La Junta tribune., 1900-09-22
WASHINGTON LETTER
Has Bryan Decided To Abandon the
silver States.
Especial CorrcspondenceJ

Washington. Sept. 1o.-Army officers.
old soldiers, foreigners aud, in fact,
everybody who examines the situation
cannot understand thes desire eyinced
oil the part of certain people 10 trail
the United States flag in the dust, and
TO do everything they can to discredit
our administration at home and abroad.
The men who would play politics In
the Chinese situation when the admin
istration Is doin. its very best 10 main
tain the honor and dignity OF our coun-
try to keep the nag unsullied, are the
worst possible hypocrltes or else they
are decidedly nnpatriotic.
When Cleveland delivered his famous
ultimatum In regard to the Venezuelan
boundary dispute. there WIS not a
voice raised In this country against
him. No one injected partisan politics
into that foreign embroglio. The fact
is the Democrats are trying To mix the
Chinese situation with the Philippine
situation, and couple both together to
Great an ''imperialis,ic bugaboo'' for
the purpose OF frightening voters into
the Democratic camp. The probabili-
ties are that 1t will I've found that
American citizens are proof against
any such petty deceit. and that they
Will not only remain pure patriots but
Will look after their best interests In
supporting the Republican party and
maintaining the prosperity which that
party has brought To the country.
Recent Developments In the Philip
pines Will go far towards dlscreditIng
the Brynn campaign. Captured CORE
spondence found on the persons OF
men high in the confidence OF the Ia
gals and their lenders. which Is made
public from time to time by the War
Department shows conclnsicely that
thoes Filipinos who are being paraded
as patriots of the George Washington
stripe are band Of cut-throats and
murdercrs. II has been shown that
they would enter the city OF Manila
and burn down the town and destroy
not only American but foreign proper
ty. and do this for the purpose of max
Ing II appear that the United States
government cannot protect the lives
and property Of all people there Sew
eral attacks have been planned which
take the form and nature of n massa.
Gre and which resemble more the plans
of band OF sayages. rather than of
men supposed to be organized soldiers.
fighting for their liberty Loot. not
liberty. Is what the AguTnaldists de-
mand; anarchy. not government:
blood and butchery instead of peace
and prosperity.
General Charles H. Grosvenor OF
Ohio has way of getting under the
hides OF humbugs better than almost
any other man In public life. 1t is In
teresting to note how he punctnred
the Winding from Cumberland" ns
Senator wellington II now being called.
He made Wellington very angry. and
all that he could do was to call Gros-
venor "an old fool and an ass or
course everyone understands that call
Ing names is not argument yelling
ton then goes on and Indulgps In abuse
OF President Mckinley. and In his Ne
cnliariy Wellingtonian style. chal-
lcnges the President 10 refnte certain
statements that he hns made. lust as
II the President Of the United States
could descend TO handy words with a
politician who has left the Republican
party because he was dissati with
the patronage. One of the amazing
things about Wellington In how he
ever came to the front 1t can only be
explained from the fact that when the
Republicans threw on the Democratic
yoke In Maryland. they took mn the
first man that came to the surface in
that work. and this was Wellington.
wellington disagreed with the Rcpub-
lican governor OF Maryland and con.
stribnted HIS mite towards defeating the
candidate last fall. because the gov
ernor would not be absolutely con-
trOlled In HIS appointments by wei.
lin9ton's dictntion.
There Is suspicion gaining ground
that Bryan has abandoned the states
which were for long time known M
the silver states. This is very ungrate-