The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-27
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

ist, the Emperor OF Germany, not
having a slumping political cam
paign on his hands, has notified
his American imitator that he must
fish, cut bait or get out of the Chi
nese boat. Mr.. Mckinley found
this notification in the shape of
the demand of the German Emperor
that the Chinese officials who insti-
gated the attacks on foreigners shall
be punished before Germany will
participate i'll negotiations with
China, when he paid Washington
one of his periodical visits last week,
and with it was a communication
asking in diplomatic language what
he was going to do about it. There
was hurrying and scurrying, and
with the assistance of some Assist
ant Secretaries and those members
of the cabinet who are not on the
stump or taking things easy away
from their offices, reply to Ger
many'S communication was con-
cocted and sent off. 1t was not
made public, but there is little
doubt that it was a plea for delay
enough to carry the matter beyond
the election. 1t is plain enough
that Germany means to make war
on China, and now that Count
Waldersec, the German COM
mander.in n-Chief, is on the ground,
the Kaiser wants to know whether
Mr.. Mckinley is going 10 help him
or not, and Mr.. Mckinley wants to
find out whether he is going to be
ae-elected before giving a positive
reply. If reelected he may con-
slider that all endorsement of imper-
ialism and conclude to add slice of
China to his imperial domain,
Boss Hanna and his crowd, in
cluding Mr.. Mckinley, have lost
| no opportunity to humiliate Senator
Foraker for several years past, but
last week Mr.. Mckinley sent for
Senator Foraker and begged him
to put his shoulder to the Mckinley
wheel in Ohio. Nothing could tell
the story of Mr.. McKinley's fright
III palmer terms.
Major Daniel O'Driscoll, who
was, previous to this Administra-
ton, an ardent Republican, was one
Of the speakers at a meeting held
under the auspices Of the Central
Bryan and Stevenson Club, last
week. He said Before the Re-
publican party became the party of
conquest and Imperialism it stood
for all that any patriotic American
could wish for, but since it had at
its head such men as President Nc
Kinley and Senator Hanna not only
are the old men turning away but
they are followed by the young
men. A party that will not keep
promises is not party to tie to, AS
sample of these non-kept promises
we have but to point to the natives
Of Porto Rico. Do you wonder that
those Porto Ricans sigh for the re-
turn of the Spanish rule? don't"
Democrats around the Congress
sional Committee Headquarters are
delighted with that Chicago speech
Of Boss Hanna, in which he so far
lost his head as to say Il believe
that there is not trust in the entire
U. S." They believe that this
assertion Oil the part OF Hanna will
be worth many thousands of votes
to Bryan and Stevenson and the
Democratic candidates for Congress,
because it is SO manifestly false that
it will disgust intelligent men who
have heretofore voted the Republi-
can ticket. To say that there isn't
trust in the U. S. when there isn't
family in the country which
doesn't know and feel by the surest
test, increase in its living expenses,
of the existence of numerous trusts,
is as ridiculous as to say that black
is white. The Republican platform
recognized the existence of trusts,
as did the letters Of acceptance of
Mr. Mckinley and Mr.. Roosevelt,
but Hanna says there are no trusts.
After making such an assertion,
Mr.. Hanna cannot expect the peo-
pie to believe anything he says
about other issues Of the campaign.
If Hanna can only be kept talking
in that strain, the election of Bryan
and Stevenson can be made unan-
imous. Mr.. Mckinley is being
urged by many to try to muzzle
Hanna.
Representative Fitzpatrick, of
KY, who was in Washington this
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