Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-07-10
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

| WASdINGTON, July ., 1SOO-
President Mckinley will probably
either return to Washington or send
for the members of the cabinet
to come to Canton should official
advices confirm the apparently
trustworthy press dispatches saying
that every foreigner in Pekin, iDclud-
ing the American minister and mis-
sionaries, had been murdered, in
order to consider and decide what
further steps this government shall
take in China. Up to this time the
policy of this government has been
simply to protect Americans and
American interests, but if our people
have been butchered in Pekin, it
matters not whether it was done by
the acquiescence of the Chinese gov.
eminent CT against its will by lnsur-
rectionists who have usurped the
powers OF that government, the
American people will demand a
speedy reckoning with the Chinese.
and President Mckinley will see that
they get it.
Many Democrats are. openly ex-
pressing disgust, not only for the fail
ure OF ex-senator Hill to secure
modification of the silver plank of
the Kansas City platform, but for
the dlsgraceful exhibition of peanut
politics given in Kansas City by Hill
and Croker in their efforts to get
even with each other. If this feeling
exists to the same extent elsewhere
as in Washington, the Kansas City
ticket will certainly receive the most
crushing defeat ever administered in
| this country.
Major Thomas FL Barry, assistant
adlutant-general, who served as chief
| OF staff under General Otis, and who
was recently appointed brigadier-
| general of volunteers. has been as
signed to duty as chief of staff under
Major General Macarthur, at the
lattsr's request, and this week left
Washington for Manila.
Representative Spaldipg. of North
Dakota, passed through Washington
this week. He said of the outlook
in his state: 1--WE had expected to
roll up a plurality for Mckinley
and Roosevelt of something like
Is, 900, but the wheat crop is going
to be practically a failure ard the Re
publican pularlity will be less han it
would have been had the harvest
been abundant. The crop will be the
poorest in the history Of the state
and hard times among the farmers
| will be the result, and hard times
| means more Democratic votes"
Mr.. E. Oldsndoff, Of Buenos Ayres,
| whose father was a prominent mem
Der of the government of Argentine,
is paying this country a business
visit and incidentlly doing some
where. He thus disposed OF a story
which is periodically sprung upon
the public by the yellow press: II
understand that you have heard up
here that there is hostile feeling
against the United States among the
South American republics, it being
alleged that they fear you will let
| your expansion enthusiasm lead
you to gobble them up That is ali
| bosh. The South American republics
| look to the United States much as q
small boy looks to his big brother.
They are not afraid of your harmipg
them. and they know you will keep
other big boys off,"
Mr.. G. A. Barnes, a well-known
business man, stopped in Washing.
ton long enough to say: "Busi-
ness in Ohio could not be bet.
ter. We are having all the pros
perity that was promised to US. and
can't believe the people of the
country will fail to give the Repub.
lican party credit for the redemption
OF it's promises"
Secretary Root is arranging to
withdraw regular troops from Cuba
and Porto Rico and send them to
the Philippines, as it is the fixed
purpose of the administration to
bring the 10000 volunteers in the
Philippines home long before the
expiration of their terms OF
service. This plan was contem-
plated long before the situation in
China was regarded as dangerous,
but the Chinese situation has
caused it to be expedited. No one
can tell how soon it may become alb
solutely necessary for us to have a
large force in China to protect
American interests.
muCtl SEallIlCdtlOu was cApIOSoOo
in Washington, in both official and
unofficial circles, over the news that
the battleship Oregon was safe and
on the way to Nagasaki, Japan, to
be locked and have the hole in her
bottom repaired, and many kind
words are being said of the govern
ment of Japan for it's promptness in
placing the warship that is accom-
panying the Oregon and the dry dock
at Nagasaki at our disposal. Russia
was equally courteous in offering the
use Of it's dry dock at Port Arthur,
but its offer had to be declined be.
cause the Port Arthur dock was a
little too small to accommodate the
Oregon. That sort of courtesy is
what cements the friendship of peo-
pies.