The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. July IS, 10

from Minister Conger, and he has
little hope that Mr.. Conger or any of
the other foreigners who were in Pc
kin will ever be heard from again, al
though he made formal demand
upon the Chinese government
through the Chinese Minister, to for
ward a cablegram to Minister Conger
and to allow him to answer it. That
was done more with the hope that it
might induce the Chinese authori-
ties to tell the fate of Minister Con-
ger and the other foreigners in Pekin
than anything else. Secretary Long
is the one member of the Cabinet who
still strongly believes that our minis
ter is safe. There is no official news
from Pekin but the unofficial news
from number of sources all tends to
destroy hope of the safety of the for
eigners, and official news from other
parts of China indicates that the anti
foreign sentiment is spreading and
that there is danger for foreigners in
all sections of the empire. And ad-
ded to this disquieting news are ru-
mors that disagreements among the
officers of the allied forces which are
being gathered at Taku are prevent
ing anything being done towards
chastising the Chinese. Officials do
not accept those rumors as true.
Secretary Root who is deeply inter
ested in the future of Cuba, said on
the subject: my own experience in
Cuba leads me to believe that the de-
sire for independence is both strong
and general among the people. l do
not think they want annexation, even
supposing that we want them. Under
the Congressional declaration, we
are in honor bound to give them in
dependence first. If, subsequently,
they wish annexation, that is a mat
ter for them to determine. But it
should be determined when they are
in a position absolutely independent
of US. Even then it is a case where it
takes two to make a bargain Gen.
Wood is now on his way to Washing
ton to consult with Secretary Root
about the preliminaries for the Cuban
Constitutional Convention, soon to
be held.
Mr.. De Weston we'll known Ken
tuckian, now in Washington, said of
politics in his state: 1.-The Democrats
will not carry Kentucky this year.
voted for Bryan four years ago, but
have seen the mistake and am willing
TO admit it. The Goebel law was a
disgraceful measure, and Mr.. Bryan
came to our state supporting it and its
adherents. He will find that his at
titude in that campaign has lost him
many of the votes that otherwise
might have been his. You can place
kentucky among the Republican
states this year.
The announcement that Perry
Heath, First Assistant Postmaster
General, has been chosen Secretary
of the Republican National Commit
tee, to succeed Representative Dick.
who resigned i'll order to devote his
whole time to the management of the
Ohio campaign, created no surprise
in Washington. Mr.. Heath was
prominently connected with the last
campaign as manager of the National
Committees literary bureau, and it
has been assumed from the first that
Senator Hanna would wish to again
utilize his ability and experience in
the work of the Committee. Mr..
Heath, will, of course, resign his pres
ent position.
That President Mckinley has no
immediate intention of returning to
Washington was shown by his tele-
graphing to Gov. Allen, of Porto Rico,
who came to Washington last week,
to make d personal report, to come to
Canton. Gov. Allen says things are
rounding up in good shape in Porto
Rico and that the island has splen-
did future. After his conference with
the President, Gov. Allen will go to
his old home in Massachusetts, to
spend few days with his family. He
expects to return to Porto Rico about
August list.
General Grosvenor, of Ohio, who
passed through Washington on fly
ing trip to Europe to get little rest
before taking up campaign work, ex-
pressed the belief that Minister Con
ger and all the other foreigners in Pc
kin were dead. He thinks if they
were still living, they would, even if
in prison have found some way of
getting word of their condition to the
outside world. The same views are
generally expressed in Washington.
Washington was shocked by the
sudden death of Senator Gear, of
Iowa. Friday evening he was with
Secretary Wilson until bedtime and
expressed himself as feeling as well as
he ever did in his life and completed
his arrangements to start for Iowa