The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-07-04
FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
From Our Own Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 9, 1900.


all the old precedents OF the country.
Thus the United States, which only Il,
few years ago refused to annex Hawaii
because there seemed to he something
unfair i'll the method by which the
royal government there had been over
turned. now occupies both Hawaii and
Porto Rico, is fighting to rule the Phil
lppines, Is sending troops to China,
and is being urged by the imper1alists
Chinese soil. In other words, it is pro
posed to add few million Chinamen
to the ten million Malays, the $4,000
Kanal1as, and the million Porto Ricans
whose .destinies the United States now
controls. And this is to be done in the
interests OF the peace of the world,
aad for the benefit Of the Chinese. 1t
reminds one Of Lincoln's saying that
"tyrants have always contended that
they imposed their yoke upon the peO.
pie, not because they wanted to do 80,
but because worse ills would result to
the people if they did not" No impor-
tant Republican statesman has as yet
seizing portion of China, but the
country has little idea how universally
the idea has taken root here, and how
warmly it is advocated by Republican
politicians in private conversation.
After the election, it is certaic that
this will take form in action. At pres
ent, the necessity of the moment is, of
course, to save the foreigners who are
shut up in the interior. After that is
accomplished and the rebellion is sup
pressed, as it can scarcely be before
fall, the political questi0n will come
up, and it is argued, will naturally fall
to q great congress of nations, in which
the United States must necessarily
participate. The fear of a. great Euro
pean war has been largely based on the
fact that when nations disagree it is
On the other hand, in view of the fact
that great congress of nations is now
inevitable, it is agreed that the pres
ence of the United States will remove
the exclusive European atmosphere
and will prevent war. China will be
partitioned, it is said, as Poland was,
but it will be done 80 quietly that it
great M sAc1se world s TSe ah Ghnese ese
themselves do not count. The ground
is taken that the inability of the Chi
nese government to govern its people
has been demonstrated finally, oand
hence partition of the Flowery King
dom among the intervening nations is
deemed not only inevitable but neces-
sary.
Chicago to this or some other city, has
about died out, owing to the imp0ssi-
Diljty of finding any other city 30 well
located for the purpose. Besides, the
chief objection to placing the head
quarters in Chicago was the hoatility
ef the press there, and this has largely
disappeared: 1t is said that at least
cago can be depended upon to Loyalty
support Bryan, and the Hon. w. r.
Hearst, President Of the National As
s0ciati0n of Democratic Clubs, will
publish the first issue on July of
red hot D0m0cTatic organ in Chicago.
Mr.. Hearst long has been contemplate
ing the establ; ;shment of q newspaper
will endOw his new enterprise with all
of the capital, enterprise and facilities
necessary to the success Of big mod
ern newspaper. The Democratic Or
ganization thus will not be handicapped
by an unfriendly press at the center of
| the battle-ground, as 1t was four years
| ago, and can feel certain that it will
have interviews and signed statements
printed as they are given out, instead
of being garbfed beyond recognition.
Mr.. Hanna is already preparing to open
the Republican National Committee
shop there, and both the Democratic
and Republican Congressional Com
mittees will also spread their tents in
the Windy City. Both Congressional
committees will retain Offices in Wash
ington, and considerable work will be
will be directed from Chicago. 1t is
said that the Republican Aid Society
being conducted by Barker and Dom
nelly also will have its headquarters
IN Chicago, and that the Debs outfit
also will probably do business there.
Both committees of the two great par
ties will establish extensive branch
Headquarters in New York and prOba-
bly, Kanso ~ity or Omaha in the Mid
land in e. Gar West will be selected
for branch headquarters by both par
ties. These preliminary preparations
indicate how carefully the details of
organized effort are being looked after
even at this early stage of the cam
paign. showing that the fight is to be
fast and furious all along the line.
labor under the advantage or disad-
vantage, as the case may be, of having
to explain their platform after they
have adopted 1t. Soon after the ad-
journment of the Philadelphia Conven-
ton, Gen. GrOsven0r charged that Mr..
Quigg. OF New York, had deliberately
altered several ,planks so as to give
from the one Intended by the conven-
ton. Mr.. Quigg hotly denied this and
Gen. GrosyenOr has como back ut him
with the following authorized state
ment: ! have read Mr.. Quigg's state
ment. Ihold in my hand the original
document, which was handed oyer to
him with certain interlineations of no
very material Importance, but which
required the redrafting of one entire
page and O part of another. Otherwise
1t was the platform agreed upon by the
committee and the sub committee, and
viii put his name to aSy stesss.ssss
s..:s::::::s 1zassIIao. It is in my pos
session, having been handed 10 me by
Senator Foraker after he recovered ft
from Mr.. Quigg the day following the
action OF the convention. on the plat