Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-07-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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imperialism has received blow from
an unexpected quarter, When the, al,
ministration began TO order troops sent
from the Philippines to China, Gen. Mac
Arthur promptly fled a protest, saying
that If thetroops we're taken away FROM
the Philippines, the Filipino reYeltI
wouldg ut once BIC, renewed Secretary
Root telegraphed for Gen, Otis to come
to Washington, at once. He came and
declared that Macarthur was right land
after d two days conference, Secretary
Root ANNOUNCED that no more troops
would he sent from the Philippines TO
China. The plain meaning of this is
that it Is necessary to keep the big army
we now haveiin The philippines, pefna-
nently there ia order 10 InsiDtairp our
authority oyer the FiliPinosp4 That b. a.
little more than the most rapjd imperial.
list bargained for, and Is certainly more
than the people OF this country viii
stand for What possible bsneht can
we derive fromthe Philippines thatwiA
compensate us for tbs eXpenseip money
and American lives that will be necessa-
ry TO keep an army Of $4,000 SOLDIERS
over there. II seems that the world Is
about to witness the revival Of the cru
of the mcrecnary invading array, which
was familiar 10 Europe few centuries
ago. The other great civilized gogern'
ments, including our own, haze hired
an army Of Japan, to go to China and
Eight the Chinese, and aftcrt the the Chi
nese are licked into humblehess, they
areto he he made to pay back the money
it will cost to lick them, with, usqrious
interest. II is not considered honorable
for an Individual to hire professional
thugs to obtain vicarious revenge upon
hispersonal enemies What tton makes
such a thing -honorablc ON the part Of
nations? Fg s..4.
Hon. Adlai f, Stevenson is the only
man ever nominated for Vicc-President
who had previously demonstrated bis
fitness for.the office by serying ono term
therein, and it can be truthfullY said
that no vice. president was ever more
popular than he wag True, Mr. Steven
son didn't have much influence with the
President under whom he served, hut
nobody else had either Mr.. Cleveland.
was not a President 10 recbgni1e 'nllu-
cnce, and he seemed to make q specially
of getting at outs with the leaders OF. the
democratic party. But during those
four years, Mr.. Stevenson had and de.
served the confidence Of the democrats
in Congress, and lost no opportunity TO
push party interests that he could with
propricty have taken advantage Of. Ad-
lai Stevenson is souled good Eel
low, a good democrat, and In every re.
spect a worthy running mate to Col.
Bryan and Bryan and Stevenson Is a
ticket TO win with. au Fir E3.. u
II the Civil Service Commission had
sand enough it could make whole lot
of trouble for the administration on ac-
count of numerous and gFaring Viola.
tions ofthe Civil Service law in the in
terests Of republican political workers.
A case in point is that Of IL. =. Chenoi
with, formerly Of CIeyeland, Ohio,
While he was internal revenue. collector
in Arizona, he opened sealed ENVELOPES
containing questions for q, Civil Service
Examination, in advance Of the ,Exapi7
nation in order that his wife, his brother
in.Iaw and his cousin, who were to take
the e&amination, might post Themselves
and pass, which, they subsequently did.
The case was SO clear, that Ch6nowith
was removed from tic position, 81 inter
nal revenue collector, and a PROSECUTION
instituted against him by Che Depart
ment Of Justice Although, that PROSE
cution IS supposed TO be still pending
pigeon-holed in reality.-Ghenowith was
put back on the government pay r9llaas
special agentIof the Treasury Depart
ment, and he is still there, and the tgiFil
Service, Commission is ,qfraidto dpmqRe
than mildly ask what's 10 bsdopeahpqt
the proseGutiion Of Chsnowith fqE Yiqla'
ting the laYw1i bna o. alsei IN u
If getting the other fellows 4alfscarel
to death. be good politics, then the Kan
sas City Convention, must be credited
with much good politics, for the repdh-
licans are q badly frightened lot, They
figured on q big democratic fuss ,qt Kan;