The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. DC June Is. 10

Convention, who stopped over in
Washington to pay their respects to
the President, and incidentally to
talk little politics and give him the
latest concerning the sentiment of
their respective localities. Mr.. Nc
Kinley never appears to better advan
tage than when in contact with the
rank and file of the party. Other
Presidents have had knack of ap-
pearing to consult humble members
of their party, but Mr.. Mckinley real
ly does consult them, and ask their
advice upon matters of party policy,
and more than one important politi-
cal move has been made by him as the
result of advice asked for and receiv-
ed from members of the party who
are scarcely known outside of the i'm
mediate locality of their homes. 1t is
because he realizes that man doesn't
have to be prominent to have good
judgement that President Mckinley
is so well liked by the rank and file of
the party.
The situation in China grows worse
instead of better, and it may become
necessary for this government to send
soldiers from the Philippines to prop
erly protect American interests in
China. The break in telegraphic com:
munication with Pekin has resulted
in the circulation of many sensational
stories, which may or may not be
based upon truth. The administra-
ton has not the slightest desire to
NEEDLE with China, but it intends to
protect our large and increasing com
mercial interests in that country at
all hazards.
An official statement, prepared at
the Treasury Department, shows that
during the first three months of the
new financial law, there have been
1862 applications for authority to or
ganize National Banks, with total
capitalization of SIG, 10000, $50 of
which were for banks of $4,000 or
less capital. During that period 159
National banks with a combined cap
ital of $S,645,000 have been actually
organized and open for business with
an increase of SOL, 997, $40 in National
Bank circulation. Ifproof were need
ed of the vision of the National Bank
ing clause of the new financial law, it
would be furnished by these figures.
showing the quickness of the people
to recognize the benefits open to them
by provision for National banks
with less than $4,000 capital.
Senior Nicholas Rivero, editor of
leading Havana paper, who is now in
Washington, pays this high compli-
ment to Gen. Leonard Wood, Military
Governor of Cuba: "Gen. Wood is an
honest and wise official and is doing
all he can to give the Cubans a good
administration"
Mr.. James J. Walton, of Idaho,
stopped long enough in Washington
to give his ideas of the political out
look in his state. He said: Idaho
will go Republican this year. We
lost the state four years ago by near
ly 10000, but the elections of the last
two years brought that majority
down considerably, and we think that
this year we will get control of the
state. Mckinley and prosperity are
responsible. We have not had such
prosperous times in ten years past. as
we are experiencing today. We are
rapidly developing our industries.
Our people are paying off their debts.
We are too well off to think of max
ing change. We are satisfied with
the present state of affairs. McKin-
ley and prosperity are much better
than Bryan and decentralization"
Although the farmers in all sections
OF the country are prosperous, the
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee have undertaken to con-
vince them that they are not. The
Committee actually puts out claim
that the farmers have lost two bill
lions of dollars under the Mckinley
administration by the decline in
prices of farm products. The farmer
who remembers that he was heavily
in debt when the Cleveland admins
tration closed, and who is now out or
debt and has balance to his credit
in bank, will be convinced by this
sort of literature that the correct
reading of the adage should be
Figures can lie," especially when
manipulated by those who care
nothing for facts. The Republicans
might find it good politics to aid in
getting this sort of Democratic litera-
ture into the hands of prosperous
farmers.
Chairman Babcock, of the Repub-
lican Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, who has a record of never
having made mistake in sizing up
the political outlook, says the Repub-
licans will not only hold their MAORI