Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-28

'oTdhe1-Nidl. " DrIscOlI gives Reasons Tor
His Support of Bryan Hanna's Hyperbolic
Acts as Boomerang Kentucky will Give
Her Old.Fashioned Democratic Majority.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. q, 1900.
Mr.. McKinley's fellow impcrialist,
the Emperor of Germany, not having
slumping political campaign on his
hands, has notified his American imi-
tator that he must fish, cut bait, or
get out OF the Chinese boat. Mr.. Nc
Kinley found this notification in the
shape OF the demand of the German
Emperor that the Chinese officials
who instigated the attacks on foreign
ers shall be punished before Germany
will participate in negotiations with
China, when he paid Washington one
OF his periodical visits this week, and
with it was a communication asking
in diplomatic language what he was
going to do about it. There was
hurrying and scurrying, and with the
assistance of some Assistant Secreta-
ries and those members of the cabinet
who are not on the stump or taking
things easy away from their offices u
reply to Germany's communication
was concocted and sent off. 1t was
not made public, but there is little
doubt that it was a plea for delay
enough to carry the matter beyond
the election. 1t is plain enough that
Germany means to make war on
China, and now that Count Valdez
see, the German Commander in Chief,
is on the ground, the Kaiser wants to
know whether Mr.. Mckinley is going
to help him or not, and Mr. Mckinley
wants to find out whether he is going
to be reelected before giving a posi-
tive reply. If reelected, he may con-
slider that an endorsement of imperial
ism and conclude to add slice of
China to his imperial domain.
Boss Hanna and his crowd, includ-
ing Mr.. Mckinley, have lost no OPP
portunity to humiliate Senator Fora
ker for several years past, but this
week Mr.. Mckinley sent for Senator
Foraker and begged him to put his
shoulder to the Mckinley wheel in
Ohio. Nothing could tell the story of
Mr.. McKinley's fright in palmer
terms.
Major Daniel O'Driscoll, who was
previous to this administration an ar
dent Republican, was one OF the
speakers at meeting held under the
auspices OF the Central Bryan and
Stevenson Club, this week. He said:
Before the Republican party became
the party OF conquest and imperialism
it stood for all that any patriotic
American could wish for, but since it
had at it's head such men as President
Mckinley and Senator Hanna not
only are the old men turning away
but they are followed by the young
men. A party that will not keep
promises is not party to tie to. As
q sample of these non-kept promises
we have but to point to the natives of
Porto Rico. Do You wonder that
those Porto Ricsns sigh for the return
of the Spanish rule? ! don't"
Democrats around the Congression-
al Committee headquarters are de-
lighted with that Chicago speech OF
Boss Hanna, in which he so far lost
his head as to say: 81 believe that
there is not q trust in the entire
United States" They believe that
this assertion on the part OF Hanna
will be worth many thousands of
votes TO Bryan and Stevenson and the
Democratic candidates for Congress,
because it is so maniiestly false that
it will disgust intelligent men who
have heretofore voted the Republican
ticket. To say that there isn't trust
in the United States when there isn't
q family in the country which doesn't
know and feel by the surest test, in
crease in its living expenses, OF the ex-
istence of numerous trusts. 10 as ride.
ulous as To say that black is white
The Republican platform recognized
the existence of trusts, as did the let.
ters of acceptance of Mr.. Mckinley
and Mr.. Roosevelt, but Hanna says
there are no trusts. After making
such an assertion, Mr.. Hanna cannot
expect the people to believe anything
he says about other issues of the cam.
paign. If Hanna can only be kept
talking in that strain, the election Of
Bryan and Stevenson can be made
unanimous. Mr.. Mckinley is being
urged by many to try to muzzle
Hanna.
Representative Fitzpatrick, OF Ken
lucky, who was in Washington this
week, said of the political conditions
in his State: "This talk that the BE.
publicans are going to carry Ken.
lucky for Mr.. Mckinley and the State
ticket is most amusing. Why, there
never was time when the Democrats
OF Kentucky were in better fighting
trim. Well give Bryan a regular old.
fashioned Democratic majority, and
we'll elect Beckham Governor, too"
OF the general outlook Mr.. Fitzpatrick
said: Republicans admit to me in
private conversation that Bryan is
growing in strength every day. Very
few Republicans have / met who say
that Mckinley will carry Maryland or
Delaware or West Virginia. Nearly
all of the influential Democr and
Independents who supported McKin-
| ley in 1896 are for Bryan this year on
the paramount issue OF imperialism
and militarism. Just think Of it, &C.
cording to the present rates of expense
for our army it will require $50, OOO,-
600 for its support for this fiscal year,
and there is no reduction OF the army
in sight. If the policy Of imperialism
il to be continued, what will the army
COST As conservative man, give
it as my opinion that Bryan will be
elected by as large a majority as
Cleveland received in 1892"