The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-09-07
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

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President Mckinley has notified the
governments of the several nations
which acted as our allies in China
that the U. S. has accomplished the
purposes for which it sent troops to
Pekin, rescued its minister and other
American citizens who were in peril,
and respectfully asked them to state
their future intentions toward China.
And as hintof what he thinks they
ought to do, he has caused it to be Of
ficiallv announced that no more
American troops will be sent to China
unless conditions change That is
diplomacy in plain English, they used
to call it shirt sleeve diplomacy, over
in Europe, and it is up to the allied
powers to answer as plainly. In or
der that there may be no delay in
dealing with their reply, the President
has given up his visit to the G. A. r.
encampment, in Chicago, which he
had been looking forward to with
pleasure for months 1t is strongly
suspected that several of the govern
ments concerned will not give salts
factory answers.
Speaking of the renewed democratic
abuse OF Senator Hanna, Mr.. j. L. At
terholt, of Conn.,, said: "They tried
that four years ago without success,
and it seems almost incredible that
they should repeat the mistake. If it
wouldn't win then, it hasn't a ghost
of show now. In 1886 Hanna was
new proposition to the vast majority
of voters, and some Of the stories they
told about him were really terrifying
But during the past four years, the
country has had pretty good chance
to become acquainted with the chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee, and the people find much IN
him to admire Hanna is not states
men. Even his warmest admirers do
not credit him with being that, but
those who know him we'll know him
to be a brave and honest man, with
marvellous executive ability. His
honesty sometimes gets him into
trouble. He. thinks thing, and says
it, without stopping to figure out what
the effect will be. If a certain thing
is so, Hanna cannot see the reason
why all the world should not know it.
In this he is far more honest than
many men who pose as paragons of pol
ltical virtue. He is entirely without
frills or ornament but is possessed OF
many homely virtues"
In his annual report, Pension Com
missioner Evans estimates that the
law enacted at the last session of Con-
gress will add from $3, 100000 to ST.
100000 to the annual payment Of pen
sions, and expresses the opinion that
the coming session of Congress will
enact new legislation that will largely
add to the number of pensioners.
There was net increase of 2010 in
the number of pensioners on the roll,
which was 993,539 on June 30 last,
but decrease in the total expendi-
lures of the Office of $S3,417. The re-
port takes strong ground in favor of a
reform in the rules for those who shall
be allowed to practice as pension at
torneys and says 1There is no reason
why the reputation of the pension bar
cannot be raised to as high standard
as that OF any bar in the land. =
Col. 0. G Sabin, who organized the
Silver knights OF America in 1896,
and edited their organ, has deserted
Organism and come out for Mckinley
and Roosevelt. He said of the present
Campaign: "As to this cry of imper-
ialism, that is all balderdash. 1t is
not made with sincerity by the
democrats themselves. Anybody who
knows that the republican party has
ever been in favor OF those policies
which have a tendency to upbuild the
country. The only question upon
which have ever differed with the
republicans was the question Of money
and am satisfied that the results
proved that the leaders OF that party |
are right, and we who went for silver
are wrong It is scource Of gratifi-
cation and JOY to me that thousands Of
old silver men are now coming out in
favor Of the republican party, and the
standard Of money which that party
has established"
The Navy Department has awarded
contracts for six Holland submarine
torpedo boats, all to be delivered in
eleven months. These boats ore TO be |
station al Boston, New York, Philar
deipkia, ID Hampton Roads, San Fran
cisco, and 10 Puget Sound The price