The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-07-20
Washington Letter.
From our regular 0fSsncaAsgf.l i
Washington d. c., ,.July16SlS 500

meml ers OF the Cabinet has issued the
necessary orders to start more than
six thousand regular troops to the
Philippines, the idea being to stop
them in China if they are needed there
when they get that far on their way.
There is still much doubt about the
fate OF the foreigners in Pekin, one
story following and contradlcting an
other several times every day. Owing
to the time that would necessarily
elapsed before the other powers could
assemble an army on the coast of Chi
Ma large enough to foreibly take pos
session and hold Pekin and other in
terror points, an agreement has been
reacted by the powers under which
Japan will furnish as large an army as
may be necessary and go ahead and
perform the task Of punishing the out
law Chinese element and restoring law
and order, the other powers agreeing
to pay Japan cash indemnity, which
China will be made to repay later.
The work of the Democratic Nation
al Convention has made no appreci-
able change in the outlook, and will
not cause any material change in the
programme Of work mapped out by
the republicans. The election of Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt will be logical
outcome Of existing conditions, but re-
publicans everywhere are to be urged
to work as though the result depended
upon each mans individual efforts.
The democratic ticket and platform
must be taken seriously and the evil
results that would follow q democratic
vi;tory lie pointed out to every voter.
That is the republican programme.
There is quite little rumpus among
those who managed the recent recep-
ton to the Boer envoys in Washing
ton, and the collection at the recep-
tiOb3 Whltil ndS W LO lOI
the benefit OF the widows and orphans
OF the Boer soldiers. $1,I34 was col
lected supposedly for the widows and
orphans, but after paying for carriages,
fireworks, wine, etc., it seems that only
SIS was left for the widows and or
phans, and the contributors are, some
OF them saying ugly things about those
who collected and disbursing the mon
ey.
The memory of man is proverbially
short, but democratic must be the
shortest of the whole bunch. Only
little more than three years ago, Hon.
Ad]ai 1. Stevenson was Vice President,
and as such presiding officer of the
Senate, and was being blackguarded
and abused by the silver senators and
the silver press for having sold out the
interest of silver, which he professed
to believe in, because he would not do
as the silyerites desired him to do.
Whether Mr.. Stevenson deserved that
abuse is neither here nor there. What
attention is called to is that the same
men who abused him then have again
nominated him for Vice Preiident.
Mr.. Stevenson is personally liked in
Washington, but nobody believes, re-
gardless OF political opinion, that he
has strengthened the ticket by single
vote. Mr.. Bryan is the whole thing
and no votes will oe cast for Bryan
and Stevenson by anyone except those
who are willing to endorse and swal-
low Organism and all that term inn
plies, just as Mr.. Bryan forced the
Kansas City Convention to swallow
the l6 to | silver pill.
General prosperity is reflected IN the
business Of the U. S. Patent Office,
which was larger during the fiscal year
just closed than ever before, the cash
receipts having been $1,358 ,288.35,
and the number of patents issued &c.
l54O.
Postmaster General Smith has 1e-
ceived a unique invitation to attend
4 the second State Poslmaster's Conven-
tion of Texas, to be held at Dallas,
July 10, 90. Tie invitation is a NAM
L
moth affair 10 pamphlet form, and came
to Washington IN big tin box. It
was presented to the Postmaster Gen.
eral by Mr.. Terfill, Of the Sixth Au-
ditor's Office, whose home is in San
Antonio. Mr. Smith has the invita-
ton under consideration, although is
doubtful whether he can attend.
The Sultan OF Turkey has made. an
other specific promise to pay those
American missionary claims, this time
within ninety days. Secretary Hay
has decided that Minister Straus shall
not return to Constantinople until
those claims are paid, and has In
structed Mr.. Grlscom, who is in
charge of the American legation in
that city, to impress it upon the Sui
tan's mind that the money must be
paid within the specified time. The
Sultan wished his promise kept secret,
lowing to numerous European claims