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WASHINGTON LETTER.
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). WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
J. Washington, July %. - Senate
g Cockrell, of Missouri, has spent som,
time in Washington during the pas
week and has been frequently at tn,
! democratic headquarters. When ask
I ed by newspaper men for his views IL
regard to the situation in his party, h'
has invariably replied that the situa
ton was most encouraging, but that
, he did not deem it wise to talk much
at the present time. In word, the
Senator says that if the democrats will
work quietly and energetically, each
in his own district, this fall, and will
leave national issues for the future
there Is every reason to assume that
public opinion will have so shaped it.
self before 1904 as to leave no question
IN the minds of the leaders as to what
are the issues which will command the
support. The Senator appears to be
quite certain Of democratic success
IN 1904 and he anticipates that gains
will be made this fall but, unlike some
OF the younger members of bis party,
he is a believer in accomplishing per-
feet harmony by following the old
fashioned injunction, ''say nothing
and saw wood"
Whatever other issues may arise and
whatever prominence present issues
may attain, there is no doubt in the
minds of the democratic leaders in
washington that tariff revision will
constitute an important feature of the
platform on which the democrats will
appeal for support In 1904. No faith
is placed in Mr.. Roosevelt's intention
to procure legislation which will &C.
tually hamper the trusts and even if
he could demonstrate his own sincerity
the democrats appreciate his inability to
accomplish anything in that direction.
AS the natural course of the trusts
will be to become more powerful and
more Overbearing there Is little doubt |
but that the people will be glad to seek
relief from their extortions at the only |
source from which there is the least
hope of obtaining it. Senator Car
mark, who apparently believes, at
least to some extent, in Mr.. Roosevelt's
predicts that when the
President comes to appreciate the true
relations existing between the repub-
lean party and the trusts he will be.
come democratic ally" but that
view OF the situation is not generally
entertained in Washington. l.
The reports Of Major Glenn's de-
ence in his trial by court martial, f,
which have just reached the War De-
'artment. make strong evidence in ,
Import of democratic contentious in
egard to the real situation in the +,
philippines. Major Glenn said, among
ther things. Every man, woman and |,
hfld in the islands was an enemy and
my best judgment they are to-day
nd always will be-" This describes .
ne situation precisely az the demo-
rats in Congress described 1t and -
utilities the claims of such men as a,
uencamino and other Filipino pro-
'ges of the administration who have 81
'stifed that their countrymen were h,
lady to receive tho domination of the -,
nited States with open arms. II
Major James Parker of the Adjutant =,
eneral's office, has made public a in
atement Of the oficersand men killed 81
d wounded in the Philippines be- ~,
zen February 4th, 1899 and July 18th, no
%. The total number of men, in IN
1ding officers, sent to the islands du- no
lg the period named was 1871, 1888 of =.
lich number 1852 lost their lives, r
~ by disease and 4, 40 from wounds
similar causes. The average strength =,
the forces in the islands was ap- wh
4O,OOO men. The number pla
J been reduced to in the neighbor. ste
cd OF 20, 900 but the greatest anxiety =, !
expressed as to the ravages of cholera r
leu IL ID reared may rapidly increase est
death rate. The returns from the I
lnds show examples of the greatest s nev
0ism On the part of soldiers doing
spital duty. Many have exposed nea
mselves to cholera In order IN nnroo mo
ir fellow soldiers with apparently R u
thought as to their own safety. Ola
ne general fever of expansion which ries
resulted from the Spanish war mo-
ma hkelv IN endo,o., a. ,..,- out
'no uipionatlc the
tions now existing between the goo
ted States and Japan. It seems trip
one Captain Rosehill some time rldg
discovered, in the Pacific Ocean. o' a.,
1ac IF :