The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. DC. July Q. 10!


with General Miles and his fellow
members of the Cabinet has issued
the necessary orders to start more
than six thousand regular troops to
the Philippines, the idea being to
stop them in China if they are need
ed there when they get that far on
their way There is still much doubt
about the fate of the foreigners in
Pekin, one story following and con-
tradicting another several times eve
ry day. Owing to the time that would
necessarily elapse before the other
powers could assemble an army on
the coast of China large enough to
forcibly take possession of and hold
Pekin and other interior points, an
agreement has been reached by the
powers under which Japan will fur
nish as large an army as may be nee
essary and go ahead and perform the
task of Furnishing the outlaw Chinese
element and restoring law and order,
the other powers agreeing to pay ia
pan cash indemnity, which China
will be made to pay later.
The work of the Democratic Nation
al Convention has made no apprecia-
BILE change in the political outlook,
and will not cause any material
change in the programme of work
mapped out by the Republicans. The
election of Mckinley and Roosevelt
will be the logical outcome of existing
conditions, but Republicans every
where are to be urged to work as
though the result depended upon
each mans individual efforts. The
Democratic ticket and platform must
be taken seriously and the evil results
that would follow q Democratic vic
tory be pointed out to every voter.
That is the Republican programme.
There is quite little rumpus among
those who managed the recent recep-
ton to the Boer ENJOYS in Washing
ton, and the collection at the recep-
ton, which was announced to be for
of the Boer soldiers. 81, 1874 was col
lected supposedly for the widows and
orphans, but after paying for carriages
fireworks, wine, ETC., it seems that
only $1S was left for the widows and
orphans, and the contributors are
some of them saying ugly things
about those who collected and dis
bursed the money.
The memory of man is proverbially
short, but Democratic memory must
be the shortest of the whole bunch.
Only little more than three years
ago, Hon. Adlai |. Stevenson was Vice
President, and as such presiding Off
Ger of the Senate, and was being
blackguarded and abused by the Sill
yer Senators and the silver press for
having sold out the interest of silver,
which he professed to believe in, be-
cause he would not do as the silver
ties desired him to do. Whether Dir.
Stevenson deserved that abuse is
neither here nor there. What atten-
ton is called to is that the same men
who abused him then have again NOM
mated him for Vice President Mr.
Stevenson is personally liked in Wash
inSton, but nobody believes, regard
less of political opinion, that he has
strengthened the ticket by a single
vote. Mr. Bryan is the whole thing
and no votes will be cast for Bryan
and Stevenson by anyone except
those who are willing to endorse and
swallow Organism and all that the
term implies, just rs Mr.. Bryan fore
ed the Kansas City convention to
swallow the Is to silver pill.
General prosperity is reflected in
the business of the United States Pat
ent Office. which was larger during
the fiscal year Just closed than ever
before, the cash receipts having been
S1,358, 28S.35 and the number of pat
ents issued 26,540.
Postmaster General Smith has re-
ceived unique invitation to attend
the second State Postmaster's Con
vention of Texas, to be held at Dallas,
July 10, 90. The invitation is mann
moth affair in pamphlet form, and
came to Washington in a big tin box.
1t was presented to the Postmaster
General by Mr.. William Terrill, OF
the Sixth Auditors office, whose
home is in San Antonio. Mr.. Smith
has the invitation under considera-
ton, although it is doubtful whether
he can attend
The Sultan of Turkey has made an.
other specific promise to pay those
American missionary claims, this
time within ninety days. Secretary
Hay has decided that Minister Straus
shall not return to Constantinople un.
til those claims are paid, and has in.
structed Mr.. GriscOm, who is in charge
of the American legation in that city
to impress it upon the Sultan's mind
that the money must be paid within
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