Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
National Politics and washington.

The District of Columbia does no voting.
and the campaigncrs who labor to influence
the opinions of voters waste no appeals
upon the permanent population Of the Fed
eral District. The Washingtonian with no
political residence elsewhere cannot cast
ballot In November. and Is conse 1uen-fy
relieved by the Constitution of the l.eces-
sity of weighing opposing political conten-
lions in order to decide how he will vote.
But in spite of this obvious incentive to
sluggishness and ignorance in respect to
political concerns, the interest Of the aver
age Washingtonian in political news and
the extent and accuracy of his information
political issues are not. it is believed
equaed in the average citizen of sny OF
the states.
The national government which Will be
placed in power by the November ballot
ing. from participation in which the Wash
ingtonian is deharred. will be also the
municipal government of the District of
Columbia. Hence the Washingtonian's In
terest in the prospects and results of that
election. This is the seat of national gov
ernmeat. the scere of the great political
debates and of record-making acts. The
republics political history is a part of
Washington's local history. Hence the
Washingtonian's acquaintance with ma
tiona1 issues and the statesmen who make
ttem.
1t is the mission of The Star to spread
daily before the people of the District
whatever of the worlds news will interest
them. to give voice to local opinion in re-
spect to matters which concern Washing
ton. 10 protect the interests of the capital
and promote its prosperity. The Washing
tonian is. as above set forth. interested in
political news. and The Star. in pursuance
of its traditional policy. has furnished and
Will continue to furnish to its readers full.
accurate and unbiased news of the events
cEaracterizins the important chapter Of
political history now being recorded.
Its handling OF the recent conventions at
St. Louis and Chicago has been pronounced
by newspaper men unsurpassed in the
achievements of afternoon journalism. and
IL proposes to deal with the same thorough
ness with other political events as they oc-
cur. 1t has already a corps OF special po-
Itical correspondents covering all the dis
puted states of the Union, who will report
facts and prospects to The Star with ac-
curaCy as their sole purpose, and the only
test of the merits of their correspondence.
These correspondents are chosen without
reference to their individual political be-
lefs and if letter from one state seems
to have republican leaning and from an
other democratic tendency the views are
to be accepted as the honest beliefs of the
correspondents, colored, if at all, only I'M
consciously and in spite of the intentions
of the writer. The Star has printed some
interesting special correspondence from
Alabama, concerning the election which
takes place on Monday. and SO it will deal
with the other disputed states between the
present time aid the date of the November
election.
So much in the shape of political argument
is printed unavojdab'y in Washington Iapers
in reporting Congressional debates. reports
from the departments. and interviews with
statesmen that The Star has not devoted
much additional space to political contro-
yersy over issues with which its readers are
already to a great extent familiar. But the
financial issue of the present campaign is
now discussed neither on partisan nor even
on political lines, but as business question
affecting every ones individual interests.
For that reason The Star gives space today
elsewhere in it's columns to a symposium
upon the financial question in its relation to
the waSe-earner. participated in by dis
tinsuished authorities, which Will doubtless
be of special interest to 10000 wage-earners
in the District of Columbia.