The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1900-06-15
oJK WASHINGTON s.s'EVE,H
WAsHIxGToN, d. c., Jane 1lth.

iN'-'N
Mr.. EprroR:-Thc administration is
worrying over the news from China. The
revolution the "BoXcrs' threatens to rN-
pose Nh Mckinley impcrialistic program
concerning China in advance of the Prcsi-
Dental election, which is just what he was
anxious to avoid. In their anxiety to al
lay public suspicion nj home, members Of
the administration have been doing some
word Juggling that would bc amusing If
the matters involved were not too serious
to laugh about For instance, official
statements to the press from the State De
partment have emphasized the alleged in
structions to our minister at Pckin and to
Rear Admiral Kcmpf, our naval com
mandcr in Chinese waters, TO act IN CON
cert with European powers for the pro
lection Of foreigners and their property
but not to Join combination of the pow
crs for any purpose. Our representatives
over there must be clever indeed if they
can act in concert with the European
powers without combining with them.
A marked feature of the political situa-
ton is the genuine scare Of the republican
leaders over three States which they have
heretofore been claiming as certain to cast
their electoral votes for Mckinley. These
States are New York, Indiana and Illinois.
In New York, with Croker to look after
greater New York and Hill to look after
the other portions of the State, pulling
Loyalty together, the republicans realize
that the State will be doubtful In lndi-
ana, the State ticket nominated by the
democrats, headed by Hon. John ". Kern,
is so strong that Indiana republicans have
notified, the leaders of the party that the
| State is in danger. In Illinois, the tide
has been running antirepuhljcau for some
time, and appeals for help are being re-
| ceiveG in Washington. This scare is so
! bad that prominent republicans are sayin z
| that it is useless to consider candidates
| from other States for the second place on
| the Mckinley ticket; that he must bc taken
| from one Of those three States, and must
| be q man who will add strength to the
| ticket. Mr. Mckinley has gone out of his
way to make friends with Senator Mason,
of Illinois, who was anti-administratiOn
| during the recent session of Congress, and
has succeeded in getting Mason to promise
to take the stump for him. As Mason
| isn't the sort Cf man who can hc won over
| by jollyiug, it is likely that he has received
some definite and ron-clad promises Of
! future patronage.
| The Industrial Commission, so-calcd.
| has provided itself with 4 pleasant sum
mer iunket, all OF the expenses Of which
will be paid by the dear people It has
| decided that the industrial conditions,
| principally !iirtations and such, along the
| Northern Atlantic coast must be inycsti-
| gated during the summer, and has ar
ranged for meetings of the Commission
| during the next three months in Pennsyl-
vana, New Jersey, New York and the
! New England States. One OF the first
| duties OF a democratic administration and
Congress will he TO abolish the republican
| government commission humbug which
has become SO rampant and so expensive
under the Mckinley administration.
Chairman Payne, OF the House Ways
and Means Committee, has given away the
claim Of The republicans that the reason
they did not reduce war taxes at the re-
cent session of Congress was their desire
| to have that Committee grant hearing
and study the question during the recess,
so that the right sort of bill providing for
the reduction might be reported TO the
| House, by the official announcement that
the Committee would not lie called to-
gcther until Just before Congress meets.
! In other words, the question of the reduc-
ton Of war taxes is to he left open until
after election, in order that al the big ia
tcrcsts may be taxed for the republican
campaign fund.
Secretary Long has advertised for bids
| for furnishing armor plates for battlcships
under the cowardly law forced through
Congress the last thing before adjourn
ment, making Mr.. Long do what the re-
|, pubiicans were ashamed to do-agree to
| the prices of armor set by the rmortrust
which will necessarily be the only bidder
to respond to the advertisement. True,
the law gives Mr. Long authority to reject
the bids if he considers the price too high
and to use the $4,000, 600 carried by the
act for the establishment of government
plant to make armor plate, but if he acted
upon that authority the republican leaders
who engineered the cowardly make-shift
would throw a few fits; they are figuring
on heavy campaign contribution from
the armOr trust.
Mr., Mckinley and Gen. E. ). Otis have
been exchanging taffv. Mr. Mckinley
has been telling Otis that he was the only
real thing in the military way produced by
the Philippine war-many believe that
Otis produced that war-and that ht
would have been glad to have made him
instead Of Miles, a Lieutenant General
but Congress fixed it SO that promotion
had to go to Miles; while Otis. overioyeG
at his promotion to be a Major General
has been telling Mr.. Mckinley that he i.
the greatest of all Presidents Outside pt
the White House there has been no at
temp 10 lionile Otis because Of the prcya
Icncc of the o, inion That he has already
received more than was coming to him fol
anything lie achieved during his blul der
ing career in the Philippines