The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-11-11
THE VICTORY WON
ON SMALL MARGIN
Mckinley Thinks the Result 10 Ohio
Was Good for an Off Year
THE NEW SEALING TREATY
rI-seeretsry Foster is Happy Over Result
Republicans Disguised over the
New fork Election.
THE NEW SEALING TREATY

Washington. Nov. i0-From our reg.
ular correspondent )-PrcsideDt McKin-
hey. like any 1,hcr good publican.
would have liked to have seen the part
max better showing in some OF the
states than Il did In last weeks elections,
but he sees nothing In the results u
show that there has bern falling nn Ia
tiS, all glance OF the voters 10 the ma
tionai principles OF the republican party.
nor TO his administration The causes
whclh brought about the disappointing
results wcr, In every case well known.
In some they might have been avoided
Looking ~ tho whole business from
purely national point OF view. the reput.
ilcans came out Of the elections with O.
gain OF on senator, and with experience
that should be very valuable In future
campaigns. II Is true that the victory
IN ohio and ln Maryland was won by
dangerously small margins but such fag
bcen trut OF many OF the greatest pollt.
teal victories ever won. On the whole.
the party came out very well for an OF
year and the frst In a new admlnistrl-
tion al that
Secretary Alger will make one recom.
mendaton in his annual report thar VIII
be especially pleasing 10 Organized l.
Dor, That Is. that Uhe pay OF musicians
in army bands b. Increased sufilc entity
TO prevent their having TO seek private
engagements In comp tition with prlvaIe
bands in order to earn enough TO keep
thvms Ives and their families. The law
prescribing the number Of musicians in
army bands and their pay Is forty year
Old, ana General Algcr thinks it n eds
amendment to bring It up-to-date.
Ex-secretary OF State Fost,r. who has
representcd the United Sat in all thaI
seal negotiations with foreIgn oolrtrlts
is naturally very happy over the out
como Of the conference between repr,-
scntatives OF this country Russia and
Japan. which has been going on in Wash
lngton for several teks. The result OF
the conference is a traty between The
powers named for tn suspension OF
pelaglc sealing in Bering sea and the
north Pacific ocean. Gr,at Britain took
no part In this conference but It is the
general opinion OF those who are famll-
lar with ths matter. that her subjects
will have to respect the treaty. whether
and the United Stats or not TIE agent
sent here to r,prescnt Great Britain in
sealing conference with the United Stats
las unofIielally expressed hms II as ia
iorlng an agreement similar ito that EN- I
'odied in the treaty. Inssmuch as Mr..
Fosters enemies had predicted that l
nothing whatever would he accompl shed I
" the sealing conference, there is ampl 5
'aus for his happy feeling.
1t Is difficulty Ito find republican ill
Washington. from the president down,
Who Is not more or less disgusted by the
esult OF the election In New York City c
lthough thaS result was precisely what
who did not wilfully deceive a
themselves, knew 1t was bound to be b
With the republican votes divided lie. (
ween the regular republican clndi late c
nd the republican who allowed himself Il
o be made a candidate by the rula-or- L
uin republicans who had failed to sue Il
eed in their efforts to control the regu "
ar party organization. And what added Il
o their disgust was the knowledge that W
he vote of Tracy and Low combined c
'ould have defeated Tammany. Said W
no republicans: There is no valid *. a
can be none-for such a state II
( affairs, and the republicans OF New q
'ork ought to see to iii that the name W
+ every man who aided in placlns Low d
a the field, and in keeping him there,
fter 1t was known that General Tracy f
vas perfectly willing to join him In re- "
irlng, in order that a mutually agreed c
pom compromise candidate should sue.
eed them both, Is placed upon list of
hose not to be given political honors by
he republican party" If there are any
epublcans in Washington who are MT +
lore pleased with the success of Tam; j
iany than they would have been with c
he election of Low, they are not ex- D
ressing themselves in public places.
here is very little doubt that 1t was the !
itention of the men who manipulated 81