The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-11-17
Washington Letter.

Washington, Nov. 15.-"Teddy''
Roosevelt may 5000 be out Of . job. il
be doesn's lesrn to briddle his tongue
when talking 10 public upon subjects 90
which the sdminissr.sioo's position is
officially unaunouaoed. He Was given
: hint Of this when he returned from
New York. where be made az after
disner speech on the necessity OF = our
having fighting Navy. it We wished
to escape toe sridicule Of the world, and
having our declarations concerning the
Mooroe Doctrine treated as merely 80
mduch blus.er. .sTeddy" used Hawaii
for . dummy in order to give the
ADMINISTRATIONS alleged Ccbau policy
tvo or three heavy body blows, but the
application vas TOO plain to be over.
looked. He has been warned not to DO
so again
with the Canadian Premier, who. With
! party Of officials is in Washington.
ostensibly to attend the sealing confer
enee. but in reality to sound this
government on the probability of nego-
tiatine a reciprocity treaty. The
Presiden. baa svapped "safy" With the
Premier aud given bin . dinner !;
Secretary Sherman has done the same.
and he has been turned over to Mr..
Kasson, Chief Cook Of the Reciprocity
Kitchen, to confer on the subject
He'll get all the conference be wants,
but when Eoglsnd really authorizes her
ambassadors, or someone else, to try to
negotiate tre.ty of commercial recipro-
cisy which shall embrace Canadian pro-
ducts. it will be found that so far as
.Canada's principal products are con
cerned. it will be an impossibility.
The Canadian Premier doesn't seen
TO know that in 8 number OF states, one
Of the main arguments used in the last
National Campaign for republican sue
cess, vas that it would shut out Cana
dian competition.
The Spanish Minister has begun his
eptertsipment Of public men on scale
which indicates that DO matter how hard
up Spain may be. it has no intention OF
reducing the amount Of money spent 10
Washington iu the attempt to make.
friends for, Spain. The FIRST blowout
Of the spanish Minister Was an elegant
dinner, at the swell Metropolitan Clubs
in honor Of . Spanish editor. The
administration and the q. S. Supreme
Court we're well represented at this
diAner, but either the willy Spaniard
mus. have shought it needless to waste
his expeOaive dinner on Congress. or
the Congressmen sskea must have sent
regrets. Be that as it may, Senator
Elkius vas the only member OF the
legislative branch of the Government
tha. attended the dinner.
The silk stocking element OF the
Maryland republicans, headed By Sea-
ator Wellington. are ssraining every
nerve in their efforts to make sure that
the Maryland Legislature does not elect
Represensative Mudd TO succeed Seoa-
sor sGorman. These men probably
know what they are doing, but their
activity against Mudd. who 10 consider.
ed 10 Washington as the weakest OF all
the aspirants to Senator Gorman's seat.
reminds one Of going after Reed birds
With Gasl,ng guns.
The Post Office Department has
officially decided that the interior De,
partmeos wsa righ. when i. disbarred
John Wedderburn aud John Wedder.
burn & Co. from practice before the
Patent Office, for gross frauds upon
gullible clients, and has issued fraud
order against John Wedderburn. 4 Co.,
and the National Recorder, newspaper
owned by shem. This order shuts them
ont of the mails, aud will cause all
matter addressed to them TO be returned
to the writer's, after being officially
stamped fraudulent Newspapers
whicb continue TO print Wedderburn
& Co.'s. advertisement after knowledge
Of this fraud order may also be shut OF
the malls
The general opioiou among the moss
prominent democrats who have been IN
Washington sinoe that republican hight
upon the election OF Boss Hanna. has
appeared to grow to suoh large proper
.iou, is that the democrats of Ohio
should have nothing whatever TO DO
With it. There is, Of course, bare
possibility that enough republican mem.
bers of the Ohio legislature would. If
the democrats would help them. be will.
ing to elect some other republican to
the Senate than Haons. but the most
powerful microscope made would not
show the smallest particle of advan
taee to the Ohio democrats ip defeating
fIsnna and elec,iog another republican
10 the Senate. As long as Ohio has
20. TO have another republican Senator,
Ham. is the best man, for the demo