The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-09-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

"AsHINGToN, ID. c., September 24th.
MIR EDiT0R:-W neither Mr.. Mckinley's
partnership with III Hung Chang is to be
permanent or is merely to be used to try
to postpose the action of the other powers
III China until after the election, is ques-
ton of much interest just now. 1t is sig
nifcant that Just before the administration
decided to practically sever its connection
with the allied powers in China Mr.. Nc
kinney had long private conference with
EN-Secretary Of State John W. Foster,
who was Ii Hung Changs attorney ard
adviser when that shifty and crafty chap
was negotiating for peace with Japan and
Who is believed to be acting in the same
capacity now. NJ. Mckiniey's decision
that the American troops should, with the
exception of heavy legation guard, I've
at once Withdrawn from China had Il dou
bic purpose. 1t was 4 concession to that
portion OF public opinion which has been
asking why they were not withdrawn ever
since Pekin was taken and all American
citizens We're out of danger, and it at the
same time gave the administration about
t 200 soldiers who can be sent to the Phil
ippines, where the war is again rag ing,
not withstandng administration assertions
that it was over many months ago. The
partnership with Ii Hung Chang crops
out in that portion of the diplomatic note
to the powers which informs them that
the United States Minister to China has
been instructed to arrange the prelimina-
rics for opening negotiations with Ii.
Hon. Dominick |. Murphy, ExCommis-
sioncr of Pensions, painted this picture of
Mark Hanna and his methods: You never
hear him prating Of his reliance on Divine
Providence to carry his party through al
| election. He is the type of the buccanneer
| and the free 5ooter in politics. He blunt
" puts It that money is the essential
| thing. IN this campaign let u, hope and
pray that Mr. Hanna and his fellow
manipulatorS all spend their money in
| vain but let Us 90 more than hope and
| pray. let us work from this time on until
| the polls have closed on election day, for
| You know that Heaven helps those who
| help themselves Of the republican pro-
| pcnSity to ring the charges on our hayin 9
become a world power through the Phil
| ippinc policy of this administration, Mr..
| Murphy said: I'VE became a world power
more than a hundred years ago, when we
| issued the Declaration of Independence,
and as long as we uphold that declaration
and STICK by the Constitution we will con-
tinue to be world power. The Ameri-
| can people viii never consent to 4 policy
that makes the gattiing gun and not the
school house the means of cnlig htenment'
| The administration isn't taking as much
| interest in the coming Constitutional Con-
vention in Cuba, since it bccanI" known that
majority of the convention are mer who
! will not take their orders from Gen. Wood,
rs to the sort of constitution they shall
| make 1t is practically certain in advance,
| that the constitution which will be made
| by the convention viii not be accepted by
| the republican majority in Congress, and
that the Military Government of Cuba
" i'll be prolonged indefinitely instead of
being ended next year in accordance with
the official announcement made by the
| Mex kinney administration for effect in the
present political campaign.
Representative Rabcock, Chairman of
| the Republican Congressional Campaign
| Committee, stopped III Washington long
| enough on his way from New York to
| Chicago to throw Il fresh scare into the
republicans by telling them that unless
! something could be done 20 head off the
rapid growth Of auti-republican sentiment
| the next House Was bound to be demo-
cratic The Information in possession of
| the democratic committee shows that Mr..
| BahCock's scare is the real thing.