhChlulCl part
nerShip with LII Hung Chang is
to be permanent or is merely to
be used to try to postpone the
action of the other powers in
China, until after the election, is
Il question of much int crest Just
now 1t is significant that just
before the administration decided
to practically sever its connec
tion with the allied powers in
China, Mr.. Mckinley had a
long private conference with
En- Secretary of State, John W.
Foster, who was Iii Hung
Chang'S attorney and adviser
when that shifty and crafty chap
was negotiating for peace with
Japan and who is believed to be
acting in the anne capacity now.
Mr.. McKinley's decision that the
American troops should, with the
exception of a heavy legation
guard, be at onCe Withdrawn
from China, had Il double pur
pose. 1t was concession to
( that portion of public opinion
which mad been asking why they
were not withdrawn ever since
Pekin was taken and all the
4 American citizens were out OF
danger, aud at the same time
gave the administration about
1000 soldiers who can he sent to
the Philippines, where the war
is again raging, Notwithstanding
administration assertions that Is
was over many months ago. The
/ partnership with Ii Hung Chang
crops Uut Ill that portion OF the
diplomatic note TO the powers
which informs them that the
United States Minister to China
has been instructed to arrange
the prelmlnarieS for opening ne.
I gotiatiUns With Iii.
EX Senator Quay came to
/ Washington several days ago for
the purpose OF holding confer
enceS with some OF his lieuJcn.
ants and doing some figuring ON
his chance for controlling the
Legislature and getting back TO
the Senate. The fact that Mr..
/ Quay came to Washington 20 hold
these conferences iii his own
house indicates a fear of treach
cry in Pennsylvania on his part.
Among those who participated in
the conferences We're Senator
PenroSe, Chairman Reeder, of the
Republican State Comhitter;
Representatives Bingham and
Young, and Insurance Commits
Sloner Durham. Mir. Quay re,
fused even to say whether he eX
pecteG to get back to the Senate,
which indicates that he doubts,
as he has heretofore pretended to
regard his election to the Senate
as a matter Of course.
The extent Of Mr.. McKinley'S
control Of Mr.. Hanna will be
shown 10y Hanna's future con.
duct. MIR. Mckinley left Wash
ington last week fully deter
mined to stop Hanna's speech
making, having been convinced
that it was making Bryan votes
by the thousand all over the
country. Since then, Mr.. Hanna
has spent a day with Mr.. Me
Kinley in Canton. If Hanna
makes no more speeches, it will
show that Mr.. Mckinley retains
some say i'll the conduct of the
Republican campaign; If Hanna
continues to make speeches, it
will show that he is the supreme
boss of the whole Republican out
fit, including Mr.. Mckinley.
Hon. Dominick |. Murphy, Tx.
Commissioner of Pensions, paint
ed this picture of Mark Hanna
and of his methods: "Y o n
never hear of him prating of his
reliance on Divine Providence to
carry his party through the elec-
tion. He is the type of the buc.
cancer and the free booter in pol
itics. He bluntly puts it that
money is the essential thing. In
this campaign let us hope and
pray that Mr.. Hanna and his fel-
low manipulatOrs all spend their
money in vain, but let us do
more than hope and pray; let us
work from this time on until the
polls have closed on election day,
for you know that Heaven helps
those that help Themselves OF
the Republican propensity to
ring the changes on our having
become a world power through
the Philippine policy Of this ad-
midistration, Mr., Murphy said:
"We became a world power more .
than hundred years ago, when .
we issued the Declaration Of In
dependenc, and as long as we up /
hold that declaration aud stick .
by the Constitution, we will con
tinue to be world power. The
American people will never con
sent to policy that makes the
gatIing gun, and not the school