The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-07
NOTES FROM washington
Latest Intelligence Of Transpiring
Events at the National
Capital.
me TREND OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
Lack of Interest In the Republican
National COnvention - Hanna'u
"sure ThinE" PIatform-The Me-
kinley Policy Towards Great Brit
ain-Trust "ProsDerity.S
IspecIal correapondenc.1

than the republican national CONVEX
tion Mt Philadelphia. The delegat,
positively yawned with WEAKNESS an
the public refused to attend the affai
IL the lethargy of the convention
en- Indication Of the kind Of campaig
the republicans are going to put up,
looks like confession of defeat befor,
hand. Even the imperturbable Mar
Hanna seems to realize that the drii
OF public sentiment is against hi
party.
Hanna with his usual lack of tact lie
the country see during the nationa
convention how completely he is tn
party boss. He hobnobbed with mil
Honaires and trust directors and he lie
1t be clearly understood that McKinle,
was only the puppet which he and hi
moneyed friends put up to move as the,
willed. Even the few instances wher,
Hanna tried to give out the impression
that he was not entirely in contro
were so clumsily managed as to be alb
surd.
The voters of the country, regardless
OF party, are not pleased at the open
attempt to control affairs in the inter.
est of the moneyed few. The whole at.
mosphere of the Philadelphia conven.
tion intensifies the interest in the dem.
ocratic national convention at Kansas
City.
That will be serious gathering be-
cause matters of grave Importance are
to be discussed and acted upon, but it
will be real convention in close touch
with the people and trying to carry
out thei ishes for return to honest
and constitutional government. There
will be enthusiasm and earnest pur-
pose at the Kansas City convention and
1t will be spontaneous. Not all the
brass bands nor expensive display at
Philadelphia could galvanize the re-
publican performance into any sem
blance of life.
Everybody knew that the affair was
cut and dried in Washington and. ex-
cept for the looks of it. the delegates
might as well have staid home and let
Hanna and his friends announce the
candidates and platform.
The republican convention was not
able for the number of government off
cials-high and low-who found time
to leave their duties in Washington
and run over to Philadelphia. At Kan
sas City there will be something differ
eltfrom gathering of automatic dele
gates and anxious office holders. 1t
will be convention where the dele
gates actually represent the sentiment
of their home people. Even with the
honest differences of opinion which
might be expected from delegates
from widely-separated sections, the in
dications are that the Kansas City con-
vention will be harmonious-not with
the graveyard harmony so apparent in
the republican gathering, but the har-
mony which comes when men drop all
minor differences in order to deal with
grave problems which affect the very
life and continuance of a free nation.
Trucking to Great Britain.
The Chinese complication is causing
not little anxiety in Washington.
There is every indication that the do
mestic convulsion in China will drag in
the European nations, and it is diff
cult to foresee the end.
The administration is not talking so
loudly now about its "open door" with
China. In fact it has recently allowed
the publication of consular report
from one of the chief ports in China
pointing out that the Chinese have no
use whatever for American-manufac-
tured goods. They prefer their clumsy
hand methods to our complicated ma
chinery and their wants are so simple
and their standard of living so low
that they have no desire for our manu-
featured products, and even if they had
they have no money with which to buy
them.
The administration has known all
along that the cry of Expansion of
oriental trade" was a delusion, but it
served to distract attention from the
costly laundering in the Philippines.
Now, however, immense pressure is
being brought to bear on the admins
tration from British sources, to per-
suade Mckinley to send troops into
China. 1t is being put up to him that it
is part of his understanding" with
Great Britain that he shall help her
out in her troubles.
The fact is that Great Britain cannot
spare troops from the Transvaal to go
into China. The Beers are still keep
ing Lord Roberts very busy. So she
hopes to make Mckinley her catspaw
with which to rake her share of the
Chinese chestnuts out of the fire.
If an election were not pending the
administration would hasten to do the
bidding of the Briton, but it has finally |
been borne in upon the Mckinley ad-
mipistration that the people of this
country are disguised with its pro-
British sentiments, so unusual caution |
is being observed in the Chinese mat |
ter. The people may just as well under
stand first as last, however, that this |
country has nothing to gain in China,
and II il goes into the matter to any |
extent il may find itself involved in an
international war.
Trust Prosperity.
The republicans are inclined to drop |
an other issues and cling to the ''pros-
perity" argument. Even here the facts |
are not convincing, for the average
voter declines to enthuse over trust
prosperity. lisa little too altruistic
to ask the farmer and the wage worker
to rejoice at being permitted to pay the
exorbitant prices exacted by trusts in
order that such institutions may boast
Df the enormous returns on their cap
Ital invested.
However, so far as the republicans
are concerned It is to be camp lign of
This sort of thing is
iificult for the average campaign ora
Iof, so a republican text book is being ]
prepared under the personal super
.l.inn Of Mr.. D. 2. Austin. chief Of the 3