The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-07-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. d. c., July OF

MIR. EDIToR:-Impcrialism has re-
ceivcd blow from an unexpected quar-
ter When the administration began to
order troops sent from the Philippines to
China Gen. Macarthur promptly filed a
protest, saying that if the troops were
taken away from the Philippines the Fill
Pine revolt would at once be renewed.
Secretary Root telegraphed for Gen. Otis
to come to Washing ton at once. He came
and declared that Macarthur was right,
and after a two days conference Secretary
Root announced that no more troops
would be sent from the Philippines to
it is necessary to keep the big army We
now have in the Philippines permanently
there in order to maintain our authority
over the Filipinos. That is Il little more
than the most rabid impcrialist bargained
for, and is certainly more than the people
of this country will stand for. What pos
siblc benefit can we derive from the Phil
ippines that will compensate US for the
cAptHSe Ill IHoicy anu - HlciiIdu ilNcS
that will be necessary to keep an army OF
$4,000 soldiers over there. It seems that
the world is about to witness the revival
of the era Of the mercenary invading
army, which was familiar to Europe Il few
centuries ago. The other great civilized
governments, including our own, have
hired an army of Japan to go to China
and fight the Chinese, and after the Chinese
are licked into humbleness they are to be
made to pay back the money it will cost
to lick them, with usurious interest. 1t is
not considered honorable for an individual
to hire professional thugs to obtain vicari-
Gus revenge upon his personal enemies.
What then makes such Il thing honorable
on the part of nations.
If the Civil Service Commission had
sand enough it could make whole lot of
trouble for the administration on account
of numerous and glazing Violations Of the
Civil Service law in the interests of repub-
lican political workers. \ case in point
is that of II. X. Chenowith, formerly of
Cleveland, Ohio. While he was internal
revenue collector in Arizona he opened
sealed envelopes containing questions for
a civil service examination, in advance of
the examination, in order that bis wife,
his brother in law and his cousin, who
were to take the examination, might post
themselves and pass, which they Subse-
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Chcnowith was removed from the position
of internal revenue collector and Il prose
cution instituted against him by the De
partmcnt of Justice Although that pros
ecution is supposed to be still pending
pigeon holet. in rcaliiy-Chcnowit was
put back on the government pay rolls rs
a special agent Of the Treasury Depart
mcnt, and he is still there, and the Civil
Service Commission is afraid to do more
than mildly protest and ask what is to be
done about the prosecution of Chcnowith
for violating the law.
If getting the other fellows Lalf scared
to death be good politics then the Kansas
City Convention must he credited with
much good politics. for the republicans
are badly frightened lot They figured
on "A big democratic fuss at Kansas City,
but found that instead of a row the rcgu-
lar democrats, those who called themselves
gold democrats in 1896, the silver rcpubli-
cans and the populsts are all cnthusi-
asticaly supporting Bryan and Stevenson
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elements working tremendously together
are believed, even by republicans, to be
strong enough to carry the country.