The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-07-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July l6. 1900.


WASHINGTON, July l6, 1900.
The Republicans are beginning tC
realize that the opposition of ouI
German voters TO imperialism is not
mere passing within, but is based
upon principle, which will cause MANY
thousand votes cast for Mckinley in
1896 to be cast for Bryan and Stevenson
this year. DIR. l.. w. HaDercom, who
was head OF the German Literary
Bureau of the Republican National
Committee, during the last campaign
ana VINO Is now supporting the Demo-
cratic ticket, has made public state
ment OF his reasons for abandoning the
republican party, from which this Is
quoted: Expansion of the Union on
the American continent is proper. Ex-
pansiOn not of the Union, but by the
acquisition OF possessions which are TO
be governed as dependencies, subject only
to the will and caprice of our Executive
ana Congress, unrestricted by the Con-
stltuton, and without the consent and
against the wishes of the people TO be
governed, who thereby become subjects.
Is IN my opinion. improper, unjust. and
unrepubican; the government of the
U. >. is thereby transformed into an
imperial government for our possessions.
a government with imperial power
over possessions cannot long remain
Republican at home as the govern
ment could not have lived half slave
and half free, so it cannot live half i'm.
perallst and half Republican. The
foreign policy adopted by the Repub- |
lican party embrOils us in all the quar-
rels of the world, and entangles rs in
foreign alliances. 1t has already en-
tangled US In 0ne-an unwritten alli- |
ance with Great Britain. Since
BRUSH diplomacy succeeded in per-
suadlng our administration and our
feace commissioners to force Spain TO
cede, to us the quickly withdrawing
shadow of its already expelled sover.
eighty over the Philippines, we have
been compelled to go hand in hand
with England. The Republican party
now stands for the imperialistic expan-
SION, and is already busy cultlvating
The spirit of mllitarism. The Demo.
rate party has earnestly, clearly and
Orclbiy pronounced against imperial
SIN and its resultant evils, for the
preservation of the republic and the
The issue is thus made
Up, and consider it my plain duty TO
lelp maintain the republic by such
hey are"
General Leonard Wood, Military
Governor of Cuba, is coming to Wash.
lgton, this week to consult with the
or so much of il as can
found on duty, about the Constjtu.
onal convention the Cubans are
lOrtly to hold. II
Secretary Root says of this con. L
renee: I'm arranging for a Constjtu-
onal Convention, Gen Wood and I
Ill talk about the districts to be made
cuba for the election. We will dis.
Iss the time for holding the election
hat number of delegates should con.
Itute the convention and the amor.
'nment Of these delegates among the IN
strlcts or divisions" Others saw g.
weyer, that all these things conid oil
silly have been arranged without pI
N. Woods coming to Washington
u 'hat the real reason for his trip is
arrange something which it was
red could not be safely trusted either -
the mails or to the wires-whether It
administration desires official ii
'ssure to be used to get a majority VII
cted TO the Cuban Constitutional oot II
INVENTION, that can be depended Acc
)n TO support declaration by the
lyentlon in favor of annexation. Loo
he administration is figuring on owe
siallon at the coming session of Con. 9th
IS, when the election will he over D D.e
a large increase in the regular army Rea
Is not guess. 1t is based upon Cur
Us now being made by the War rrhLeel
,artment to keep 10000 soldiers in Cou
fhlllpplnes, to do police duty. after FraC
ISL, 1901, when the two wear s an
us OF the volunteers now over there Leo
expire. Present laws provide for
gular army of less than 40. 900 men ]
Vi course, the entire army cannot
ept IN the Philippines. Therefore Capt
aosoIuteIy certain that the present Undi
s OF the War Department are based Indy
the expectation that Congress in I rIms
legislation for the fiscal year be. Due
ing July lst, 1901 will provide for Due
lger regular army. Men are not va and
y 10 Iall over each other i'm their BiIis
ely TO enlist in the regular army
o pouce duty in the Philippines or 1
Vhere else. So the next step after state
aslhg the regular army, i'm the name
'oiican imperial programme. is above
10 be law providing for com. know
ny service therein by our young
vi course, that would not worry day -,
with pull enough to keen their
out, but how about the ordinoru CORR
who has no pull?
len Perry Heath was chosen to