The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-13
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Our Correspondent Talks in
General About Wash
ingtOn.
w ASHINGTON.
July 9. 1900.
Communicated

from an uueyuertcd uuartrr
When fine administration hpoau
10 order troops semi from thr
PhiIlppiues to China Gen Mae
Arthur promptl, filed 4 protest
saving tnat If The troons were
taken away from the PhiIiuninps.
the Filipino revolt would AGAIN
I've renewed. Secretary Root tele.
graphrd tor General Otis fo come
10 WASHINGTON at once. IIccamp
and declared that Macarthur
was right. and after two DAYS
conference Secretary Root an.
uuuuccd that no more troopS
would be sent from the Philip.
pines 10 China. The PLAIN mean
ing of this is that it is necessary
To keep the bio army we now
have in the Philippines prrma
ucutly there i'm order to maintain
ouI authority over the Filipinos.
That is little more than the
abid most rimperialist bargainpd
for and is certainly more than
the people of this country will
stand for. What possible benc
fit can we derive from the Philip
pines that viii compensate It's for
the expense in money and Ameri
can lives that will be necessary
to keep an army ofJ0. 600 soldiers
over there. 1t seems that the
world is about to witness the re-
viyal of the era of the mcrcenary
invading army, which was famil
lar to Europe a few centuries ago.
The other great civilized govern
mcntS, including our own. have
hired am army Of Japan to 90 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 HEX them, with uNurlouS inter
est, 1t Is not considered honor
aNle tor an individual TO hire pro
ieNNlohai thugs TO obtain wear.
louS revenge upon his personal
enemies. W hat then makes such
'ninE honorable ON the part OF
nations!
non Ad!aI +. Stevenson IS tine
ohIN man eNerhomnated for wee
PRESIDENT VINO mad previously
demonstrated MS hjueSS Tor the
Once 10y serving one term therein,
ana IL can he truthiuIly sand that
u" PRESIDENT was ever more
popular jnan ne was. True Nr.
stevenson Nldh nave mlch IN
Iuthce with the President under
whom he served, but nobody else
had either Mr. Cleveland was
NOT a President to recognize in
uUehrt, and he seemed to make
SPeclaI'N OF getting at outs with
readers oil the Democratic party.
Hut during those four years Mr..
/ stevenson had and deserved the
/ confidence OF the Democrats III
I Congress, and lost no opportunity
to push party interests that he
could with propriety have taken
advantage of. Adlai Stevenson
is whole Souled good fellow, a
/ good Democrat, aud in every re
Npect worthy running mate to
( Col. Bryan, and Bryan and Stev-
enSon IS a ticket win with.
If the Civil Service Commission
/ had sand enough it could make
whole lot of trouble for the adj
. mnlStration on account of mum
erouS and glaring violations of
/ the Civil Service law in the in
/ tereStS Of Republican political
workers. \ ease in point is that
OF II. X. ChenOwith, formerly of
Cleveland. Ohio. While he was
internal revenue collector in Ari-
IONA he opened sealed envelopes
containing questions for Civil
Service examination in advance
of the examination in order that
his wife his brother in law and
his cousin. who were to take the
examination, might post them
selves and pass, which they sub.
Sequently did. The case was so