Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-07-20

Gratis Seem Confident Of victory-Mors Sup
preston Of Important News by the Admins
tration Gen. Macarthur Don't Sesm to Gatcf
on to the Needs Of the Administration, ant
May Have to Walk the Plank Soon.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July 6, 1900.
Ii there are any Democrats in Wash.
ington who are not enthusiastically
pleased with the ticket and platform
made by the Kansas City Convention
they are not showing themselves OF
doing any public talking. 1t cannot
be said that any part of the work OF
the Convention was a surprise. The
only thing that could be considered
open when the Convention assembled
was the nomination for Vice Presi.
dent. The head of the ticket had
been fully settled by the instruction OF
more :han the necessary two thirds OF
the delegates for Col, Bryan, and the
important planks OF the platform were
practically settled in advance by those
same instructions, as there had not at
any time been any doubt of the posi-
ton of Col. Bryan, whose consistency
is one of his strongest holds on the
rank and file of the Democratic party,
upon any question that would be
handled in the platform. A candid
Republican, prominently connected
with the administration, who made no
pretense to conceal his disappoint-
ment at the failure OF the attempt to
modify the silver plank, said: "That
convention was wiser than I thought
it would be. The platform will lose
votes for the ticket in States where
they could not have affected the re-
sult, but / am afraid it will gain
enough votes to give the Democrats
several States they could not possibly
have carried had they straddled sill
ver." The confidence shown by Dem.
ocrats argues we'll for Democratic
victory this year. Republicans are, Of
course. keeping up bold front in
public, but it is no secret that private
ly many of them are expressing fear
of defeat.
The practice Of suppressing official
news, which the administration made
a speciality of during the war with
Spain, has been revived in connection
with the troubles in China. Mr.. Nc
Kinley is at Canton, and members OF
the Cabinet claim TO have no official
news Of importance from China, al
though it was published in the press
dispatches several days ago that every
foreigner in Pekin had been killed.
1t has also been published that the
Chinese instead of being hunted by
the allied army which has been gath
ering at Taku for the purpose Of
marching to Pekin, are hunting the
allied army, which has abandoned all
idea of trying to get to Pekin until
largely reinforced, and which is con-
templating the evacuation OF Tein
Tsin. now occupied by q considerable
force of allied marines. In other
words, the allied forces are finding
that without large army they can
not occupy territory beyond the range
of the guns Of their warships. 1t is
not conceivable that with these i'm.
portant events transp;ring this gov.
ernment is without official informa-
ton. Yet, that is what Secretaries
Hay, Root and Long are asking the
public to believe.
Mr.. H. H. Spencer, OF Utah, now in
Washington, said of the political out
look in his State: "The electoral
vote of our State will be found in the
Democratic column again this year.
Neither party will attempt this year
to send polygamist to Congress.
The Democrats will undoubtedly elect
the Congressman, and the indications
are that William H. King will be the
Democratic nominee. Mr.. King 10 q
Mormon. but not polygamist."
The administration hasn't got Gen.
Macarthur as we'll trained as it had
Gen. Otis during his stay in the Phil
ippines. Otis would report anything
that he got a hint from Washington
was desired. Macarthur makes his
reports regardless of the wishes of the
administration. For instance, he has
just reported that it would be unsafe
to remove any considerable number OF
troops from the Philippines for
months 10 come. In addition TO in
terfering with some of the plans of
the administration for sending troops
from the Philippines to China, that
report has knocked the bottom out oi
one of Boss Hanna's pet vote-getting
schemes. That scheme was to an.
nounce few weeks before election
that. owing to the complete pacifica-
tion of Filipinos, all the volunteers in
the Philippines would be at once
brought home. If Gen. Macarthur
isn't more particular about how he
handles the naked truth in his Official
reports, the administration will die.
cover that he is untitled to command
in the Philippines and he will be or
dered home "for his health" The
War Department is now preparing te