Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-07-27
STILL MODELLING.
THE PRESIDENT CAN'T SEE AN
INCH BEFORE HIS FACE.
he is Afraid He May Do Something which will
Make Defeat More Certain-Ward Methods in
Politics Being Arranged for Cuba-.fiu, the
Chinese Minister, Pulls the Wool Over the
Administrations Eyes-Chinese Fear Retail.


Politics Being Arranged for Cuba-.Hu, tn,
Chinese Minister, Pulls the Wool Over tn,
Administrations Eyes-Chinese Fear Retail
! alton.
From our Regular Correspon lent.
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1900.
MIR. Mckinley is again performing
bis specialty-the webbing act. He
heard the criticism OF the country o.
his absence from his post and rushed
back to Washington, everybody sup
posed to do something. There has
been Cabinet meetings and Cabinet
dinners, but that is all. Nothing has
been done that had not been decided
upon before MIR. Mckinley pulled
himself away from the enticing rock.
ers on that Canton porch. Although
it is the general opinion in Washing
ton that Congress should be called in
extra session to handle this Chinese
business, Mr.. Mckinley and his ad.
visers decided that no extra session
should be called until the urgency be.
came more pressing. Because the al.
lied forces in China have won q tenn.
porary success, at an awful cost oil
life, including many Americans, and
the Chinese have sent message say.
ing that the foreign ministers in Pc.
kin are alive, which, by the way, isn't
believed by anybody outside of men,
bers of the administration, Mr.. Nc.
Kinley will wnhhle awhile longer.
The plain truth is that Mr.. McKin-
ley is afraid to do anything until he
gets palmer tip on what public sem
t;ment wants this government to do.
Men interested in syndicates which
have big concessions in China are
urging him to send a big army to
China 50 that he can be in q position
to prevent the breaking up Of the
Chinese empire, which would mean
the end OF their concessions, while
Republican politicians are cautioning
him to feel his way carefully because
a mistake will make his defeat for re-
election more certain than it now ap-
parently is. He can't get more men
in the army without authority from
Congress, and he is afraid to take any
more men from Gen. Macarthur, who
has already been made to send men
from the Philippines against bis vigo-
rous protest. Consequently, unless
there is an extra session of Congress
the total American force in China
will not exceed $1,000, and several
thousand OF them cannot be got there
before the first Of September, no mat.
ter how badly they may be needed.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Mckinley has gone
back to Canton to wobble at leisure
until public opinion shows him what
TO do.
There are reasons to believe that Q
decidedly interesting talk took place
in the dining room of Secretary Cages
suburban residence, where Mr.. Nc.
Kinley, all the members of the Cabi-
net who are in Washington, and Gen.
Leonard Wood, Military Governor OF
Cuba, were guests. The subject was
Cuba and its probable future relations
towards the United States. Gen.
Wood is in Washington for the pur-
pose of receiving instructions as 10 the
method OF electiDg delegates to the
proposed Cuban constitutional con.
vention, which it has been limited 10
inside administration circles, may
start the annexation ball to rolling by
adopting an annexation resolution OF
declaring in favor OF il. II such is the
administration programme, arrange
ments for the election of delegates to
the convention will probably be sucl,
as to ensure majority of annexation
lists. Gen. Wood will talk about
everything else in Cuba, but as soon
as you say annexation he is as mum
as clam.
The Chinese Minister in Washing
ton is about az slick as the slickest o.
his race, and he seems able to make
Secretary Hay accept any old story
that he chooses to tell him. His lat
est. which Mr.. Hay thought importan,
enough to repeat at a Cabinet meet.
ing, is that the reason the foreign
ministers in Pekin have not communi.
Gated with their governments is tina,
they are hid in the houses OF Chinese
friends and are afraid that any at.
tempt TO send messages would put the
mob on to their hiding places. The
Chinese Minister'S success in stuffinp
the members OF tho administration
may encourage him to remain in this
country and 60 in the gold brick bust
ness it his government gets knocked
out at home.
The wires have been kept hot get.
ting word TO such Republicans as Rep.
resentative Hull, OF Iowa, chairman Of
the House Military Committee, who
has been publicly advocating the call.
Ing oil an extra session OF Congress, to
take the other tack and fall 10 behind
Mr.. Mckinley, in opposition to an
extra session.
Communications received BY the
Chinese Minister indicate considerable
alarm among the Chinese residents of
our large cities. They fear that
Americans will try to avenge the muir.
der OF Americans in China by massa.
cring them. 1t is, OF course, q ground.
less fear. DEN
HUMAN nature develops odd streaks
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