La Junta tribune., 1900-09-15
WHAT ne STANDS FOR.

l " heSlew OF Revtews Tor september.
WHAT hE STANDS FOR.
McKinley's Policy in China and BFy-
ans Paramount Issue"
Especial Correspondence
Washington. Sept. S-Everybody Is
| talking about Mckinley's mastery
diplomacy. Of course here In Wash
| ington people have hnd an opportunity
! to observe closely everything that Is
| going on. and are perfectly aware that
| the difficult Chinese probiem has been
handled by the President In a most
skillful manner But IL Is not only
here that this sort OF talk Is heard. for
people all over the country are evil
IDENTIFY gratiiej that our President has
| takcn the lead in every diplomatic
move relating to China and that he
has met every problem in a most skill
| ful manner. and has placed Washing
ton In the lead in matters relating TO
| world events. ON a train the other
day, In the smoking car, there was
general discussion OF the Chinese sit
uation. when some man broke loose in
about this fashion: -You can all say
what you please about this Chinese
situation. and what has been done. but
tell you right now that the people
that l have talked with are mighty
well pleased with the way President
Mckinley has handled the situation.
He has been right there at heme IN
Canton most of the time, handling
these questions for himself. He has
met every slrewd Chinese move with
a counter reply that has received the
rf.r .ft,l-
in this country. and has started the
tongues OF the diplomatic world wag-
ging about his ability in a trying dt-
uation. You can all talk rs much as
you please about this man or that
man. but everybody knows that Nc
Kinley has done the right thing. and
that he is the right kind of n man To
trust with any difficult situation that
may come up. II there was not an
other thing to his credit. the manner
In which lie has handled this Chinese
problem ought To re-elect him to the
presidency"
I found. upon inquiry. that this man
was not politician Mt all. but plain
business man. who looked at things
from a practical standpoint. and who
Judged things on their merits. Now
there are great mnny men going
huOut tue tuthhk Ia hAiib POit
OF way. and they are not doing II as
politicians. but as American citizens,
with n pride In their country. One
good thing about 1t il TINT such state
ments as these cannot be denied. There
were two or three Democrats In the
party. and they could not gninsay a
single utterance that the gentleman
made regarding the splendid achieve
ments OF the Mckinley administra-
tion In this dealing with the Chinese
problem.
Some Democrats who. In their anx-
iety to say something against the nd
mInistrnti0n. have endeavOred to crit
icise the action OF the President in
sending troops to rescue the American
minister and the American citizens I'M
prisoned In the Chinese capital as ''im-
perialism.- But such utterances have
proven 80 unpopular that nearly every
man that has said anything on that
line has had TO explain. One of the
most recent explanations OF that kind
came from l.. W. Habercrom. who evil
IDENTIFY talked too much nt the recent
Indianapolis gathering. When he got
back to Washington Habercrom had to
explain and attempted to modify his
statement. The modification amounted
to about thir: ut was right to send
troops to the rescue Of the American
citizens. but 1t was wrong for Nc
Klnley to do It."
There are few chronic kickers who
insisted that before anything was done
or before the troops were sent, or now
that the troops are there. awaiting the
pacifcatIon Of China. so that negotia.
tons can go forward for settlement
that Congress should be called into
session. They want something Of that
sort to plunge the country into a state
Of uncertainty and trepidation. Now
no one wants war with China. and
barring a very few persons. no one
wants Congress In session. More than
that. the satisfaction with which every
act Of the President II viewed II q
guarantee that he has taken the right
course, and that his position VIII be
indOrsed. This talk atout getting Con-
gress In session in order to raise an
army IL one Of the most absurd propo-
sitions that the Democrats have ad-
vanced. 1t would take months to
raise q volunteer army after II was au-
thorixevi by Congress. and everything.
20 far has shown that the raising OF
such an army II absolutely unneces-
sary. One OF the brightest pages in the
history OF this administration will he
the manner In which It has dealt with
the difficult Chinese situation.
Curbstone political arguments are Oft
entimes Improbable. hut at the same
time gems OF thought sometimes are
heard in these same discussions that
are well worth recording and setting
before the American people. ..Tell me
what Bryan stands forr' heard I man
In an outside town say to Bryanite
who was trying to make some impress
si0n upon nulAll crowd who were
listening. 1t y needless to ny the.
question WAS not answered. for any
stntement ~ to what the Democratic
candidate stands for II almost sure to
be misleading. and promptly denied by