The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-12
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Iuly @, 10

ally pleased with the ticket and pIa,.
form, made by the Kansas City Con
vention, they are not showing them
selves, or doing any public talking.
It cannot be SAID that any part of the
work of the Convention was sur
Prise. The only thing that could be
considered upon when the Convention
assembled was the nomination for
Vice President. The head of the
ticket had been fully settled by the
instruction of more than the neces-
sary two.thirds of the delegates for
COL Bryan, and the important planks
of the platform were practically set.
tied in advance by those same instruc-
tions, as there had not, at any time,
been any doubt of the position 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 Repubi-
can, prominently connected with the
administration, who made no pretense
to conceal his disappointment at the
failure of the attempt to modify the
silver plank, said: "That Convention
was wiser than | thought it would be.
The platform will lose votes for the
ticket in states where they could not
have affected the result. but | am
afraid it will gain enough votes to
give the Democrats several states
they could not possibly lave carried
had they straddled silver" The con-
hdence shown by Democrats argues
well for Democratic victory this
year. Republicans are, OF course,
keeping up bold front in public, but
it is no secret that privately many Of
them are expressing fear of defeat
The practice of suppressing official
news, which the administration made
a specially of during the war with
Spain, has been revived in connection
with the troubles in China. Mr.. Nc
Klnley 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 &llled 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 considerable
force of allies marines. In other
words, the allied forces are finding
that without a large army they cannot
occupy territory beyond the range
Of the guns of their warshps. 1t is
not conceivable that with these i'm
portant events transpiring this govern
ment is without official information.
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
outlook 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 a 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 is a
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
lppnes. 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 il would be unsafe
10 remove any considerable number
OF troops from the Philippines for
months to come. In addition to in
terlerlng with some OF the plans OF
the administration for sending troops
rom the Philippines to China, that
report has knocked the bottom out OF
one OF Boss Hanna's pet vote. getting
schemes. That scheme was to an
nounce few weeks before election
'hat' owing to the complete pacifca
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