The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-08-24

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., August Goth.

WASHINGTON, d. c., August Goth.
Mr. EDIToR:-Re Republican au,iacity has
done some very ncrvy things in the claim
ing line in the past, but the claim of the |
A Administration shouters that the rescue
of the foreigners in Pekin by the allied |
army WAS a triumph :or Mr.. Mchinlcys |
Chinese policy is about the weakest ever
put out. In the first place, it is accessory |
for d man to have policy before that pol |
icy can triumph, and in the second place |
the foreigners at Pekin were rescued by |
an army composed Of soldiers from half IA |
dozen nations, less than one-tenth of whom |
were Americans Everybody rcjoices |
that the Americans and other foreigners |
who have been shut up in Pekiu have been
rescued, but that rescue was no triumph |
for Mr.. Mckinleys policy, if his drifting
along can be dienitied by the name of pol |
icy. 1t was rather piece of luck for Mr.. |
Mckinley, inasmuch as it relieved the
strain on the public and opened up another
drifting period for him, in which he need
not take any chances of going wrong by
doing something. 1t is significant that
friends of the administration are begin
ming to talk about the probability of the
administration being compelled to take
Chinese territory in lieu of cash indemnity.
This is believed to be a feeler of the pub
lie pulse.
Henry Clay was the only man defeated
when nominated for President again after
being defeated when first nominated.
That and other important political facts
were recalled by Col. E. McC. Ford, a
well-known Georgia lawyer, now in Wash
ington, when he said: with one excep
ton every man who has received second
nomination for the presidency, after hay
ing been defeated the first time, has been
elected In 1896 Thomas jefferson was
defeated by John Adams. In 1900 Jeffer
son was nominated again and elected In
John Quincy Adams, but four years later
when he was nominated for the second
time, he defeated Adams. In 1886 William
Henry Harrison was defeated by Martin
Van Buren,, but in 1910 Harrison turned
the tables and was elected. The case of
BRYAN is like that of Jefferson, Jackson
and William Henry Harrison. He was
defeated in his first canvass and four years
later is again the candidate of his party.
Ifprecedent is followed he will be elected
The republican managers are worried
! no little over the general party apathy and
are studying hard to try to think up some
thing that will stir the party up. Mr.. Nc
kinley brought a rough draft of his letter
of acceptance with him when he returned
to Washin gton, but after submitting it to
the criticism of number of party leaders
it was torn up and he will write another
after he has talk with Hanna. who will
meet him in Canton after the G. A r. en-
| campment, in Chicago, which Mr.. Mckin-
ley is booked to attend to see if the sold
Ter voters cant be worked up into some
sembance of enthusiasm.
A committee of Cubans are in Washing
ton for the purpose of trying to hurry up
American evacuation of the island, and to
secure what it is very doubtful whether
| the administration ever intends to give
| tbem-the right to establish an absolutely
| independent Cuban republic. They have
had talk with Mr.. Mckinley and with
Secretary Root and have submitted type
written statement of what those they rep
resent ask for, but they have received no
promises from either. The members of
| = N ,Ip
| was the first president of the Cuban Re
! public of 1895: General Morlot, who com
| manded a division of the 'Liberatin g
Army" and Rev. DR.. Louis Mustelier.
On the same day that the committee ar
| rived the 1897 Cuban school teachers who
| have been taking a course at Harvard
University reached Washington for two
| DAYS of sight-seci before going back to
| their homes.
There is no disposition t. hray or talk
| for effect at the headquarters Of the Dem
| ocratic Congressional Campaign Commit
| tee Chairman Richardson and his fellow
members believe that the democrats can
| carry the next House, and they are leav-
| ing nothing unuOne lnal Will III tnelf
judgment help to do it. The work of the
committee is in more advanced condition
| than it was ever known to be at this stage
of campaign. Inquiries which come to
| the committee show that the republican
Porto Rican legislation of the last Con-
| gress is likely to be factor in Il number
of Congressional districts. The voters
are asking for the speeches against the
| Porto Rican tariff, especially those made
| by republicans; they are also showing by
| the tone of their letters that they fully
realize the importance and danger of I'M
perialsm aud its twin evil, militarism
The apathy about which republican man
ayers are becoming so badly frightened
| has not been discovered in the democratic
ranks. On the contrary, reports from al
most every section of the country say that
| the democrats are in the notion to put up
strong aggressive fight, believing that it
| is on the cards for them to win both Presi
| dental and gressional elections.
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